Tompkinson turns detective for new TV role
ACTOR Stephen Tompkinson is to take on a "darker role" as police detective Alan Banks in a new ITV thriller based on the stories of crime writer Peter Robinson.
The two-part pilot episode of DCI Banks: Aftermath will go into production in Yorkshire at the end of April and air on ITV1.
The announcement comes as ITV1's long-running detective show A Touch of Frost is due to screen its final episode on Easter Monday.
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The show's executive producer Francis Hopkinson said: "The Inspector Banks Mysteries are incredibly popular with crime thriller readers across the globe."