McDonald & Dodds: Belvedere (S3EP1 ITV Sunday 19 June 2022)

In season three opener Belvedere, When a young woman dies in broad daylight in a busy park, McDonald and Dodds are called in to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death. What is her name? How did she die in front of so many people? And how is it that she is…giggling? Professor George Gillan, a linguistic anthropologist who lives in a rambling mansion with his eccentric mother, Agnes, whose 100th birthday is just days away, appears to be the centre of attention. DS Dodds is convinced that the house is involved in the murder, but as he investigates Belvedere’s history, he uncovers secrets from his own past.

cast
DS Dodds – JASON WATKINS
DCI Lauren McDonald – TALA GOUVEIA
DC Darren Craig – JACK RIDDIFORD
Chief Supt Ormond – CLAIRE SKINNER
DC Milena Paciorkowski – LILY SACOFSKY
DC Martin Malik – DANYAL ISMAIL
Agnes Gillan – SIAN PHILLIPS
George Gillan – ALAN DAVIES
Kate Porter – CATHERINE TYLDESLEY
Paula Monkford – HOLLY AIRD
James Langmere – GABRIEL BISSET SMITH
DC Goldie – CHARLIE CHAMBERS

Airdate: Sunday 19 June 2022 at 20:00 on ITV

Season 3 Episode 1

McDonald & Dodds is set in Bath and follows the wildly ambitious DCI McDonald, who is partnered with the shy, modest DS Dodds. While McDonald has transferred from the mean streets of South London to leap up the career ladder, Dodds has happily languished on the shelf for most of his working life.

McDonald is a tough, driven, battering ram of a cop who cracks cases through sheer force of will; Dodds – the tortoise to her hare – is quiet, unassuming and enigmatic. But thrust back into frontline action for the first time in a decade, he discovers a hidden talent for deciphering puzzles. Two contemporary Britons, seemingly with nothing in common, thrown together, boss McDonald and loyal sidekick Dodds forge a rumbustious, entertaining and ultimately – give or take a few setbacks – effective partnership.