The man formerly known as Poldark is back, in clothes, as a psychologist called on to help solve a murder case – until he starts stroking the corpse in the morgue
Aidan Turner, possessor of the naked-while-scything torso in Poldark that felled a generation of viewers, is back. This time, he is in The Suspect (ITV), an adaptation of Michael Robotham’s 2004 novel of the same name. He plays the clothed psychologist Dr Joseph O’Loughlin and is in possession of a beard so impressive that I suspect it may have required planning permission.
O’Loughlin is a conscientious professional who is just starting to come to terms with a recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. He has a loving family, good friends and colleagues, a publishing deal for a book about sex workers and – after he saves the life of a young patient preparing to jump from the 10th floor of the hospital where O’Loughlin works – a media profile as a hero.
