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The tragic death of a young student in the seaside town of Morecambe marks the start of a new series of The Bay.

The ITV show has returned for a fifth season, with Marsha Thomason as DS Townsend and Daniel Ryan as DI Tony Manning at the forefront of a new police investigation in Lancashire.

Catherine Oldfield, executive producer, said: “When the body of a young woman is found murdered in a lock, Jenn finds herself in the middle of divorced parents where there’s a lot of history and bad blood. 

“Her diplomatic skills are going to be tested like never before.”

Morecambe’s major investigation unit (MIU) is called in when Hannah, a 23-year-old university student, is found dead on the edge of the docks.

DS Townsend must push aside her own grief after the death of her father to support Hannah’s bitterly divided family.

But as the MIU team dig deeper into the case, they uncover hidden friendships, secret liaisons and complicated layers in Hannah’s life.

At the same time, DS Townsend must reconcile her personal and professional struggles as she tries to build bridges in her won family.

During season four of The Bay, DS Jenn Townsend (Marsha Thomason) and her team investigated two cases of arson which were not quite as straightforward as it first seemed.

At the heart of the story were two families owning rival building firms the McGregors and the Metcalfs. Both were bidding to win the contract to build on the Frontierland site.

DS Townsend also discovered her daughter was being bullied at school and a brick was thrown through a window of her family home.

A neighbour’s CCTV revealed the brick thrower was Lewis Walsh, who was also the school pupil who has been bullying her daughter and the son of Kim McGregor.

DS Towsend is told she can’t arrest Lewis because she is personally involved in the matter.

Instead, she must investigate the two arson cases; one at the Metcalf family home which killed mum Beth Metcalf and the other at her husband Dean Metcalf’s builder’s yard.

During her investigations, DS Townsend ended up arresting Lewis and his fingerprints turned out to match the fingerprints from a lighter found in a car near the scene of the Metcalf house fire.

Lewis eventually confessed to starting the house fire to impress his stepdad Terry McGregor, after the Metcalfs won the bid for Frontierland site.

Then later Carl, Terry McGregor’s son, admitted he set fire to the Metcalfs building yard on his father’s instructions to stop the site being developed.

Finally, when Terry is brought in for questioning it emerged the reason he was so desperate to gain the site and stop the anyone else getting it was because he knew there was a body buried there.

Terry’s father had shot and killed a local planning officer, who had been taking bribes but become greedy. Terry had helped his father bury the body years earlier and now he did not want it to be uncovered.

Meanwhile, back at the station DI Manning is having to contend with the threat of staff cuts.

And at home DS Townsend’s partner Chris finally changes the locks on their family home so his ex-wife Jacqui can no longer turn up when she likes.

Who is in the cast of The Bay?

Marsha Thomason stars as DS Jenn Townsend in The Bay. (Photo: Jonny Birch/Tall Story Pictures / ITV)

Marsha Thomason leads the cast as DS Jenn Townsend, a family liaison officer working for the major investigation unit at Morecambe police.

Thomason said: “Jenn has a tough time this season.

“Her father has passed away, which was a difficult relationship to start with.

“She’s dealing with the grief of that.”

The English actress, 40, rose to prominence as Sally in the television series Pie in the Sky.

She has starred in US television series Las Vegas and Lost.

And she played Sara Evers in the film The Haunted Mansion.

Neil Maskell

Neil Maskell plays Steve Dawson in season five, a mini-cab driver and father of one of the victims.

English actor Maskell, 49, has appeared in films such as Nil By Mouth, The Football Factory, Kill List and The Mummy.

He has also had roles in television series such as The Great Train Robbery, Peaky Blinders and Hijack.

Georgia Scholes plays Erin Fischer in The Bay. (Photo: Ben Blackall/Tall Story Pictures / ITV)

Georgia Scholes plays Erin Fischer, daughter of Chris and step-daughter of DS Townsend.

The young actress has appeared in The Bay since the start of series three.

She has previously appeared in the soap opera Hollyoaks as Brandi Louise and comedy-drama Brassic.

Stephen Wight

Stephen Wight appears as Craig Ashworth, carpet-fitter and step-dad to one of the victims.

The English actor, 40, is currently starring in the rebooted version of Bergerac.

He has also appeared in the sitcom Threesome, Sherlock, DC Clive Grace in Manhunt, I May Destroy You and Screw.

On stage, he won the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performances in Don Juan in Soho in 2007.

The cast of The Bay also includes:

Filming for The Bay takes place in and around Morecambe in Lancashire. (Photo: Ben Blackall /Tall Story Pictures /ITV)

The Bay is set and filmed in around the once-thriving seaside resort of Morecambe in Lancashire.

Daragh Carville, the series writer and co-creator, said he is “constantly thinking about it and planning for” the show because he lives in the Morecambe Bay area.

This series features the nuclear power station at Heysham, near Morecambe.

Mr Carville said: “At one point we dive into the world of the nuclear power station which dominates Morecambe Bay.

“It’s there in our titles.”

Coastal settings also form part of the backdrop for the show.

Daniel Ryan, who plays DI Tony Manning, said: “What this show gets from Morecambe is the extraordinary location.

“It never fails to take my breath away when I get off the train.

“It always seems to be one of those days where the light is amazing and you can’t believe how beautiful it is.”

Among the locations chosen this series were Sunderland Point and Glasson Dock.

Ryan added: “This series we got to film at Sunderland Point, an extraordinary place that gets cut off by the tide.

“We go to Glasson Dock too which was so fascinating.

“What’s so great is that wherever we go, everyone thrilled that we’re there, that we’re showcasing the amazing beauty of Morecambe.”

The five-mile stretch of Morecambe Bay, the Stone Jetty and the faded grandeur of the town’s architecture such as the Winer Gardens all play a role in the series.

Catherine Oldfield, executive producer, said: “It’s always lovely to go to Morecambe. 

“It’s such a fantastic place.

“I’ll never be bored of that view or the sunsets.”

When is The Bay season 5 on and how many episodes are there?

The Bay returned to ITV1 on Sunday 2nd March at 9pm for an hour-long episode.

There are six installments in the new series, with each shown on Sunday evenings at 9pm on ITV1.

All six are also available to stream on ITVX, as well as the previous four series.

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