Chris Lang's Unforgotten returned for series five on Monday, February 27. The highly-anticipated new season kicked off with a brand-new character, DCI Jessica James played by Sinéad Keenan.
The new role comes following Nicola Walker's exit. The actress played DCI Cassie Stewart for six years from season one to four but left after her character died in a huge twist at the end of the last series. You can read more on what happened to Cassie here.
In the first episode, ITV1 and ITVX viewers were introduced to Jess as she joined the force alongside DI Sunil 'Sunny' Khan, played by Sanjeev Bhaskar, DS Murray Boulting (Jordan Long), DC Fran Lingley (Carolina Main), pathologist Dr Leanne Balcombe (Georgia Mackenzie), and DC Kaz Willets (Pippa Nixon). You can see the cast list in full here.
