Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Chills and thrills for Ashley Jensen in new series of Scots hospital drama Trust Me

© Red Production Company / Mark MainzAshley Jensen in Trust Me
Ashley Jensen in Trust Me

The first series of Trust Me had the chilling premise of deadly secrets in a Scots hospital and Ashley Jensen got the chills for real making the second.

The BBC1 drama, which starts this week, was filmed in Glasgow and Ashley says some scenes with co-star Alfred Enoch were a real challenge.

“The scenes in the hydro pool were particularly challenging as Alfie and I were in the water for the best part of 12 hours in an old disused pool in Glasgow in November,” recalls Ashley.

“It was freezing. In fact, at one point we had hot water bottles actually in the pool with us!”

The original series, written by medic Dan Sefton who also penned The Good Karma Hospital, had Jodie Whittaker as a nurse pretending to be a doctor at an Edinburgh hospital.

It’s a whole new cast this time around with Ashley playing head physiotherapist Debbie and John Hannah as a doctor who is hiding his seedier, more sinister side.

Alfred is young soldier Jamie, paralysed by a spinal injury, who believes deaths on the ward are suspicious. But, unable to move, is the threat he perceives real or imagined?

Ringing the acting changes, and getting back to Scotland, was a big part of the appeal for Ashley.

“It’s something a bit different for me,” she explains. “I’m predominantly known for comedy so, when I saw this script, I was drawn to it as it was so different.

“As a psychological thriller it takes twists and turns and it’ll hopefully keep the audience guessing right until the end.

“As well as the amazing script, the series was filmed in Glasgow and I haven’t worked there for many years, so that appealed to me, too.

“It’s been such a long time since I was there and a lot has changed but, at the same time, it’s reassuring that some things have stayed the same.”

Ashley says Debbie is a conscientious physio who really wants to make a difference, but there wasn’t a lot of time to get to grips with the part.

“It was difficult to physically prepare for the role of Debbie because I was working on another job until the week before.

“Most of us have had physio, so that helped me a lot more than I thought and we also had advisers on set to answers any questions we had.”

The first Trust Me, in 2017, was a real talking point and Ashley reckons this one will pull the viewers in, too.

“It’s dark and ominous and has a real sense of foreboding in a very ordinary everyday setting of a hospital,” she adds.

Trust Me, Tue, BBC1 9pm