Watch me show off a poker face in The Good Ship Murder on Channel 5 with Catherine Tyldesley (Coronation Street) and Shayne Ward (Coronation Street and X-Factor…yes, that Shayne Ward 👇)
I love it when an audition specifically calls for a South African accent (my own) and was absolutely chuffed to land the role of Keith Lomax, the Bitcoin-billionaire with a penchant for high-stakes poker. Lomax is eccentric, high status and a little dangerous – so it was a lot of fun preparing the role (and maybe playing a little more poker than was strictly necessary). It was also great getting to work with prolific TV director, Steve Hughes, who gave a masterclass in calm efficiency while on a very tight turnaround.
Shayne Ward and Catherine Tyldesley lead the cast as an unlikely duo who team up to solve a spate of murders, with a host of other recognisable faces joining them for the eight-episode drama, which kicked off on Friday 13th October.
It was quite the adventure, filming a TV show on a working cruise liner alongside hundreds of passengers. My cabin was high up near the bow of the Virtuosa with a little balcony overlooking the sea – brilliant for watching dolphins skip across sunset swells or for staring into the mesmerising oil-blue ocean heaving below.
Jeffrey Mundell 