A CHARACTER makes a shock return to the ITV show Unforgotten after last being seen two series ago – leaving its viewers and cast stunned.
The series was last seen on air in 2023 but the brand new sixth series returned to our screens last night.
The show saw Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar both returning as their characters DI Khan and DCI James.
The episode began when suspected human remains were uncovered on Whitney Marsh.
Jess and Sunny were immediately called to the scene, abandoning their evening plans to Jess’s husband’s annoyance.
Dr Balcombe’s analysis revealed that the remains were relatively recent and suggested that the body was placed after it had been dismembered.
Jess and Sunny then intensified their search certain that other body parts would be nearby.
But a blast from the past made a shocking appearance at the end of the episode.
In the closing scenes, we learned the identity of the human remains that were found in the Marsh.
Sunny explained to Jess that the body was Gerard Cooper, who disappeared in 2021, and that the police investigation concluded that, although his body was never found, Cooper had taken his own life by jumping into the Thames.
He then revealed that the officer that the investigating officer of Cooper’s disappearance was Ram Sidhu (Phaldut Sharma), who viewers last saw back in season 4.
Chatting exclusively to RadioTimes.com about Sidhu’s shock return, Sinéad said: “It’s brilliant. I gasped, I audibly gasped.”
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“And also, it harks back to season 4, when we met him, where Sunny emotionally feels as though he was part of the thing that killed Cassie.
“So there’s all sorts of dark claws from the past that are pulling at him within that.
“Plus the antagonistic relationship he had with him anyway. But yeah, the minute I read it, I did go: ‘Wow, OK, that was unexpected.”
Fans will remember season 4 when DCI Ram Sidhu was at the centre of the show’s drama as a murder suspect.
Although innocent of killing anyone, he was imprisoned for preventing a lawful burial, taking money for drugs and abusing his position as a police officer.
Sanjeev explains his character Sunny will always have negative feelings towards Ram as Cassie (Nicola Walker) was overworked and tired from her time on the case before her shocking death.
The new series features a star cast including MyAnna Buring (The Witcher) and Jan Francis (Just Good Friends) and Damien Molony (Brassic).
And there are more characters for fans to look forward to as the synopsis for the season explains: “As the investigation unfolds, viewers are introduced to a diverse new cast of characters.
“Martin ‘Marty’ Baines (Max Fairley), an autistic man living with his mother Dot in Deal, Kent
“Asif Syed (Elham Elas), an Afghan training for his UK citizenship test and Juliet Cooper (Victoria Hamilton), a history lecturer and faculty head at a London university.”
Unforgotten season 6 is now showing on ITV1 and ITVX.