The crime drama is set in Cambridge, but doesn’t always film there
Professor T is back for season four, two years after the last series aired in the UK.
Death in Paradise star Ben Miller will return to his role as Jasper Tempest in the ITV favourite when it makes its comeback on Wednesday, August 19.
The new series will pick up from season three’s heartbreaking cliffhanger, which saw DS Lisa Donckers tragically struck in a hit and run.
Speaking about where his character is at the start of season four, Ben said: “He’s almost gone back to square one in terms of his OCD. We’ve previously seen him trying to take the gloves off, literally and metaphorically, but he ended up pulling them back on after Lisa’s death.
“For whatever reason, he didn’t comfort her as she was dying. The darker side of his nature took over, and he’s carrying a lot of guilt from letting her die like that. He wanted to change before, but he’s really determined to change now. He can’t let that happen again.”
The crime drama is based on a Belgian series and is very much an Anglo-Belgian production, with lots of filming taking place in Belgium.
For season four, nearly all of the college interiors were filmed at a former international boarding school for girls, now known as The Winter Garden of the Ursulines.
Meanwhile, the Château de La Hulpe doubled as the interior of Jasper’s office, while the lecture theatre was filmed at the academiezaal Sint Truiden.
Speaking about working with the crew in Belgium, Barney White, who plays Dan, said: “We film in Belgium and so we do spend a lot of time together as we’re not going home every night.
“Ben and I have particularly spent a lot of time together, as we’re now on our fifth series. The show’s become a real fixture in our lives.
“Working with Ben is such a pleasure: he’s so focused and brings brilliant ideas and energy, and we know each other very well now.
“The rest of the cast has changed a lot but Ben and I have been here from the start, and we particularly bonded at the beginning as it was filmed in lockdown. We have this thing where we all go to the same restaurants, and they all know Ben’s order, which is Belgian fries, basically!”
Professor T season 4 starts on Wednesday, August 19 at 9pm on ITV1.
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