In a 2008 interview, Nesbitt attributed this to the fifth series' ratings being damaged after it was scheduled opposite ITV's popular drama Doc Martin.

He has no issues with using his charm and sense of humour to attempt to impress any woman, especially Annie, his colleague and later boss.

[7] There, his family were taken hostage and he was forced to make a choice; either carry a bomb and blow himself up in a local barracks, or have his daughter killed.

He originally chose the first option but when he got to the barracks he couldn't go through with detonating a bomb that would kill a hundred people.

[8] He reflects at intervals, and remarks that he received "a nice medal" for "saving" so many lives, by making such a sacrifice.