My, how things have changed out in Ballymount. When the Telly Station Formerly Known As TV3 launched in September 1998, it had less frills than Ryanair and a programme-making budget that barely kept the Xposé crew in hair-straighteners.

Now as they rebrand as Virgin One through Three with an additional sports channel that’s relieved RTÉ of many of its crown jewels, there’s enough cash to splash on Blood, a smart psychological crime thriller from the pen of Red Rock and Riviera’s Sophie Petzal, which has brought Enniskillen actor Adrian Dunbar back to Ireland.

Debuting on Virgin Media One, the 60-year-old’s co-star is Carolina Main, a relative newcomer who Dunbar reckons is destined for the top.