The new series of supernatural drama Bedlam sees Nikesh Patel and a new cast take up residency at the bedevilled Bedlam Heights to vanquish the demons that plague their lives, but their adversaries prove to come in both ghostly and human form.

Series 2 is currently airing at 10pm on Wednesday nights on Sky Living.

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What can you tell us about Dan and the series?

“Dan’s been living at Bedlam Heights for a little while working as Warren’s right-hand man. After the events of the first series, Warren is quite keen to give [the business] a bit of a shot in the arm, so Dan’s idea is to give the place some rebranding, to put a new spin on it. I guess the position he occupies is the one that Kate had in the first series. He also lives with Max, who works in the building.

“What more can I say? He’s cocky and a bit of a womaniser, but he is charming. As well as all his confidence, there’s a real desire to please Warren and do well at his job, and he also gets on with Max and then Ellie when she moves in.”

And what attracted you to Bedlam?

“It’s got exactly the same spirit as the sort of stuff I used to love when I was growing up. Friday night was all about sitting around the telly watching Buffy or Angel, so when the chance came along to do something like that, but homegrown…

“It had a following already, which is always nice and, at the same time, we could make it our own. There’s a worry coming into someone else’s show about how you’re going to slot in, but I think a lot of the team making series two were new too. Hearing some of their ideas is exciting and it’s nice to have a part as a regular.”

What have been the challenges of working on the show?

“Cold – it really is [laughs]. We were on set in Wigan and, I don’t know what the record is, but it was minus 4C.”

Did you pack your long johns?

“We’d be embalmed in quilted thermal goodness and then someone would cough and the heater would short out. It was hard. That said, the locations they have picked are great and, apart from the cold it’s been a lot of fun.”

How have you been getting along with the rest of the cast?

“Really well. I have a lot of stuff with Hugo, who is just a great laugh. It’s also kind of inspiring to be around someone that’s been in the industry for that long, that has done the work that he has and just gets on with it.”

Did you have any weird experiences on set?

“No, I haven’t had any brushes with ghosts so far. There was one time where we had a drip in the building in Wigan and it would only start going, and then get really loud, once action was called – maybe that’s a ghost that wanted to get in on the action.”

What’s Dan’s story arc like? Does he get pulled into all the supernatural stuff, or does he stay away from it?

“At the start, he’s not aware. As far as he’s concerned, he just comes in to help Warren kick-start the business but, this being the show that it is, there is obviously stuff going on around that. It’s Ellie who can see. Without wanting to give too much away, Dan’s attachment to the place gets stronger and stronger and, by the end, he is drawn into it.

“What’s quite interesting is that Dan’s point of view is closer to the audience’s because he can’t see ghosts, he can’t see dead people. He is trying to make sense of it but, at the same time, knows that something horrible is going on. I really want to tell you more but I can’t.”

You described Dan as a womaniser. Who does he womanise?

“That is telling as well.”

Are there any sex scenes?

“There’s a bit of raunch. I won’t be sitting down to watch this show with my mum – that would be awkward [laughs].”

Is this the first time you’ve done that?

“Sadly, no. It makes you realise when you’re doing it on set how much it’s a job. Your clothes come off and it’s like, right, let’s move this light, do this position, get ready to go again… It’s our job to make it look sexy on screen but it’s really not.”

What is your biggest fear?

“That’s a good question. For a while I thought it was heights, and then I went bungee-jumping and loved it.”

Did that cure you then?

“Maybe, although it’s quite an extreme way to cure a fear of heights. I used to be really, really scared of dogs. I was on holiday once and I was so scared of a dog that started barking at me that I legged it and it chased me up a tree that was half fallen.”

If you could have a ghostly dinner party and bring back three or four celebrities who would you invite?

“Here we go. James Brown because he would be the coolest man at the table. Gandhi, because, why not, and Gandhi and James Brown chatting would be really fun, jamming away in the background.

Do you believe in any kind of afterlife?

“Yeah, I do. I was brought up Hindu, so the beliefs there are of reincarnation, which can go on for some time, then you eventually break out of that cycle and achieve a state of, it’s not heaven but nirvana. I think I’m more open to what the afterlife is, and I’m not convinced you die and then it stops.

“That is the annoying and beautiful thing, that there is no way of finding out. You can’t ask anyone, well maybe James Brown and Gandhi if they come to my dinner party. I do believe that there is something. I’m not sure it’s ghosts, but then I do believe that, out of all the ghost stories [where] you think, well, that’s bonkers, that, sometimes, there’s got to be something there.”

A seed of truth…

“Definitely. The idea of unfinished business or leaving someone a message, that’s too powerful to ignore.”

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