Starring Jones alongside Lesley Sharp (Clocking Off), the police drama returns to ITV1 at 9pm on Monday 12th March with eight new episodes.

The former Coronation Street star jokes: “…there are quite a few bruises. I don’t remember Rachel being this physical last year! It’s a real rollercoaster filming Scott & Bailey. But my hands and face are alright, which is what they shoot mainly. So I’m glad of that.”

Series 2’s opening two-part story sees Lisa Riley (Emmerdale) guest star as a suspect. Jones reveals: “Lisa Riley can run faster than me. To be fair, that morning I’d done a bit more running in previous takes. But when it came to chasing her, I could hardly catch her. I’m the worst policewoman ever.”

She adds: “[Riley] punches me in the face and then tries to throttle me. We filmed that for about a day and a half with lots of ‘corpsing’. There were a couple of moments when I looked at Lisa and saw ‘sweet and sour’ tattooed on her breasts – for the character – and things went a bit awry.”

Exploring the personal and professional lives of Detective Constable Rachel Bailey (Jones) and Detective Constable Janet Scott (Sharp), Series 1 launched in May last year.

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