Catherine Tyldesley reveals plans for TV icon to join Good Ship Murder – and hints at grisly death
CATHERINE Tyldesley has shared hopes for a TV icon to board The Good Ship Murder – and hinted at a grisly death.
The actress, 41, plays the role of First Officer Kate Woods in the Channel 5 crime drama, which began in 2023.
Speaking to The Sun’s TV Mag, Catherine shared which big name she’d like to see join the show.
She said: “I’ve just finished working with Sue Johnston on another job and I want to drag her on the ship for the third season.
“I’m like: ‘Sue, get on to your agent!’
“I’d love to work with her again.”
Sue, 81, played Barbara Royle in BBC comedy The Royle Family.
From 2012 to 2014, she starred as Catherine’s on-screen grandmother, Gloria Price, in Coronation Street.
In an amusing twist, Catherine has some ideas for upcoming killer storylines.
She revealed: “I’ve always been a fan of blunt trauma to the head.
“But I’d like to see a shark attack… Maybe if we get a bigger budget.”
Elsewhere, The Good Ship Murder reunites Catherine with her former Coronation Street co-star Shayne Ward.
The pair’s respective characters, Aidan Connor and Eva Price, had a romantic relationship in the ITV soap.
However, their romance was tragically cut short by Aidan’s suicide in 2018.
Meanwhile, cruise-ship crooner Jack Grayling and First Officer Kate Woods have had romantically-charged ‘will they, won’t they?’ moments between them.
Catherine said: “Kate has always chosen her career before love, but Jack is a spoke in the works.
“Her love of true crime and the adrenaline rush that she gets when she’s with Jack is interfering with her focus.
“Next season, I’d like to see them re-create the ‘I’m flying’ scene from Titanic.”
The Good Ship Murder's cast and plot
CAST
- Catherine Tyldesley as Kate Woods
- Shayne Ward as Jack Grayling
- Claire Sweeney as Beverley Carnell
- Geoffrey Breton as Piers de Vreese
- Jane Slavin as Paulette
- Tommaso Basili as Nero De Wolfe
- Olivia Marie Fearn as Cecile Ray
- Cosh Omar as Chafiq Harrak
- Olivia Fenton as Ella Jones
- Manuel Cauchi as Luca Di Marco
PLOT
The Good Ship Murder follows former detective Jack Grayling who is living his best life working as an entertainer on a cruise ship.
There he meets First Officer Kate Woods, a woman in a man’s world, with plenty to prove.
Life on the ship is exciting and glamorous but there are jealousies, rivalries and deep divides hidden below the surface.
Things take a turn for the worst when the ship docks at its first port of call, only for a passenger to be found murdered.
This tragedy is followed by more murders and unlikely duo Jack and Kate must join together to solve the mysteries.
While many may jump at the chance to cruise the Mediterranean for a living, Catherine revealed that it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
She explained: “So many of the locations we film at are so remote, it’s like I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
“We take these porta-potties around with us – I’d say that was pretty unglamorous!”
The Good Ship Murder airs on Channel 5.