Professor T is back for its fourth season on ITV, with Ben Miller reprising his role as Jasper Tempest. The new series continues from season three's devastating cliffhanger, which saw DS Lisa Donckers tragically struck in a hit and run.
Ben Miller on Jasper's Guilt and Determination
Discussing where his character stands at the beginning of series four, Ben said: "He's almost gone back to square one in terms of his OCD. We've previously seen him trying to take the gloves off, literally and metaphorically, but he ended up pulling them back on after Lisa's death."
"For whatever reason, he didn't comfort her as she was dying. The darker side of his nature took over, and he's carrying a lot of guilt from letting her die like that. He wanted to change before, but he's really determined to change now. He can't let that happen again."
Filming Locations in Belgium
The crime drama is adapted from a Belgian series and remains very much an Anglo-Belgian production, with substantial filming undertaken in Belgium, reports Cambridge Live. For series four, virtually all of the college interior scenes were shot at a former international boarding school for girls, now called The Winter Garden of the Ursulines.
Meanwhile, the Château de La Hulpe served as the interior of Jasper's office, while the lecture theatre was captured at the academiezaal Sint Truiden.
Cast Bonding in Belgium
Reflecting on his experience working with the crew in Belgium, Barney White, who portrays Dan, said: "We film in Belgium and so we do spend a lot of time together as we're not going home every night. Ben and I have particularly spent a lot of time together, as we're now on our fifth series. The show's become a real fixture in our lives."
"Working with Ben is such a pleasure: he's so focused and brings brilliant ideas and energy, and we know each other very well now. The rest of the cast has changed a lot but Ben and I have been here from the start, and we particularly bonded at the beginning as it was filmed in lockdown. We have this thing where we all go to the same restaurants, and they all know Ben's order, which is Belgian fries, basically!"
Professor T season 4 starts on Wednesday, August 19 at 9pm on ITV1.
