Whilst tagging along with a bitter old journalist McVie ( Ford Kiernan) as he listens to the police scanners and questions the police station on the nights goings on she manages to stumble across a murder scoop.
Paddy also seems to have the habit of being a nosey cow, I suppose as all good journalists should, which means that she works things out but gets herself into trouble. As Paddy struggles to find her way in a very male dominated and sexist world of journalism she comes under abuse of all manner of drunken Scottish men, but still manages to keep her resolve. David Morrissey plays the surprisingly small role of her sexist and vulgar boss, Devlin. As she thinks shes found the case to kick-start her career she ends up embroiled in a murder case that comes at a cost to her. The story, set in 1982, follows Paddy Meehan ( Jayd Johnson), an ambitious young copy girl at a Glasgow newspaper who dreams of finding the big story and fighting injustice. Based on the best-selling Denise Mina novel the story has been adapted and directed by David Kane.
Last night I caught up with BBC1s two-parter The Field of Blood on the iPlayer.
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