Nicola Walker has an uncanny knack of choosing hit TV shows to star in. Her CV is packed with zeitgeist-capturing series such as Spooks, Last Tango in Halifax, BBC1’s divorce drama The Split and ITV’s cold-case series Unforgotten.
Nicola is modest when asked about her outstanding track record. ‘I have a great agent,’ she says with a half-laugh. ‘You don’t have much power as an actor most of the time; you’re usually being told “no” about a role you went up for. For
