Craig doesn’t know it yet, but after hooking up with Rhiannon Lewis only to leave her on read or only responding in emojis, he’s on her kill list in Sweetpea.

Working as a builder for Rhiannon’s dad, Tommy, handyman Craig does have a warm heart somewhere underneath all that laddish bravado though, she’s sure of it.

One of the first people to spot the change in a Rhiannon, Craig is soon intrigued by this new-and-improved version of a one night stand he easily dismissed.

As he starts planning to progress in his career, Rhiannon’s ultra-confident new attitude is just what he needs in a woman. Or is it?

Speaking ahead of the series launch, actor Jon Pointing talks Craig’s behaviour, taking on the new role, and what Rhiannon has in store for him.

I play Craig, initially Rhiannon’s crush and then love interest. Some will love him. Some will maybe hate him. Some people might be completely indifferent. - He’s not a bad person, although he does a couple of d**ky things. There is a sweetness to him.

Craig’s and Rhiannon’s relationship - they’ve known each other for a while since Craig works for her dad Tommy, and I guess Rhiannon’s always had a bit of a crush on him. It’s the idea that he's a bit like Rhiannon’s school crush. I don’t think the point is that there’s ever really been a romantic relationship there…and it’s not really to do with his personality even - it’s about what he represents maybe.

I don’t know if Craig’s ever really noticed Rhiannon before - they’ve got history, but to Craig, she’s just his boss’ daughter, so it’s not until we get into the series that he starts noticing her as she changes. Once he does start noticing her, things start to happen.

At the top, Craig seems disinterested in Rhiannon - ghosting her and just sending her emojis instead of proper replies, and I don’t know if he’s ever doing it maliciously, that’s just his way. He thinks it’s not that deep and maybe there’s a part of him that’s trying to avoid the complications of going out with his boss’ daughter.

I mean, once I got in that Subaru Impreza, that did a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of character development. It did something to me. Like before when I saw the script, it says Craig gets into his car, Craig gets out of his car, but when I saw the car - wow, I didn’t see it coming! It might be the highlight of this job for me is driving that car. That was fun.

But yes, working with Ella was nice because she’s really good at letting you play around a little bit, offering things up so I was able to. I was aware that Craig is sometimes a bit of comic relief as well - ultimately he’s a sweet guy, he’s just a little dim maybe so that’s quite fun to play around with.

He’s a funny guy - don’t know if he always knows it.

I suppose it’s like the revenge fantasy that I think we’re all guilty of if we get a bit pissed off or upset. Like when you have an argument with someone and after the fact you’re imagining all the things you could have said. Those sort of fantasies can go where they want - they’re in your head, it doesn’t matter. So I think people enjoy that revenge storyline.

Also, I suppose the fact the audience is with the killer and maybe there’s a feeling of power in there being no “who is it” whodunnit. You’re like “we know who’s doing it, we know exactly who’s doing it. Also, it’s sort of tongue-in-cheek and I think that’s the humour of it I think people enjoy. I think you can sort of get away with stuff if you can make people laugh in the next beat. I hope so.