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55 Degrees North
Darren Morfitt plays DS Patrick Yates

55 Degrees North series two

Starts Sunday 22 May, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE



Darren Morfitt plays DS Patrick Yates

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Darren Morfitt admits that it's difficult to find the words to adequately describe dodgy Detective Sergeant Patrick Yates without resorting to name-calling or swearing.

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"He's an utter and total you-know-what," says Darren, with a grin. "The guy is a git, a jerk and so far up his own backside he wouldn't know humility if it smacked him round the face.

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"He's just arrogance personified; very selfish, always shouting, and in the first episode when he thinks he's about to get promoted, he's unbearable."

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As Acting DI in the first episode of the new series, Yates is cockily confident that promotion is in his sights.

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So when Bing (Mark Lewis Jones) appears out of nowhere, his nose is severely put out of joint. He tries to worm his way into his new boss's good books, but Bing sees straight through him.

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Bolshy with his colleagues, unprincipled and ambitious, Yates is still up to his old sly tricks - and his workmates are beginning to wake up to the fact that he, above anyone else, can't be trusted.

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"Sometimes I just want to give him a good slap and say: 'Shut up, you silly little boy who hasn't been able to grow up'," adds Darren.

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"I've always imagined he was bullied as a kid, and I think if you've had that sort of upbringing then you become a bully yourself, unable to let your defences down.

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"He's just a terrified little boy inside, and he's hiding behind all this macho bravado."

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Even Maguire (Michael Hodgson), his former partner, has distanced himself from Yates, suspecting that he's not been telling the whole truth about the murder of their former boss, DI Carter.

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And, as far as Darren's concerned, he's not surprised by the mistrust which surrounds Yates. "You always see Yates doing a bit of a sneer or giving everyone evils.

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"I love doing all those sneers because I would never react like that in real life. It's great to get all of that arrogance and aggression out on screen, because then I can free myself up to just be bubbly and cute when I'm not at work," jokes Darren.

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Darren has also appeared in Dalziel and Pascoe, Red Cap, Warriors and cult werewolf movie Dog Soldiers, alongside co-star Emma Cleasby.

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In the break between series, the Hartlepool-born actor got hitched to long-term girlfriend - actress Helen Latham, who stars in the current series of Footballers' Wives as Lucy Milligan.

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As well as becoming Lucy's husband, Darren also found time to film The Government Inspector - Peter Kosminsky's docu-drama about weapons expert Dr David Kelly.

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He says: "This is the third film I've made with Peter - the guy believes passionately in his subjects, and I really enjoy being part of a piece of work that has a social conscience.

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"It's funny because my wife Helen was doing Footballers' Wives while I was filming The Government Inspector. So we were both coming home at night talking about our days - and, to be honest, they couldn't have been more different."

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