I agree he's going to be bossed around, regardless of rank but I suppose the question is how much he listens. Will he be the obedient type, a bit like Hobbs, or the wayward lad with too many ideas of his own? That may depend on how big a role he has; he's listed amongst the main cast, so reasonably important, but enough to justify big storylines? We'll just have to wait and see...

 

here is the official character profile for Detective Sergeant Albert Flight!

with thanks to Mr DM Barcroft and Tiger Aspect Productions

(spoiler alert! there are reveals about Damien's character here, so if you don't want to know don't click!)

Introducing Damien Molony as Detective Sergeant Albert Flight

****PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS TOPIC FROM NOW ON****

I much prefer the pic of him without that hat, to be honest, in the first promo pic, it doesn't do him any favours *dodges flying tomatoes*

But it answers the question of his accent, he'll be an Irish boy, ahh to hear that gorgeous brogue on tv. And yes, secrets!!. I wondered whether he'd be Hobbs's replacement and it would seem that he is, of a kind. I wish they'd hurry up and announce a transmission date, the wait is torture!!

I am thrilled there is intrigue to Damien's new character... layers layers...

I was going to make some very dodgy reference to looking forward to peeling away Flight's layers, but Whimsy got there first

Loving the fact that he's a proper Irishman. Will be interesting to see what kind of accent he has; Dubliner or country bogger, suspect the former.

OMG!!  I passed excited such a long time ago I don't even know where I am anymore!

Irish - yes!  That makes me happy.  And 'a man of secrets' makes him sound a much deeper, more developed character than Hobbs was (poor Hobbs!) which makes me optimistic that he could have a bigger role than Hobbs.

(hardly noticed the hat in the first pic...too distracted by the face (....eyes)!)

And I agree, Ruby...we need to know when this is going to air now!!

I buy the BBC History magazine, history being a passion of mine (and it comes in handy for research purposes at times too) and this month there is an article about how in the early 1880's, Irish republicans launched a bombing campaign in London, using dynamite. The Home Office introduced a new detective department known as the Special Irish Branch and they worked at identifying who the bombers why etc. If the dates hadn't too early (between 1881-85 apparently) i would've wondered whether this pertained to Flight's 'secrets' but i think he's too young to be part of this, to look at him, he looks to be too young with that (lovely) baby face. Unless the writers do a time fiddling thing of course ;)

On the contrary, 'secrets' could be in Bert's past, what he got up to as a restless teenager, what any big brothers/sisters, aunts/uncles, parents got up to - and he went the other way and joined the Rozzers!

btw, I'm not reading the spoilers so if I don't make sense, you'll know why. (Or I could just not be making sense.)

whimsyfox wrote:

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Kat I hope it's his natural one, not the more pronounced Northern one we've heard in some of his radio readings.  omg, accent thudding ahead!

 

It's good for a man to have many layers. Just makes the mystery that much more exciting to unwrap.  Or something, something, something.... 

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I have to ask about his accent and his radio plays....i am almost certain that the accents we heard in his radio plays are his natural southern Irish accent. Northern Irish accents are much harder and to me, more noticeable and i would've noticed if he'd used a more northern accent and i didn't. It sounded, at least to me, like his natural accent. 

Having another read through of his character profile and i wonder at those secrets that not even H Division could guess at. What is that boy hiding???? I can't wait to find out! 

 

sorry, I'm fairly ignorant about accents.  I just meant that, as fifi said, he's had a more exaggerate version of his own accent in his radio stuff, particularly The Hill Bachelors.  Damien does not say "ting" instead of "thing" for instance.  From his interviews, it's really the R's and S's that stand out as Irish, but overall not very strong.  Just a lovely tiny bit of lilt to his voice. 

I'm going to put the next bit in spoiler tags...click at your own peril.

 

Spoiler

An interview with Matthew Macfadyen has surfaced, quite spoilery but he mentions Fenian Terrorism. This is the Irish Republicans i mentioned in an earlier post and i could be jumping to conclusions but i'm wondering whether, as Whimsy has already alluded to, that young Flight had Fenian connections as a younger man. The bombing campaign in London was 1881-85 so i suppose that is plausible. Perhaps we see some of his old Fenian cohorts make a reappearance in a later episode? I can't wait to find out

-- Edited by domino on Tuesday 15th of October 2013 09:31:08 PM

oooh, Lisa I mentioned in the other topic but good sleuthing!  and I'm sure you caught this:

Spoiler

Mathew MacFadyen said "There’s Fenian terrorism too - there were a lot of bombings. There is an episode that deals with that."

The photo of Damien sitting next to that girl has this caption: A scene from RIPPER STREET – Episode Four: ‘Dynamite and a Woman’

Maybe they show some flashbacks and that's why he's dressed more roguish? Or he goes under cover to infiltrate his hold cohorts?  or to meet that woman?  

Whatever it turns out to be I'm hoping this means plenty of Flight!