Wild Bill – 10 things we learnt from the first promo for ITV’s Rob Lowe crime drama
By The Newsroom
Published 29th May 2019, 13:21 BST
Updated 29th May 2019, 13:30 BST
Have you seen the promo for Wild Bill, ITV’s crime drama set in Boston and starring US actor Rob Lowe, yet?
If not, our coverage here included a YouTube link to it. Here, though, we list 10 things we learnt about the upcoming show and East Lincolnshire’s new Chief Constable from the minute-long teaser.
Wild Bill, coming to ITV soon.
The promo opens with a car chase across Lincolnshires distinctively flat landscape, which then continues on foot (across, because its South Lincolnshire, a cabbage field). There is also some rough and tumble in a scene or two.
Early on in the promo, we get a clue as to why Bill Hixon is known as Wild Bill, with him displaying some wild characteristics saying goddamnit, throwing a cabbage, and yelling at the sky in frustration.
The promo has little that is immediately recognisable as Boston, with the countryside more frequently the backdrop. However, we are treated to an impressive aerial shot of the Stump
In earlier publicity, we were told that Bill Hixon isnt about making friends. In this scene, though, he seems fairly friendly. The drift of the promo, in fact, is he is not welcome.
