Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine are back for series two of psychological thriller, The Devil's Hour. They were amazed by series one's success, even getting themselves an Emmy nomination. They releveled their superstitions and what moment they would love to time travel back to, like Peter's character, Gideon does in the show. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00So guys, did you expect season one to just kick off the way it did?
00:04Because I was obsessed.
00:06Well, you never know.
00:08There's quite a lot of content out there, isn't there?
00:11So it was really, really gratifying when it definitely hit a chord.
00:16I was stopped in the street a lot.
00:18We got an Emmy nomination.
00:19That's right, yeah.
00:20You know, it was...
00:22Yeah, I was so pleased because this is one of the jobs I am most proud of.
00:28I love it.
00:29It was a surprise, but I think success is often a surprise.
00:34That's just my cynical nature.
00:37But yeah, it was huge.
00:40And a lot of people would stop me in the street and talk about it
00:44or ask me what it was all about, which I would find difficult to explain
00:47because I wasn't actually Gideon.
00:50But no, it was lovely.
00:51It was a really nice experience.
00:54Peter, did you find that people were a little bit scared of you after that?
00:57Yes, I think they had to be a bit braver.
01:00I think I was a little less approachable.
01:04But no, it was a wonderful...
01:08You know, making a programme in the first place is such a privilege
01:13and so much fun.
01:15And working with Jessica and Tom and everyone, it's so pleasant.
01:20It's a kind of added bonus that when it actually comes out,
01:23the public like it.
01:25That's a wonderful bonus.
01:27It's a real leap of faith, whatever project you do.
01:29You read the script, you love the script.
01:31But what I love about this is it imbues the audience with intelligence.
01:36You've got to keep your eye on it.
01:39You've got to be engaged.
01:41And I love that about the show.
01:44Our audience are clever and they get it.
01:47So yeah, I love that.
01:48And Jessica, when you found out you were working with Peter,
01:50were you just like, oh wow, okay, this is quite exciting?
01:54And did you take any branding from him to sign perhaps some Doctor Who merch?
01:58It's such an incredible role.
02:01We need someone amazing to go toe-to-toe with Lucy.
02:05So it was just...
02:06Oh, that's true.
02:07It's just so...
02:08You just gave it everything.
02:10And that first season, you were literally chained to a desk.
02:14Yes, I was chained to a table for two weeks.
02:18Which was great.
02:19And it was so intense.
02:20But she's so amazing.
02:21She's so amazing.
02:22I think she's so brilliant.
02:24It's not giving anything away.
02:26I've just been working on season three
02:28and just been seeing some of what Jess is doing in that.
02:31And she's even more incredible in season three than she is in season two,
02:36which is brilliant.
02:37Don't get your loops mixed up.
02:39Don't get my loops mixed up.
02:40But I always remember Jess being killed in Lane of Duty.
02:43That was one of the most exciting.
02:44Yes, and for me, Malcolm Tucker was just such an iconic role.
02:49It's always...
02:51He just lodges in there.
02:53So yeah, it was a real privilege to work with Peter.
02:55Vice versa.
02:57So what about your dreams and your superstitions?
03:00Oh, I always get a bit concerned with that magpie thing.
03:03Oh, do you?
03:04You've got to see...
03:06Is that one for sorrow?
03:07One for sorrow, two for joy.
03:09And although I'm not a superstitious person,
03:12but somewhere inside me,
03:14I always get a bit anxious until I see that second magpie.
03:18And then I try to figure out, does it mean...
03:21If you see a magpie at 8am,
03:25if you see another one at quarter to two in the afternoon,
03:29does that count as...?
03:30I think it's together.
03:31They've got to be together.
03:32I think so.
03:33So what does that mean?
03:35Well, all I can say is that it can't be right
03:38because all I've had is good luck.
03:40Well, I'd love to watch Peter Cavalli looking for magpies on the street.
03:44Looking for the other magpies.
03:47Hopefully it's not too obvious, it's just a slight anxiety.
03:50Yeah, yeah.
03:51What about you, Jessica?
03:52Is it gaps on the pavement or is it anything that you don't do?
03:57My son is obsessed with not stepping on the cracks on the pavement,
04:01so I'll go along with that.
04:02It's quite fun hopping along.
04:04I don't really have any superstitions.
04:06No, I don't.
04:07I just...
04:08No, I just don't.
04:09I just like kind of...
04:11I'm quite existential like that.
04:13But what does he think happens if you step on them?
04:16It's bad luck, Peter.
04:17All right, so it's not that the pavement...
04:18Bad luck.
04:19And then there's lava, yeah.
04:21Yeah, kids, there's always lava.
04:23Watch out for the lava.
04:25Obviously, Gideon can remember everything.
04:27If you guys could go to one memory, one point in time,
04:31before you were born or any time, where would you love to be and watch?
04:34What do you mean, in the whole of the human...
04:36Because I was thinking I'd like to be on the sofa
04:38watching the moon landing back then
04:40because I think you would have been...
04:43I saw that happen.
04:45I can fill you in.
04:47What that was like.
04:49It was very, very late at night.
04:51The picture was terrible.
04:52It was a very, very disappointing picture.
04:54And it took hours.
04:56It took hours and hours and hours
04:58because they landed and then they had to get the spacesuits.
05:01We didn't know all this.
05:02We all just knew they were going to get pictures from the moon.
05:05And when the pictures came through,
05:07they were just the back of a ladder and blackness.
05:11Like in the worst TV set possible.
05:13But were you thrilled, nonetheless?
05:15Or were you disappointed?
05:17Well, the thrill was you could go out into the background
05:20and look up and see the moon.
05:22Go there, actually.
05:23Oh, no, it was incredible.
05:24But it wasn't.
05:26You know, today's...
05:28The public today would not put up with it visually.
05:30Okay, maybe not that moment then,
05:32but any other moment you'd like to have relived or been at?
05:35I quite like the idea of being in Berlin in the 1920s.
05:41That kind of cabaret nightclub scene.
05:45Everything was just a little bit raucous and naughty.
05:49And, yeah, I bet that was fun.
05:53You were auditioning, I think.
05:55Sally Balls.