Stephen Dillane has the sort of thoughtful good looks that if he had been a teacher would have caused havoc in the bosoms of his clever female students. He smiles when there’s something to smile about, not merely to charm. He has no interest in presenting a saccharine view of his profession - one cannot imagine him addressing the word “darling” to any but his nearest and dearest - and he is all too aware of its precariousness.

Stephen Dillane has the sort of thoughtful good looks that if he had been a teacher would have caused havoc in the bosoms of his clever female students. He smiles when there’s something to smile about, not merely to charm. He has no interest in presenting a saccharine view of his profession - one cannot imagine him addressing the word “darling” to any but his nearest and dearest - and he is all too aware of its precariousness.