{"id":565415,"date":"2026-08-11T06:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565415\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:08:18","slug":"hit-point-stars-tease-amandaland-favourites-key-character-and-reveal-his-hilarious-daily-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565415\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit Point stars tease Amandaland favourite’s key character and reveal his hilarious daily routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stars of U&Dave’s first ever scripted drama Hit Point<\/a> have discussed their legendary co-star Peter Serafinowicz \u2013 including an amusing part of his morning routine.<\/p>\n

Nick Blood (Twenty Twenty Six<\/a>) and Saffron Hocking (Top Boy) lead the thriller, playing detectives Leo and Bella on a case that takes them deep into London’s dangerous criminal underworld.<\/p>\n

Serafinowicz co-stars as former police officer Carter, who becomes an ally to Leo on the high-risk investigation, which concerns the shocking theft of \u00a310 million.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Times,<\/a> Blood said that Serafinowicz was “so funny”, while Hocking added: “I think he’s gonna get a restraining order against us because we keep saying, \u2018We’re obsessed with him, we love Peter so much.\u2019 But we do! He’s just incredible, and his character is so cool.”<\/p>\n

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Leo (Nick Blood) with Dylan (Moe Bar-El) and Carter (Peter Serafinowicz).\u00a0U&Dave<\/p>\n

“Yeah, he\u2019s cynical and dry,” Blood said, to which Hocking added: “And hot! I was messaging you yesterday and I was like, ‘Peter\u2019s hot.'”<\/p>\n

“He is, man – that quiff!’,” Blood said. “Yeah, he’s perfectly cast in it, just that kind of seen it all, not bothered by anything. A great, great guy to have on set, just brings such positivity. I think sometimes when there\u2019s, particularly comedy actors that you\u2019re used to seeing, they can be quite cutting and sharp, and you think, \u2018Oh god, are they just going to be cynical about everything?\u2019<\/p>\n

“But Peter couldn’t be further from that. He brings so much joy and positivity to set. This is one of my favourite things about him \u2013 do you know what he does when he wakes up every morning? He goes, ‘I’m back!'”<\/p>\n

“We all started doing it,” Hocking said, laughing. “You wake up and you go, \u2018I\u2019m back!\u2019 So funny!”<\/p>\n

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“But it’s brilliant, Blood added, “because you go, \u2018Yeah, you get to live another day.'”<\/p>\n

“But it’s so Peter,” Hocking said. “If someone else told you that, you’d be like, ‘Oh my god…’ But coming from him, you’re like, \u2018Of course, that’s what you do. Of course.'”<\/p>\n

Hit Point also stars Nadia Parkes, William Abadie, Brendan Coyle, Moe Bar-El, Ossian Perret and Joshua Sher.<\/p>\n

Hit Point premieres at 9pm on Thursday 13 August on U&Dave.<\/p>\n

Add Hit Point to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stars of U&Dave’s first ever scripted drama Hit Point have discussed their legendary co-star Peter Serafinowicz \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-565415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}