Cush Jumbo explains key development for June and JP in Criminal Record
*Warning – contains spoilers for Criminal Record season 2 episode 4.* The fourth episode of Criminal Record season 2 has now been released on Apple TV, and it sees Cush Jumbo’s June Lenker beginning an affair with Luca Pasqualino’s new character, JP. “I can’t think why she’s drawn to him. He’s not attractive in any way,” Jumbo joked when speaking exclusively with Radio Times alongside her co-star Peter Capaldi, who plays Daniel Hegarty. Jumbo was asked about why June is drawn to JP in the new season, and away from her current partner, Stephen Campbell Moore’s Leo. “Well, for a start, he’s pretty oppositional to her partner,” Jumbo said of JP. “There’s something going on with June, which is about flipping her life. I think when her son kind of moves away from her, home becomes a very empty place. It’s really magnified how much she doesn’t really want to be there, and how much it’s not speaking to her current sense of self anymore.” She continued: “I think part of it with JP is …



