Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain is a good policeman and—even better—a good man. He's a tad gruff but has a finely tuned capacity to balance his sense of mercy with a driving desire for justice. It's a good thing he's the show's moral anchor too, because the Wales in A Mind To Kill is a bleak place populated with roving child gangs, serial rapists, and deranged murderers. And it's the kind of setting that makes for some compelling (and gritty) television.