who stars in the 2024 BBC thriller Nightsleeper which is set on the to London train has revealed that he once got arrested on the same journey. The Game of Thrones legend has recalled the time he was nicked by the British Transport Police for “lamping” a drunk who was harassing two female passengers on the Caledonian Sleeper. But according to the , after the girls explained what had happened, the officers let Cosmo back on the train and arrested the thug who had been causing bother.
James, 76, who plays a retired train driver on the new BBC One drama which has viewers on the edge of their seats, said: “It’s ironic but when I was a young pup I got arrested on the London to Glasgow train and then de-arrested. “A guy who got on the train was very drunk and started annoying these two girls who were sitting opposite me. When it began to get really out of hand I clocked the bloke.
“We were just pulling into Carlisle and the British Transport Police came on board and took me off the train. They didn’t cuff me but they told me they were arresting me for assault. “The train was held in the station and cops got on to talk to the passengers.
Once they had spoken to the two girls they realised what had happened and arrested the drunk instead.” Dumbarton born James, added: “After they had de-arrested me they let me get back on the train. I sat down and the guard came up to me and asked me to come with him - I thought: “Oh no what’s going to happen now?” “But I .
