ITV, BritBox reunite After the Flood
FIRST LOOK: Sophie Rundle returns to lead the cast for the second season of ITV and BritBox thriller After the Flood, which is now filming in Greater Manchester and Derbyshire.
Rundle (Gentleman Jack) reprises her role as Jo Marshall in the six-part series, with other returning actors including Nicholas Gleaves (The Crown) as Sergeant Phil Mackie, Lorraine Ashbourne (Alma’s Not Normal) as Molly Marshall, Philip Glenister (Belgravia) as Jack Radcliffe and Matt Stokoe (The Hunt For Raoul Moat) as Jo’s husband, Pat Holman.
The second season finds newly promoted detective Jo (Rundle) on the trail of a baffling new murder investigation. As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances. Jo’s race to stop the killer brings her into direct conflict with dark and influential forces within the town, ultimately drawing her into an investigation that becomes deeply personal. One that will require her to operate in secret if she is to have any hope of rooting out the corruption that has blighted the town’s police force – and her own family – for decades.
Joining the cast are Alun Armstrong (Breeders) playing Alan Benson, Jill Halfpenny (The Red King) as DS Sam Bradley, Ian Puleston-Davies (Pennyworth) as Tony Rower and Matthew McNulty (The Jetty) as Xav Palmer. Also joining the cast is Oliver Nelson (The Gathering) as Declan Rower, Roger Morlidge (The Bank of Dave) as Geoff Dixon, Lola Brown as Izza and Tony Marshall (Sister Boniface Mysteries) as Fraser Tempest.
Tripti Tripuraneni (House of the Dragon) returns as PC Deepa Das alongside Heider Ali (You Don’t Know Me) as DS Babak, Leo Flanagan (Gentleman Jack) as Finn and Jacqueline Boatswain (Little Disasters) is Sarah Mackie. Faye McKeever (Adolescence) returns as Kelly Kamali alongside George Bukhari (Ridley) as Keith Kamali and Maui Connock (After the Flood) playing their daughter, Sophie Kamali.
Produced by Quay Street Productions for ITV with coproduction partner BritBox International, After the Flood is written by creator, lead writer and executive producer Mick Ford with co-writers Joe Forrest and Maxine Alderton. Fiona McAllister (Significant Other) is producer and Azhur Saleem (Outlander: Blood of my Blood) returns to direct episodes 1-3 with Tom McKay (Casualty) directing episodes 4-6.
Executive producers for Quay Street Productions are Nicola Shindler (Nolly, It’s A Sin), Richard Fee (Fool Me Once, Missing You), Azhur Saleem and Sophie Rundle. Huw Kennair-Jones is executive producer for ITV and Robert Schildhouse and Stephen Nye for BritBox International.
The series will premiere on ITV1 and STV, with streaming available on ITVX, STV Player, and BritBox in North America, Australia, and the Nordics. An air date will be revealed at a later date.
ITV Studios are handling international distribution.
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