Sky, Starz reunite with Sweetpea

FIRST LOOK: Ella Purnell returns as wallflower-turned-killer Rhiannon Lewis in the second season of darkly comic thriller Sweetpea, coming soon to Sky in the UK and Starz in the US.

Picking up from the end of season one, Rhiannon is navigating a new promotion, an irresistible rebound and, with a copycat killer threatening to expose her, the kill list is mounting. But she is forced to question whether her perfect ex AJ, was right: is she a monster?

Rish Shah joins the cast as Rhiannon’s romantic interest Gabriel, alongside Tamsin Greig as AJ’s mother Liv. Taj Atwal steps in as Freya, Rhiannon’s formidable new boss at the Carnsham Gazette, while Jenny Walser plays an adoring new friend Daisy.

Returning to the series are Jon Pointing, Jeremy Swift, Leah Harvey, Ingrid Oliver, Nitin Ganatra and Alexandra Dowling.

Sweetpea is adapted from CJ Skuse’s novel of the same name and produced by See-Saw Films and fanboy in association with Sky Studios. Executive producer for fanboy is Patrick Walters (Heartstopper) and executive producers for See-Saw Films are Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.

Ella Jones and Ella Purnell are also executive producers, alongside Kirstie Swain. Selina Lim, Emme Hoy, Simon Gillis and Natasha Heliotis are co-executive producers, and Zorana Piggott (Heartstopper) is the series producer.

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