Overview

• Channel 5 will premiere the new six-part season in autumn 2025, with a Christmas special to follow and U.S. broadcasts on Masterpiece in early 2026.
• First-look images arrive alongside an official synopsis that places the story in 1945 as the war in Europe ends.
• Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton, Samuel West, Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley, Patricia Hodge, Tony Pitts and Imogen Clawson are all back.
• New guest stars include Chris Gascoyne and Lucy-Jo Hudson, plus Gaia Wise, Jonathan Hyde and Philip Martin Brown.
• Returning guest players include Mollie Winnard, Conor Deane, Cat Simmons and Lamin Touray, with production by BAFTA and Playground in association with Masterpiece on PBS and All3Media International.