Overview

• Renewal comes after strong viewership and a year-long wait following the first season’s cliffhanger finale.
• Richard Rankin will reprise his role as DS John Rebus alongside returning creative team members including Ian Rankin and Gregory Burke.
• The six-part series will be filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow starting in late 2025 under Eleventh Hour Films.
• Season two will delve into connections between Edinburgh’s drug underworld and its finance and legal sectors.
• The new episodes are scheduled to premiere on BBC One and iPlayer in 2026.