Overview
- All eight episodes of series two arrived on BBC iPlayer on 25 October and episode one is scheduled for BBC One at 9pm.
- The BBC confirmed a third series before the new season launched and said principal filming will take place in Liverpool in 2027.
- Series two follows Michael Kavanagh and Diana as they briefly escape to Spain but are pulled back into criminal conflicts that raise the personal stakes for both characters.
- The season adds high‑profile new antagonists played by Álvaro Morte and Shaun Evans while most of the principal cast, including James Nelson‑Joyce and Hannah Onslow, return.
- The show’s first series drew more than six million viewers and BAFTA nominations, and its Liverpool locations and accents are credited with boosting local filming, tourism and the lead actors’ profiles.