The first teaser of the new series of crime drama Bloodlands has landed ahead of its return to our screens this month.
Jimmy Nesbitt is back to play the lead role of cop turned assassin DCI Tom Brannick. Series one ended with the groundbreaking revelation Brannick himself was the illusive Goliath - a secret only the audience was left knowing.
The gritty crime drama set in Northern Ireland began shooting the second series in February, which was created and written by Chris Brandon.
Peaky Blinders star Charlene McKenna will also be back as DS Niamh McGovern and Victoria Smurfit joins the cast in season two as Olivia Foyle, an enigmatic widow at the centre of Brannick’s latest case.
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The first series of Bloodlands launched with an average of 8.2 million viewers, and was Northern Ireland’s most-watched BBC drama launch on record.
The second series was filmed in Belfast and around Strangford Lough in Co Down.
A description of the plot of the second series reads: "When the murder of a crooked accountant unravels a trail of greed that threatens to expose his identity as legendary assassin, Goliath, Tom (James Nesbitt) and the accountant’s widow, Olivia (Victoria Smurfit), must keep each other dangerously close.
"As they try to solve the riddle her husband left behind, and become more and more immersed in the puzzle of each other, Tom and Olivia draw in Tom’s fellow officers DS Niamh McGovern (Charlene McKenna), DCS Jackie Twomey (Lorcan Cranitch) and DC "Birdy" Bird (Chris Walley), as well as his daughter, Izzy (Lola Petticrew), until deceit and betrayal build to a shattering climax."
The BBC and HTM Television production is produced by Christopher Hall and directed by Jon East and Audrey Cooke.
The second series of Bloodlands will air on BBC One and iPlayer this September.
Watch the second series trailer below...
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