BBC Renews ‘Showtrial’ For Season 2 With All New Cast – Adeel Akhtar (Image: Sarah Cresswell), Nathalie Armin (Image: Charlie Gray) and Michael Socha (Image: Bjorn Franklin)
The BBC has ordered a 2nd Season of the drama ‘Showtrial‘, which will once again centre around a hotly contested criminal trial that divides the nation and takes place in the full glare of the media spotlight but will feature a new cast, including Adeel Akhtar, Nathalie Armin and Michael Socha.
When the high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer – a serving policeman. But who is this unnamed ‘Officer X’? What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus’s death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder?
From the victim’s last breath to the jury’s final verdict, ‘Showtrial’ takes us into the worlds of the charismatic and cocky officer Justin Mitchell (Michael Socha); Sam Gill (Adeel Akhtar), an anxious defence solicitor with a reputation for winning lost causes; and Leila Hassoun-Kenny (Nathalie Armin), a rigorous CPS lawyer leading the case against the accused.
As public outrage reaches fever-pitch, Showtrial questions what happens when a trial is dominated by contentious issues and whether the truth is ever clear cut. Is a fair trial possible when tensions are riding so high?
“I am very grateful to the BBC for the opportunity to explore another sensational trial which I hope will be just as entertaining as our first outing,” said creator and writer Ben Richards. “I love writing Showtrial and I’m honoured to have a cast of such high quality to deliver it.”
Adeel Akhtar is known for his roles in ‘Sherwood’, ‘Ali & Ava’, and ‘Utopia’. Nathalie Armin previously starred in ‘Home’, ‘Unforgotten’, and ‘The Batman’. Whilst Michael Socha appeared in ‘The Gallows Pole’, ‘Chernobyl’, ‘This Is England’ and ‘Being Human’.
The five-episode drama is created and written by Ben Richards, directed by Julia Ford (‘Everything I Know About Love’, ‘Safe’) and produced by Ken Horn (‘Line of Duty’, ‘The Moorside’). Executive producers are Simon Heath and Emma Luffingham for World Productions (an ITV Studios company), with Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC. ‘Showtrial’ made by World Productions (‘Vigil’, ‘Line of Duty’, ‘Anne’).
“Ben’s sharp, timely and provocative scripts have once again attracted a stellar cast to this new season of our Showtrial anthology,” adds Simon Heath, CEO, World Productions. “I can’t wait to see how Adeel, Nathalie and Michael bring to life Ben’s compelling triumvirate of lead characters.”
‘Showtrial‘ Season 2 does not yet have a premiere date, but will air on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
