After The Flood 2 begins filming
ITV and BritBox have announced the commencement of filming for the highly anticipated second season of After The Flood. The six-part thriller, produced by Manchester’s Quay Street Productions (a part of ITV Studios) and written by BAFTA-nominated writer and actor Mick Ford, is being filmed across Greater Manchester and Derbyshire for ITV and BritBox.
After The Flood has been recommissioned for its second series by ITV’s Director of Drama, Polly Hill, and Drama Commissioner Huw Kennair-Jones, who will oversee the production on ITV's behalf. The series is set to premiere on ITV1 and STV, with streaming available on ITVX, STV Player, and BritBox in North America, Australia, and the Nordics. Further details regarding the air date will be revealed at a later time.
Returning cast members include Sophie Rundle as Jo Marshall (Gentleman Jack, Peaky Blinders), Nicholas Gleaves (The Crown, The Rising) as Sergeant Phil Mackie, Olivier nominee Lorraine Ashbourne (Alma’s Not Normal, Sherwood, Bridgerton) as Molly Marshall, Philip Glenister (Belgravia, Life on Mars) as Jack Radcliffe, and Matt Stokoe (The Hunt for Raoul Moat, The Bodyguard) as Jo’s husband, Pat Holman.
New faces joining the cast for season two include Alun Armstrong (Breeders, Sherwood) as Alan Benson, Jill Halfpenny (The Red King, The Long Shadow) as DS Sam Bradley, Ian Puleston-Davies (Pennyworth, Tin Star) as Tony Rower, and Matthew McNulty (The Jetty, The Rising) as Xav Palmer. Additional cast members include Oliver Nelson (The Gathering, Home Fires) as Declan Rower, Roger Morlidge (The Bank of Dave, Chemistry of Death) as Geoff Dixon, Lola Brown (a newcomer) as Izza, and Tony Marshall (Sister Boniface Mysteries, Casualty) as Fraser Tempest.
Returning characters include Tripti Tripuraneni (House of the Dragon, Casualty) as PC Deepa Das, Heider Ali (You Don’t Know Me) as DS Babak, Leo Flanagan (Gentleman Jack, Four Lives) as Finn, and Jacqueline Boatswain (Little Disasters, The Sandman) as Sarah Mackie. Faye McKeever (Adolescence, The Responder) returns as Kelly Kamali, alongside George Bukhari (Ridley, Black Cab) as Keith Kamali, and Maui Connock (After the Flood) as their daughter, Sophie Kamali.
In the second series, newly promoted detective Jo Marshall (Sophie Rundle) embarks on a complex murder investigation. As tensions rise in Waterside, with the looming threat of moorland fires and flooding, a body is found under strange circumstances. Jo's pursuit of the killer leads her into conflict with powerful and shadowy figures within the town, forcing her to investigate in secrecy to uncover the deep-seated corruption affecting the local police force – and her own family – for decades.