The Outlaws season 2: Release date, cast and latest news
The BBC One crime thriller will be back for a second run.
One of 2021's breakout hit series was Stephen Merchant's crime comedy-drama The Outlaws, and we now have season 2 in our sights.
The show's season season will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer starting 5th June, after the new episodes were filming back-to-back with the first block.
The new season brings back all the main cast from the first run, and Merchant recently told RadioTimes.com that his love for the characters means he hopes to continue the series beyond these episodes.
Merchant said: "I love the characters, I like the world. I don't know how long you could believe that they're still doing community service but I suppose it's like Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, where they were always building a different house in different parts of the world.
"So hopefully there's a way to keep bringing them back, particularly as I love working with this cast and as I say, once you've created a world and you've got characters that you enjoy writing for, you sort of want to keep on milking that cow."
Read on for everything we know so far about The Outlaws season 2, including release date, who's in the cast and more.
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Will The Outlaws be back for season 2?
Good news for Stephen Merchant fans – The Outlaws will be back for season 2!
The news was announced back in January by Deadline, with the publication reporting that the comedy (which was originally titled The Offenders) had been renewed for a second season before the first had even been filmed.
The show's executive producer Kenton Allen told Deadline at the time that season two was commissioned on the basis that both seasons one and two would be shot back-to-back, adding: "We used the benefit of having shot on the scripts already to know more about it before we turned over. We were able to rewrite season one to reflect what we know is going to happen to the characters in season two."
Following the first season finale airing, Merchant himself said: "I am overwhelmed by the wonderful response to The Outlaws. Audiences have fallen in love with the characters as much as I have and my Twitter feed is inundated with people asking for updates on series two, so I’m delighted to confirm the entire gang will return for more adventures. If we made The Outlaws sweat in Series One, we’re really turning the heat up second time round."
The Outlaws season 2 release date
The Outlaws season 2 will start on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday 5th June 2022.
Production concluded in October 2021, as Stephen Merchant said in a Twitter video: "As they used to say at the end of James Bond films, don't worry – The Outlaws will return! There is already a series two in the can so you'll be able to follow the adventures of these characters as things continue in the next series whenever that is on TV, who knows."
The Outlaws season 2 plot
A second season of The Outlaws will pick up from where the dramatic season 1 finale left off – with the group continuing their community service and the police still trying to get to the bottom of who shot Spider.
While the police seemed to believe that it was Ben (Gamba Cole) who shot Spider, the rest of the community service group managed to convince them that any charges would not stand up in court as there were no fingerprints on the gun and the only people who witnessed it were a racist and Ben's jilted lover.
An official synopsis for the next batch of episodes reads: "Following on directly from the first series, The Outlaws still have time to serve on their sentences - but now they must face the fallout from their actions. If they thought the criminal underworld or the local police were done with them, they are sorely mistaken. The Outlaws must depend on one another while working with unlikely allies to atone for their sins – but can they save themselves without sacrificing their souls?"
The Outlaws season 2 cast
The second season of The Outlaws will see the return of Stephen Merchant (Greg), Christopher Walken (Frank), Rhianne Barreto (Rani), Gamba Cole (Christian/Ben), Darren Boyd (John), Clare Perkins (Myrna) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Lady Gabby), who play the seven strangers forced to complete community service together.
Also returning will be Jessica Gunnin, who plays their supervisor Diane, plus Charles Babalola (Malaki), Nina Wadia (Shanthi), Ian McElhinney (John Snr.), Tom Hanson (Spencer), Dolly Wells (Margaret), and Aiyana Goodfellow (Esme).
Dolly Wells (Dracula) and Claes Bang (Dracula) are also back once again as guest stars, while Julia Davis (Gavin & Stacey) joins the cast for the new season.
The Outlaws season 2 trailer
There is now a trailer available for the new season of The Outlaws, and it sees the gang continuing to suffer for their actions in the first season. Take a watch here.
The Outlaws season 2 will air on BBC One on 5th June, with all episodes arriving on BBC iPlayer. Season 1 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer now. Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what’s on tonight.
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