DI Ray season 2 ITV start date confirmed as Parminder Nagra returns
It's been a long wait, but Parminder Nagra is back for season 2 of DI Ray.
It's been a long time coming, but we finally know when DI Ray season 2 will premiere on ITV – and it's not too far off.
A second run for the crime drama starring Parminder Nagra was confirmed all the way back in 2022, but the broadcaster has offered little hope for fans this side of the pond since.
Now, we know Nagra will be back as titular DI Rachita Ray on Sunday 2oth October, following season 2's release in Canada via WPBS over the summer.
The six-parter will air on ITV1 across six nights, which means episode 2 will follow on Monday 21st October, episode 3 on the 22nd and then will continue on the 27th, 28th and 29th the following week.
Nagra has been confirmed to return, and she will be joined by some familiar faces as the rest of the police department of the fictional Birmingham-based town the show is set in.
Among them are Game of Thrones star Gemma Whelan, who plays her boss DCI Kerry Henderson, and Battlestar Galactica's Jamie Bamber as her fiancé and fellow DI, Martyn Hunter, whose connections to organised crime put Ray's place on the force in jeopardy at the end of season 1.
Steve Oram will reprise the role of DS Clive Bottomley but of course, Maanuv Thiara (Landscapers) won't be back as Ray's partner, PS Tony Khatri, after he died at the end of season 1. Other season 2 cast members include Patrick Baladi and Michael Socha.
During an exclusive chat with RadioTimes.com, Bottomley called the second season "a step up", teasing plenty of gripping action for the highly anticipated second season.
With Ray called back into investigate an increasingly complicated double homicide, we don't doubt him.
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DI Ray season 2 will begin on ITV1 on Sunday 20th October at 9pm, with subsequent episodes following across the week.
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