The second season of hit detective show Magpie Murders, called Moonflower Murders, has already aired in the US, leaving UK viewers waiting until they can catch up with Susan Ryeland and the fictional Atticus Pünd.
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Thankfully, they don't have to wait too much longer, as the UK air date has now been confirmed.
The season will officially kicks off with a double-bill, with the first two episodes airing back to back on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9:15pm and 10:20pm on Saturday 16th November.
The new season, which is based on the second novel in Anthony Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland series, will pick up where Magpie Murders left off, with Susan having left publishing and living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas.
Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland in Moonflower Murders BBC/Sony Pictures Television/Jonathan Hession
The synopsis for the season says: "Her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily Treherne, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared.
"Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late?"
Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan will, of course, both be returning, along with Alexandros Logothetis, Daniel Mays, Claire Rushbrook, Conleth Hill, Matthew Beard and Sanjeev Kohli.
James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
