Gentleman Jack season 2 release date, cast and latest
news
Writer and director Sally Wainwright tells
RadioTimes.com what we can expect when Suranne Jones returns.
Gentleman
Jack
BBC
By Eleanor
Bley GriffithsPublished: Wednesday, 6th April 2022 at 1:05 pm
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/gentleman-jack-season-2-release-date/
This week
Suranne Jones reprises her role as the fourth-wall-breaking, real-life
landowner and diarist Anne Lister, with the return of Gentleman Jack for season
2.
The BBC One
show premiered almost two years ago to critical acclaim, and a brand-new
trailer has given fans a glimpse of what’s next for Anne after she exchanged
vows with her lover Ann Walker (Sophie Rundle) in a private ceremony at the end
of season 1 – and there certainly looks to be drama aplenty.
The new
clip shows the couple shacking up at Anne’s ancestral home of Shibden Hall as
wife and wife, as well as finally touring Europe together.
However, it
seems that it won't be plain-sailing for the pair, as the trailer suggests that
Ann will learn more about her wife's "fruity past" this season,
adding to the mix The Larkins' Joanna Scanlan as Anne's "outrageous"
(and apparently gossipy) former lover.
With
trouble brewing for the newlyweds, the new season will force Anne into a love
triangle as her former lover Mariana Lawton (Lydia Leonard) makes a dramatic
return. “I’m not the other woman. She is,” she tells Anne.
Gentleman
Jack creator Sally Wainwright previously teased that season 2 will put Anne and
Ann’s romance to the test.
"They
move into Shibden together in series 2 and it's about how they negotiate their
married life, conspicuously in public, and how they deal with their detractors
and the effect that has on their relationship as well," she previously
told Digital Spy.
What’s
more, the trailer teases local scandal as Anne’s business rivals circle and
look to use the situation to their own advantage.
Talking
about season 2, director and screenwriter Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Last
Tango in Halifax, Scott and Bailey) said in a statement: "I'm utterly
delighted that we've been recommissioned because there are so many more big,
bold stories to tell about Anne Lister and Ann Walker.
"I
mean, I'm quite overwhelmed to be honest," she added. "I think
because it's been such an emotional reaction. That I wasn't really
anticipating."
She added:
"Obviously it's had a big impact amongst gay women and the love for it is
overwhelming, and that's so beautiful and exciting, but also so many straight
women are feeling empowered by it as well. It's not just making gay women feel
vindicated and empowered.
"One
of the big things for me that I've learned about Anne Lister, through the
process of writing this, is that she just had really good mental health and she
had a real healthy opinion of herself. She wasn't plagued with self doubt or
lack of confidence, she was very lucky I think – she had very good, very good
mental health. And that's what I find most inspiring and uplifting about her.
"We've
got this joke on set... If we weren't quite sure what the next step was, we
would go, 'What would Anne Lister do?' And it really inspired us all. We've all
got t-shirts now with it written on."
And though
she doesn't tell us where to buy that t-shirt, Wainwright does share some
exciting details about season 2. Read on for everything you need to know.
Gentleman Jack season 2 release date
Gentleman
Jack season 2 will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm on Sunday 10th
April, with eight shiny new episodes for you to binge.
New
episodes will land weekly.
Gentleman
Jack star Sophie Rundle announced that filming had wrapped on season 2 back in
October 2021.
"Corrr
it’s been a long time coming but after a year - a whole YEAR - we have FINALLY
wrapped on Gentleman Jack s2! Big, enormous love to our absolutely incredible
cast and crew who put in a Herculean effort to battle pandemics, loss, births,
floods and plagues of locusts to bring this beautiful love story back to our
screens," she penned on Instagram.
"And
big love to my wife, our team captain @suranne_jones who showed us all the way.
And who knows how to drink cheap champagne in a trailer like a TROOPER."
The initial
plan was to commence filming season 2 in June 2020, but production was delayed
due to COVID-19.
"Reluctantly
we have decided to delay the start of production of Gentleman Jack series two
due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency," the production company said in a
statement. "Huge thanks to our cast and crew, and to our incredible,
inspiring fans for their understanding. Sending everyone a bit of Anne Lister
strength and energy at this difficult time."
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