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Writer and director Sally Wainwright tells RadioTimes.com what we can expect when Suranne Jones returns.

 

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By Eleanor Bley GriffithsPublished: Wednesday, 6th April 2022 at 1:05 pm

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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."