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The Gold is returning for a second season on BBC. The first season was a partnership between BBC and Paramount+, however Deadline stories that the streaming service shouldn’t be concerned with season two. Production on the brand new episodes will start in January.
Starring Hugh Bonneville, Dominic Cooper, Jack Lowden, Charlotte Spencer, Tom Cullen, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Ellora Torchia, Stefanie Martini, Daniel Ings, and Adam Nagaitis, the sequence follows the occasions surrounding an precise 1983 financial institution heist the place the robbers discover £26m contained in the vault. That discovery led to a series of occasions that lasted a long time.
BBC revealed the next in regards to the renewal of the heist drama:
Hit BBC drama The Gold will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for a second sequence. The critically-acclaimed factual drama is impressed by the true story of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat theft, and the decades-long chain of occasions that adopted.
Series certainly one of The Gold launched on BBC One and BBC iPlayer earlier this yr to eight.7 million viewers for its first episode, inserting it within the UK’s prime 5 most watched new dramas of the yr thus far throughout all platforms and channels.
Returning forged for The Gold sequence two consists of: Hugh Bonneville (Brian Boyce), Charlotte Spencer (Nicki Jennings), Emun Elliott (Tony Brightwell), Tom Cullen (John Palmer), Stefanie Martini (Marnie Palmer) and Sam Spruell (Charlie Miller).
Following the conviction of a few of these concerned within the theft and dealing with of the Brink’s-Mat gold, the police (Hugh Bonneville, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliot) realised that these criminals solely ever had half of it. Series two explores what occurred to the opposite half, and the prison fortune it created. As the police investigation continues, it turns into a tense, high-stakes journey into worldwide cash laundering and organised crime, whereas the police embark on dramatic manhunts as they desperately attempt to resolve the longest and most costly investigation within the historical past of the Metropolitan Police.
Writer and Executive Producer, Neil Forsyth says: “I’m delighted that now we have been given the chance to inform the remainder of the Brink’s-Mat story, which sees the results of the theft and its aftermath develop solely extra stunning, dramatic and far-reaching, each in Britain and all over the world.”
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama says: “We’re immensely proud to associate with Neil Forsyth and the crew to proceed the story of The Gold. Millions of viewers throughout the U.Ok. have been enthralled with its gripping and assured exploration of the fallout from the infamous Brink’s-Mat theft and, as we noticed, there’s nonetheless a lot extra left for DCS Boyce and the crew to uncover.”
The Gold sequence two (6×60’) was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama and is produced by Tannadice Pictures, the three way partnership arrange by Neil Forsyth and Objective Fiction, a part of Objective Media Group, an All3Media Company, for the BBC. It is produced in affiliation with All3Media International. It is written by Neil Forsyth (Guilt, Eric, Ernie & Me), directed by Patrick Harkins (Tin Star, Guilt) with Charlie Leech (Bounty Hunters, Lovesick) returning as producer. Executive producers are Neil Forsyth and Ben Farrell for Tannadice Pictures, with Nick Lambon for the BBC.
Filming on The Gold sequence two will start in January, with additional data and casting to be introduced sooner or later. All3Media International will distribute. The Gold sequence one is obtainable to stream on BBC iPlayer.
The premiere date for season two of The Gold on BBC can be introduced later. It appears seemingly that the second season can be made obtainable on one other American outlet sooner or later.
What do you assume? Have you seen the primary season of The Gold TV sequence? Do you intend to look at season two when it’s ultimately launched?
