AFTER THE FLOOD: FIRST LOOK IMAGES FROM SECOND SERIES OF ITV DRAMA, CASTING ANNOUNCED

ITV and BritBox release first look pictures of the highly anticipated second season of After the Flood, starring Sophie Rundle as Jo Marshall (Gentleman Jack, Peaky Blinders), Olivier nominee Lorraine Ashbourne (Alma’s Not Normal, Sherwood, Bridgerton) as Molly Marshall, Nicholas Gleaves (The Crown, The Rising) as Sergeant Phil Mackie, Philip Glenister (Belgravia, Life on Mars) as Jack Radcliffe and Matt Stokoe (The Hunt For Raoul Moat, The Bodyguard) returns as Jo’s husband, Pat Holman.

Alun Armstrong (Breeders, Sherwood) joins the cast as Alan Benson, alongside Jill Halfpenny (The Red King, The Long Shadow) as DS Sam Bradley, Ian Puleston-Davies (Pennyworth, Tin Star) as Tony Rower and Matthew McNulty (The Jetty, The Rising) is Xav Palmer. Also joining the cast is Anil Desai (The Night Manager S2, Sex Education) as DCI Balsara.

Plus Steph De Whalley (Doctor Who, Midnight Taxi) is Harriet Benson, Nathalie Armin (Showtrail S2, Maigret) plays Layal, Tony Marshall (Sister Boniface Mysteries, Casualty) as Fraser Tempest, Roger Morlidge (The Bank of Dave, Chemistry of Death) is Geoff Dixon, Oliver Nelson (The Gathering, Home Fires) as Declan Rower, Donna Rower is played by Jenny Platt (Versailles, Waterloo Road) and Lola Brown (a newcomer) is Izza.

Faye McKeever (Adolescence, The Responder) returns as Kelly Kamali alongside George Bukhari (Ridley, Black Cab) as Keith Kamali and Maui Connock (After the Flood) playing their daughter, Sophie Kamali. Tripti Tripuraneni (House of the Dragon, Casualty) will be returning as PC Deepa Das, Heider Ali (You Don’t Know Me) is DS Babak, Leo Flanagan (Gentleman Jack, Four Lives) is Finn, and Jacqueline Boatswain (Little Disasters, The Sandman) returns as Sarah Mackie.

Layered with intense drama, the first-look pictures offer a glimpse of the lead cast returning to their roles as they navigate the changing landscape of their town. We see the underlying tensions between the corrupt Sergeant Mackie and his former ally Jack Radcliffe, as well as a warm mother-daughter moment between Molly and Jo Marshall.

The second series of After the Flood finds newly promoted detective Jo Marshall (Sophie Rundle) on the trail of a baffling new murder investigation. As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances.

Jo's race to stop the killer brings her into direct conflict with powerful and influential forces within the town, ultimately drawing her into an investigation that becomes deeply personal. One that will require her to operate in secret if she is to have any hope of rooting out the corruption that has blighted the town's police force - and her own family - for decades.

After the Flood is a 6 x 60 mins Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios) drama for ITV with BritBox International.