The Gold | Series 2 Preview (BBC One)

The BBC’s critically-acclaimed factual drama, The Gold which is inspired by the true story of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery and the decades-long chain of events that followed is returning to BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Sunday 8th June.

Following the conviction of some of those involved in the theft and handling of the Brink’s-Mat gold, the police (Hugh Bonneville, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliot) realised that those criminals only ever had half of it.

Series two explores what happened to the other half, and the criminal fortune it created. As the police investigation continues, it becomes a tense, high-stakes journey into international money laundering and organised crime, the police embark on a series of dramatic manhunts as they desperately try to solve the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of the Metropolitan Police.

Previously announced returning cast include 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) as the investigation around what happened to the gold continues to unfold.

Additional returning cast includes Peter Davison (Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart), Amanda Drew (CS Cath McClean) and Silas Carson (Harry Bowman).

The new pictures also show some new cast joining series two, including: Tom Hughes (The English, Victoria), Stephen Campbell Moore (Masters of the Air, Criminal Record), Joshua McGuire (Cheaters, Blitz), Tamsin Topolski (The Madness, Slow Horses), Joshua Samuels (Saltburn, Sexy Beast) and Rochelle Neil (Three Little Birds, The Nevers).

New cast for series 2 also includes Antonia Desplat (Shantaram, Modi), Lorna Brown (The Witcher, Vampire Academy), Thomas Coombes (Baby Reindeer, Boiling Point), Sean Teale (Doctor Odyssey, Rosaline) and Olivia Grant (Stardust, All the Money in the World) with further details of their roles to be revealed in due course.

The Gold returns Sunday 8th June at 9pm on BBC One.