Channel 4 crime drama Suspect is back on television tonight for the start of its second series.
Anne-Marie Duff returns in a starring role as Dr Susannah Newman, a therapist out to track down a self-confessed serial killer before he kills again that night.
The new series kicks off on Channel 4 with a double-header of its first two episodes starting at 9pm on Wednesday 17 July.
Here’s everything you need to know about Suspect series two, including a cast list, where the show was filmed and how you can watch it.
Who is in the Suspect cast?
Anne-Marie Duff takes centre stage in Suspect series two, in which she is joined by several well-known actors.
Anne-Marie Duff
Duff reprises her role as Dr Susannah Newman, a shrink whom Suspect fans will recognise from series one as the mother of Christina (who died in mysterious circumstances) and the ex-wife of James Nesbitt‘s series leading Danny Frater.
This time, her character is the show’s lead as she aims to solve the mystery of her daughter’s death while preventing more murders.
The English actress broke through, and earned Bafta nominations, as Fiona Gallagher in Channel 4’s Shameless and Queen Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen and has gone on to star in the likes of Bad Sisters, The Salisbury Poisonings, Sex Education and Nowhere Boy.
Dominic Cooper
Joining the Suspect cast for the second series, as self-confessed serial killer Jon Fallow, is Dominic Cooper.
The English actor has portrayed comic book characters Jesse Custer on AMC’s Preacher series and a young Howard Stark in various installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His other roles include that of Sky in Mamma Mia!, and, more recently, Lord Seymour in My Lady Jane, Edwyn Cooper in The Gold and Arthur McCoy in That Dirty Black Bag.
Ben Miller
Ben Miller plays Detective Superintendent Richard Groves, the ex-lover of Susannah, in the second series of Suspect.
Miller is an English comedian, actor and author, who first rose to fame as one half of comedy duo Armstrong and Miller, alongside Pointless host Alexander Armstrong.
His various film and TV credits have included the Johnny English film series, Paddington 2, Professor T, Primeval and Death in Paradise.
More cast members
- Tamsin Greig (Friday Night Dinner, Belgravia) as Natasha Groves
- Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point, The Lazarus Project, The Gathering) as Louisa McAdams
- Eddie Marsan (The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, Ray Donovan) as Alistair Underwood
- Céline Buckens (Showtrial, The Ex-Wife) as Sapphire
- Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy, For Life, This Town) as Joseph Buckley
- Gina McKee (Bodyguard, Our Friends in the North, My Policeman) as Kate
Where is Suspect filmed?
Suspect is both set and filmed in London, with various locations across the capital featuring in the show.
Speaking ahead of the release of the new series, Duff said: “I’m so pleased to be returning to Suspect to be able to dig deeper into the character of Dr Susannah Newman. Expect lots of twists, turns and revelations alongside more questions to be answered. I can’t wait for viewers to see what we’ve done with the second series.”
You can find a trailer for Suspect series two below.
When is Suspect season 2 on TV?
The first two episodes of Suspect series two are on TV tonight, Wednesday 17 July, starting at 9pm on Channel 4.
Each of the eight new episodes are half an hour long, and they are set to air on Channel 4 in blocks of two on Wednesday and Thursday nights for the next two weeks, as follows:
- Episode one: Wednesday 17 July, 9pm
- Episode two: Wednesday 17 July, 9.30pm
- Episode three: Thursday 18 July, 9pm
- Episode four: Thursday 18 July, 9.30pm
- Episode five: Wednesday 24 July, 9pm
- Episode six: Wednesday 24 July, 9.30pm
- Episode seven: Thursday 25 July, 9pm
- Episode eight: Thursday 25 July, 9.30pm
The entire series can also be streamed on demand on Channel4.com.
A synopsis for Suspect series two reads: “The second season picks up where the first left off, with Anne-Marie Duff returning as Dr Susannah Newman, now on a desperate quest to track down a self-confessed serial killer before he kills again that night.
“When a mysterious new client, Jon (Dominic Cooper), admits under hypnosis that he is a murderer and intends on killing another young female that evening, Susannah knows he must be stopped at all costs. When he escapes before the police arrive and, as her former lover Detective Superintendent Richard Grove (Ben Miller; Professor T, Paddington 2) is refusing to take action, Susannah is forced to embark on her own deadly mission to save Sapphire’s life, the way she couldn’t do with her own daughter.”