Gentleman Jack season 2 launch date confirmed as Suranne Jones drama returns

 When is Gentleman Jack season 2 as Suranne Jones drama returns to BBC One - here are all of the info as the brand new trailer drops

Gentleman Jack is returning to BBC One for a 2nd series, and the release date is earlier than you observed. The broadcaster has dropped a complete-period trailer with new and returning solid participants ahead of its incredibly-predicted comeback.

The period drama, that's based totally on the real-existence diaries of Anne Lister, is written by using Sally Wainwright and primary aired in 2019. The 2nd series will see Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle and Lydia Leonard reprise their roles as Anne Lister, Ann Walker and Mariana Lawton.

A synopsis for the brand new collection reads: "Yorkshire, 1834. All eyes are on Anne Lister and Ann Walker as they set up domestic together at Shibden Hall as wife and spouse, decided to mix their estates and emerge as a electricity couple. Anne Lister's entrepreneurial spirit frightens the locals as an awful lot as her unconventional love existence and, with Halifax on the brink of revolution, her refusal to maintain a low profile will become provocative and dangerous."

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Also returning to Shibden Hall for Gentleman Jack series two are Gemma Whelan as Marian Lister, Gemma Jones as Aunt Anne Lister, and Timothy West as Jeremy Lister. Meanwhile, Joanna Scanlan joins Gentleman Jack as guest cast for series , playing Anne Lister's outrageous former lover Isabella 'Tib' Norcliffe.

Suranne Jones as Anne Lister (Image: BBC/Lookout Point/HBO/Aimee Spinks)

When does Gentleman Jack season 2 start?

The new collection will kick off on Sunday, April 10 at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The channel has confirmed there are eight episodes in the new season with new instalments premiering weekly.

Gentleman Jack series one is to be had to circulate in complete on BBC iPlayer and you may watch the trailer for season 2 above. For more showbiz and television tales, get our publication right here.