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Daily Record
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Karen Pirie season 2 cast as Netflix stars join ITV drama
Outlander's Lauren Lyle is returning for Karen Pirie season two, as several new stars join the cast of the ITV detective drama Karen Pirie is making her comeback to television screens for a second series of the ITV detective drama, with fresh faces joining the cast. The programme initially premiered in 2022, featuring Outlander star Lauren Lyle as the intrepid Scottish detective Karen Pirie. Drawing from Val McDermid's second Inspector Karen Pirie novel, A Darker Domain, the sophomore series will be broadcast across three episodes. The official synopsis reveals: "After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen has been promoted to Detective Inspector and seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for. "Just as she's getting into the swing of her powerful new role, she is assigned an infamous unsolved case that will put her under intense scrutiny; from her boss, from the media, and ultimately, from sinister forces that would rather the past stayed in the past," reports the Express. Karen Pirie series two cast: Lauren Lyle (Outlander) plays Karen Pirie Chris Jenks (Sex Education) returns as DC Jason 'Mint' Murray Zach Wyatt (Timestalker) as DS Phil Parhatka Steve John Shepherd (EastEnders) as DCS LEes Emer Kenny (EastEnders) as River Wilde Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education) as Bel Richmond Saskia Ashdown (Six Four) joins as newcomer DC Isla Stark James Cosmo (Braveheart) as Sir Broderick Grant, the father of victim Catriona Frances Tomelty (Inspector Morse) as Broderick's ex-wife Mary John Michie (Holby City) as Fergus Sinclair, the father of Catriona's son Adam Julia Brown (World on Fire) as Catriona Grant Mark Rowley (One Day) as Mick Kat Ronney (Dinosaur) as Bonnie Conor Berry (Schemers) as Andy Stuart Campbell (The Winter King) as Kevin The cast also includes Jamie Michie, Madeleine Worrall, Jack Stewart, Thoren Ferguson, and Helen Katamba. The historical case explored in series two centres on the 1984 abduction of captivating oil fortune heiress, Catriona Grant, along with her two-year-old son Adam. The pair were snatched at gunpoint from outside a chip shop in Fife, vanishing without trace despite widespread media attention. Following the discovery of a man's remains connected to the initial abduction - the first breakthrough in decades - Karen and her colleagues face one of their most formidable investigations yet. "As Karen delves deeper into what happened in the autumn of 1984, political grudges and painful secrets reveal themselves, and it soon becomes clear... the past is far from dead," the synopsis teases. Karen Pirie season 2 will air on Sunday, July 20, with the first episode premiering at 8pm on ITV1.
The Herald Scotland
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Baby Reindeer star to film new drama on Glasgow streets
Spanning almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day, Mitchell Robertson (Curfew, Mayflies) and Stuart Campbell (SAS Rogue Heroes, The Winter King) have been announced to play Niall and Ruben in their younger years. Half Man "will cover the highs and lows of the brothers' relationship, from them meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults – with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way". Neve McIntosh (Tin Star, Chemistry of Death) stars as Niall's mother Lori, whilst Marianne McIvor (Screw, The Nest) stars as Ruben's mother Maura. READ MORE: Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd named most influential person on TV Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd's new TV project begins filming in Glasgow JJ Abrams lines up Glasgow shoot for secret new movie The cast of Half Man also includes Charlie De Melo (Rivals), Bilal Hasna (The Agency), Julie Cullen (Traces), Amy Manson (The Nevers), Philippine Velge (The Serpent Queen), Stuart McQuarrie (The Rig), Piers Ewart (The Primrose Railway Children), Scot Greenan (T2 Trainspotting) and newcomers Charlotte Blackwood and Calum Manchip. Richard Gadd, creator, writer and executive producer, said of the cast: 'Having scoured far and wide and met some of the most amazing talent this country has to offer, I'm so pleased to have landed on the cast that we have. I cannot wait for all our actors, young and old, to bring these characters to life. I have every faith everyone will fall in love with these performers as much as I did.' The Herald has learned that filming will take place on location in Glasgow this month. Scenes are due to be shot in the Hillhead area of the city on Monday, May 12 and in the Govan area of the city on Tuesday, May 27 to Friday, May 30. The series is made by Mam Tor Productions for the BBC, BBC Scotland and HBO. Half Man will air in 2026 on BBC iPlayer, BBC One and BBC Scotland in the UK, and on HBO in the US.
