Series 2 of Bloodlands now on BBC One and iPlayer
Date Posted: September 23, 2022
The second series of Bloodlands is now airing on BBC One on Sundays at 9pm. Produced by HTM Television and created and written by local man Chris Brandon, the series was filmed on location in Northern Ireland with funding from Northern Ireland Screen.
Bloodlands sees the return of James Nesbitt (Stay Close, Cold Feet), Charlene McKenna (Peaky Blinders, Holding), Lorcan Cranitch (The Last Kingdom, The Dig), Lola Petticrew (Tuesday, Dating Amber) and Chris Walley (The Young Offenders, 1917). Victoria Smurfit (Marcella, Once Upon a Time) will take on the new role of Olivia, an enigmatic widow at the centre of Brannick’s latest case whose intentions may be far from innocent.
When the murder of a crooked accountant unravels a trail of greed that threatens to expose his identity as legendary assassin, Goliath, Tom (James Nesbitt) and the accountant’s widow, Olivia (Victoria Smurfit), must keep each other dangerously close. As they try to solve the riddle her husband left behind, and become more and more immersed in the puzzle of each other, Tom and Olivia draw in Tom’s fellow officers DS Niamh McGovern (Charlene McKenna), DCS Jackie Twomey (Lorcan Cranitch) and DC “Birdy” Bird (Chris Walley), as well as his daughter, Izzy (Lola Petticrew), until deceit and force Tom to question just what lengths he will go to to keep his legacy intact.
Bloodlands is produced as part of the BBC and Northern Ireland Screen partnership agreement. The successful partnership continues to support the screen industry in Northern Ireland and help ensure that content filmed and set in Northern Ireland is brought to audiences across the UK and internationally. It is distributed by Hat Trick International and will be available to stream on Acorn TV in the US.
