After the Flood Season 2 First Look From BritBox and ITV
BritBox and ITV have released the first photos from the anticipated second season of After the Flood, starring Sophie Rundle as Jo Marshall, Olivier nominee Lorraine Ashbourne as Molly Marshall, Nicholas Gleaves as Sergeant Phil Mackie, Philip Glenister as Jack Radcliffe, and Matt Stokoe as Jo’s husband, Pat Holman.
The six-part thriller is written, created, and executive-produced by BAFTA-nominated writer and actor Mick Ford and produced by Manchester-based Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios) for ITV and BritBox. The second season of After the Flood will premiere on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada in 2026.
Alun Armstrong (Breeders, Sherwood) joins the cast as Alan Benson, alongside Jill Halfpenny (The Red King, The Long Shadow) as DS Sam Bradley, Ian Puleston-Davies (Pennyworth, Tin Star) as Tony Rower, and Matthew McNulty (The Jetty, The Rising) as Xav Palmer.
Also joining the cast are Anil Desai (The Night Manager Season 2, Sex Education) as DCI Balsara, Steph De Whalley (Doctor Who, Midnight Taxi) as Harriet Rower, Nathalie Armin (Showtrail Season 2, Maigret) as Layal, Tony Marshall (Sister Boniface Mysteries, Casualty) as Fraser Tempest, Roger Morlidge (The Bank of Dave, Chemistry of Death) as Geoff Dixon, and Oliver Nelson (The Gathering, Home Fires) as Declan Rower.
Donna Rower is played by Jenny Platt (Versailles, Waterloo Road), and newcomer Lola Brown is Izza. Faye McKeever (Adolescence, The Responder) returns as Kelly Kamali alongside George Bukhari (Ridley, Black Cab) as Keith Kamali, and Maui Connock (After the Flood) plays their daughter, Sophie Kamali.
Tripti Tripuraneni (House of the Dragon, Casualty) will be returning as PC Deepa Das, Heider Ali (You Don’t Know Me) is DS Babak, Leo Flanagan (Gentleman Jack, Four Lives) is Finn, and Jacqueline Boatswain (Little Disasters, The Sandman) returns as Sarah Mackie.
The second season of After the Flood finds newly promoted detective Jo Marshall (Sophie Rundle) on the trail of a baffling new murder investigation. As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances.
Jo’s race to stop the killer brings her into direct conflict with powerful and influential forces within the town, ultimately drawing her into an investigation that becomes deeply personal. One that will require her to operate in secret if she is to have any hope of rooting out the corruption that has blighted the town’s police force – and her own family – for decades.
After the Flood is a 6 x 60-minute Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios) drama for ITV and BritBox. The executive producers for Quay Street Productions are Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee, Azhur Saleem, and Sophie Rundle.
Huw Kennair-Jones is the executive producer for ITV, and Robert Schildhouse and Stephen Nye for BritBox. Acclaimed screenwriter Mick Ford is the creator, lead writer, and executive producer alongside episode writers Joe Forrest and Maxine Alderton.
Fiona McAllister (Significant Other, After the Flood) is the producer, and Azhur Saleem (Outlander: Blood of my Blood, Doctor Who) returns to direct episodes 1-3 with Tom McKay (Ten Pound Poms, There She Goes) on board to direct episodes 4-6. After the Flood is produced by Quay Street Productions in association with ITV Studios, which also handles international distribution.
After the Flood season two is coming next year to BritBox in North America, Australia, and the Nordics, and to ITV1 and STV, with streaming available on ITVX, STV Player in the U.K.
