Young Sherlock Season 2 Starts Production and New Cast

Today, Prime Video announced new series regulars joining the cast of Season Two of Young Sherlock and released a start-of-production video featuring Guy Ritchie, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and Dónal Finn. The series is an irreverent, action-packed mystery that charts the legendary origin story of the world’s greatest detective.

Season Two is currently in production and all eight episodes of Season One are available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Joining the cast as series regulars this season are Olivia Williams (The Father, Dune: Prophecy), Indira Varma (The Night Manager, Dune: Prophecy), Sophie Skelton (Outlander), and Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones, Sunny).

Guy Ritchie will return to direct the first episode of the second season. Through its first 28 days of release, Young Sherlock reached 45 million viewers and ranks among the top 10 Prime Original Seasons all-time.

The series hit number 1 in over 95 countries worldwide, with 63% of its audience coming from international markets and an outsize performance in the U.K., India, and Germany. The Season One trailer reached 223 million views in its first seven days, breaking a record as the most-watched series trailer ever in that time frame for Prime Video.

Season One, which was quickly Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After series), Dónal Finn (The Wheel of Time, The Other Bennett Sister), Natascha McElhone (Halo), Holly Cattle (Cobra, Rivals) and Max Irons (Condor).

Guy Ritchie serves as an executive producer of the series, which is created for television and executive produced by showrunner Matthew Parkhill with executive producers Marc Resteghini, Dhana Rivera Gilbert, Simon Maxwell, Ivan Atkinson, Simon Kelton, Colin Wilson, and Harriet Creelman.

The co-executive producers are Steve Thompson and James Dormer. Motive Pictures leads physical production for Young Sherlock.