Doctor Who and Downton Abbey favourites' crime drama
Cooper & Fry finally gets future confirmed
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We'll be heading back to the Peak District for eight new episodes.

Eight months after it first started airing on 5, it has been
confirmed that detective drama Cooper & Fry will be returning for
a second season - with filming now under way.

While the first season was made up of four 90-minute episodes,
season 2 will contain eight hour-long instalments, with Robert
James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)
returning for more investigations as Ben Cooper and Diane Fry.

The synopsis for season 2, which will once again be set in the
Peak District, says: "Building on the unique friendship forged in
series 1, Ben and Diane will navigate cases steeped in the
legendary folklore of the area, all while battling each other's
conflicting investigation styles and facing their complicated
personal lives head on."

The season will be based on Stephen Booth's novels The Devil's
Edge, Fall Down Dead, One Last Breath and The Murder Road, with
each story seemingly being set across two episodes.

Gill said of returning for season 2: "I'm thrilled to be returning
to Cooper & Fry after the brilliant reaction to series 1. It's a
real pleasure to be working alongside Rob again and I'm excited
for audiences to see where the story takes us this time."

Meanwhile, James-Collier added: "I'm thrilled to be back playing
DC Ben Cooper along with my good friend Mandip Gill in the role of
Diane Fry. The audience really warmed to the first series of
Cooper & Fry and we hope they will again, so stay tuned as we have
lots more murders to solve and all sorts of strange goings-on down
in Edendale."

Lorcan Cranitch (Blue Lights) and Charlotte Bradley (The Dry) will
return as their season 1 characters DI Hitchens and Isobel Cooper
respectively, while a host of newcomers have also been announced.

These include Pollyanna McIntosh-Goldthwait (The Walking Dead) as
DI Kim Armstrong, Scott Graham (Vikings) as DC Gavin Murfin and
Kathy Rose O'Brien (Small Town, Big Story) as Liz Petty.

Paul Testar, commissioning editor for 5 said in a statement:
"Cooper & Fry proved to be a huge hit with 5's audience and we're
incredibly excited to bring more of Stephen Booth's novels to life.

"Rob and Mandip make a formidable detective duo, and we can't wait
to see what Cooper and Fry get their teeth into this series."

Cooper & Fry is available to stream on 5. Season 2 will air on 5
in 2027.



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