ITV has unveiled the first trailer for Series 2 of Karen Pirie, the critically acclaimed, cold-case “Tartan-Noir” drama from World Productions (Line of Duty, Bodyguard), part of ITV Studios, based on celebrated author Val McDermid’s A Darker Domain and adapted by Emer Kenny.
The Scottish sleuth series will return to ITV and ITVX on the 20th July.
After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen Pirie (Lauren Lyle) 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.
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The 1984 case of Catriona and Adam Grant has confounded investigators and intrigued the public like no other. Catriona (Julia Brown), the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife. The ransom notes that followed stirred up an uncontrollable press storm, but when the culprits fell silent, the police faltered, and Catriona and Adam were never seen again.
Now, a man’s body has been discovered, with indisputable links to the original kidnap. With the first piece of evidence in decades, Karen must assemble an unbeatable team alongside her sincere and lovable sidekick DC Jason ‘Mint’ Murray (Chris Jenks) and the brilliant – but romantically complicated – DS Phil Parhatka (Zach Wyatt). With the international renown of the kidnap and the constant pressure from Catriona’s father, Sir Broderick Grant (James Cosmo), the team take on the biggest challenge of their careers to date. As Karen delves deeper into what happened in the autumn of 1984, political grudges and painful secrets reveal themselves, and it soon becomes clear that the past is far from dead.
Returning alongside Lauren Lyle for Season 2 are Emer Kenny, Chris Jenks, Zach Wyatt, Steve John Shepherd, and Rakhee Thakrar. They are joined by new cast members Saskia Ashdown, James Cosmo, Frances Tomelty, John Michie, Mark Rowley, James Fleet, and Julia Brown. Karen Pirie is produced by World Productions, in association with and distributed by ITV Studios.
Karen Pirie is produced by World Productions, in association with and distributed by ITV Studios.
