Clique Scores Season Two Renewal

BBC Three has ordered a second season of Jess Brittain’s psychological drama Clique, with production set to begin in Edinburgh in the spring.

Distributed worldwide by all3media international, the show again has U.S. outlet Pop as a co-production partner. The 6×45-minute series is produced by Balloon Entertainment with BBC Studios. While season one saw its protagonist Holly (Synnove Karlsen) drawn to a group of troubled young women, the second will focus on her encounters with a set of charismatic young men.

Brittain, creator, writer and executive producer, noted, “I’m so excited to return to Holly’s intense, loyal and dangerous world. Clique is a show with female friendship as its heart, but a new clique of unknowable young men is definitely taking us to some new and interesting places.”

Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, noted, “Jess’s forensic exploration of female friendship and ambition struck a huge chord with the BBC Three audience in series one and we were all excited to see her go further in series two as she shifts focus from young women to a clique of young men.”

Executive producers are Bryan Elsley and Dave Evans for Balloon, Tom Sherry for BBC Studios and Gaynor Holmes for BBC. The series producer is Neil Duncan.