{"id":20957,"date":"2024-06-17T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:34:55","slug":"karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Pirie Season Two Begins Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filming has begun for <em>Karen Pirie<\/em> season two, produced by World Productions (<em>The Pembrokeshire Murders<\/em>, <em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>Malpractice<\/em>) for ITV, ITVX, STV and STV Player.<\/p>\n<p>The cold-case murder drama, based on Val McDermid\u2019s <em>A Darker Domain<\/em>, will see the return of Lauren Lyle (<em>Outlander<\/em>, <em>Vigil<\/em>) as the titular fearless young Scottish investigator. In the new season, Pirie and her colleagues will reinvestigate the 1984 kidnapping of heiress Catriona Grant and her baby son.<\/p>\n<p>In 1984, when young Catriona Grant, heiress to the Grant oil fortune, is kidnapped at gunpoint with her young son, it is assumed that the motivation is political. The huge investigation creates a press storm, but when the culprits unexpectedly fall silent, the case runs cold and Catriona and her son are never seen again. Forty years later, when a man\u2019s body is discovered, Pirie is assigned to reopen the case in complete secrecy.<\/p>\n<p>Also returning for season two are Chris Jenks (<em>Sex Education<\/em>, <em>Vigil<\/em>), Zach Wyatt (<em>Timestalker<\/em>, <em>The Witcher: Blood Origin<\/em>), Steve John Shepherd (<em>Harry Potter<\/em>, <em>Karen Pirie<\/em>), Emer Kenny and Rakhee Thakrar (<em>Wonka<\/em>, <em>Sex Education<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>New additions for the modern timeline are Saskia Ashdown (<em>Six Four<\/em>), James Cosmo (<em>Braveheart<\/em>), Frances Tomelty (<em>Unforgotten<\/em>) and John Michie (<em>Holby City<\/em>). New cast members for the 1984 timeline are Julia Brown (<em>World on Fire<\/em>), Mark Rowley (<em>One Day<\/em>), Kat Ronney (<em>Dinosaur<\/em>), Conor Berry (<em>Schemers<\/em>), Stuart Campbell (<em>The Winter King<\/em>), Jamie Michie (<em>Back to Life<\/em>), Madeleine Worrall (<em>The Legend of Tarzan<\/em>), Jack Stewart (<em>Outlander<\/em>), Thoren Ferguson (<em>Rebus<\/em>) and Helen Katamba (<em>The Nest<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The series is produced by World Productions in association with ITV Studios, which also handles global distribution. It is written by Emer Kenny (<em>The Curse<\/em>, <em>Save Me Too<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been asked so often about when a character is returning to our screens,\u201d said Simon Heath, CEO of World Productions and executive producer of the series. \u201cWell, Karen is back again, as whip smart as ever with an intriguing new cold case from the 1980s. Drawn from Val\u2019s terrific novel, Emer\u2019s tremendous scripts have attracted an exciting new guest cast to join our established names. I can\u2019t wait for everyone to see the finished show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenny said, \u201cI\u2019ve never related to a character more than Karen Pirie. When she\u2019s laughing, I\u2019m laughing. When she\u2019s stressed, I\u2019m stressed. When she turns to drink\u2026 well, you get the idea. So, I\u2019m delighted to be bringing her back to your screens, now a Detective Inspector with more power, more confidence and some of the same iconic sweater vests. We have a dazzling cast, a heroic crew and epic plot twists. If Karen Pirie isn\u2019t already your favorite detective, I promise she will be soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the well-deserved success of the first series, it\u2019s great filming has started again on <em>Karen Pirie<\/em> and that we\u2019re returning to the brilliant characters and world Emer has created,\u201d added Huw Kennair-Jones, drama commissioner at ITV. \u201cAnd with a stellar cast led by the BAFTA Scotland-winning Lauren Lyle and produced by the always excellent World Productions, the second series promises to deliver a gripping story that\u2019ll keep the ITV and ITVX audiences guessing until the very end. We can\u2019t wait for it to hit the screens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filming has begun for Karen Pirie season two, produced by World Productions (The Pembrokeshire Murders, Line of Duty, Malpractice) for ITV, ITVX, STV and STV Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":20958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9214,6033,321,119,5052,9215,9216,6037,9217,5915,9218,725],"class_list":["post-20957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-emer-kenny","tag-huw-kennair-jones","tag-itv","tag-itv-studios","tag-itvx","tag-karen-pirie","tag-lauren-lyle","tag-simon-heath","tag-stv","tag-stv-player","tag-val-mcdermid","tag-world-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Karen Pirie Season Two Begins Production - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Karen Pirie Season Two Begins Production - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Filming has begun for Karen Pirie season two, produced by World Productions (The Pembrokeshire Murders, Line of Duty, Malpractice) for ITV, ITVX, STV and STV Player.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-17T14:34:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-17T14:34:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/06\/ITV-KarenPirie-0624.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/\",\"name\":\"Karen Pirie Season Two Begins Production - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-17T14:34:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-17T14:34:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/karen-pirie-season-two-begins-production\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Karen Pirie Season Two Begins Production\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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