{"id":21073,"date":"2024-07-09T10:32:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-new-malpractice-season\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:32:30","slug":"production-begins-on-new-malpractice-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/production-begins-on-new-malpractice-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Begins on New Malpractice Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
World Productions has begun filming the second season of ITV\u2019s medical thriller Malpractice<\/em>, with Helen Behan (The Virtues<\/em>, Elizabeth is Missing<\/em>) and Jordan Kouam\u00e9 (Scoop<\/em>) reprising their roles.<\/p>\n Behan and Kouam\u00e9 return as doctors of the Medical Investigation Unit, who are brought in to investigate Dr. James Ford, a psychiatric registrar accused of malpractice. Ford\u2019s colleagues find him to be arrogant, but he appears committed to his vulnerable patients.<\/p>\n Throughout their investigation, Behan and Kouam\u00e9\u2019s characters uncover a hospital that is seemingly at war with itself, and they must determine whether Ford is a doctor with a God complex or a victim of wider problems.<\/p>\n Joining Behan and Koum\u00e9 in the cast for season two are Tom Hughes (Victoria<\/em>, The English<\/em>), Selin Hizli (Am I Being Unreasonable<\/em>, Mum<\/em>), Zo\u00eb Telford (Sherlock<\/em>, The Lazarus Project<\/em>), Hannah McClean (Blue Lights<\/em>, Josh<\/em>), Seraphina Beh (Polite Society<\/em>, Top Boy<\/em>) and Ace Bhatti (Line of Duty<\/em>, Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>).<\/p>\n The first three episodes of the season are being directed by Anthony Philipson (Day of the Jackal<\/em>, The Last Kingdom<\/em>), and episodes four and five are being directed by Jennifer Sheridan (Extraordinary<\/em>, Rules of the Game<\/em>). Chrissy Skinns (A Spy Among Friends<\/em>, Elizabeth is Missing<\/em>) is serving as a producer.<\/p>\n Malpractice<\/em> is produced in association with and distributed internationally by ITV Studios.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be bringing back a second series of Malpractice<\/em>,\u201d said executive producer and writer Grace Ofori-Attah. \u201cThis time, I\u2019m excited to be delving into the world of psychiatry, my medical specialty, with an incredible cast led by Tom Hughes and fantastic crew led by Anthony Philipson. I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGrace has delved even deeper into her personal history as a consultant psychiatrist to deliver both a brilliant thriller and timely look at a critical area of the NHS,\u201d commented Simon Heath, CEO of World Productions. \u201cHer great writing has once again attracted a stellar cast to join Helen and Jordan to tell this new story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" World Productions has begun filming the second season of ITV\u2019s medical thriller Malpractice, with Helen Behan (The Virtues, Elizabeth is Missing) and Jordan Kouam\u00e9 (Scoop) reprising their roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9333,321,119,9334,6037,725],"class_list":["post-21073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-grace-ofori-attah","tag-itv","tag-itv-studios","tag-malpractice","tag-simon-heath","tag-world-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n