*** ITV COMMISSIONS SECOND SERIES OF COMPELLING DRAMA GONE

ITV COMMISSIONS THE SECOND SERIES OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DRAMA, GONE, CREATED AND WRITTEN BY ACCLAIMED SCREENWRITER GEORGE KAY, STARRING EVE MYLES AND KEELEY HAWES, CO-PRODUCED BY NEW PICTURES AND OBSERVATORY PICTURES

Photo of Eve Myles please credit Photography by Pip and for Keeley Hawes please credit Iona Wolff

ITV’s Director of Drama Polly Hill has commissioned a second six-part series of the critically acclaimed drama Gone, co-produced by New Pictures and George Kay's Observatory Pictures, in association with Banijay Rights.

Dubbed by The Guardian as ‘the most engrossing drama we will see this year’ with The Independent praising the series as a ‘clever, nuanced drama’, Gone sees Eve Myles (The Hack, The Crow Girl, Hijack, The Guest) return to investigate a new case as tenacious Detective Sergeant Annie Cassidy. The first series eclipsed all streaming records on ITVX, and it remains one of the highest new dramas to launch on the platform with 31 million streams.

Commented Eve Myles

“I can’t wait to get back to Annie! A very special project and character. I’m really excited to explore a new story with a brilliant cast!”

Commented Polly Hill

“We had a phenomenal response to Gone, which was a testament to George Kay’s brilliant scripts, and we are delighted that George will bring the audience another series and a new case for Annie Cassidy. In series 2 Dr Ruth Manning is under the microscope, played by the wonderful Keeley Hawes. Once again George’s brilliant storytelling takes you into the heart of a family unravelling as Annie investigates a new case in another emotionally truthful and surprising story. Produced by Willow Grylls and New Pictures and Observatory Pictures, we are so proud of this drama and delighted to give the audience more.”

Three-time BAFTA-nominee Keeley Hawes (Falling, The Assassin, Miss Austen, Scoop), joins the second series as Ruth Manning, a pre-eminent and devoted paediatric surgeon working at Bristol's Makeway Hospital, who comes into the crosshairs of DS Annie Cassidy when it becomes apparent that, for the greater good of her patients, she could be hiding the dark truth about a series of historical crimes.

Created and written by screenwriter George Kay (War, The Long Shadow, Hijack) the series is co-produced by New Pictures (a Banijay UK company) and Observatory Pictures and will be filmed in Bristol in 2027.