As Sherlock's Andrew Scott joins the cast

Filming has started on the second series of Fleabag, with  Andrew Scott – best known for playing Moriarty to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock – joining the cast.

Otherwise, the core supporting cast of Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Bill Paterson, Brett Gelman, Jenny Rainsford  and Hugh Skinner all return.

Creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge said: ‘I can’t believe they let me do this AGAIN. I’m so happy to be back with the incredible Fleabag team and I’m as surprised as anyone about where this series has taken us… thank God for Andrew Scott.’

Shane Allen, the BBC’s controller of comedy commissioning added: ‘The series 2 scripts are knockout - sparkling with Phoebe’s unique voice that combines a whip-smart complexity of character with pin sharp funny lines scattered everywhere. 

‘The themes of this series are very distinct from the first series which delivers on the challenge Phoebe set herself. It’s a superb team and cast from top to bottom and with Fleabag you can never escape a reference to the bottom.’

The new series will air in 2019, three years after the first became a hit with viewers and critics, scooping a raft of awards

Since series one aired, Phoebe Waller-Bridge has played the role of L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and has written and executive produced the Emmy-nominated series Killing Eve, which launched in the US earlier this year. It will be available in the UK on BBC One and BBC Three soon.

Written by: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Directed by: Harry Bradbeer
Producer: Sarah Hammond
Executive producers: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Harry Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson and Jack and Harry Williams for Two Brothers Pictures.
Commissioning editor: Kate Daughton
Producers:  Two Brothers Pictures in association with DryWrite for the BBC and Amazon Studios.

Published: 23 Aug 2018