BBC Two has renewed The Fall for a second series. The decision follows a strong response to the crime drama’s opening five-part run.
Created and written by Allan Cubitt, the series stars Gillian Anderson as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, the senior officer leading a murder investigation in Belfast, and Jamie Dornan as Paul Spector, the killer she is hunting. The drama is told as a dual portrait of the two, the detective and the man she pursues.
Set and filmed in Northern Ireland and produced by Artists Studio, the first series drew some of BBC Two’s strongest drama figures of the year. The second series will pick up the story of Gibson’s pursuit of Spector.