EXCLUSIVE: Tamsin Greig and Overcompensating star Rish Shah have joined Ella Purnell for the second season of Sky and Starz’ Sweetpea.
Greig will play AJ’s mother Liv while Shah is Rhiannon’s romantic interest Gabriel. Cameras have rolled in London on Season 2 of the Kirstie Swain-adapted Sweetpea, which stars Purnell as the killer wallflower. Navigating a new promotion, an irresistible rebound, Marina still hot on her trail, her sister selling her family home and a copycat killer threatening to expose her, Rhiannon’s kill list is mounting. But now that she’s harnessed her rage and found her power, she is forced to question whether her perfect ex AJ was right about her being a monster.
Returning cast include Jon Pointing (Big Boys, Run Away), Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso, Downton Abbey), Leah Harvey (Foundation, The Scurry), Ingrid Oliver (Thursday Murder Club, Doctor Who), Nitin Ganatra (Mr Bigstuff, Sexy Beast) and Alexandra Dowling (Emily, Game of Thrones).
Greig is a UK comedy legend who can soon be seen in Sally Wainwright’s Riot Women. Shah broke out as Miles in Benito Skinner’s Overcompensating for Prime Video.
Purnell plus EPs Ella Jones and Patrick Walters said: “We are thrilled that Sweetpea and the world of Carnsham are back in full swing for Season 2, with new and exciting characters for what promises to be an intoxicating ride for Rhiannon as she continuous on her murderous journey. This season, the stakes are even higher, and as the consequences of her actions begin to close in, questions of morality and justice will come into play.”
The show has been a hit for Sky and Starz. Speaking in advance of Season 1 premiere last year, Purnell told us she drew on previous experience of “not being afraid to look ugly.”
The series is adapted from C.J. Skuse’s novel of the same name and produced by See-Saw Films and fanboy in association with Sky Studios. The comm ed for Sky is Manpreet Dosanjh. EP for fanboy is Walters (Heartstopper), and EPs for See-Saw Films are Helen Gregory, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman. Jones and Purnell serve as EPs alongside Swain. Selina Lim, Emme Hoy, Simon Gillis and Natasha Heliotis are Co-EP and Zorana Piggott (Heartstopper) is the series producer.
Episodes 1, 5 and 6 will be directed by Jones (Sweetpea S1, The Baby). Episodes 2, 3 and 4 will be directed by Coky Giedroyc (How to Build a Girl, Save Me). The series is written by Lim, Hoy, Anna Jordan and Laura Jayne Tunbridge.
