The Split season 2: Everything you need to know
The Split was a huge hit when season one aired, charting the complicated lives of a family of divorce lawyers and their clients. The show, starring Nicola Walker, gained praise and earned impressive viewing figures, so it was commissioned for a second series.
In case you missed it, here’s everything you need to know about The Split season two.
The Split season 2: The plot
Season two of course follows the three Defoe sisters, Hannah (Nicola Walker), Nina (Annabel Scholey) and Rose (Fiona Button) and their formidable mother Ruth (Deborah Findlay).
At the end of the first series, Hannah’s formerly rock-solid marriage was beginning to crack following the revelation of Nathan’s (Stephen Mangan) affair. For the rest of the family, and Hannah, joy had turned to tragedy as estranged father Oscar (Anthony Head) passed away on the night of Rose and James’ (Rudi Dharmalingam) wedding. Struggling with the grief of losing her father for the second time in her life and with Christie (Barry Atsma) having made his feelings for her clear, Hannah was torn between her past and the promise of a different future without Nathan.
Now the Defoes are back, at newly merged law firm Noble Hale Defoe. Now they’re no longer working as rivals, Hannah’s latest case is set to put NHD firmly on the map.
Meanwhile, Rose and James return from their honeymoon with ambitions to start their own family and Nina teeters on the edge as the consequences of her erratic behaviour finally catch up with her. With the merger now complete, Ruth is forced out from her role as head of the family firm and must search for a new purpose in life.
Hannah and Christie are having an affair and she feels trapped, struggling to forgive Nathan yet ridden with guilt about her own infidelity.
At the same time she’s working on a high profile case with two of the show’s new characters, played by Donna Air and Ben Bailey Smith.
Locked into an aggressive NDA by her controlling husband Richie Hansen (Ben Bailey Smith) when she was young and naive, Fi Hansen (Donna Air), one half of the UK’s most powerful celebrity couples, now wants out of her marriage. When Hannah is hired to help prepare Fi to leave her dangerously coercive and manipulative partner, she ends up investing much more than her time.
The Split season 2: Who’s in it?
Joining Nicola Walker (River, Last Tango In Halifax), Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Deborah Findlay (Leaving), Fiona Button (Lip Service), Annabel Scholey (Being Human), Rudi Dharmalingam (Our Girl), Barry Atsma (Hector And The Search For Happiness), Chukwudi Iwuji (Zander) and Ellora Torchia (Maggie Lavelle) are Donna Air (Hotel Babylon) and Ben Bailey Smith (Cleaning Up, Doctor Who).
*News*
Production has begun on a second series of #TheSplit. The regular cast will be returning - alongside new faces – @DonnaAir and @BBCDoctorWho's Ben Bailey Smith.https://t.co/u8yF4KgfWD pic.twitter.com/0kdcywsinh— BBC One (@BBCOne) March 22, 2019
The Split season 2: When’s it on TV?
The series aired on BBC One in early 2020, you can catch up on iPlayer HERE.
The Split airs on BBC One.
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