Eight months after it first started airing on 5, it has been confirmed that detective drama Cooper & Fry will be returning for a second season – with filming now under way.
While the first season was made up of four 90-minute episodes, season 2 will contain eight hour-long instalments, with Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who) returning for more investigations as Ben Cooper and Diane Fry.
The synopsis for season 2, which will once again be set in the Peak District, says: “Building on the unique friendship forged in series 1, Ben and Diane will navigate cases steeped in the legendary folklore of the area, all while battling each other’s conflicting investigation styles and facing their complicated personal lives head on.”
The season will be based on Stephen Booth’s novels The Devil’s Edge, Fall Down Dead, One Last Breath and The Murder Road, with each story seemingly being set across two episodes.
It will air on 5 in 2027, and a selection of first-look images from the set have now been unveiled, which you can see both above and in the gallery below.
Gill said of returning for season 2: “I’m thrilled to be returning to Cooper & Fry after the brilliant reaction to series 1. It’s a real pleasure to be working alongside Rob again and I’m excited for audiences to see where the story takes us this time.”
Meanwhile, James-Collier added: “I’m thrilled to be back playing DC Ben Cooper along with my good friend Mandip Gill in the role of Diane Fry. The audience really warmed to the first series of Cooper & Fry and we hope they will again, so stay tuned as we have lots more murders to solve and all sorts of strange goings-on down in Edendale.”
Lorcan Cranitch (Blue Lights) and Charlotte Bradley (The Dry) will return as their season 1 characters DI Hitchens and Isobel Cooper respectively, while a host of newcomers have also been announced.
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These include Pollyanna McIntosh-Goldthwait (The Walking Dead) as DI Kim Armstrong, Scott Graham (Vikings) as DC Gavin Murfin and Kathy Rose O’Brien (Small Town, Big Story) as Liz Petty.
Paul Testar, commissioning editor for 5 said in a statement: “Cooper & Fry proved to be a huge hit with 5’s audience and we’re incredibly excited to bring more of Stephen Booth’s novels to life.
“Rob and Mandip make a formidable detective duo, and we can’t wait to see what Cooper and Fry get their teeth into this series.”
Cooper & Fry is available to stream on 5. Season 2 will air on 5 in 2027.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
