Though the star is finest recognized for his comedic roles in reveals together with Fleabag and Outnumbered, Hugh Dennis is taking over a critically darkish function within the upcoming second season of The Couple Subsequent Door – and we’re already so invested!
The favored Channel 4 present initially included Eleanor Tomlinson and Sam Heughan within the solid, however season two sees the story observe a brand new group of {couples} together with The Cut up star Annabel Scholey, Nashville’s Sam Palladio, The Witcher star Aggy Ok Adams, and By no means Have I Ever actor Sendhil Ramamurthy alongside Hugh.
So what can we anticipate from season two? The brand new synopsis reads: “Good coronary heart surgeon Charlotte Roberts and her husband, marketing consultant anaesthetist Jacob are a high-flying busy married couple. However issues quickly flip the wrong way up when their mysterious new hospital colleague Mia rents out the home subsequent door.
“Working her approach into Charlotte and Jacob’s confidence and finally their mattress, Mia additionally rapidly befriends cul-de-sac outcast Alan while Charlotte has to deal with the reappearance of previous flame Leo.
“Nonetheless, it’s not lengthy earlier than Mia’s previous comes again to hang-out her, main Charlotte and Jacob to query who she actually is, particularly when sufferers on the hospital mysteriously begin dying. However one factor is obvious, giving into needs can have lethal penalties.” Invested? So are we!
The collection is loosely based mostly on the hit Scandi present Deadly Injections, and whereas we’re but to know an actual launch date, filming has just lately wrapped in Belgium. We will not wait to seek out out extra!
Talking about becoming a member of the present, Annabel mentioned: “I’m delighted to be becoming a member of the sensible crew behind Channel 4’s The Couple Subsequent Door. I used to be an enormous fan of collection one and I’m excited to be delving into David Allison’s gripping new script with a vastly gifted solid and crew, while going again to my West Yorkshire roots, as coronary heart surgeon Charlotte Roberts.”
© Channel 4Sam added: “I am thrilled to hitch the superb crew at The Couple Subsequent Door. I used to be drawn to the venture by its sensible writing and difficult characters, and to step into the world of the present which is already beloved by followers and convey Jacob to life is absolutely thrilling.
“Having lived within the US since taking pictures Nashville, it’ll be nice to be again on British screens and to discover a troubled and sophisticated character, which is not like something I’ve performed earlier than.”
