TRAILER: Simon Pegg and Hannah Khalique-Brown return for the second season of cyber-thriller The Undeclared War, which is coming soon to Channel 4.
Siân Brooke also stars in the show, which is set in 2024 and centres on a fresh wave of tension and drama as the elite Malware Department at GCHQ grapples with the aftermath of a devastating Russian cyber-attack.
Pegg is back as Danny Patrick, director of operations at GCHQ (UK’s Government Communications Headquarters). Khalique-Brown also reprises her role as Saara Parvin, a brilliant young coder on placement at GCHQ.
Brooke joins as Barbara Patrick, Danny’s wife, ex-MI6 and now an analyst at GCHQ.
Alex Jennings returns as Danny’s boss, David Neal, the director of GCHQ. Danny Sapani plays Charlie Francis, GCHQ’s head of security and Danny’s childhood friend.
Ed Stoppard returns as Richard Marston, the newly elevated Foreign Secretary and a constant thorn in Danny’s side. Chloe Pirrie will play Lt Colonel Roz Cavendish, seconded by Marston to GCHQ in the newly created role of director of rapid response, a move which Danny interprets as a threat to his authority.
Written by Colin Teevan, all episodes directed by Paul McGuigan. The series is produced by Playground (All Creatures Great And Small, Wolf Hall), Stonehenge Films and Universal Global (Everyone Else Burns, The Dream Lands).
The series is executive produced by Playground’s Colin Callender, Daniel Gratton and Noëlette Buckley, Stonehenge Films’ Peter Kosminsky, Colin Teevan and Paul McGuigan. Caroline Levy produces. Kosminsky and Callender created the original series.
NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution will handle international sales.
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