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The BBC has announced when the second run of hit series Killing Eve
After dropping all eight episodes of the first outing on iPlayer in 2018, UK viewers have been waiting patiently for the Bafta-winning show's return ever since it began in the US in April.
Now, the channel has revealed in a tweet that the first episode will debut on 8 June.
The first season of Killing Eve , co-written and executive produced by Fleabag ‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge , was widely praised by critics when it aired last year.
It became the second-biggest boxset to air on BBC iPlayer, with more than 40 million streams since its arrival on the streaming service.
Show all 11 1 /11Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Jodie Comer (Villanelle) Jodie Comer has wowed fans as everyone’s favourite assassin Villanelle and it’s not the first time she’s taken on a challenging role. She starred as abducted teenager Ivy Moxam in the BBC series Thirteen (2016) and played a 23-year-old mistress in Doctor Foster (2015-17). She’s set to join a star-studded cast in action-comedy Free Guy and will be directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh in Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile (both in 2020).
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Sandra Oh (Eve Polastri) Before she joined MI5 (and later MI6) as Eve Polastri, Sandra Oh was best known for playing Dr Cristina Yang in Grey’s Anatomy (2005-14). She had a smaller role as Vice Principal Gupta in teen flick The Princess Diaries (2001), and voiced Hiko Yoshida and Katie in American Dad! (2005-13). Oh’s next project will see her working alongside Seth Rogan in Amazon’s animated series, Invincible (2020).
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Fiona Shaw (Carolyn Martens) Fiona Shaw was killing it on screen long before she starred as MI6 boss Carolyn Martens. The Irish actor was cast in the 1998 version of The Avengers and played Petunia Dursley in five of the eight Harry Potter films. She also had a cameo in the second series of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s other TV success story Fleabag (2019). Shaw is currently filming the drama Ammonite , which stars Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet, and is due for release in 2020 (US).
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Kim Bodnia (Konstantin) Against the odds, it looks like Kim Bodnia's character Konstantin has made it to series two of Killing Eve . Villanelle’s cool and collected handler starred in a number of foreign-language films and TV shows before Waller-Bridge’s series, including Danish crime drama The Bridge (2011-18). He has finished filming After the Harvest II , which is yet to announce a release date.
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Sean Delaney (Kenny Stowton) RADA graduate Sean Delaney is new on the acting scene. Prior to landing a role as an MI6 computer whiz in Killing Eve , Delaney starred in the daytime mystery drama Midsomer Murders (2016).
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Elena Felton) Killing Eve has put Kirby Howell-Baptiste on the map. She previously landed a number of smaller roles in shows such as the Netflix series Love (2016-18) and House of Lies (2015), which also stars Kristen Bell. She now has credits including the HBO crime comedy Barry (2018) and The Good Place (2018-19), and she is set to star in the Veronica Mars reboot (2019).
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series David Haig (Bill Pargrave) We were all shouting at our screens when Bill Pargrave met his sorry end in Killing Eve . Fans of actor David Haig need not fear – they can also see him as short-tempered spin doctor Steve Fleming in The Thick of It as well the much-loved Richard Curtis romcom Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Haig will next appear in the forthcoming adaptation of TV series Downton Abbey , due for release September 2019.
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Darren Boyd (Frank Haleton) It’s hard to forget Frank’s sticky end in Killing Eve – sorry to remind you. Prior to his stint as an MI5 boss, Darren Boyd enjoyed a number of cameo roles in well-known films such as Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016) and The World’s End (2013). He also starred in medical drama Green Wing (2006) and satirical dark comedy Four Lions (2010), which follows four incompetent British terrorists. He recently made an appearance in the Anna Paquin comedy series Flack (2019).
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Owen McDonnell (Niko Polastri) Irish actor Owen McDonnell, who plays Eve's less-exciting relationship prospect, has previously appeared in small roles in big British shows such as Spooks (2009) and Silent Witness (2014). He also starred as Michael Coyne in the BBC series My Mother and Other Strangers in 2016.
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Edward Bluemel (Hugo) Before the second season of Killing Eve , new kid on the block Edward Bluemel has appeared in war drama The Halcyon (2017), A Discovery of Witches (2018) and successful Netflix comedy Sex Education (2019). He has also been cast in the comedy How to Build a Girl , based on the novel by Caitlin Moran. It is due for release in the US in 2019.
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Killing Eve: Meet the cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer TV series Nina Sosanya (Jess) A new face for season two, Nina Sosanya is most recognisable for playing the prime minister’s chief of staff Annie in Love Actually (2003). She was also a star of the BBC series Last Tango in Halifax (2012-15) and has made appearances on shows such as Silent Witness , Vera (both 2012) and Marcella (2016). She has been cast in the fantasy series Good Omens , alongside David Tennant, due for release in May 2019.
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The series stars Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri, an MI5 security officer who's drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with ruthless assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer ).
Comer, who won a Bafta TV Award earlier this month for her performance, recently revealed that she nearly died on set during a scene that involved her eating pasta .
Killing Eve series two begins on BBC1 at 9.15pm on 8 June.
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