The Couple Next Door has been renewed for a second season

Channel 4 has renewed the psychological drama for a second season after the first season became the British network's biggest streaming start. The first episode of The Couple Next Door was viewed more than a million times in its first seven days. Channel 4 co-produced the first season of The Couple Next Door with Starz, but the Lionsgate brand was not mentioned in the press release for season two. Sources have asked about Starz's involvement.



Season two will feature a new cast led by Sam Palladio (pictured), Annabel Scholey, Aggy K Adams and Sendhil Ramamurthy. Hugh Dennis will return. Production is underway in Belgium. The first season starred Eleanor Tomlinson and Sam Heughan.

Here’s the logline: “Heart surgeon Charlotte Roberts (Scholey) and her husband, consultant anesthetist Jacob (Palladio) are a high-flying busy married couple. But things soon turn upside down when their mysterious new hospital colleague Mia (Adams) rents out the house next door.

“Working her way into Charlotte and Jacob’s confidence and eventually their bed, Mia also quickly befriends cul-de-sac outcast Alan (Dennis) whilst Charlotte has to handle the reappearance of past flame Leo (Ramamurthy). It’s not long before Mia’s past comes back to haunt her, leading Charlotte and Jacob to question who she really is, especially when patients at the hospital mysteriously start dying.”

Palladio is known for his role as Gunnar Scott in CMT/ABC's musical drama series Nashville. Scholey was recently seen in Disney+'s Rivals. Ramamurthy played the role of Mohinder Suresh in NBC's superhero series Heroes, a role he reprized in a guest role in the sequel Heroes Reborn. He will be seen in the second season of Netflix's One Piece (2023).

David Allison wrote season two and Dries Vos is directing. Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino are the executive producers for the ITV Studios-backed Eagle Eye Drama and Jennifer Burnet is the producer.