The Fall renewed with second season

BBC psychological drama The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson, has been recommissioned for a second series.

The BBC Two thriller has become the channel's most successful drama in eight years. The show has achieved an average audience of 3.5 million so far following its premiere earlier this month. There are three episodes remaining of the first run, which ends on June 10.

Both Anderson and Jamie Dornan, who plays serial killer Paul Spector, have been praised for their performances and Cubitt congratulated them for playing "their parts to perfection."