Anne-Marie Duff is On a Mission in 'Suspect' Season 2's First Look

One of the few Eagle Eye Drama series that isn't on PBS, Suspect, the remake of the Danish hit Forhøret (Face to Face), is preparing to return for a second season. The first season, which debuted on BritBox at the end of 2022, starred James Nesbitt (Bloodlands) as DS Danny Frater, the British version of Face to Face's Bjørn Rasmussen, who walks into the morgue one day to meet the body for his latest murder case, only to discover it's his own daughter, from who he was estranged. The series followed the Danish show to the letter, with Frater interviewing one suspect per episode to find the truth.

Most Eagle Eye series tend to start straying from the material to become their own story if they make it to a second season. (See, for example, the Ben Miller starring Professor T.) However, in the case of Suspect, it seems the show is staying largely faithful to the material, with the second season switching focus from Danny to his ex-wife, Dr. Susannah Newman, played by Anne-Marie Duff (Sex Education), who picks up the investigation with eight suspects of her own.

Some of these suspects are new characters viewers will be meeting for the first time, based on characters from Face to Face. Some are new characters invented from whole cloth. But at least one suspect is a carryover from Season 1, rejoining Duff for the new set of episodes.

Ben Miller reprises his role as Detective Superintendent Richard Groves. Viewers will recall that Groves was not actually a suspect in Season 1; he was Danny's boss... who Danny learned in the final episodes was also Susannah's new boyfriend. This season he'll be one of those grilled.

Dominic Cooper (The Gold) plays Jon Fallow, Susannah's new patient, (who is John Ryt is Face to Face). It's he who is the one who says something in the premiere episode that sets Susannah off on her investigation.

Tamsin Greig (Belgravia) puts a spicy twist on Susannah's affair with Richard, as she's apparently Natasha Groves, Richard's wife. (Her name is Charlotte in Face to Face.) Awkward.

At one point, Susannah runs into "Officer Louise," a former client, who sets off her paranoia that all of this is an inside job. Though Vinette Robinson's (Boiling Point) character isn't listed as an officer, I'm betting her Louisa McAdams is filling the same role.

One actor who is definitely playing the same character as in Face to Face: Celine Buckens (Showtrial) as Sapphire, a stripper who saw too much.

And this is where it becomes harder to figure out what's happening and who corrolates to who. Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy) is listed as playing Joseph Buckley, who might be the replacement for former soldier CC, a client of Susannah's with PTSD who she winds up asking for help.

Likewise, Gina McKee (Bodyguard) plays a suspect only identified as "Kate," and because the photo has her on a bus, I'm guessing she might be the replacement character for Maya, who Susannah tracks down on a train.

As for Eddie Marsan (The Winter King), I have to admit I have no idea who Alistair Underwood correlates to at all. But since Danny's character comes back in the original, and Season 2 does not list Nesbitt anywhere, my best guess is that he'll fill that gap.

Here's the new season synopsis:

The second season picks up where the first left off, with Dr. Susannah Newman on a quest to find the truth about her daughter’s tragic death. When a mysterious new client, Jon, makes a disturbing confession under hypnosis, Susannah is forced to embark on her own deadly mission to save a life, the way she couldn’t do with her own daughter… 

Carolina Giammetta (Before We Die) directed the second series of Suspect, which was written by Joy Wilkinson and David Allison. The series was adapted from the Danish original Forhøret (Face to Face), created by Christoffer Boe and written by Boe and Anna Juul. Boe, Jonas Allen, and Peter Bose serve as Executive Producers on both the original Forhøret and Suspect.

Suspect Season 2 will air on Channel 4 in the U.K. in the summer of 2024 and then come to BritBox directly following in the fall.