The BritBox original series The Tower is back for its second season, and Shadow and Act has an exclusive preview of this week’s episode.
Following season one’s dramatic climax, The Tower 2: Death Message will follow officers of the Farlow police station as they experience the highs and lows of being on the force.
Here’s an official description:
Following the dramatic climax of season one, rookie Police Constable Lizzie Adama (Tahirah Sharif) has returned to Farlow police station where she finds herself fighting to protect a mother and daughter in peril. Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins (Gemma Whelan) has transferred to Homicide Command. When she is tasked with re-opening a cold case of a missing schoolgirl, her investigations take an unexpected turn, leading her to cross paths with Lizzie once again. Following Lizzie and Sarah’s antagonistic relationship, they are forced to work together for the first time. Detective Inspector Kieran Shaw (Emmett J. Scanlan) wants to recruit Detective Sergeant Steve Bradshaw ( Jimmy Akingbola) for a specialist task force, targeting a major organized crime figure, but he must convince Steve he can be trusted. This latest season promises another complex, authentic and topical crime story that will keep audiences gripped.
Season one followed Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins as she set out to uncover the truth around two grisly deaths discovered at the bottom of a residential apartment building. The investigation led her into a dark conspiracy in which her relationship with Lizzie Adama was tested to the limits.
The series is executive produced by Patrick Harbinson and Kate London alongside Mammoth Screen’s Sheena Bucktowonsing and Damien Timmer.
Andy Mosse (The Last Bus, The Darkest Dawn, Hungerford) produces and Faye Gilbert (The Bay, The Line, Leaving Eva) is serving as director.
The Tower stars Emmett J Scanlan as DI Kieran Shaw, Gemma Whelan as DS Sarah Collins, Harriet Webb as DC Alice Parker, Jimmy Akingbola as DC Steve Bradshaw, Karl Davies as DCI Tim Bailie, Lola Elsokari as Farah Mehenni, Michael Karim as PC Arif Johar, Nabil Elouahabi as Younes Mehenni, Nick Holder as PC Hadley Matthews and Tahirah Sharif as Lizzie Adama.
Check out the exclusive clip below:
New episodes air Tuesdays on BritBox.