Genre: Dark comedy, Crime drama, Thriller
Created by Elgin James, Stephen Merchant
Directed by Stephen Merchant, John Butler
Starring: Rhianne Barreto, Darren Boyd, Gamba Cole, Jessica Gunning, Clare Perkins, Eleanor Tomlinson, Charles Babalola, Stephen Merchant&Christopher Walken.
Executive Producers: Stephen Merchant, Luke Alkin, Kenton Allen, Matthew Justice, Kate Daughton
Producer: Nickie Sault
Production companies:Big Talk Productions, Four Eyes Entertainment
Distributor: BBC Studios
Network: Amazon Prime Video, BBC One
Plot: The second season picks right up where the first left off. If you need a refresher, the group are currently still completing their community service together whilst the police are still trying to figure out who killed Spider.
Series 2 of The Outlaws was quite good.
Pros: I like how this new series continues from what was happening in the last one. I get to known more about each character as the show goes on. At times the comedy worked well when right in the middle of their situations and my favourite character was Diane because she gave the best laughs.
Cons:It took a long while for me to understand what’s happening and I didn’t like the plot line with the troubledteenager.
Casts:
- Christopher Walken as Frank Sheldon, an American living with his daughter and grandchildren.
- Stephen Merchant as Greg Dillard, an unsuccessful lawyer.
- Rhianne Barreto as Rani Rekowski, a prospective but kleptomaniacal Oxford applicant.
- Gamba Cole as Ben Eastfield, a young man looking after his younger sister, who assumes the identity of Christian Taylor to carry out community service in his name.
- Darren Boyd as John Halloran, a businessman whose business is on the verge of collapse.
- Clare Perkins as Myrna Okeke, an activist.
- Eleanor Tomlinson as Lady Gabriella “Gabby” Penrose-Howe, a socialite and influencer.
- Jessica Gunning as Diane Pemberley, the supervisor for community service.
- Dolly Wells as Margaret, Frank’s daughter.
- Ian McElhinney as John Halloran Snr., John’s father.
- Nina Wadia as Shanthi Rekowski, Rani’s mother.
- Gyuri Sarossy as Jerzy Rekowski, Rani’s father.
- Aiyana Goodfellow as Esme Eastfield, Ben’s sister.
- Charles Babalola as Christian Taylor, a drug dealer running a drug operation in Bristol for the Dean.
- James Nelson-Joyce as Aiden “Spider” Haswell, a drug dealer who works for Christian.
- Guillermo Bedward as Tom, Frank’s grandson.
- Isla Gie as Holly, Frank’s granddaughter.
- Claes Bang as the Dean, the biggest drug dealer in Bristol.
- Sam Troughton as Mr Wilder, Diane’s superior.
- Richard E. Grant as the Earl of Gloucestershire, Gabby’s aristocratic father.
- Grace Calder as DS Lucy Haines
- Kojo Kamara as DS Selforth
- Tom Hanson as Spencer Fitzwilliam, Greg’s sleazy colleague.
- Michael Cochrane as Mr Kingsley, Greg’s boss.
- Gerard Horan as Graham Hilgard
- Marcus Fraser as Souljah, a drug dealer who works for Christian.
- Alexandria Riley as Yvonne, Myrna’s sister.
I recommend watching the first series before seeing this new season on BBC iPlayer.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Café.