By Flora Carr

Published: Monday, 28 March 2022 at 12:00 am


The BBC has released the first full-length trailer for Gentleman Jack season 2, alongside new cast images of Suranne Jones, Sophie Rundle and Lydia Leonard in character as Anne Lister, Ann Walker and Mariana Lawton.

The trailer teases local scandal as Anne Lister and her new bride Ann Walker return to Shibden Hall in Yorkshire (“She’s back!” the housekeeper screams), with more of Anne’s business rivals circling and looking to use the scandal to their own advantage.

The minute-long video also suggests that Ann will learn more about her wife’s “fruity past” this season, setting up a love triangle between the two of them and Mariana Lawton, Anne Lister’s former lover.

“She hasn’t got a clue about the vast rich tapestry of your fruity past,” quips BAFTA Film Awards 2022 winner Joanna Scanlan as her new character Isabella ‘Tib’ Norcliffe, described by the BBC as Anne’s “outrageous” former lover.