{"id":15173,"date":"2022-05-10T18:45:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1642526"},"modified":"2022-05-10T19:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T17:17:42","slug":"gangs-of-london-season-2-trailer-teases-brutal-drama-to-come","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/gangs-of-london-season-2-trailer-teases-brutal-drama-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangs of London season 2 trailer teases brutal drama to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Fans of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/gangs-of-london-season-2\/&quot;\">Gangs of London<\/a> have been waiting for new episodes for more than two years since the first season launched back in April 2020 \u2013 but a second run is almost upon us.<\/p>\n<p>And now a new teaser trailer has been released by Sky ahead of its return, which teases all sorts of brutal drama in store for the main characters, including \u1e62\u1ecdp\u1eb9\u0301 D\u00ecr\u00eds\u00f9\u2019s ex-undercover cop Elliot Finch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think you know this world you\u2019re in?\u201d he asks at the beginning of the trailer. \u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He goes on: \u201cI\u2019ve seen things you haven\u2019t. Do you know how it feels to be powerless? How it feels to be a pawn in someone else\u2019s game? The things it makes you do\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the trailer ends with Elliot asking: \u201cWhat does it feel like, to be a king?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also includes some very brief hints at more of the exhilarating action sequences which won the first season plentiful plaudits from both critics and fans and helped it to become the biggest Sky Original drama launch on Sky Atlantic in five years.<\/p> <p>According to Sky, the new season picks up one year after the death of Sean Wallace (Joe Cole) with the \u201cmap and soul of London\u201d having been redrawn, leaving the surviving Wallaces scattered, the Dumanis broken and estranged, and Elliot now forced to work for the Investors.<\/p>\n<p>The synopsis continues: \u201cAs the Investors look down on a city sliding into chaos they decide enough is enough and bring in reinforcements to restore control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld favourites and new players fight back against the new order, forcing sworn enemies to work together and family members to betray each other. Who will win the battle for London\u2019s soul?\u201d<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paapa Essiedu, Lucian Msamati, Michelle Fairley, Orli Shuka, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Brian Vernel, Narges Rashidi, Asif Raza and Valene Kane all return alongside D\u00ecr\u00eds\u00f9 in the new run, while there are plenty of new faces as well.<\/p>\n<p>Among those joining the cast are Waleed Zuaiter\u00a0(Baghdad Central) as Koba, French rapper Jasmine Armando in her first TV role as Saba, Fady El-Sayed\u202f(A Private War)\u202f as Faz, Salem Kali (Dealer) as Basem and Aymen Hamdouchi (SAS: Red Notice)\u00a0as Hakim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gangs of London season 2 will air on Sky and NOW later in 2022 \u2013 <a href=\"\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=11005&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fshop%2Ftv&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">catch up on the first season on Sky now<\/a>. <\/strong><strong>For more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\"><b>Drama<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><strong>hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;post__content-end\" row=\"\" hidden-print=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><b>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 at 12:00 am Fans of Gangs of London have been waiting for new episodes for more than two years since the first season launched back in April 2020 \u2013 but a second run is almost upon us. 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