ITV\u2019s The Suspect cast Aidan Turner (Poldark) as Dr. Joe O\u2019Loughlin, a psychologist who finds himself in the frame for murder. Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Robotham<\/a>, the five-part series finished up with Joe finally exonerated, as the real culprit behind the killing of Catherine McCain (Tara Lee), Cara (Bronagh Waugh) and several others was unmasked.<\/p>\n For more details, you can read our recap of The Suspect ending<\/a>, where we delve into the explosive climax and some unanswered questions.<\/p>\n But have we seen the last of Joe now that his name\u2019s been cleared, or could The Suspect be another returning hit for its lead actor Turner? Here\u2019s everything we know so far about a potential continuation.<\/p>\n ITV has yet to announce if it will produce another season charting Joe\u2019s next moves.<\/p>\n However, if the broadcaster is game, there\u2019s plenty of source material to work from \u2013 following the publication of The Suspect in 2004, author Michael Robotham has written eight further Joe O\u2019Loughlin books<\/a>, which means there\u2019s theoretically scope for up to nine seasons total.<\/p>\n As ever, it\u2019ll all come down to whether ITV feels The Suspect has performed well enough to justify re-teaming with producers World Productions for a sequel.<\/p>\n Given a second season is yet to be green-lit, the earliest we might expect filming to begin would be 2023, with transmission in all likelihood following sometime in 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The cast of The Suspect\u2019s five-episode run was as follows:<\/p>\n Of the above, Aidan Turner is obviously a dead cert to return as Joe if another season is commissioned, while it\u2019s a safe bet that Camilla Beeput and Uma Warner would also return as Joe\u2019s wife Julianne and daughter Charlie.<\/p>\n DI Ruiz is also a recurring character who appears in the original novels, so you can expect Shaun Parkes to be back \u2013 and though DS Devi doesn\u2019t appear in the books and was invented for the TV adaptation of The Suspect, if Ruiz is back, it\u2019s possible that Anjli Mohindra could also reappear.<\/p>\n Joe\u2019s friend Rachel Fenwick (Sian Clifford), his step-mother Ann (Haydn Gwynne), and father Joseph O\u2019Loughlin Sr. (Dermot Crowley) can also be considered potential returnees.<\/p>\n More specifically tied to the first season\u2019s story and so less likely to resurface are Bobby Moran\/Morgan (Bobby Schofield) and Joe\u2019s former colleague Melinda (Angela Griffin). The same could be said of Gerald \u2018Jack\u2019 Owens (Adam James), but given his longstanding friendship with Joe, it\u2019s not out of the realms of possibility that he might come back.<\/p>\n Three characters we can rule out for certain from a second season are murderous plumber DJ (Tom McKay) and his victims Catherine McCain (Tara Lee) and Cara (Bronagh Waugh), all of whom perished across The Suspect\u2019s five episodes.<\/p>\n The remaining eight books in the Joe O\u2019Loughlin series left to adapt are as follows:<\/p>\n If the next season is based on 2005\u2019s Lost, then viewers can expect to see Joe once again caught up in a murder investigation, though this time it\u2019s DI Ruiz at the eye of the storm\u2026<\/p>\n Flipping the events of The Suspect, the book sees Ruiz found clinging to a buoy in the River Thames \u2013 he\u2019s covered in his own blood, as well as that of two other people, and has a photo of missing child Mickey Carlyle in his pocket. He also has absolutely no memory of how he came to be in this situation.<\/p>\n Ruiz reaches out to Joe to help him unearth his memory and clear his name \u2013 oh, the irony!<\/p>\n Given that the title \u2018Lost\u2019 has associations with a different TV series, it\u2019s possible the show could keep the title \u2018The Suspect\u2019 for its second season, since that moniker actually fits rather neatly with this new story too. Time will tell if we\u2019ll get to see it dramatised\u2026<\/p> Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Morgan Jeffery Published: Monday, 26 September 2022 at 12:00 am *Warning: contains spoilers for ITV\u2019s The Suspect* ITV\u2019s The Suspect cast Aidan Turner (Poldark) as Dr. Joe O\u2019Loughlin, a psychologist who finds himself in the frame for murder. 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Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Robotham, the five-part series finished up…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/22695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Will there be a season 2 of The Suspect?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
When would The Suspect season 2 air?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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