{"id":30059,"date":"2023-02-14T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1782414"},"modified":"2023-02-14T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:17:07","slug":"will-there-be-a-better-season-2-potential-release-date-and-news-for-bbc-thriller","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/will-there-be-a-better-season-2-potential-release-date-and-news-for-bbc-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Will there be a Better season 2? Potential release date and news for BBC thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s only one thing on our minds now that we’ve made our way through all five episodes… **WARNING: Contains spoilers for Better season 1.** <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Premiering on BBC One last night, Better<\/a> has got off to a very tense start and if you\u2019re an avid thriller fan like us, you\u2019ll have no doubt made your way through all five episodes on iPlayer already.<\/p>\n

Naturally, then, our thoughts have turned to season 2 and whether another run is on the cards. Throughout the five episodes, we saw how DI Lou Slack\u2019s (Leila Farzad) conscience caught up to her after the traumatic diagnosis of her son contracting meningitis.<\/p>\n

While she had to reckon with newfound family problems, she also had to face up to the fact that because of her, Col McHugh (Andrew Buchan) has progressed to being one of Leeds\u2019s most notorious crime bosses.<\/p>\n

The five-part drama<\/a> ended with a shocking twist none of us were quite expecting but can we expect a further second season of Better? Read on for everything you need to know about the potential season.<\/p>

Will there be a Better season 2?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Leila Farzad as Lou and Andrew Buchan as Col in Better.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Sister Pictures\/Simon Emmett,Simon Emmett<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

As of now, there hasn\u2019t been any official announcement as to whether a second season has been given the green light for Better or not.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> about whether he co-wrote the series with Jonathan Brackley having any further seasons in mind, Sam Vincent said: \u201cWell, I think it\u2019s an open-ended question. Like everything, you have to see how it goes down and that\u2019s fair enough, that\u2019s the way it should be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the ending of season 1, we are really excited and satisfied with the two episodes that close the season. But at the very end, it ends in quite a surprising place, I think and hope. In a place that the audience will not expect it to end. But as to more? We\u2019ll just have to wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further discussing how Better was based on a long-held idea, Vincent said: \u201cThis story is an idea that we\u2019ve had for many, many years and it\u2019s changed a lot. It\u2019s evolved from a very kind of simple premise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it sort of comes from somewhere quite deep within me and John, this desire to kind of wrestle with this moral story and this particular way of exploring it. So, in some ways, it\u2019s very, very personal and it goes back a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThis kind of timeless story as well \u2026 it\u2019s a universal thing: good and bad and what these things mean.\u201d So, with a universally understood premise that could very well continue into more seasons, we\u2019ll just have to keep our fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

Better season 2 release date speculation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As the first season of Better has landed on our screens in February, we can only assume that any potential second season could follow suit and be released in early 2024 or 2025.<\/p>\n

Watch this space.<\/p>\n

Better season 2 cast speculation<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Leila Farzad in Better<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

We\u2019d assume that Leila Farzad would return as lead character Lou Slack following the events of season 1. But the real question is whether Andrew Buchan will return as Col.<\/p>\n

A full list of season 1 characters that very well could make an appearance in a potential season 2 are:<\/p>\n

  • Samuel Edward-Cook as Ceri Davies<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Carolin Stoltz as Alma<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Zak Ford-Williams as Owen<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Kaya Moore as Noel Wilkes<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Anton Lesser as Vernon<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Ceallach Spellman as Donal<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Olivia Nakintu as DC Esther Okoye<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Joseph Steyne as Joleon<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Anthony Lewis as DC Niall Ibbotson<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Junade Khan as DS Pritam Khan<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Gavin Spokes as DI Phil Cowper<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Charley Webb as Elise<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Jamie Dorrington<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>

    What could a potential Better season 2 be about?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Warning: Better season 1 finale spoilers ahead\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Better most certainly has us questioning what is right and what is wrong but is also mind-bending in the way it interrogates those ideals. We\u2019d only hope that a potential second season could continue to bring up such thought-provoking questions.<\/p>\n

    Season 1 explores the complex and powerful bonds of loyalty and family, set in a world where everyone has their own version of \u201cright\u201d and \u201cwrong\u201d. Examining the power of human conscience, we follow Lou\u2019s epic battle towards redemption as she aims to bring down Col; the man she has come to love like a brother and the man she has helped place at the head of the Leeds criminal underworld.<\/p>\n

    But after that slightly confusing finale, what can we expect from a potential season 2? Final warning, there are major spoilers<\/strong> ahead!<\/p>\n

    While we knew that the series was always building up to an epic finale, we couldn\u2019t quite have guessed that it would have ended in multiple deaths and a cliffhanger.<\/p>\n

    Bulgey (Garry Cooper) tried to corner Lou in a haphazard revenge mission in Vernon\u2019s (Anton Lesser) flat but Vernon quickly spots him and shoots him. Vernon set his place on fire, calling the police saying that there was an intruder but of course, he gets arrested and charged with murder.<\/p>\n

    He confesses, never telling the police that Lou was there with him or that the two are actually friends. Col, in a blur of grief over the death of his daughter and now the betrayal of Lou, doesn\u2019t seem to care for being a crime boss anymore. So, his heavies put out the order for Vernon to be killed when moved to prison.<\/p>\n

    Even though Lou has continually tried to help Noel (Kaya Moore) get out of the life of crime he\u2019s found himself in, he refuses any of her help and is the one ordered to stab and kill Vernon.<\/p>\n

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    Andrew Buchan as Col in Better.<\/span><\/figcaption> Sister Pictures,James Stack, BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

    After finding out that Vernon has been killed by Noel, Lou underlines that this needs to stop and orders Ceri (Samuel Edward-Cook) and Owen (Zak Ford-Williams) to go and stay somewhere else indefinitely while she takes care of this saga.<\/p>\n

    She tricks Col into meeting her, saying that she has a letter from his dead daughter Aoife but it\u2019s a lie. It\u2019s also a lie that Col is very aware of because, as he reveals in the finale, he was the one to find Aoife who overdosed from Col\u2019s supply of drugs.<\/p>\n

    Together, after an explosive back-and-forth in the middle of a forest, they agree to come clean to the police. It\u2019s a drastic change of heart in the space of the last quarter of the episode but indeed, they go into the police station.<\/p>\n

    But when there\u2019s nobody on the front desk, the time starts to drag on. Eventually, in the last second of the finale, we see the door swing open to the reception area as the two are sitting down. But is it someone to take their confession?<\/p>\n

    We\u2019re sure if there is a season 2, our questions about that scene will be answered. It\u2019s highly likely that a police officer could have just been exiting the station, none the wiser to the pair trying to confess. Will they actually choose to confess if time continues to drag on and reality comes back in to focus?<\/p>\n

    Similarly, Lou\u2019s colleagues or boss could be greeting the pair and their lives will be set to change forever. Could Col go back to being an informant for the police? He\u2019s done it before and if he was able to stay out of prison because of such a deal, it could be his perfect solution.<\/p>\n

    In that way, Lou and Col could go back to being a crime-fighting duo exchanging information but would the Leeds criminal underworld really forget about Col McHugh? We\u2019ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

    Is there a trailer for Better season 2?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    You may have to slow down there! As Better season 2 has not been announced yet, there definitely isn\u2019t a trailer. For now, the trailer for season 1 will have to suffice.<\/p>\n

    Watch it below.<\/p>\n