{"id":39404,"date":"2023-11-08T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1901068"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T08:56:12","slug":"will-there-be-a-payback-season-2-news-and-speculation-on-itv-drama-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/will-there-be-a-payback-season-2-news-and-speculation-on-itv-drama-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Will there be a Payback season 2? News and speculation on ITV drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

The creator has teased the “potential” for more. <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 08 November 2023 at 17:10 PM<\/p>

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The final episode of Payback goes out on ITV1 tonight (Wednesday 8th November), revealing the fate of accountant Lexie Noble (Morven Christie), who has spent weeks under unimaginable pressure from fearsome crime boss Cal Morris (Peter Mullan).<\/p>\n

She is tasked with tracing an enormous sum of money that went missing after her husband, Jared \u2013 a fellow accountant in cahoots with Cal \u2013 was murdered in a seemingly random attack (which turned out to be anything but).<\/p>\n

It was up to Lexie to resolve the situation and salvage a future for her family in the process, with events reaching a satisfying conclusion on tonight\u2019s episode. (For more on that, check out our explanation of the Payback ending<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Now, though, fans of the series are left to wonder whether Payback will return, with comments from the creator suggesting that there is scope for a continuation.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we know so far about the future of ITV drama Payback<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*Warning: spoilers for Payback season 1*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Will there be a Payback season 2?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Morven Christie and Peter Mullan in Payback.<\/span><\/figcaption> HTM Television for ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

ITV is yet to confirm whether Payback will return for a second season<\/strong>, but creator Debbie O\u2019Malley has made it known that she would like to continue her suspenseful crime saga.<\/p>\n

At a press event marking the series launch, she was asked if there were any storylines she couldn\u2019t quite squeeze into these initial six episodes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping we might get to come back so I\u2019m going to keep that to myself,\u201d replied O\u2019Malley. \u201cWe created a very rich world and a web of very interesting relationships on either side of the law\u2026 I think there\u2019s always potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Payback does benefit from the involvement of executive producer Jed Mercurio \u2013 best known as the mind behind Line of Duty<\/a> \u2013 whose production company successfully launched Trigger Point<\/a> for ITV last year.<\/p>\n

When could a potential Payback season 2 be released?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If Payback were to be renewed for a second season, it\u2019s very possible we could see it on our screens approximately one year from now \u2013 roughly\u00a0autumn 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, that\u2019s just speculation for the time being. We\u2019ll update this page if and when firm details are announced.<\/p>

Payback season 2 cast: Who could return if the show is renewed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Prasanna Puwanarajah stars in Payback.<\/span><\/figcaption> HTM Television for iTV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

If Payback were to be renewed for a second season, we could see the return of several characters from the first \u2013 although perhaps not Morven Christie, as her character\u2019s arc seemed to have wrapped up nicely.<\/p>\n

Rather, this is the type of series that could lend itself to an anthology approach, with the crime unit led by DCI Adam Guthrie (Derek Riddell) and DC Jibran Khan (Prasanna Puwanarajah) instead taking on other financial cases.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a reminder of the Payback season 1 cast<\/a>, some of whom could reprise their roles:<\/p>\n