A second series of Jimmy McGovern”s cause and effect courtroom drama series Accused has started filming. Featuring Anne-Marie Duff, Olivia Colman, John Bishop, Robert Sheehan, Sheridan Smith and Thomas Brodie-Sangster in leading roles, it will air on BBC1.

The first episode stars Duff and Colman as mothers trying to do right by their sons and their community in a battle against guns and crime. This is followed by an episode in which Sheehan plays a paranoid teenager who thinks his mother”s care nurse is up to no good.

Accused was re-commissioned by BBC One Controller, Danny Cohen, and Ben Stephenson, Controller of Drama Commissioning, and is executive produced for the BBC by Polly Hill, Head of Independent Drama. Sita Williams is the producer and she executive produces with Jimmy McGovern and Roxy Spencer for RSJ Films.