BBC releases first-look images and further casting details for series two of The Gold

BBC releases first-look images and further casting details for series two of The Gold

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By Joe Molander
Thursday, 6th February 2025
Hugh Bonneville, a white man in his sixties, stands in an office on a phone with a cord, looking concerned
Hugh Bonneville as Brian Boyce (credit: BBC)

The BBC has released first-look images and further casting details for the second series of The Gold. The crime caper dramatises the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, one of the biggest heists in British history.

After finally managing to get convictions, the police realise that the criminals they’ve put behind bars only ever had half the stolen gold. Series two will ask the question on the lips of every cop (and audience member): who has the other half?

The answer will drag the police into a world of manhunts and money laundering. The organised criminals now in possession of the eponymous precious metal aren’t going to give it up without a fight.

Tom Cullen, a white man in his thirties, stands shirtless, hair wet and body dappled with water droplets
Tom Cullen as John Palmer (credit: BBC)

Among those returning are Hugh Bonneville (Paddington) as Brian Boyce, Charlotte Spencer (Ted Lasso) as Nicki Jennings and Emun Elliott (The Rig) as Tony Brightwell, three police officers determined to recover the gold. Peter Davison (All Creatures Great and Small) will also be reprising his role as Assistant Commissioner Gordon Stewart, along with Amanda Drew (Lockerbie) as CS Cath McClean and Silas Carson (Outnumbered) as police officer Harry Bowman.

Stephen Campbell Moore, a white man in his forties, stands in a slightly dingy room with blue- and green-tinted lighting, arms folded, wearing a suit
Stephen Campbell Moore as Tony Lundy (credit: BBC)

Newly-announced cast include Tom Hughes (The English), Stephen Campbell Moore (Masters of the Air), Joshua McGuire (Cheaters) and Tamsin Topolski (Slow Horses). Joshua Samuels (Saltburn), Rochelle Neil (Three Little Birds), Lorna Brown (The Witcher) and Thomas Coombes (Baby Reindeer) will also feature. Rounding out the cast are Sean Teale (Doctor Odyssey) and Olivia Grant (Stardust).

Series two of The Gold will air on BBC One later in 2025, and will also be available on iPlayer.

  • Joshua McGuire, a white man in his thirties, walks up a road in a suit, looking confused or distressed, while a man follows him
  • Emun Elliott, a white man in his forties, and Charlotte Spencer, a white woman in her thirties, frown at something off camera, the two wearing clothes that have light, earthy tones
  • Sam Spruell, a white man in his forties, stands behind a car overlooking a coastal town or village, looking bemused
  • Stefanie Martini, a white woman in her thirties, is on the phone, wearing a red top
  • Tom Cullen, a white man in his thirties, sits next to Joshua Samuels, a young Black man, who stands, the two of them looking at something off-camera
  • Rochelle Neil, a Black woman in her thirties, sits next to Tom Hughes, a white man in his thirties. The two smile slightly, Tom looking at Rochelle, and Rochelle looking into the middle distance

All photography: BBC

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The BBC has released first-look images and further casting details for the second series of The Gold. The crime caper dramatises the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, one of the biggest heists in British history.