The streaming giant bought exclusive global rights to the first series of Marcella back in April, they will make the second available internationally in 2017 after ITV have broadcast the episodes here in the UK.

Pulling in an average audience of 6.8 million, series one of Marcella follows the investigation of troubled detective sergeant Marcella Backland into a serial murder case. Having returned to the force after her husband left her, she herself becomes a suspect in the case down to her violent anger-induced blackouts.

Penned by Swedish thriller writer Hans Rosenfeldt (The Bridge), the show was hailed by critics as a gripping 'Scandinavian noir on the streets of Britain'. The renewal was announced at Edinburgh TV Festival on Friday.

The acquisition by Netflix is part of their successive attempts to break into the UK market, its most lucrative outside of the States, following their first co-production with ITV Paranoid and Elizabeth II bio-serial The Crown.