{"id":990,"date":"2019-05-03T09:31:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/?p=990"},"modified":"2019-05-03T09:31:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:31:20","slug":"itv-have-revealed-that-the-bay-will-be-returning-for-a-second-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/itv-have-revealed-that-the-bay-will-be-returning-for-a-second-series\/tv-and-films\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV have revealed that The Bay will be returning for a second series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV will be taking fans back to Morecambe for a new series of The Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The final of series one left watchers with a lot of questions and hardly any answers.\u00a0The last episode of series one was the most watched one yet with 7.3 million viewers tuning in.<\/p>\n<p>The Bay is written by award-winning writer and playwright Daragh Carville.\u00a0 It\u00a0is a series centred around two teenage twins that go missing from a small coastal community. The series followed lots of different events and drama which kept everyone hooked for weeks.\u00a0 Detective Sergeant Lisa Armstrong, a Family Liaison Officer risked compromising her case by not disclosing her own attachments with the step father of the missing twins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">\u201cI am delighted with the audience response to\u00a0<em>The Bay<\/em>,&#8221;<strong> ITV&#8217;s Head of Drama Polly Hill said<\/strong>. &#8220;It\u2019s very real and beautifully made by everyone involved, and as a result it held an audience of 7 million across six weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">&#8220;I think that audience will enjoy seeing where Daragh takes Lisa and the team, when they return with a new case for series 2 next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Solving cases is all in a day&#8217;s work for Detective Lisa Armstrong. We&#8217;re pleased to confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheBay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheBay<\/a> will return to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ITV<\/a> for series 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tumgQtFXqb\">pic.twitter.com\/tumgQtFXqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ITV (@ITV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ITV\/status\/1124221091164164096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Producer Catherine Oldfield said:<\/strong> \u201cWe are so thrilled that The Bay\u00a0found such a large audience and that the fantastic world and characters brought to life by Daragh Carville will be returning to ITV. It was an incredible production, shot in a beautiful location and thanks to ITV\u2019s belief in the story we wanted to tell, we get to do it all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bay\u00a0will begin production on season two later this year, with news about returning and new cast being announced closer to the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV will be taking fans back to Morecambe for a new series of The Bay. The final of series one left watchers with a lot of questions and hardly any answers.\u00a0The last episode of series one was the most watched one yet with 7.3 million viewers tuning in. 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