Irvine Welsh's 'Crime' Returns to ITV for Season 2
One of the lesser-known mysteries on BritBox, Crime (known here as Irvine Welsh's Crime), is returning for a second season. The series, developed and written by Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh, with his regular collaborator, journalist-turned-novelist Dean Cavanagh (The Secret Life of The Novel), is a Scottish police procedural based on Welsh's own novel of the same name. The series initially premiered on BritBox UK in 2021 before it was folded into the larger flagship ITVX streaming service and followed on BritBox US. The series is expected to stay on BritBox for Season 2 in America but will debut first on ITVX.
The series stars Dougray Scott (My Week with Marilyn) as troubled detective DI Ray Lennox (for which he landed an International Emmy), with Joanna Vanderham (Dancing on the Edge) as his partner in crime-solving, DS Amanda Drummond. In the first season, the two teamed up to solve a schoolgirl's abduction. The two return for the second season with an all-new case, and Lennox back on the job, after Season 1 left him post-mental breakdown from the stress of the first case. In a clip from Season 2, Lennox is back in action with the show's usual blend of horror and biting humor.
Check out the first clip from the new season:
