Unforgotten season 7 releases major production update – and confirms Peaky Blinders and Coronation Street favourites for new cast
Filming is now underway!
Now in its impressive seventh run, filming for ITV's Unforgotten is now underway, it's been excitingly confirmed.
Last year, it had been announced that the show had been renewed just after the finale had aired. Now though, fans can get that bit more pumped as production on season 7 kicks off.
Along with that news, casting for the new season has also been confirmed – with some impressive and familiar British acting talent joining the ranks for what is set to be another twisty outing of the crime drama.
Heading up the cast for the upcoming instalment is After the Flood and Peaky Blinders star Sophie Rundle, who will star as "troubled social worker Mary Brock".
Joining her is Joan's Kirsty J Curtis as "respected inmate, Lacee Cook" while The Reckoning's Julian Rhind-Tutt stars as "struggling addict, Hugh Swafham" and Trigger Point's Natalie Simpson is "tenacious journalist, Ruby Allenford".
As per the series, each season's new cast intersects with the case in some way, shape or form, with suspicion looming around them all and secrets threatening to come to the fore. According to the series description, this batch of new characters lead present-day lives which "conceal dark secrets" but as for who's hiding what, we'll just have to wait and see.
As for the case itself that returning DI Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and DCI Jess James (Sinéad Keenan) will be tackling, it will start with "the chilling discovery of human remains in the crawl space of a house in Ladbroke Grove, London".
The synopsis continues: "Early forensic analysis suggests the body is that of a child and has been deliberately concealed for several years. The investigation takes a deeply personal turn for the team when a DNA match links the victim to a previously closed historic case, compelling DI Sunny Khan and DCI Jess James to revisit the original inquiry and unravel the truth behind a decades-old crime."
In terms of what case that'll be and whether it's one that Unforgotten viewers are already familiar with, we'll just have to bide our time and find out.
Other new cast members for Unforgotten season 7 include Jo Hartley (Adolescence), Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones), Nicholas Burns (The Serpent Queen), Andrew Tiernan (Joan), Ben Bailey Smith (Black Mirror), Dominic Coleman (Bridgerton), David Fynn (Daddy Issues), India Brown (Honey Bunch) and Sonya Nisa (Waterloo Road).
The cast is rounded out by Joshua Sher (Lynley), Rachel Atkins (The Hack), Roger Dipper (Malice), Cameron Jack (The Wheel of Time), Mark Jax (Merlin), Joe McNamara (Call the Midwife) and Yazdan Qafouri (I Came By), as well as Coronation Street's Paula Wilcox and Waterloo Road's Philip Martin Brown.
Returning alongside Jess and Sunny is also police station favourites Jordan Long who returns as as DS Murray Boulting, Carolina Main as DS Fran Lingley, and Pippa Nixon as DC Kaz Willets, as well as Georgia Mackenzie as pathologist Dr Leanne Balcombe.
It's not the last we see of Jess's ex-husband Steve either as Andrew Lancel (The Bill) is confirmed to return for season 7, as well as Kate Robbins (Afterlife) as Jess's mother, Kate.
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On the announcement of production kicking off, ITV’s Drama Commissioner, Huw Kennair Jones, said: "It’s always beyond exciting to return to the brilliant world of Unforgotten and this series promises to be no different.
"Once again Chris Lang has created a compelling set of characters interwoven in an intriguing and enticing story, one that will keep Jess and Sunny and the audience guessing until the very end. We’re thrilled that once again, Andy Wilson is directing every episode and with the brilliant team at Mainstreet Pictures producing, it’s going to be another fantastic series.”
The new season will also feature plenty of UK locations, with the drama unfolding across the country. Some of the teased locations include the central London location of Ladbroke Grove, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Coventry, Halifax and Reading Prison.
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Morgan Cormack is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering everything drama-related on TV and streaming. She previously worked at Stylist as an Entertainment Writer. Alongside her past work in content marketing and as a freelancer, she possesses a BA in English Literature.
