Queens of PR return for second series of Flack on W

Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Lydia Wilson and Rebecca Benson reunite for UKTV Original drama

Sam Neill and Daniel Dae Kim join cast

Guest stars include Jane Horrocks, Giles Terera and Amanda Abbington

Second series of the hit UKTV Original, co-commissioned with Pop and made by Hat Trick Productions and CASM

Off the chart brilliant Mike Bradley, The Observer

A terrific and bittersweet comedy from Oliver Lansley, its in turns woefully tender and snort-funny. Youll be blowing tea down your nose. Simply brilliant. The Guardian

Series creator, Oliver Lansley, had a note perfect cast to bring his sizzling dialogue to life The Times

The Devil Wears PR...older, more sinister, streetwise sister to Ab Fab Grazia

Mix The Good Wife with a dash of Catastrophe Guardian Guide

LONDON

Friday 2nd August 2019: Following the critically-acclaimed success of series one, UKTV is bringing back Flack (6x60) for its premium entertainment channel W. The series, described by Metro as a major coup for W, is co-commissioned with US network Pop and produced by Hat Trick Productions with Anna Paquins production company CASM.

Flack, set in London, revolves around the world of high-stakes celebrity PR. The series will see the return of Academy Award winning, Golden Globe winning and Emmy(R)-nominated actress Anna Paquin (True Blood, The Affair) as celebrity PR Robyn, with Olivier and Academy Award nominated Sophie Okonedo CBE (Wanderlust, Chimerica) as PR boss Caroline, Lydia Wilson (About Time, Requiem) as Eve, and Rebecca Benson (Game of Thrones, The White Princess) as Melody. Genevieve Angelson will also return as Robyns sister Ruth, alongside Rufus Jones and Arinze Kene.

Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actor Sam Neill will reunite with Paquin, his The Piano co-star, when he joins the cast for a multi-episode arc as Duncan, who has a very complicated relationship with PR agency boss, Caroline. In addition, Screen Actors Guild Award winner Daniel Dae Kim (Stowaway, Always Be My Maybe) will also star this season as Scott Cole, a tech titan who begins a romance with someone at the firm. Other season two guest stars include Jane Horrocks, Giles Terera and Amanda Abbington, reprising her role as Alexa.

Executive producer and star Anna Paquin said:

One of the most exciting pieces of feedback I received after the season finale of Flack was people begging for more episodes, so they could continue to ride the intensely exciting rollercoaster of our show and find out what the future had in store for our characters. And it is with such joy and pride that I can confirm we are in fact about to start production on season two. Many questions were left unanswered, shocking plot twists were dropped into our viewers laps, and this season I can promise even more of the darkly comedic client dramas, as well as fascinating insight into the tumultuous personal lives of our exceptional ensemble of badass women.

Series one left viewers in the grizzly aftermath of a Premier League footballers wedding, Robyns work and home lives having collided catastrophically when she could no longer resist the temptations of her myriad of addictions. She did manage to save Melody from the clutches of a group of dangerously friendly footballers before firing her as the PR intern (for her own good) but closer relationships proved to be damaged beyond repair, and having been rejected by her sister and normal last port in a storm Ruth, Robyn finally realised that shed run out of road.

Will Eve ever forgive Robyn, and on a broader scale, with Melody frozen out, will Mills Paulson PR ever be the same again? Caroline has bigger fish to fry in a shakeup that could change her business forever. Throughout all this the team continue to try their best to keep the outrageous indiscretions of their celebrity clients firmly behind closed doors.

The UKTV Original series has been ordered by Richard Watsham, UKTVs director of commissioning and Steve North, genre general manager for entertainment and comedy. Flack is commissioned by Pete Thornton, UKTV head of scripted who will also oversee as executive producer for UKTV. Flack written by Oliver Lansley, is produced by Debs Pisani (Back to Life, Episodes) and executive produced by Jimmy Mulville and Helen Williams of Hat Trick Productions. Anna Paquin will also executive produce for CASM alongside Stephen Moyer, Cerise Hallam Larkin and Mark Larkin with Justin Rosenblatt for Pop. The series will be directed by Alicia MacDonald, Oliver Lansley and Stephen Moyer, with more casting news to follow in coming months.

Pete Thornton said:

The first series of Flack exceeded all our creative expectations and we couldnt have been prouder to have it on our network. Oli Lansleys writing attracted a frankly astonishing cast to Ws first ever homegrown drama (all of whom we are delighted to be welcoming back for series two), and we cant wait to see what this extraordinary quartet of female characters get up to in this, their further adventures with UKTV.

Adam Collings, channel director for W added:

I was over the moon with the reaction to our first drama on W and so pleased we can bring it back and delve deeper into the world of Mills Paulson PR with this amazing cast. I cant wait to see where Oliver takes Flack in series two.

Series one was nominated for two Broadcast Digital Awards this year, for Gamechanger Programme and Best Drama. Flack series two will air in 2020 on W in the UK and Pop in the US. Catch up on the full boxset now on Sky and Virgin.

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For more information please contact:

Gem Pinkney, Publicity Manager for UKTV

Ben Duncan, Publicist for UKTV

Pop Press Contacts:

Hillary Povar hillary.povar@poptv.com

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