Alfie B to guest star in Mr Selfridge

Acclaimed singer Alfie Boe will be making a special appearance in the new series of Mr Selfridge, which is due to transmit on ITV next year.

Filming of the second series of Mr Selfridge is well underway and Alfie Boe will be joining cast including Jeremy Piven, Katherine Kelly, Frances O'Connor and Amanda Abbington for one episode, written by Kate Brooke, midway through the series.

Series two of Mr Selfridge picks up the action in 1914 as the store is celebrating its 5th anniversary of trading. As the series progresses war breaks out and Mrs Selfridge (Frances O'Connor) and Mr Crabb (Ron Cook) arrange a charity event at the store to raise money for soldiers on the front line.

Alfie Boe plays Richard Chapman, a tenor who used to be top of the bill at the Gaiety and is an old friend of Lady Mae Loxley (Katherine Kelly). Lady Mae asks Richard to sing at Selfridges charity concert and he's happy to oblige.

As Mae says herself, Richard has the voice and heart of an angel. Richard comes back into her life at a time when she needs him most, offering her warm comfort and worldly wisdom.

Alfie Boe has now sold well over one million records in The UK, had three Top Ten albums, two massive sell-out tours, a run of US Dates with PBS and just completed a sold-out UK Arena Tour. He will be filming his Mr Selfridge scenes at the end of July through to the beginning of August.

I'm a huge fan of Mr Selfridge and am thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of the series. I'm looking forward to seeing the set and meeting the cast, said Alfie Boe.

Kate Lewis, executive producer for ITV Studios said: As soon as we introduced the character of Richard Chapman we knew Alfie Boe would be the perfect person to play him. We were delighted when he accepted the role and we're looking forward to welcoming him on set.

Mr. Selfridge is a Co-Production of ITV Studios and MASTERPIECE and based on Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead. Kate Brooke heads-up the writing team on the second series working alongside Kate O'Riordan, Dan Sefton and Andrew Davies.

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