EXCLUSIVE: Acorn TV and ZDF mystery drama series The Chelsea Detective has a new co-lead for its second season.
Vanessa Emme (Dublin Murders, Three Families) has been cast opposite star Adrian Scarborough, with production now underway in and around London ahead of a 2023 return.
BBC Studios-backed Expectation is the lead producer. Emme will play Detective Sergeant Layla Walsh, who’s described as a “sharp, “diligent” officer who joins Chelsea CID from Exeter and loves her job.
While not naïve about life in London, she is billed as “an outsider and will occasionally roll her eyes at the worst excesses of Chelsea.” Killing Eve and 1917 star Scarborough will again play Detective Inspector Max Arnold.
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