Well, it won't have fan favourite
Theo James from the first season but
SANDITON period set series has cast a trio of our favourite boys - our dearest
Tom Weston Jones alongside
Alexander Vlahos and
Ben Lloyd ![]() |
Tom Weston Jones will be the new male lead
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Hughes. In the second season, which will air on
BritBox and
PBS Masterpiece, Tom Weston Jones (whom we enjoy currently in Warrior and Shadow and Bone shows) will portray Colonel Francis Lennox, who will be vying for Charlotte’s (
Rose Williams) affections, facing competition from
Ben Lloyd Hughes as a mysterious new resident with a complex family history.
Alexander Vlahos will play flamboyant artist Charles Lockhart, who arrives to paint portraits of Sanditon‘s wealthy elites, while
Frank Blake joins the cast as courageous Captain Declan Fraser.
Rosie Graham will play Alison Heywood, the younger sister to Charlotte, who quickly becomes acquainted
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Ben Lloyd Hughes, Frank Blake and Alexander Vlahos |
with the charming Captain William Carter, played by young
Maxim Ays.The story of the second season picks up nine months after the events of the first series, with Sanditon growing in popularity, but the secrets of the
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Rosie Graham and Maxim Ays will play a young couple in love
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dysfunctional Denham family continue to be a threat to its future. The Army arrives to make Sanditon their new base and with them bring potential new romances, friendships and challenges for the residents.
Although they gave up on Sanditon, ITV has a whole slate of new projects, among them
THE LARKINS which just got the first photo released showing
Bradley Walsh and
Joanna Scanlan as the leads in the reboot of
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Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan as new Ma and Pa
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classic series
Darling Buds of May. The heartwarming series, set in the idyllic countryside follows the charming farming couple and their family, including daughter Mariette (
Sabrina Bartlett) and her lover Charley (
Tok Stephen). Their house is always filled with love, laughter, mischief and good hearty food! The series will premiere this Autumn.