Huge BBC drama making shock return two years after heartbroken viewers said goodbye-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Stars of The Split announced the hit BBC show would be returning (Picture: BBC Handout/PA Wire)

BBC legal drama The Split is making an unexpected comeback after the final series aired two years ago.

The show followed the lives of the three Dafoe sisters Hannah (Nicola Walker), Nina (Annabel Scholey), Rose (Fiona Button), and their mother Ruth (Deborah Findlay) who all work as divorce lawyers.

All the female lead characters will return for The Split’s shock two-part special, which will air later this year on BBC One and iPlayer.

Set two years after the third season, the two-parter sees divorced Hannah entertain the idea of finding love again at a beautiful wedding in Catalonia’s wine region.

According to the BBC, the special will encompass ‘break-ups, reunions and like all good weddings, plenty of romance.’

Among a host of new actors, including Toby Stephens, and the four Dafoe women, cast confirmed for the returns for the Spanish extravaganza include Stephen Mangan, Ian McElhinney and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

The Split fans were devastated when the drama ended in 2022 (Picture: BBC / BBC Studios / Sister)

Fans will be thrilled The Split is returning for a two-part special (Picture: Sister,BBC / Sister)

Production on The Split, which was created and written by Abi Morgan, has begun, with some of the filming taking place in Barcelona.

Teasing what to expect from the two-parter, Abi said: In a world of brutal break ups and tantalising make ups, the Defoe family are invited to a destination wedding of their own, promising all that audiences have grown to love about The Split.

‘Problematic prenups, scandalous wedding crashers, and low flying marriage proposals, as rom com meets gone wrong, in a chaotic and riotous weekend that guarantees to crack open the heart, before the last of the guests have gone home.’

It is not the first time Abi and the team behind The Split have thrown a huge curveball.

The series ended with Nathan divorcing Hannah (pictured) (Picture: Sister,BBC / Sister)

The series follows a family of three sisters who all work as divorce lawyers(Picture: Sister/BBC/Sister)

In season 2, viewers were left shocked when Hannah and Nathan’s (Stephen Mangan) formerly rock-solid marriage fell apart.

During the series finale, the former couple decided to officially part ways and proceed with an amicable divorce without any lawyers.

The Split first aired on the BBC in 2018 and ran for three seasons and 18 episodes until 2022.

The Split special is set to air on BBC One and iPlayer later this year.

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