Coronation Street star joins cast of BBC’s Nightsleeper

Nightsleeper, which stars Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole, has been confirmed to be returning for a second season with a star-studded cast.

Sally Lindsey, who is best known for playing Shelley Barlow in Coronation Street, has been confirmed to be joining the show.

The second series of Nightsleeper is currently being filmed in Belfast and will involve six episodes that are set to be broadcast next year.

Sally Lindsey joins cast of Nightsleeper

Sally is not the only new star being added to the cast with Rupert Penry-Jones, who has starred in shows like The Feud and Those About to Die, also joining the show.

Madeleine Mantock from Charmed and Casualty and Ian McElhinney, who is best known for playing Barristan Selmy in Game of Thrones and Joe McCool in Derry Girls, will also be starring in Nightsleeper.

While the first season took place on an overnight train from Glasgow to London, the new series will take place on a ferry in the Irish Sea.

The ferry and its crew are set to be thrown into chaos in a cyber-attack with the ship’s engineer, Johnny, who will be played by Christian Cooke, having to work with the National Cyber Security Centre to avoid disaster.

Nick Leather, the show’s writer, said: “It’s so much fun to be embarking on a second Nightsleeper journey – and on a route I know so well, with the Belfast-to-Liverpool ferry as our new box of tricks.

“We’ve assembled a wonderful cast.

“I can’t wait to welcome the audience on board for a non-stop night to remember.”

The director of BBC Drama, Lindsay Salt, has promised the second series will be “brilliantly gripping”.

She said: “Nick has delivered another brilliantly gripping story.

“With danger lurking beneath the surface at every turn, viewers are in for a truly nail-biting journey.”

If you did not watch the first series of Nightsleeper, all six of the episodes are available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

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