EastEnders’ Lucy Speed, The Bill’s Peter De Jersey and His Dark Materials star Amir Wilson join the cast
The ITV detective drama adapted from Peter James’s bestselling novels has made its return.
Grace’s sixth series, which is both set and shot in Brighton, resumed earlier this month with John Simm returning as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, alongside Richie Campbell as DI Glenn Branson and Zoë Tapper as Cleo Morey.
Audiences will know John from his performances in Life on Mars, Mad Dogs, The Village, Intruders, The Catch and Doctor Who, in which he portrayed The Master. Richie, meanwhile, has appeared in Top Boy, Liar and Wisting, while Zoë has featured in Survivors, Mr Selfridge and I, Jack Wright.
Following the usual format, guest performers will join the principal cast throughout each episode. While the opening instalment featured Grantchester’s Rishi Nair, the second episode will welcome actors from The Bill, EastEnders and His Dark Materials. Here’s the cast list for series 6, episode 2, entitled Capture You Dead, according to The Mirror.
Peter De Jersey plays Stephen Welling
Peter is most widely recognised for his portrayal of Jerome Taylor in The Bill and Steve Waring in Holby City. He’s also known for his roles as Brian Young in Broadchurch, Goran in Atlantis and Kristian in Warrior Nun.
His recent work includes DCI Devereaux in Sanctuary and Andrew Bains in Steal.
Robert Lonsdale plays Carl Orton
Audiences will remember Robert from Chewing Gum, in which he played Connor, and from The Interceptor, where he took on the part of Tommy. He has also featured in Finding Alice, Chivalry, and most recently The Marlow Murder Club.
Amir Wilson portrays Noah Welling
Amir is renowned for his roles as Will Parry in the HBO and BBC One series His Dark Materials and Tiuri in the Netflix series The Letter for the King. He appeared in the 2020 film adaptation of The Secret Garden and as Philetius in the 2024 film, The Return.
Lucy Speed takes on the role of Gina Poole
Lucy is best known for her portrayal of Natalie in EastEnders between 1994 and 2004 and Stevie Moss in The Bill. She has also had parts in Jamie Johnson, Unforgotten, The Rumour and The Hack and stars in the popular podcast series The Archers as Stella Pryor.
Michelle Greenidge plays Dr Noreen Allen
Michelle is recognised for her role as Valerie in the Netflix comedy drama After Life, Lola in the BBC Two comedy Mandy, and PC Williams in the television series Code 404.
She also starred as Maggie Jenkins in Queenie, The Tacita in Kaos and Carla Sunday in Doctor Who.
Andor stars Rachelle Diedericks and Dylan Corbett-Bader portray Rachel Sanderson and Davey Carlton.
Also featuring in Capture You Dead are This Town’s Shyvonne Ahmmad, Bridgerton’s Kaja Chan, Showtrials’s Dana Haqjoo, Masters of the Air’s Charlie Beck, Red Eye’s Michael Epp, and Industry and Holby City’s Verity Marshall. As well as Alexander Holley, Ferdy Roberts, Cornelius Booth, Jamie Martin and Esme Hough.
Grace continues on ITV on Sunday night at 8pm.


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