Is The Gold season 2 happening? Renewal status explored
The British drama, The Gold season 2, will be back later this year, as per whattowatch.com. People are excited to see how the story goes on because the first season was hailed as one of the most interesting British crime shows. The second season will go deeper into what happened after the famous Brink's-Mat gold heist in 1983, with new information and high-stakes drama. Even though the BBC hasn't revealed when the new season will come out, there is a lot of excitement about it.
Following where season 1 left off, The Gold season 2's story is about what happened after the heist and what happened to the rest of the stolen gold. Once the police have caught some of the criminals, they realize that a lot of the gold is still missing. The police are on a high-stakes manhunt to find the rest of the gold and bring the criminals to justice. This season will focus on the criminal empire that the stolen fortune helped build.
The official synopsis for The Gold season 2 reads:
"Following the conviction of some of those involved in the theft and handling of the Brink’s-Mat gold, the police (Hugh Bonneville, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliot) realised that those criminals only ever had half of it.”
It further states,
“Series two explores what happened to the other half, and the criminal fortune it created. As the police investigation continues, it becomes a tense, high-stakes journey into international money laundering and organised crime, the police embark on a series of dramatic manhunts as they desperately try to solve the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of the Metropolitan Police."
The Gold season 2 may air later this year
The Gold season 2 is expected to be released later this year. Although the BBC has not yet given a specific release date, first-look images and teasers have been released, providing fans with a glimpse of the excitement and suspense that will follow.
Expected plot of the upcoming series
The Gold season 2 continues the investigation into the Brink's-Mat gold theft. The police found out they were only after half of the stolen money. The police find out that the rest of the gold is still missing. This season will be all about finding the criminals who made money off of it. Money laundering, criminal networks, and intense manhunts will be part of the high-stakes drama.
There is a lot of international crime, organized crime, and police trying to catch the criminals in this story, which makes the investigation even more dangerous.
The Gold season 2 may have the answer to the last questions about the missing gold and provide more insight into the criminal operations that led to the heist as the investigation heats up.
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Cast of the series
Hugh Bonneville will play Detective Brian Boyce again in season 2 of The Gold. Charlotte Spencer will play DI Nicki Jennings, and Emun Elliott will play Tony Brightwell. A lot of new people have joined the cast, like Victoria's Tom Cullen, War of the Worlds' Stephen Campbell Moore, and The Madness' Tamsin Topolski.
These new characters join the returning ones to give the investigation a new feel. Some well-known characters, like Jack Lowden's Kenneth Noye and Dominic Cooper's Edwyn Cooper, won't be back, but the story will still be about the high-stakes drama and the criminals being chased after the Brink's-Mat heist.
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Recap of The Gold season 1
The first season of The Gold is based on the real-life Brink's-Mat gold theft in 1983, which was one of the biggest thefts in British history. A group of armed thieves broke into a warehouse at Heathrow and took cash, gold, diamonds, platinum, and £26 million worth of goods. That's about £111 million today.
For a while, the police thought they had found all of the gold, but it soon became clear that a lot of it was still missing.
Detective Brian Boyce (Hugh Bonneville), DI Nicki Jennings (Charlotte Spencer), and Tony Brightwell (Emun Elliott) are in charge of the investigation into the theft. They find out together that the thieves, like John Palmer (Tom Cullen) and Kenneth Noye (Jack Lowden), were also involved in laundering the gold that was stolen.
As the investigation goes on, the criminals try to hide their stolen goods and stay one step ahead of The Gold season 2.
The hunt for the missing gold ends with its discovery, but the police soon learn that the criminals are much better organized than they thought. When the thieves, led by Kenneth Noye, take the stolen gold to market, they get caught up in a web of international crime, money laundering, and smuggling.
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At the season's end, it's revealed that the police have only found half of the gold. This sets the stage for the next part of the story in The Gold season 2.
The Gold season 1 is available to stream on BBC.
