ITV‘s critically-acclaimed medical thriller, Malpractice, is returning to our screens with an all-star forged, together with Zoë Telford (Silent Witness), Tom Hughes (Victoria) and Selin Hizli (Grantchester) – and it is again earlier than you may suppose!
The collection, penned by former NHS Physician Grace Ofori-Attah, first premiered in 2023 and starred Niamh Algar as Dr. Lucinda Edwards, whose profession is derailed after an overdose sufferer dies in her care.
Niamh is just not returning for season two, with the brand new episodes specializing in Tom’s character, Dr James Ford, a Psychiatric Registrar working in a North Yorkshire hospital. Throughout one busy on-call shift, James finds himself torn between a brand new mom attending a routine postnatal check-up and the sectioning of a floridly psychotic lady – and nobody may predict the horrible penalties that unfold.
© ITVIntrigued? Hold studying to seek out out extra.
What’s Malpractice season two about?
The second season follows on-call Psychiatric Registrar Dr James Ford, who’s caught between an anxious new mom’s postnatal check-up and the sectioning of a psychotic affected person, which ends up in a devastating consequence.
What follows is an investigation into James’s actions by Dr Norma Callahan and Dr George Adjei of the Medical Investigation Unit.
© ITVThe synopsis continues: “His private life is messy and his colleagues could discover him smug, however Dr Ford seems dedicated to his susceptible sufferers. Because the group dig additional into the occasions of that night time, what seems to be a collection of poor decisions by one physician spreads past the psychiatric unit to a hospital seemingly at conflict with itself.
“With the MIU investigation closing in, can Dr Ford save his already fragile profession from a string of apparently damning errors? Is Dr Ford a physician with a God complicated, or a sufferer of the establishment? And might the MIU uncover the reality of what occurred, regardless of hostility from all sides?”
© ITVMain star Tom described the present as a “really genuine and gripping medical thriller” and mentioned viewers can anticipate to see “one thing that hopefully will really feel true to its material and the setting of a hospital/psychiatric ward” with a “sense of realism and fact”.
Who stars in Malpractice?
Tom Hughes, identified for his roles in Victoria and The English, stars as Dr James Ford, main a recent forged of acquainted faces, together with Selin Hizli (Grantchester, Am I Being Unreasonable?) as Obstetrics Registrar Dr Sophia Hernandez and Zoë Telford (Silent Witness, Sherlock) as Dr Kate McAllister, a Guide Psychiatrist on the hospital.
Different additions embrace Hannah McClean (Blue Lights, Josh), Seraphina Beh (Well mannered Society, High Boy), and Ace Bhatti (Line of Obligation, Bohemian Rhapsody).
© ITVIn the meantime, Helen Behan (The Virtues) and Jordan Kouamé (Scoop) reprise their roles as Dr Norma Callahan and Dr George Adjei of the Medical Investigation Unit (MIU).
Malpractice season two launch date and episode schedule
Malpractice returns to ITV1 at 9pm on Sunday, 4 Could. Episode two airs on Monday 5 and the third on Tuesday 6 Could with episodes 4 and 5 to air the next week.
