BBC One’s thriller The Pact is back with series 2, with a brand new storyline and cast.
And it’s set to be as compelling as The Pact series 1 last year.
So who’s in The Pact series 2 cast, and where do you recognise them from?
Here’s everything you need to know.
The Pact series 2 cast: Rakie Ayola stars as Christine
Rakie Ayola stars as Christine in the cast of The Pact series 2.
Christine is the matriarch of the Rees family.
Sharp-eyed viewers will remember that Rakie also appeared in The Pact season 1 as DS Holland.
She played the copper who led the police investigation.
Her new character, Christine, has no connection at all to her previous character.
Rakie explains: “The writer, Pete McTighe, and I got on very well coming out of the first series.
“He got back in touch (with the script for series 2).
“I didn’t really know where I might fit in but, when I read it again through Christine’s eyes. I thought ‘right, this is it’.”
“What actor wouldn’t want to do this?
“Some people will feel for Christine, some people will loathe her.”
Rakie is perhaps best-known for playing mum Gee Walker in the BBC One drama Anthony, based on the 2005 murder of Anthony Walker in a racist attack in Liverpool.
The 90-minute film imagined how Anthony’s life would have been if he’d lived.
Rakie won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for the role in 2021.
She was inspired to act by screen legend Barbra Streisand.
Rakie fell in love with the screen after watching Barbra on TV as a child in Hello, Dolly.
Since then, Cardiff-born Rakie has appeared in EastEnders, Shetland, and Holby City – where she played troubled nurse Kyla Tyson.
She also portrayed Opal Folami in BBC drama Noughts and Crosses, and head of a crime family Nora in Channel 4’s drama No Offence in 2016.
Fans of ITV1’s Grace will recognise her as no-nonsense boss ACC Alison Vosper.
Series 3 of Grace is currently in production.
Aaron Anthony plays Jamie Rees
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