BBCTwoannouncesthatshootinghasbegunonseriestwoofdetectivecomedyVexed,starringTobyStephens(JaneEyre,RobinHood,CambridgeSpies)whorepriseshisroleasD.I.JackArmstrong,pairedwithMirandaRaison(Spooks,Merlin,MarriedSingleOther)whoplaysnewlypromotedD.I.GeorginaDixon.
VexedisbeingfilmedinDublin,Eire,andcomprisessix60-minuteepisodestoairlaterthisyear.TheseriesiscreatedbyHowardOverman(Misfits)withepisodeswrittenbyChrisBucknall,JamesWood,SteveCoombesandHarry&JackWilliams.
AlsoreturningfromseriesoneareRogerGriffiths(HolbyCity,Chef)andRonnyJhutti(Survivors,Ideal)withNickDunning(TheIronLady,TheTudors)joiningtoplayGeorgina’sfather.
D.I.JackArmstrong(Stephens)hasanewpartnerintheshapeofD.I.GeorginaDixon(Raison).Armstrongischarming,disorganisedandpronetolazinesssoitcomesasnosurprisethatsparksflywhenhe’spartneredwiththeambitiousandhighlyefficientDixon.Jack’sbestfriend,café-ownerandex-copTony(Griffiths)andcolleagueNaz(Jhutti)completethecrimesolvingteam.Episodeoneseestheduotacklethemurderofacockycarsalesman,butthingsarenotquiteastheyseem.
ChrisSussman,ExecutiveProducerfortheBBC,says:"We'reverymuchlookingforwardtothereturnofVexed.Thesecondseriespromisestobejustasmuchfunasthefirst,andwithMirandaRaisonjoiningTobyStephensasnewpartnerD.I.Dixon,we'rehopingit'sgoingtobeallgunsblazing."
JillGreen,ExecutiveProducer,EleventhHourFilms,adds:“Inarecessionweneedshowsthatmakeuslaugh,andthat’swhereVexedfitsin-aperfectlydistinctive‘yinyang’takeonmoderndaylife.”
VexedhasbeencommissionedbyCherylTaylor,ControllerofComedyCommissioningandJaniceHadlow,ControllerofBBCTwo.
ItisanEleventhHourFilmsproduction,executiveproducersareChrisSussmanfortheBBCandJillGreenforEleventhHourFilms.ProducedbyEveGutierrezforEleventhHourFilmsandDirectedbyIanFitzGibbon(eps1-3)andKieronJ.Walsh(eps4-6).
