Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West Kick Off Filming on Season 2 of Channel 4’s ‘Big Mood’ (Exclusive)

Filming is underway on the second season of Channel 4‘s hit comedy Big Mood, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal, with stars Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West snapped in an exclusive behind-the-scenes look.

Written and created by Camilla Whitehill, season one of Big Mood became Channel 4 streaming’s biggest new comedy launch since Derry Girls. The upcoming six-episode season two will air on Channel 4 in the U.K. and on Tubi in the U.S. and Canada next year.

Bridgerton and Derry Girls superstar Coughlan returns in Big Mood alongside West, best known for her role in It’s A Sin. They are joined in the second instalment by Hannah Onslow (This City is Ours), Robert Lindsay (My Family), Marina Bye (We Were the Lucky Ones), Marcus Collins (Mrs. Doubtfire on the West End), Munroe Bergdorf (Love and Rage: Munroe Bergdorf), Kyran Thrax (RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.), Kelly Campbell (Bad Sisters), Leo Wan (Bridgerton), Zachary Hart (Slow Horses) and John Locke (Vindication Swim).

Returning cast members include Robert Gilbert (Big Boys) as Will, Eamon Farren (The Witcher) as Krent, Niamh Cusack (In The Land Of Saint and Sinners) as Gillian, Amalia Vitale (Smoggie Queens) as Anya, Luke Fetherston (Picture This) as Ryan, Rebecca Lowman (Grey’s Anatomy) as Vanessa, Stephen Sobal (Love Sick) as Owen and Kate Fleetwood (Wheel of Time) as Clara.

“It’s been a year since Maggie (Coughlan) and Eddie (West) last saw each other, without any contact between the best friends,” a plot synopsis reads. “When Eddie suddenly returns for a wedding, she isn’t alone — Maggie has competition, in the form of an infuriatingly positive spiritual healer named Whitney.”

“Can Maggie and her special brand of chaos find space in Eddie’s new life? Or will Maggie lose Eddie forever?”

Big Mood is written and created by Whitehill and will be directed by Rebecca Asher (Brooklyn 99), who returns for this series. Lotte Beasley Mestriner also returns to executive produce series two, along with Laurence Bowen and Chris Carey for Dancing Ledge Productions. Whitehill, Asher, Coughlan and West also executive produce series two. Nadia Jaynes joins as producer.

Series two is produced by Dancing Ledge Productions for Channel 4 and in co-production with Tubi. Big Mood was commissioned for Channel 4 by commissioning editor Laura Riseam. Dancing Ledge Productions is a Fremantle company, with Fremantle handling global sales for the series.

The first series of Big Mood is currently available to stream on Channel 4 in the U.K. and exclusively on Tubi in the U.S. and Canada.