When does Victoria season 2 start? Release date, cast, plot and more about ITV series
When does Victoria season 2 start? The new season will air in the autumn and will be followed by a Christmas special. What will happen in Victoria season 2? Season two is set in the 1840s, which screenwriter Daisy Goodwin has described as “a decade of revolution, famine and unrest – and for Victoria, much childbearing.” ITV has teased: “Even though she reigned in the 19th Century, Victoria is a heroine for our times. In the next series she faces the very modern dilemma of how to juggle children with her husband and her job. “As Victoria will discover, it’s hard to be a wife, a mother and ruler of the most powerful nation on earth!”
ITV Jenna Coleman will return as Victoria
Victoria gave birth to her first child in 1940, as was shown in the season one finale. The Queen loathed being pregnant, but contraception was not freely available at the time. She went on to have another five children before the decade was over, and three more in the 1850s. Prince Albert was a strict father, but in Victoria’s eyes he could do no wrong.
ITV Victoria and Albert will become parents again in season two
ITV Eve Myles will return as Mrs Jenkins
She once wrote in a letter to her eldest son Albert: “None of you can ever be proud enough of being the child of such a father who has not his equal in this world - so great, so good, so faultless.” Another major storyline in season two will likely be the Great Famine, which hit Ireland in 1845. Over four years more than a million Irishmen died and another million fled the country, reducing the population by around 20 per cent. The show might also show further attempts on Victoria’s life. After Edward Oxford’s failed gun attack, two more men tried to kill the Queen in 1849 and 1850.
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Victoria season 2 cast Jenna Coleman will return as Queen Victoria, with Tom Hughes as her husband Prince Albert. A picture shared on Twitter of a cast table read revealed that David Oakes is back as Prince Ernest with Nell Hudson as Miss Skerrett – although there is no news on her romance with Charles Elmé Francatelli (Ferdinand Kingsley) Eve Myles is certain to return as Mrs Jenkins – Daisy Goodwin has said that she would be “distraught” if she didn’t. ACTRESSES WHO HAVE PLAYED QUEEN ELIZABETH
TWITTER The cast reunited for a table read
TWITTER This photo was posted to the official Victoria Twitter page