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"The Syndicate has been picked up for a second series. The BBC One drama concluded on Tuesday night, drawing in nearly 5.4m viewers. Sam Hodges, head of comms at BBC Television, announced the renewal on Twitter: &amp;quot;Great news for fans of The Syndicate - a second series has been commissioned for BBC One next year.&amp;quot; The show - written by Kay Mellor - followed five supermarket workers who enter into a lottery syndicate and win the top prize. Each episode focused on a different character, with Timothy Spall, Joanna Page, Matthew McNulty, Lorraine Bruce and Matthew Lewis playing the leads. Harry Potter star Lewis previously commented on the &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot; reaction to The Syndicate. &amp;quot;People seem to have really taken to the programme,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Most people aren&amp;#039;t too fond of my character Jamie, though, and they\u00B9ve let me know.&amp;quot; The Syndicate will return to BBC One in 2013. &amp;gt; Upstairs Downstairs dropped by BBC Watch a trailer for The Syndicate below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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