Apple TV Sets April Premiere Date for 'Criminal Record' 2

One of Apple TV's most underrated dramas is headed back to our screens this spring. Criminal Record, a morally complex crime thriller about justice, punishment, and the people we trust to mete out either, is set to launch its second season in April, and will see stars Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who) and Cush Jumbo (Vera) go toe-to-toe once more. Just not in the way many of us likely expected.

The series' first season followed DCI Daniel Hegarty (Capaldi) and DS June Lenker (Jumbo), two police detectives at very different stages in their careers and with vastly different approaches to policing. The duo found themselves at odds when fresh information brought new interest to a decades-old murder case that Hegarty once worked on and that Lenker is convinced targeted the wrong man. Their combustible professional relationship became the lens through which the series explored systemic racism, police corruption, and generational conflict in the workplace, and though Season 1 answered most of the larger questions surrounding Adelaide Burrowes' murder, the revelation that Hegarty knowingly manipulated witnesses and evidence left him and Lenker more at odds than ever.

Season 2 seems primed to push things between the two even further, forcing them to work together to track down a killer who stabbed a young man to death at a political rally. Given the way the first season ended, and the revelation that Hegarty's moral compass when it comes ot crime solving is more skewed than any of us had expected, things are sure to get complicated, real quick.

Here's the Season 2 synopsis.

In season two, when a young man is stabbed to death at a political rally, rival police officers June Lenker and Daniel Hegarty are forced into an uneasy alliance. But what starts as a hunt for a murderer escalates into an undercover operation to foil a far-right bomb plot in the heart of London. 

Alongside Capaldi and Jumbo, returning cast members Shaun Dooley (Mr Bates vs. The Post Office), Stephen Campbell Moore (The Confessions of Frannie Langton), and Charlie Creed-Miles (World on Fire) are all back for the show's second season.

New faces joining the ensemble in Season 2 include Dustin Demri-Burns (Dope Girls), Luca Pasqualino (Rivals), Luther Ford (King & Conqueror), Lyndsey Marshal (The Choral), and Peter Sullivan (The Iris Affair).

Criminal Record was created and written by Paul Rutman (Indian Summers), with Ben A. Williams and Joelle Mae David directing. Rutman also serves as an executive producer alongside Capaldi, Jumbo, and Elaine Collins. The series is produced by Tod Productions and STV Studios.

Criminal Record Season 2 will premiere on Apple TV on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, followed by new episodes weekly through Wednesday, June 10.