Masterpiece to Air 'Baptiste' Season 2 In Time For Halloween

When Baptiste premiered on Masterpiece in early 2020, it was a highly anticipated debut.  A spinoff of the BBC drama The Missing, which had aired over here on STARZ, the Tchéky Karyo focused series promised a Euro-centric continent-spanning detective story for the Masterpiece brand. Season 1, which saw the aging French detective head to Amsterdam, focused less on the story of a single missing child. Instead, it was a case involving an expansive trafficking operation bubbled into by the semi-hapless Edward Stratton (Tom Hollander) and Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife) as Genevieve Taylor, the Interpol agent who teams up with Baptiste. Now Season 2 is on the way this October with a whole new story and supporting cast.

The series was greenlit for a second season even before the show came to the U.S. But between filming delays and so-so reviews, the BBC decided two seasons was enough. The show will debut on BBC One in mid-July, with the premiere on BBC One on July 18, with all episodes streaming on iPlayer to follow. For PBS viewers, the new season will arrive in mid-October, airing weekly alongside fan-favorite Grantchester, with an unsettling new thriller about a missing child just in time for what's know over here as "spooky season."

The Missing's secret weapon was always its guest stars, and Season 2 of Baptiste will attempt to recapture this model, bringing aboard the fantastic Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) as British Ambassador Emma Chambers, whose whole family disappears while on a skiing holiday in the Hungarian mountains. As the show has always done, the entire season will relocate for the new season, most of which filmed in Budapest. Check out the first look at Shaw in the new season in the BBC trailer.