<P> Filming for the second series began in Budapest in June 2016 . Richard Rankin, Gerard Kearns, Thure Lindhardt, Millie Brady, Erik Madsen, and Peter McDonald will join the cast . </P> <P> According to Aftonbladet, Swedish actors Björn Bengtsson, and Magnus Samuelsson will join the main cast . Stephen Butchard will return as the sole script writer . Netflix has signed on as a co-production partner for the second series . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Series </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First episode </Th> <Th> Last episode </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 22 October 2015 (2015 - 10 - 22) </Td> <Td> 10 December 2015 (2015 - 12 - 10) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 16 March 2017 (2017 - 03 - 16) </Td> <Td> 4 May 2017 (2017 - 05 - 04) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Series </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr>

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