<Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> "Episode 8" </Td> <Td> Pip Broughton </Td> <Td> Matthew Hall </Td> <Td> 0.23 </Td> <Td> 24 December 2017 (2017 - 12 - 24) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> With Williams now out of the way, Faith fights for her children in a heated court battle that risks tearing the Howells family apart . As the clock ticks on Faith's debt, Steve makes a desperate and deadly pact with his former employers to secure her freedom . Tom and Marion must face tough truths, and Faith finally learns the truth behind Evan's disappearance . </Td> </Tr> <P> After the final episode of Series 1, (April 2018), and with the storyline ending on some significant' cliff - hangers', the voice - over states that a second series is in development; in an interview with BBC Breakfast, Eve Myles said that Matthew Hall is writing the scripts for the second series . On 6 May 2018, Huw Thomas, BBC Wales arts and media correspondent, wrote "A second series is in development, but has not yet been commissioned . The BBC has yet to confirm if the drama will be shown on network TV across the UK ." </P> <P> The BBC announced on 15 June 2018 that Keeping Faith will be broadcast across the UK on BBC One "this summer". Later it emerged that it would begin on 10 July 2018; the first episode therefore remains available on iPlayer until 9 August 2018 . In the wake of a further report of the series' string of records, the Head of Commissioning for BBC Wales, Nick Andrews, said that this series has been a real gem from start to finish, and it is testament to the strength of drama coming out of Wales right now . </P>

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