ITV have announced a second series of drama Safe House starring Christopher Eccleston, Marsha Thomason and Paterson Joseph.

The four-part second series will again be set Set in the wilderness of the Lake District, main writer Michael Crompton will hand over to Ed Whitmore (Arthur & George, Silent Witness, Waking the Dead)/

The second series will deliver a brand new four-part story involving the married couple played by Christopher Eccleston and Marsha Thomason who own a guest house in a remote Lake District location, which provides the perfect cover for a police safe house. Unbeknownst to the local community former police officer Robert (Eccleston) and his wife Katy (Thomason) continue to offer sanctuary to those in need of protection, when lives are at risk and the stakes high.