AMC : BBC AMERICA SETS APRIL 7 RETURN FOR GOLDEN GLOBE® AND CRITICS’ CHOICE-NOMINATED THRILLER KILLING EVE

New York - January 3, 2019 - BBC AMERICA's Killing Eve will return for its highly-anticipated second season on Sunday, April 7^th at 8pm/7c, the network announced today. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer reprise their critically-acclaimed performances as Eve (Oh), an MI6 operative, and psychopath assassin Villanelle (Comer) in this story of two women, bound by a mutual obsession and one brutal act. Beginning just after the end of the final episode of season one, Villanelle has disappeared, and Eve is left reeling, having no idea if the woman she stabbed is alive or dead. With both of them in deep trouble, Eve has to find Villanelle before someone else does…but unfortunately, she's not the only person looking for her. Killing Eve finished out 2018 as the top drama on Metacritic's 'TV Shows Mentioned On Most Critic Top 10 Lists - 2018.' The series is produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd.

'Killing Eve is picking up exactly 36 heart-thumping seconds after the events of the season finale,' said Sarah Barnett, President of AMC Entertainment Networks. 'This new season is packed with superlative performances and is as twisty, subversive, darkly funny, nerve-wracking and pleasurable as our fans could desire.'

Along with returning stars Oh, Comer and Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter), new additions to the cast include Nina Sosanya (Good Omens) and Edward Bluemel (A Discovery of Witches) in series regular roles, with Julian Barratt (Mindhorn), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Indian Summers) and Shannon Tarbet (Genius) set to guest star.

Killing Eve has been nominated for a Golden Globe^® and a Critics' Choice Award, with Sandra Oh nominated for Emmy®, Golden Globe®, Critics' Choice and SAG® awards for her performance as Eve, and Jodie Comer nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for her work as Villanelle. The series finished its first season with an unbroken record of weekly ratings growth in the key adults 25-54 and 18-49 demos - something no other show on television has accomplished in the history of Nielsen live+3 ratings. The finale delivered series highs with 1.25 million viewers in live+3, up 86 percent from premiere, with 545,000 adults 25-54 and 378,000 adults 18-49, up 127 percent and 100 percent from premiere, respectively. The season finale in May was also the #1 most social drama of the day.

The series is based on the Codename Villanelle novellas by Luke Jennings and is executive produced by Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Gina Mingacci and lead writer Emerald Fennell. Sandra Oh and Francesca Gardiner are co-executive producers. Elinor Day serves as series producer. Damon Thomas returns to direct and is also executive producer, with Lisa Brühlmann and Francesca Gregorini also directing. The series is distributed by Endeavor Content.

BBC AMERICA is a hub of innovative, culturally contagious programming including the critically-acclaimed series Killing Eve starring Emmy^® and Golden Globe^®-nominee Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer and from Emmy^®-nominee Phoebe Waller-Bridge; top-rated phenomenon Doctor Who starring Jodie Whittaker; Emmy^® and IDA-winning Planet Earth II and the producers' next epic story of our planet, Dynasties; the Emmy®-winning Blue Planet II; acclaimed drama Luther starring Golden Globe^®-winner Idris Elba; ground-breaking unscripted series Top Gear; buzzy and hilarious The Graham Norton Show; and the world's biggest darts championships. A joint venture between BBC Studios (the commercial arm of the BBC) and AMC Networks, BBCA's influential shows such as Orphan Black and Broadchurch, among many others, have attracted critical acclaim and earned Emmy^® Awards, Peabody Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, TCA Awards and Golden Globes^®. Created in 1998, the irrepressible network has garnered one of cable's most curious, educated and affluent audiences, with many properties boasting super-fan levels of engagement. Get caught up, BBCA offers full episodes On Demand across all major digital platforms, BBC AMERICA app and bbcamerica.com. Find out more by visiting press.bbcamerica.com. BBCA on social: YouTube - Twitter - Instagram - Facebook - Tumblr - Snapchat: BBCAmerica_TV.

Sid Gentle Films Ltd. was founded by BAFTA award-winning producer Sally Woodward Gentle in 2013 with a focus to develop and produce innovative, original and ambitious television drama and feature films. The UK based production company's credits include three series of smash-hit BAFTA-nominated show The Durrells for ITV and Masterpiece (with a fourth in production), the adaptation of Len Deighton's classic thriller SS-GB for BBC One, the highly acclaimed Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories for Sky and the Emmy-nominated Killing Eve starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer for BBC AMERICA. Following a partnership deal at the beginning of 2018, Sid Gentle Films Ltd is now part of BBC Worldwide.

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