'Criminal Record' returns to Apple TV for series 2. Newly promoted DI June Lenker and DCI Daniel Hegarty find themselves thrown together again during London’s febrile and volatile culture wars. Violence spills out onto the streets and a young man is murdered by a member of the Far Right during a clash of extremist groups at a protest. June is determined to find the killer and, in her hunt, is drawn into an Intelligence operation run by Hegarty, under the promise that she’ll get her man.

In its second series, ‘Criminal Record’ delivers a powerful and propulsive drama, tackling the current political climate and dives into the underbelly of rising extremist groups who reject today’s ‘woke’ society. It asks the stark question, how can we police a new world order, which is sliding into chaos...

Episodes

8 episodes

Channel

Apple TV

Lead cast

Peter Capaldi

Cush Jumbo

Release Year

2026

Series two reunites Capaldi as Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty and Jumbo as Detective Sergeant June Lenker. Dustin Demri-Burns, Luca Pasqualino, Luther Ford, Lyndsey Marshal and Peter Sullivan join the cast in addition to the returning ensemble that includes Shaun Dooley, Stephen Campbell Moore and Charlie Creed-Miles. 

‘Criminal Record’ is produced for Apple TV by Tod Productions and STV Studios, and executive produced by BAFTA Scotland Award winner Elaine Collins, Rutman, Capaldi and Jumbo. The series is directed by Ben A. Williams and Joelle Mae David.