Photo on the beach. The Couple Next Door serise 2: Eleanor Tomlinson, Sam Palladio, Jessica De Gouw, Annabel Scholey, Sam Heughan

If you’re a fan of steamy psychological dramas, then check out The Couple Next Door, back for another series, with six episodes of intrigue and suspicion in an affluent cul-de-sac. If you’re also a fan of the rich-people-doing-dramatic-things trope, then you might like this one.

This season changes things up by focusing on a new pair of main characters, while other residents of the neighbourhood do reappear. Charlotte (Annabel Scholey) and Jacob (Sam Palladio) have their worlds turned upside down when a mysterious new neighbour moves in next door. Now available on Channel 4, here’s all you need to know:

What is The Couple Next Door about?

The first season of The Couple Next Door, which first debuted in 2023, introduced us to the alluring and oddly appealing world of a fictional cul-de-sac with a lot of secrets. It focused on a couple, Evie and Pete, but this new series swaps them out (you’ll have to watch it to find out where they went) for several new characters- with much of the same scandalous elements. Charlotte is a brilliant and successful heart surgeon, and her husband, Jacob, is a doctor specialising in anaesthesia. The couple have been together for years and seems to have a solid relationship. But out of the blue, another doctor named Mia (Aggy K. Adams) starts working at the same hospital, and moved in next door to them, in the same house in which Evie and Pete used to live.

Also (re)entering their lives is Charlotte’s ex, Leo (Sendhil Ramamurthy), who seems to have an effect on Charlotte and her personality. Mia, too, seems to be trying to get close to the couple, with possibly questionable motives, and seems keen to insert herself between them in their relationship. In turn, Charlotte and Jacob begin to question and reevaluate their marriage, asking if they’re truly happy together after all these years. But they begin to catch on that Mia has a mysterious past that holds a lot of long-buried secrets. The question is: Will Charlotte and Jacob unravel exactly who she is and what she wants?

The Couple Next Door serise 2: Eleanor Tomlinson, Sam Palladio, Jessica De Gouw, Annabel Scholey, Sam Heughan

The main character who is returning from the first series, however, is Alan (played by Outnumbered’s Hugh Dennis), who was introduced to us last time around as a peeping tom voyeur who becomes an outcast in the cul-de-sac. In this series, he seems to be trying to improve and move past the habit, but Mia decides to befriend him, too, after she moves in. Also in the cast are Maimie McCoy (The Musketeers), Adam James (The Day of the Jackal), Tanya Moodie (The Sandman) and Jackie Clune (Motherland). The Couple Next Door series 2 is now on Channel 4. The Handbook is the UK’s leading celebrity contact platform, connecting brands, media, and fans with verified, up-to-date details. Read our excellent trustpilot reviews here The Couple Next Door series 2 is now on Channel 4.

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