The BBC has announced that The Paradise has been recommissioned for a second series.

The second episode of The Paradise builds on the strengths of the first, but without necessarily rectifying its weaknesses.

Does the first episode of The Paradise differentiate itself enough to find its own niche in the already cluttered world of television costume dramas?

The BBC has released the first trailer for BBC One’s The Paradise, from Lark Rise To Candleford writer Bill Gallagher.

Sarah Lancashire (Five Daughters) and David Hayman (Trial And Retribution) will lead the cast of BBC One’s The Paradise, from Lark Rise To Candleford writer Bill Gallagher.

BBC One have commissioned an original psychological thriller series from the makers of Bedlam and Single Father to air in winter 2012, written by Bill Gallagher (The Prisoner).