Sneak peek at new series of BBC Gentleman Jack filmed in Saltaire

Gentleman Jack, created by Sally Wainwright, is returning for another eight episodes after a successful first run on BBC One.

Jones plays Regency landowner Anne Lister, who is regarded as the "first modern lesbian".

The series is a dramatisation based on Lister's diaries, which were part-written in a cryptic code.

Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack

Gentleman Jack was partly filmed at Salts Mill in Saltaire last April after a section of the site was turned into a street scene, including a pub and a chemist, for the series.

Series one followed Lister's life as she inherited her uncle's fading estate, Shibden Hall in Halifax, which she attempted to restore while beginning a romance with Ann Walker, played by Sophie Rundle.

The forthcoming episodes will pick up in Yorkshire in 1834 as all eyes turn to Lister and Walker as they set up home together at Shibden Hall as wife and wife, determined to combine their estates and become a power couple.

Sophie Rundle is among the cast for the new series

However, Lister's entrepreneurial spirit frightens the locals as much as her love life and, with Halifax on the brink of revolution, her refusal to keep a low profile becomes provocative and dangerous.

The newly released teaser images show Jones and Rundle now living their married life.

Gemma Whelan, who plays Marian Lister, and Lydia Leonard, who portrays Mariana Lawton, also appear in the new selection of photos.

Actress Joanna Scanlan can also be seen for the first time as she joins the cast as Lister's outrageous former lover Isabella 'Tib' Norcliffe.

Joanna Scanlan is also among the cast

Also returning to Shibden Hall for series two are Gemma Jones as Aunt Anne Lister and Timothy West as Jeremy Lister.

They will be joined by many other returning cast members including Jodhi May, Katherine Kelly, Derek Riddell, Stephanie Cole and Peter Davison.

Amelia Bullmore, Vincent Franklin, Shaun Dooley, Rosie Cavaliero, Joe Armstrong, Anthony Flanagan and George Costigan are also set to reprise their roles.

The first series of the period drama was a hit for BBC One and iPlayer, averaging 6.8 million viewers across its eight-episode run, according to the broadcaster.

Filming for Gentleman Jack took place at Salts Mill, Saltaire, in April last year

It went on to win the Royal Television Society best drama series award in 2020 and also received Bafta nominations for best drama, as well as a leading actress nod for Suranne Jones's performance.

The new series is written by Wainwright, who also acts as an executive producer alongside Jones and Faith Penhale and Will Johnston for production company Lookout Point, and Ben Irving for BBC One.

Edward Hall, Amanda Brotchie and Fergus O'Brien will direct.

Gentleman Jack will return to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Spring.