TORONTO — Hollywood Suite announced today it will premiere the second season of the Zoom-based BBC One comedy series Staged on July 20.
All eight episodes of season two will also be available on Hollywood Suite On Demand beginning July 1, joining six-part season one which is currently available to stream.
The first season saw actors David Tennant (above left, Doctor Who) and Michael Sheen (above right, The Queen) playing themselves as two actors whose West End London play is put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic but are persuaded to rehearse over the Internet by the play’s director (Simon Evans).
Season two follows the “real” Sheen and Tennant after the success of the first season of Staged. Evans begins work on an American remake of the first series, but the two stars are not asked to reprise their roles. Whoopi Goldberg joins the cast as Sheen and Tennant’s agent and Ben Schwartz as her assistant. Guest appearances include Simon Pegg, Christoph Waltz, Ewan McGregor, Ken Jeong, Jim Parsons, Josh Gad, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Cate Blanchett.
The first four half-hour episodes of season two will run consecutively on Hollywood Suite starting at 9 p.m. ET on July 20, with the last four episodes following on July 27 at 9 p.m. ET.
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