Who is in cast of Annika season 2? Full list of actors including Nicola Walker
Annika’s topic of the week is set to be 1984 👀📺
- Annika continues on the BBC this weekend.
- Season two is set to be the show’s last after ‘decision made’.
- But who is in the cast with Nicola Walker?
Annika and the MHU team will be investigating after a man’s body is found in a block of ice.
The crime drama has finally arrived on terrestrial TV after a two year wait. Originally broadcast on Alibi, it has eventually ended up on BBC One in 2025.
Originally a radio drama called Annika Stranded on BBC Radio 4, Nicola Walker voiced the character and has returned for the TV adaptation. It is set and filmed in Scotland.
Who is in the cast of Annika?
- Nicola Walker as DI Annika Strandhed
- Jamie Sives as DS Michael McAndrews
- Katie Leung as DC Blair Ferguson
- Ukweli Roach as DS Tyrone Clarke (series 2 episodes 1-3)
- Varada Sethu as DS Harper Weston (series 2)
- Kate Dickie as DCI Diane Oban
- Silvie Furneaux as Morgan
- Paul McGann as Jake Strathearn
The show also features plenty of guest stars because of its case-of-the-week style format. So keep your eyes peeled for any surprise appearances.
Nicola Walker, who you may recognise from the first four seasons of Unforgotten, voiced the character in the original radio version. She has returned to play the character in the TV version as well.
In the BBC Radio 4 version, the action was set in Oslo, but it has been moved to Glasgow.
Who is new for series 2?
Doctor Who star Varada Sethu is the new face in the main cast of Annika for season two. She plays DS Harper Weston and joins after DS Tyrone Clarke leaves the team.
Varada Sethu was most recently on screen as Belinda Chandra in Doctor Who - the companion to Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor. She had previously appeared in the episode Boom in 2024.
She also played Detective Sergeant Mishal Ali in Hard Sun. Varada also had a role as Cinta Kaz in Disney+’s Andor.
Will there be Annika series 3?
Unfortunately, it was reported last week that UKTV has “no plans currently” for further episodes of the show. Season two originally aired on Alibi back in 2023.
Unless things change, the chances of Annika season three currently look very low.
What to expect from Annika tonight?
Continuing on BBC One today (August 23), Annika is set to start at 9.10pm again. The episode is due to run until 10pm and will last for approximately 50 minutes.
The preview for the episode, via Radio Times, reads: “The detective reflects on 1984 when the team are flown to the Hebridean islands to investigate the death of a man found in a block of ice.”
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