Meet Big Mood Season 2’s New and Returning Cast on Channel 4’s Comedy
Big Mood returns for a second season on Channel 4 tonight, April 16. The new run spans six episodes. Filmogaz.com invites readers to meet the cast and the creative team behind this comedy.
Premiere, creators and production
Camilla Whitehall created and wrote the series. Rebecca Asher returns to direct season two. Lotte Beasley Mestriner, Laurence Bowen and Chris Carey also return as executive producers.
Whitehall and Asher join Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West as executive producers this season. The story resumes about a year after the first series.
Plot snapshot
The season starts with Eddie and Maggie cautiously reconnecting as friends. Maggie and Eddie face new pressures after past events. A certain arrival could test their relationship further.
Cast and characters
Returning leads
- Nicola Coughlan as Maggie. She is a 30-year-old London playwright. Maggie manages a bipolar diagnosis and takes lithium, which affects her writing.
- Lydia West as Eddie. Eddie co-owns a bar with her brother. She inherited it after their father died and struggles over its future.
- Robert Gilbert as Will. He is Eddie’s school friend who often hangs out at the bar.
- Eamon Farren as Krent. Krent works as a bartender at Eddie’s bar.
- Niamh Cusack as Gillian. Gillian is Maggie’s mother.
Supporting and ensemble cast
- Amalia Vitale as Anya.
- Luke Fetherston as Ryan.
- Rebecca Lowman as Vanessa.
- Stephen Sobal as Owen.
- Kate Fleetwood as Clara.
New faces joining season two
- Hannah Onslow as Whitney. Whitney is described as a willowy Californian. She becomes Eddie’s new best friend and a potential rival to Maggie.
- Robert Lindsay as Maggie’s estranged father.
- Marina Bye as Flopsy, a maid of honour with a scary edge.
- Marcus Collins as Cher.
- Munroe Bergdorf as a character billed as “Door b*h.”
- Kyran Peet as Toni.
- Zachary Hart as Jack Pearl.
- John Locke as Sir Albert.
- Rupert Everett as Rupert Everett.
- Anna Francolini as Esmeralda.
- Leo Wan as TJ.
- Lois Chimimba as Hostess.
- Kelly Campbell as Mairead.
What to expect
The tone remains warm and chaotic, mixing sincerity with comedy. The season will explore friendship, mental health and personal choices. Viewers can stream the series on Channel 4 from tonight.
