Can You Keep a Secret? Renewed For Season 2 On BBC One

Can You Keep a Secret? Renewed For Season 2 On BBC One

 The comedy drama will return in 2027. 

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The BBC has renewed Can You Keep a Secret? for Season 2. The pick-up comes a week after the sitcom’s first season concluded.

The premiere episode launched to 5.3 million viewers across 28 days, and the series ranks as the third biggest comedy launch on BBC iPlayer since 2024, reaching 3.3 million viewers.

Can You Keep a Secret? follows Debbie Fendon (Dawn French), a domineering grandmother who believes her reclusive husband William has died. After he is mistakenly declared deceased, William hides in the loft while the family awaits a life insurance payout. Their son Harold  and his wife Neha, a local police officer, are drawn into the deception, which becomes increasingly complicated as more secrets surface.

Dawn French said:

“As chuffed as an actual chuff to hear that we have a second series! More chance for Debbie to get her bossy boots on and create further havoc… hooray.”

Series creator Simon-Mayhew Archer added:

“Making this series was a joyous experience. Comedy is a team game, and Dawn, Mark, Craig, Mandip and the whole cast and crew are dream collaborators. I love sitcoms and I want more of them on TV, so I am enormously grateful to everyone who has watched this show and taken the Fendons to their hearts. I hope our success will help even more comedy get made across the UK. It’s one of our national superpowers – and we need it!”

Kenton Allen, Executive Producer offered:

“At Big Talk, we’re always searching for shows with a truly original comic engine and a distinctive voice and Simon Mayhew-Archer has created exactly that. Can You Keep a Secret? combines a brilliantly mischievous premise with genuine emotional truth, brought to life by Dawn French in one of the great sitcom performances of her career, alongside a world-class cast. The huge audience response speaks for itself. We’re enormously proud to be making this with Jon Petrie and the BBC, and with our partners at Mayhay Studios and CBS Studios, and excited to continue building a comedy that we believe has all the hallmarks of an enduring modern classic.”

Jon Petrie, BBC Director of Comedy Commissioning, noted:

“The response to Can You Keep a Secret? has been fantastic. Dawn French and the whole creative team have crafted a warm, mischievous comedy that clearly struck a chord with audiences. We’re delighted to bring it back for a second series and can’t wait to see even more secrets unravel.”

Filming for Can You Keep a Secret? Season 2 will take place later this year in the West Country, and is slated to premiere in 2027 on BBC One in the UK, and Paramount+ in the U.S.

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03/27/2026 03:10 pm GMT

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