The Outlaws are back, but can they escape the influence of the Dean? 

Ahead of its return next month, the BBC have released a clutch of pictures from The Outlaws.

The series, from writer and director Stephen Merchant, who also stars in the show as Greg, follows a group of strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a community payback sentence in Bristol.

Airing on BBC One and the iPlayer in the UK, the show also appears internationally on Prime Video.

Here’s what we know about The Outlaws Series 3:

As series three begins, with crime boss The Dean, behind bars awaiting trial, The Outlaws are moving on with their lives—until one of their own returns with a deadly secret, hurling them back into mortal danger. As a murder manhunt closes in on the gang, can they prove their innocence before The Dean’s case collapses, and he comes looking for revenge?

Joining Stephen Merchant, the cast includes Rhianne Barreto (No Escape) as Rani, Gamba Cole (Hanna) as Ben, Darren Boyd (Killing Eve) as John, Clare Perkins (Silo) as Myrna, Eleanor Tomlinson (The Couple Next Door) as Lady Gabby, Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) as Diane, Charles Babalola as Malaki, Tom Hanson as Spencer and Christopher Walken as Frank. Plus, Cles Bang (Dracula) as The Dean.

The Outlaws is a Big Talk and Four Eyes production co-created by Stephen Merchant—who also serves as an executive producer —and Elgin James (Mayans M.C.). Luke Alkin and Kenton Allen also serve as executive producers for Big Talk, along with John Butler. The show is co-produced by BBC One and Amazon Studios.

You can catch up with the first two series of The Outlaws on BBC iPlayer.