The four-part mini-series aired on Sky1 earlier this year, becoming the eleventh most watched programme in the channel’s history and receiving a BAFTA nomination for Drama Serial.

John Simm commented last month on the possiblity of Series 2, saying: “We’re up for it. Why not? It was such fun to film. And I think it’s pretty good as well.”

Directed by James Hawes (Merlin, Doctor Who) and written by Cris Cole, four new 60-minute episodes will be shot in Majorca this summer. The cast have also been optioned for a possible Series 3.

Elaine Pyke, Director Sky Atlantic HD, commented: “From the original commission we knew we had something very special on our hands and viewers responded to the show fantastically. I’m delighted that the cast have agreed to reunite and become Mad Dogs again.”

Executive producer Suzanne Mackie said: “Before we had finished the first series of Mad Dogs we felt that there was so much more to do with these characters. I have been working with Cris Cole on the scripts ever since we finished shooting Series 1 and the ideas for Series 2 and 3 are every bit as explosive and inventive as they were at the beginning.”

Executive producer Andy Harries added: “Mad Dogs had such an impact that it was as obvious as a dead goat that we had to do more and all the our amazing cast felt the same.”

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The official Series 2 synopsis reads as follows: “The story picks up where Series 1 ended with Woody, Baxter and Rick driving away from the villa as Quinn has chosen to stay and make a new life in Majorca. In the opening scenes viewers will see Woody, Baxter and Rick have a change of heart and turn back. However, it isn’t long before they realise they’ve made the wrong move setting themselves on an even more misguided course.”

It continues: “In the Series 2 opener viewers will see another killing and an escape with the drug money but can they really make a getaway when there are people who want their money back? The complicated situation the friends have found themselves in continues to spin wildly out of control and surely it can only be a matter of time before they face their day of reckoning…”