The trailer for season 2 of the Ricky Gervais’ Netflix series After Life features his character Tony trying help the people around him for a change.
Set in the small fictitious town of Tambury, the comedy-drama series After Life follows Tony, a writer for the local newspaper whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer.
Season 1 of After Life centered on Tony immediately after the death of his wife.
After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on. He thinks it’s like a Super Power — not caring about himself or anyone else — but it turns out to be tricky when everyone is trying to save the nice guy they used to know.
In season 2 of After Life, Tony is still struggling with immense grief for his wife. However, we now see Tony try to become a better friend to those around him. Each of the people he knows around him are grappling with their own problems — all of which is only intensified by the looming threat of the local newspaper being shut down.
Check out the trailer for After Life season 2 below!
After Life is a Netflix original series from Derek Productions. The six-part series is created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais. Charlie Hanson is a producer and Ricky Gervais and Duncan Hayes are executive producers.
Alongside Ricky Gervais, the returning cast for season 2 of the show includes Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey, Doctor Who), David Bradley (The Harry Potter series, Game of Thrones), Ashley Jensen (Extras), Tom Basden (Plebs, David Brent: Life On The Road), Tony Way (Edge of Tomorrow), David Earl (Cemetery Junction, Derek), Joe Wilkinson (Him and Her), Kerry Godliman (Derek), Mandeep Dhillon, Jo Hartley, Roisin Conaty and Diane Morgan (David Brent: Life On The Road), and Tracy-Ann Oberman (Eastenders).
They are also joined by Peter Egan (Downton Abbey), Ethan Lawrence (Bad Education) and Bill Ward (Coronation Street, Emmerdale).
After Life season 2 premieres on Netflix on April 24.