ITV have renewed the crime-drama programme Professor T for a second series.

A new six-part series will be filmed with Ben Miller returning to the role of genius criminologist Jasper Tempest, who also has OCD.

Frances de la Tour will also come back as Professor T’s overbearing mother Adelaide, with Juliet Aubrey, Emma Naomi and Barney White also featuring.

The programme revolves around Miller’s character assisting the police in solving crimes, and this will continue in series two along with some further exploration into Professor T’s childhood.

Belgian director, Dries Vos, returns to direct the second series, which will once again be filmed in Belgium and Cambridge, during the spring of 2022.

Matt Baker and Malin-Sarah Gozin will come back to write the screenplays.

Ben Miller said: “We’re incredibly grateful to the ITV and PBS audiences for taking Professor T to their hearts, and we are actively plotting an even quirkier and uplifting Season Two.

“Expect more baffling crimes, more breath-taking scenery, and some answers to the most intriguing mystery of all: what is it, exactly, in his childhood, that makes the Professor tick?” 

Commented Executive Producer and CCO of Eagle Eye Drama Jo McGrath said: “Ben Miller’s Professor T has become a favourite with audiences in the UK, US and across the world.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to be making another series, reuniting a brilliant cast and strong production team.

“It’s a wonderfully warm and visually beautiful crime series which unusually manages to combine mystery, humour and poignancy within each episode.

“Audiences have embraced it’s distinctiveness and we look forward to surprising them again in the next season.” 

Professor T is currently available to watch on either ITV Hub or BritBox.