Good Omens Season 2 Will Be Out Summer 2023, Neil Gaiman Confirms

If it feels like a long time since season 1 of Good Omens ended, that's because it is. The six-episode comedy-drama adaptation of Terry Pratchett's novel was first broadcast in 2019 – back when nobody had ever heard the word Covid.

But the wait for season 2 is very nearly over. I say nearly, because series creator Neil Gaiman took to Twitter recently to confirm it will be out in summer 2023. No exact date was given – but we can at least narrow it down to sometime in the next 4 months.

Season 2 will see the return of David Tennant and Michael Sheen – but there are also some new faces. In some ways, it's a bit of a Tennant family takeover, with David's son Ty joining the cast as Ennon, and Peter Davison, the former Dr Who actor's father-in-law coming in to play Alistair.

The new season – a joint venture between Amazon and the BBC, will focus on stories that go beyond the source material, which was co-written by Gaiman.

The synopsis for the show states 'Having been on Earth since The Beginning and with the Apocalypse thwarted, Aziraphale and Crowley are getting back to easy living amongst mortals in London's Soho when an unexpected messenger presents a surprising mystery.'

The original season was well-received and was nominated for several awards, winning Best TV Comedy Drama and Best Comedy of the Year at the 2019 Comedy.co.uk Awards, among others.

Since season 1, David Tennant has starred in hard-hitting dramas such as Des, Deadwater Falls and Litvinenko, so it will be a bit of light relief to see him back in a comedy. Michael Sheen has returned to the stage to appear in Under Milk Wood at the Royal National Theatre in London and has also played Chris Tarrant in Quiz on ITV and David Sherborne in Channel 4's Vary v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama.

And the pair both appeared in Netflix hit The Sandman as well as collaborated on their own lockdown comedy show, Staged, which was mainly recorded as a series of video calls between the two.

And now it seems we can look forward to more from the actors who are close friends and a fantastic foil for one another when it comes to appearing on screen and making us laugh because, as Neil Gaiman tweeted, season 2 of Good Omens is 'all done and dusted'.

Source: Screen Scotland.