'Criminal Justice' returns to BBC One

Criminal Justice is returning to BBC for a new five-part series, it has been announced.

Maxine Peake will take the lead in the new series as Juliet Miller, a woman in desperate trouble.

She will be joined by Matthew Macfadyen, Denis Lawson, Steven Mackintosh and Sophie Okonedo.

BBC controller Ben Stephenson said of the new series: "It is a stunning piece of work that shows a writer at the top of his game and has attracted a wonderful director in Yann Demange, and an incredible cast led by the glorious Maxine Peake."

Writer Peter Moffat added: "I feel passionately about our criminal justice system - what's right about it and what's wrong with it. When I'm asked why I wanted to do another Criminal Justice, the answer is almost embarrassingly simple: there's so much to say and so many stories to tell."

The series will begin filming this month in and around London.