BBC shares first look at The Split as show returns after cliffhanger ending

Fans will be hoping for some answers.

The third and final season of The Split aired in 2022, and ended with a major cliffhanger that sent fans into meltdown.

Now a new two-part special has been teased which will see the Defoe family come back for more theatrics.

The show follows the lives of three sisters in and out of the courtroom as they represented clients going through divorces and also dealt with their own private heartbreak.

Fans were especially wrapped up in the storyline of Hannah and Nathan, played by Walker and Mangan, who had been married for 20 years and seemed to be one of the few rock solid couples in the show until infidelities on both sides led to a painful split.

In newly released images, fans were treated to a first-look at actor Toby Stephens in the role of eligible family lawyer Archie Moore.

Fans can also see the beloved Defoe family as they trade their briefcases for luggage as they jet off to Barcelona for a destination wedding amidst the sunny vineyards of Catalonia.

Related links:

In another image, Walker can be seen gazing into the distance, while another shows her laughing with her onscreen family.

The synopsis reads: "Two years after the third and final series, formidable family lawyer Hannah Defoe (Nicola Walker) and her clan are back, congregating for a stunning wedding at a grand vineyard tucked away in Catalonia's wine region.

"The weekend will introduce viewers to a range of new faces, including Toby Stephens (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Black Sails) as Archie Moore, and glamorous hosts Alvaro (Manu Fullola) and Valentina (Romina Cocca)."

Writer and creator of The Split, Abi Morgan, previously shared a photograph on Instagram which featured actors Annabel Scholey, Walker and Fiona Button holding a clapperboard with the words 'The Split Barcelona' written on it.

In the caption, Morgan wrote: "'In a world of brutal break ups and tantalising make ups, the Defoe family are invited to a destination wedding of their own, promising all that audiences have grown to love about The Split.

“Problematic prenups, scandalous wedding crashers, and low flying marriage proposals, as rom com meets gone wrong, in a chaotic and riotous weekend that guarantees to crack open the heart, before the last of the guests have gone home.' Cameras rolling."

The Emmy and BAFTA winning writer released a press statement through the BBC in which she detailed that the show will return for a two-part special that will see the Defoe family head to Barcelona for a wedding.

Amongst a host of new characters including Stephens (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Black Sails) as Archie Moore, cast confirmed to return for the Spanish extravaganza include Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Annabel Scholey, Fiona Button, Deborah Findlay, Ian McElhinney, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Elizabeth Roberts and Alex Guersman.

Series one, two and three of the drama was successfully sold to nearly 120 territories globally and became one of the BBC’s most popular new dramas of recent years.