First look of Ahad Raza Mir in BBC's wartime drama 'World on Fire 2' is out

The first look of Ahad Raza Mir's upcoming BBC offering is out. Mir plays a new character, Rajib, in the second season of the wartime drama World on Fire. The show comprises an elaborate cast and is set to return to the small screen for a second outing following the release of season 1 in 2019.

The Yakeen Ka Safar star will essay a fearless and determined leader of a specialist unit of the British Indian Army during World War II in the series. The first look of his upcoming character sees him in a uniform, looking intensely into the camera. Some publications have marked October 15 as the release date of the show. No confirmation by the broadcaster has been announced.

World on Fire Season 2 will see the actor featuring in a supporting role, alongside original cast members including Lesley Manville as Robina, Jonah Hauer-King as Harry, Julia Brown as Lois, and Zofia Wichlacz as Kasia.

Among other fresh faces joining the cast are Shetland's Mark Bonnar, who will play the mysterious Sir James Danemere. Runaways star Gregg Sulkin will play a brave but reckless RAF pilot. Miriam Schiweck (Der Staatsanwalt) also joins as a German teenage member of the Band of German Maidens.

The synopsis teases that the six-episode second season will see RAF pilots be sent to destroy German bombers "prowling the skies above Manchester, with rescue operations underway on the streets below – the true reality of war has arrived in Britain".

The BBC also revealed that season 2 would take viewers "from the war-torn streets of Britain deep into Nazi Germany, the resistance within occupied France, and the brutal sands of the North African desert – where troops struggle to adapt to a very different kind of combat".

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