Channel 4 has released a trailer for the second series of The Mill, which returns on Sunday, 20th July at 8pm.

The six-part second series focuses on the lives of the Quarry Bank mill workers between 1838 and 1842, a period of turbulent social, political and industrial change following the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 which made a distinction between ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor.

The drama sees the return of stars Kerrie Hayes, Matthew McNulty, Sacha Parkinson and Holly Lucas, who will be joined by Mark Frost, Laura Main, Mark Strepan and Sope Dirisu.

Watch the trailer below…