Sky1 has commissioned a second series of John Simm and Philip Glenister drama Mad Dogs.

Simm, Glenister, Max Beesley and Marc Warren will all return for the second run and have also signed up for a potential third series. Filming for the four-parter will start this summer in Majorca and the show will air in early 2012.

The first outing for the dark thriller was a ratings hit for Sky1 in February and picked up a BAFTA nomination for ‘Drama Serial’.

Characters Woody (Beesley), Baxter (Simm) and Rick (Warren) will kick off the second series where they ended the first, returning to aid their friend Quinn (Glenister) in Majorca. However, the guys soon regret their decision as they end up involved in another murder and drug money incident.

Exec producer Andy Harries said: “Mad Dogs had such an impact that it was as obvious as a dead goat that we had to do more and all the our amazing cast felt the same.”

Fellow exec Suzanne Mackie added: “Before we had finished the first series of Mad Dogs we felt that there was so much more to do with these characters. I have been working with Cris Cole on the scripts ever since we finished shooting series one and the ideas for series two and three are every bit as explosive and inventive as they were at the beginning.”

Sky1′s directer of programmes Stuart Murphy said: “Customers loved this show so it’s great to commit to more. At Sky we work hard to bring our viewers high quality original entertainment made by the very best production companies with fantastic talent so I’m delighted we can confirm Mad Dogs’ return just a few weeks after the first series has finished its run. This also marks a growing investment in British scripted content, to sit alongside our great American shows.”

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Life On Mars star John Simm has revealed how he was so badly hit by stage fright last year that he thought he was going to have a heart attack.

Actor John, 40, said the ordeal almost put him off taking on his new role as burnt-out journalist Tom Ronstadt in BBC1 drama Exile, which started last night.

John said nerves got to him as he played Hamlet in Sheffield. He added: “The pressure backstage on the press night was ridiculous. I just thought, ‘I’m going to have a heart attack’.”

“I was absolutely adamant I wasn’t going to do anything else. Then this arrived and it was so good I’d have been an idiot to say no, because someone else would have done it. And I’d have spent a long time regretting it.”

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