After a long hiatus, The Artful Dodger is coming back in 2026! The show’s eight-episode first season premiered in November 2023. By the same time the following year, Disney+ and Hulu renewed the Australian Original series for a second season. Now, Thomas Brodie-Sangster will reprise his titular role, Jack Dawkins, alongside David Thewlis as Fagin, and Maia Mitchell as Lady Belle Fox, in the new year. From new characters and plot details, we gathered everything you need to know about The Artful Dodger Season 2 in one place.
Here’s what The Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Kylie Watson-Wheeler, said about the show’s return:
“We’re excited our fan-favourite Aussie Original is back for a second season. It has more romance, adventure, and razor-sharp wit, plus several new faces. The show’s return is a testament to its local and international success and the high-calibre talent involved, both in front and behind the camera. We’re immensely proud to be bringing quality Australian storytelling to the world stage and to have further elevated the production with intricate new costuming and sets that take audiences even deeper into the adrenaline-pumping world of The Artful Dodger.”
MORE: 10 Shows Canceled in 2025 That We’ll Definitely Miss
What Is The Artful Dodger Season 2 About?
The Artful Dodger’s Season 2 trailer teases what’s ahead for Jack, Lady Belle, and Fagin, and it’s intense. Jack and Lady Belle take on a forbidden love story as Jack must stay away from Belle (and vice versa) to save his life. Lady Jane Fox tells her daughter that if Lady Belle can stay away from Jack for two years, then Jane will make Belle the first female doctor. However, there’s another hitch. Jane wants her daughter to marry, and it seems like she thinks a new character, Inspector Henry Boxer, is the best fit. He just so happens to be the man trying to find Jack. Not to mention, Fagin has a new heist for him and Jack, saying, “If we pull this off, we go down in history as the greatest swindlers who ever lived.”
The official synopsis for the second season reads as follows:
Jack’s back! The Artful Dodger returns, and he’s in deep trouble. He’s got an appointment with the noose, he’s being hunted by Inspector Boxer, Port Victory’s new lawman, and if he sees the woman he loves, Lady Belle, he’ll be hanged. Meanwhile, Lady Belle is determined to forge her future in medicine, defying expectation and stepping into danger, driven by ambition and a love already hanging in the balance. With Boxer competing with Jack for Belle’s affection, the crafty Fagin drags Dodger into their most dangerous heist yet, and a killer is on the loose. Get ready for an explosive season of new characters and locations with more thrills, humour, heart, invention, and deception than ever.
MORE: The Best TV Kisses of 2025
Who Is Returning to and Joining the Cast?
As mentioned, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis, and Maia Mitchell are all reprising their roles inspired by characters from Oliver Twist in the second season. They will be joined by returning stars Susie Porter as Lady Jane Fox, Damien Garvey as Governor Fox, Tim Minchin as Darius Cracksowrth, Lucy-Rose Leonard as Lady Fanny Fox, Nicholas Burton as Dr. Sneed, and Kim Gyngell as The Prof. Luke Carroll, Vivienne Awosoga, Aljin Abella, Brigid Zengeni, and Albert Latailakepa will also star in The Artful Dodger Season 2.
The comedy-adventure show’s second season will also introduce new characters, including Luke Bracey as Inspector Henry Boxer, Jeremy Sims as Uncle Dickie, and Zac Burgess as Phineas Golden. From the trailer, it seems that Phineas will be sharing a lot of scenes with Lady Fanny.
When Does the Second Season Premiere?
The Artful Dodger Season 2 will stream all eight episodes on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, on Disney+ and Hulu. That means the show will return more than two years after its first season. So start your rewataches now! This season, like the first, was filmed in Sydney, Australia, and was supported by the NSW State Government through Screen NSW’s Made in NSW Fund. Screen NSW also supported the show’s post, digital, and visual effects.
Writer and executive producer James McNamara co-created The Artful Dodger, a co-production with Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures. Curio Pictures’ Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner executive produce/produce the series. Cameron Welsh is the series producer, with additional writing credits including Dan Knight, Kate Mulvany, and Miranda Tapsell. Ben Young, Ben C. Lucas, and Gracie Otto direct Season 2.
MORE: Our Favorite Female Characters of 2025
Photos from The Artful Dodger Season 2
The Artful Dodger Season 2 Trailer
—
Are you excited about The Artful Dodger Season 2? Let us know in the comments below!
The Artful Dodger Season 2 premieres on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, on Disney+ and Hulu.
