An introduction to The Mimic S2

Martin Hurdle (Terry Mynott) is struggling; having ditched his job in site maintenance to become a professional mimic he is finding paid work hard to come by. Martin’s uncanny ability to mimic voices is as strong as ever but with his son - and agent - Stephen (Jacob Anderson, Game of Thrones) going off travelling, Martin starts to lose his way. Then one day HMRC appears at his door chasing some back taxes and it’s official - Martin is in a slump and not even his voices can help him.

All is not peachy with his best friend and landlady Jean (Jo Hartley, This is England) either. She’s looking for love having dumped Neil (Neil Maskell, Utopia), the hilarious hypochondriac who doubles as Martin’s other best friend. Returning from a romantic holiday gone wrong Jean’s realised that Neil is ultimately a newsagent who’s scared of the news and quite clearly not the man for her. She’s also getting fed up with Martin moping around the house, wasting his unique potential…

But – events change when Jean sets up Martin with self-assured body language expert Harriet (Rebecca Gethings) and the two start dating. She encourages him to get a shiny new agent who in turn introduces Martin to his “star client”, the intimidating Nigel Lord (John Thomson) a rival impressionist who is a big fish in the small pond of local entertainers.

Martin begins to develop more confidence, but as he and Harriet’s relationship becomes more serious it starts to take on a peculiar quality as her obsession with his voices comes to the fore. The series builds to a tense and touching crescendo when Harriet and Martin make the ultimate commitment – marriage – but is Martin committing for the right reasons? And was the real love of his life there all along, before he even met Harriet?

The Mimic is not just about Martin’s incredible voices; it’s also a warm, feel-good story about the perplexities of human relationships and how unforeseen surprises can alter the path of life.

The Mimic S2 was commissioned by Deputy Head of Comedy Fiona McDermott and is produced by Running Bare Pictures for Channel 4. It is written and created by Matt Morgan, directed by Kieron Hawkes and the producer is Jack Bayles.

The Mimic is due on Ch 4 in mid-July.