Sean Bean has signed on to star in the second series of Jimmy McGovern's Accused.
The Game of Thrones star will act in two episodes of the award-winning BBC One drama which will be filmed later in the year.
Bean said of the news: "I've wanted to work on a Jimmy McGovern drama for a while and I think this cracking script really delivers a powerful, emotional drama for the audience."
He will play an English teacher, who has a cross-dressing alter ego Tracie, which leads him into a "terrible crime of passion".
South Riding's Anna Maxwell Martin and Boardwalk Empire's Stephen Graham have also been confirmed to star in the series.
Maxwell Martin will star alongside Love/Hate's Robert Sheehan and John Bishop in an episode which sees her portray a married mother of three who is overstretched as a mum and at work as a prison officer.
The first series of Accused won two international Emmy Awards for Best Series and Best Performance By An Actor for Christopher Eccleston.
Sean Bean in character as Tracie
