Despite strong reviews for the first season, Renegade Nell won’t be returning for season two at Disney+.
Renegade Nell debuted on Disney+ in March 2024 to good reviews, but that didn’t save the Sally Wainwright penned series from getting axed from the streamer’s slate.
“Disney+ Original series, Renegade Nell, will not be returning for a second season on the service. We’re incredibly proud of the world created by Sally Wainwright and lead director Ben Taylor. We’d like to thank them, our production partners at Lookout Point, the entire cast – led by Louisa Harland – and crew for their incredible work on this series, all of whom we hope to work with again in the future,” said a Disney spokesman, as reported by Deadline.
The cancellation comes as a bit of a surprise and it’s certainly a disappointing development for Disney+’s UK productions. The series holds a respectable 87% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and was generally well-liked. Renegade Nell starred Louisa Harland of Derry Girls -fame and followed her titular character as she goes on the run after being framed for murder.
In our review of the series, we called it “something far rarer than a good adult drama.” James Harvey added: “It’s original, narrative family entertainment – the sort of show three generations can happily stick on for 40 minutes and have a bloody good time. Balancing an eclectic bucket-list of set pieces (carriage chase, prison break, unexpected musical number, check check check) with a witty script refusing to take itself too seriously and a properly brilliant central performance from Louisa Harland, it’s really, really hard to find much to dislike about Disney Plus’ latest acquisition.”
Wainwright, who is also known for series such as Happy Valley and Gentleman Jack, is currently developing Hot Flush, a new drama for the BBC in which an ageing all-women punk band is going through menopause.
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