Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie has joined the cast of Channel 4's Utopia for series two.

Leslie, Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars) and Tom Burke (The Hour) are among the new cast additions joining the conspiracy thriller in its second run.

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Trystan Gravelle (Mr Selfridge) and Michael Maloney (The White Queen) will also join returning cast members Fiona O'Shaughnessy (Jessica Hyde), Alexandra Roach (Becky), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Ian), Adeel Akhtar (Wilson Wilson), Oliver Woollford (Grant), Paul Higgins (Dugdale), Neil Maskell (Arby) and Geraldine James (Milner).

Principal photography has now begun on the new six-part series, again written by Dennis Kelly and directed by Marc Munden (The Crimson Petal and the White).

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Channel 4 first announced in March that Utopia would return for a second series, with the new episodes expected to air in 2014.

A US remake of the show was also reported to be in development at HBO, with David Fincher said to have expressed an interest in the project.

Utopia series one is available to own on DVD and Blu-ray now.

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Watch a promo for Utopia below:

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