The makers of the sequel were so desperate to have Tom Hollander return, despite being killed off, they also wondered about casting him as Corky's evil twin

As The Night Manager returns to BBC1 after a decade, the producers have admitted they regret killing off characters from the first series, who now cannot return. The mistake was made because the drama’s makers were convinced that original author John le Carre would never allow a sequel to be made - and so happily dispensed with several key cast.

Last time around Hugh Laurie played arms dealer Richard Roper while Tom Hollander was his right-hand man, Lance “Corky” Corcoran, for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. But viewers saw Corky die on screen, and the final scenes of the 2016 series showed Roper being carted of

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