Christopher Eccleston second series began airing in November 2017 both in the UK and the US, where "The A Word" airs on SundanceTV. A third series has now been confirmed, during his chat with the audience following a showing of Shallow Grave at the start Norwich Film Festival. Cast member Lee Ingleby quoted “We’ve always planned on doing it every two years”. Eccleston has played the lead role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of "Macbeth" in 2018. Eccleston married Mischka in November 2011. They had their first child, Albert, in February 2012. Their second child, Esme, was born in 2013. They
Christopher Eccleston moving to Little Hulton when Eccleston was seven months old. Eccleston attended Joseph Eastham High School, where he became head boy. At the age of 19, he was inspired to enter the acting profession by such television dramas as "Boys from the Blackstuff". Eccleston completed a two-year Performance Foundation Course at Salford Tech before going on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama. As an actor, he was influenced in his early years by Ken Loach's "Kes" and Albert Finney's performance in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning", but he soon found himself performing the classics, including the