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 speculation he was considering making a return appearance as the Ninth Doctor for the show's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013. The Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, stated that he would have loved Eccleston to return but after discussing with executive producer Steven Moffat, Eccleston declined his role. However, in a 2018 interview Eccleston claimed that the BBC had "blacklist[ed]" him when he left. On 30 October 2005, Eccleston appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the one-night play "Night Sky" alongside Navin Chowdhry, Bruno Langley, David Warner, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel.