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Episode 2 of Banished is on BBC 2 tonight at 9pm. No new clips have been shared so far, nor any new photos by the BBC. If you missed last week's episode, catch up on iPlayer. 

New HQ stills for episodes 3 and 4 have been uploaded by Far Far Away, with quite a few of Joseph as Major Ross. 

According to various sources online, including The Guardian, Banished had over 3.4 million viwers for last night's episode. 

Jimmy McGovern’s penal colony drama Banished starring Russell Tovey began with more than 3 million viewers, giving BBC2 a rare ratings victory over both BBC1 and ITV. The drama about the first fleet of convicts transported to Australia from Britain and Ireland launched with 3.4 million viewers, a 16.2% share of the audience from 9pm on Thursday. Banished, co-produced by the makers of The King’s Speech and another BBC2 drama, Top of the Lake, would have been BBC2’s biggest new drama launch for several years, had it not been for the success of Wolf Hall, which began in January with an overnight audience of 3.9 million (16.5%).

The BBC has shared several new preview clips for next week's episode of Banished. None feature Joseph, unfortunately. The BBC has also shared a synopsis for next Thursday.

Major Ross is apoplectic when he hears the news about Tommy and Elizabeth. Always a pragmatist, his military experience tells him that a failure to mete out punishment will lead to social instability or worse. And in spite of himself, Major Ross is drawn to a beautiful young convict, Kitty McVitie.

Banished begins tonight at 9pm on BBC 2. Some great previews have been shared online, including one for Joseph!

Jimmy McGovern creates and writes this historical drama, set in the penal colonies of New South Wales in 1788. Suffice to say that the setting, while both picturesque and threatening, is more a backdrop for a squaring off of the writer’s moral absolutes: cheeky lags, rotten redcoats, all playing their part in an immediately recognisable value system. Russell Tovey is the honourable Wheeler, and MyAnna Buring is the feisty Elizabeth Quinn. Casino Royale veteran Joseph Millson represents “bad man” with considerable glowering presence. Guardian