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Alford, 27, who played Billy Ray in the hit ITV series, was released from prison wearing an electronic tag last summer after serving seven weeks of a nine-month sentence for drug offences.
Viewers will now be able to see him again playing a taxi passenger in a one-off film called Talk Radio.
 Rhona Cameron stars in the first British sitcom about lesbians
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A spokesman for the channel defended the decision to cast Alford.
"John Alford was called to account and served his time, and that's all in the past. It does not affect his ability as an actor," he said.
Fresh talent
Black Cab consists of 10 independently-produced dramas played out in the back of a taxi cab.
The series is designed to showcase the work of burgeoning writers and directors, including ex-EastEnders actress Susan Tully.
Other star names in front of the camera in Black Cab include ex-Ballykissangel actor Stephen Tompinkson and acclaimed television, film and stage actress Harriet Walter.
 Coupling tackles 30-something relationship angst
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In comedy, Rhona is the first British sitcom based around the life of a lesbian, starring comedienne and presenter Rhona Cameron.
While Coupling, starring Gina Bellman of Blackeyes fame and Jack Davenport from hit BBC Two drama This Life, takes a wry look at the dilemma of moving in with a partner.
On the entertainment front, BBC Two continues its tradition of theme nights by devoting an entire evening to the 1970s.
 Pulses race in Madame Bovary
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The new season also sees a twist given to lavish literary adaptations with a dramatisation of Madame Bovary from the 19th century French novelist Gustave Flaubert.
Unprecedented interviews
The new version of the romantic tragedy, which caused a scandal in its day, stars Australian actress Frances O'Connor as the passionate, and socially ambitious Emma Bovary.
Greg Wise and Joe McGann also appear and BBC Two says the serial "unflinchingly explores the lust that motivates the story in a way not attempted since the book was first written".
 Jamie Oliver cooks up a storm in The Naked Chef
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The programmes are based on unprecedented interviews with the British intelligence officers who attempted to keep the British army ahead of the IRA.
And in Behind Bars, prison life is examined through the eyes of inmates and the guards who keep order in modern jails.
Popular favourites returning to BBC Two include Clarkson's Car Years and a new series of The Naked Chef with Jamie Oliver.
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