Here’s your first look at Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie in Season 3 of BBC police drama Vigil.
A teaser shows the pair trekking across a frozen tundra, long-range rifle strapped to their backs, as their latest high-stakes investigation takes them to a remote Arctic research station. “In the Arctic, you don’t understand what’s coming,” a foreboding voiceover says in the words spoken in the 25-second trailer.
In Season 3 of the International Emmy-winning series, DCI Amy Silva (Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Leslie) investigate why a member of a covert British special forces mission has been shot dead in the research station.
They need to both catch the killer and defuse a potential international confrontation, as different nations compete for control of the Arctic and its resources in the changing polar climate.
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The first two episodes will drop on Sunday, August 30 in the UK, with eps then running on Sunday and Monday nights at 9pm on BBC One.
Season 3 cast includes Dominic Mafham, reprising his role as Sir Ian Downing, and new cast such as Jeppe Beck Laursen (The Last Kingdom) as Henrick Becken, Svalbard’s Chief of Police; Naomi Yang (Under Salt Marsh) Shen Jia, a microbiologist; Tornike Gogrichiani (Extraction 2) as Fyodor, a Russian colonel; Steven Miller (Dept. Q) and Benjamin Wainwright(Maigret) as Special Boat Service operators; Danusia Samal (Red Eye) as Jasmine Kelly, who works alongside Downing;EricGodon (In Bruges) as Mayor Korotayev; and Amy Manson (Rebus) as Lorna McCallister, a geologist. Gary Lewis reprises his role as DSU Robertson, who continues to work closely with Amy and Kirsten.
The six-part season comes from World Productions in association with its parent company, ITV Studios. Tom Edge is writer and creator, with additional writing coming from Tom Mair and Eve Hedderwick Turner. The producer is Marcus Wilson, associate producer is George Aza-Selinger and executive producers are Jake Lushington for World, Gaynor Holmes for the BBC and Edge. Stephanie Fyfe is the commissioning executive for the BBC, and the directors are Gareth Bryn and Faye Gilbert. ITV Studios handles the international distribution.
Vigil Season 1, in which Jones’ Silva was enlisted to solve a murder on a navy submarine in Scottish waters, was BAFTA-nominated and won the International Emmy for Best Drama Series in 2021. Season 2, from 2023, focused on a deadly drone attack, launched to nearly nine million viewers and was in the BBC’s top-three most-watched dramas of the year. In the U.S., both seasons stream on Peacock.
