Nail biting drama Vigil is set to return for a second series, with DCI Amy Silva and DI Kirsten Longacre exploring murky and mysterious deaths in the British air force rather than on a submarine this time.
Stars Romala Garai and Dougray Scott will be joining Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie, who play DCI Silva and DI Longacre respectively, in the new six part series.
Vigil, which came to a tense conclusion in 2021, became the UK’s most watched new drama since Bodyguard in 2018.
Today, the BBC announced the episodes will see the police detectives tasked with uncovering the cause of multiple unexplained fatalities at a Scottish military facility.
The pair will enter the “hostile and closed ranks of the air force” and “face the deadly warfare of tomorrow as they fight for their own future” alongside returning actor Gary Lewis as DS Colin Robertson, the broadcaster said.
Suranne, who also starred in Gentleman Jack and Doctor Foster, said: “I’m thrilled to be joining the Vigil team again and continuing our story. We have brilliant new scripts and some amazing additions to the cast. Buckle up. It’s quite a ride.”
Rose, famed for her role in Games Of Thrones said: “I’m delighted to team up with Suranne again and continue Amy and Kirsten’s adventures through a second series of Vigil. Tom Edge has created another gripping case for us to grapple with in a whole new setting.”
As well as The Hour star Romala and Enigma actor Dougray, joining the cast are Amir El-Masry and David Elliot, alongside Chris Jenks, Tommy Sim’aan, Oscar Salem, Jonathan Ajayi and Hiba Medina, all playing “key roles” across all six episodes, the BBC confirmed.
on her new role, Romala said: “It’s a huge privilege to be welcomed in as a part of Vigil series two and to be playing such a layered, complex character. I can only hope to do justice to the show’s continued fascinating, challenging and thrilling storytelling."
Series two, which will begin filming in Scotland Morocco in the spring, will be made by World Productions – behind hit shows Line Of Duty and Bodyguard.
Promising plenty of thrills and twists in the next season, Tom Edge, creator and writer of Vigil, said: “I’m delighted that Suranne and Rose are returning to reprise their roles.
“World Productions have built a fantastic reputation for twisting, turning thrillers and this one corkscrews with the best of them.”
Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, said: “Vigil series one took the country by storm, and I could not be more excited for BBC viewers to find out what comes next. With a highly original mystery and a richly fascinating new world for Silva and Longacre to explore, this is blockbuster television with brains as well as brawn.”
