Following a number of unexplained fatalities at a Scottish army facility, Silva and Longacre are tasked with uncovering the trigger. Coming into the hostile and closed ranks of the air pressure, the pair should face the lethal warfare of tomorrow as they battle for their very own future.
Vigil stars Suranne Jones (Gentleman Jack, Physician Foster) and Rose Leslie (Sport of Thrones, Downtown Abbey) alongside Gary Lewis (His Darkish Supplies, Granite Harbour) who returns as DSU Robertson. They are going to be joined for collection two by Romola Garai (Changing into Elizabeth, The Hour), Dougray Scott (Crime, Enigma), Amir El-Masry (SAS Rogue Heroes, Limbo), David Elliot (The Liberator, Bulletproof), Chris Jenks (Intercourse Schooling, Karen Pirie), Tommy Sim’aan (The Midwich Cuckoos, Medical doctors), Oscar Salem (Home of the Dragon, Des), Jonathan Ajayi (Noughts + Crosses) and Hiba Medina in her first main TV function, all taking part in key roles throughout the six new episodes.
The primary collection of Vigil was UK tv’s most-watched new drama launch since Bodyguard in 2018, attracting over 13 million viewers. Collection one received the Worldwide Emmy and secured a BAFTA nomination for Finest Drama Collection.
Suranne Jones says: “I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the Vigil workforce once more and persevering with our story. We’ve sensible new scripts and a few wonderful additions to the solid. Buckle up. It’s fairly a experience”
Rose Leslie says: “I’m delighted to workforce up with Suranne once more and proceed Amy and Kirsten’s adventures by way of a second collection of Vigil. Tom Edge has created one other gripping case for us to grapple with in an entire new setting.”
Romola Garai says: “It’s an enormous privilege to be welcomed in as part of Vigil collection two and to be taking part in such a layered, complicated character. I can solely hope to do justice to the exhibits continued fascinating, difficult and thrilling storytelling.”
Dougray Scott says: “I’m delighted to be becoming a member of the solid of Vigil collection two – the primary was so extremely regarded and extensively watched, and I’m actually trying ahead to collaborating with Tom Edge and Andy De Emmony. Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie are nice skills and I’m excited to be working with them.”
Creator and author Tom Edge says: “I’m delighted that Suranne and Rose are returning to reprise their roles as DCI Amy Silva and DI Kirsten Longacre, and am grateful to the BBC for the chance to take them on an exhilarating new journey. World Productions have constructed a incredible status for twisting, turning thrillers and this one corkscrews with one of the best of them.”
Simon Heath and Jake Lushington, Govt Producers for World Productions, say: “We’re excited to be taking the Silva & Longacre investigative partnership into a really totally different a part of the British army, excessive within the skies slightly than deep underwater. We’re additionally delighted to welcome to the solid two sensible actors we’ve labored with on earlier World exhibits, Romola Garai and Dougray Scott”
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama says: “Vigil collection one took the nation by storm, and I couldn’t be extra excited for BBC viewers to search out out what comes subsequent. With a extremely unique thriller and a richly fascinating new world for Silva and Longacre to discover, that is blockbuster tv with brains in addition to brawn.”
Vigil (6×60’) collection two is made by World Productions for the BBC. It’s written and created by Tom Edge, with episodes by Maryam Hamidi, James Smythe and Ryan O’Sullivan & Matilda Wnek. Collection two might be directed by Andy De Emmony (The Nest, The Final Kingdom). The Producer is Marcus Wilson (Physician Who, Luther) and Affiliate Producer is George Aza-Selinger. Govt producers are Simon Heath and Jake Lushington for World Productions, Gaynor Holmes for the BBC, and Tom Edge. Worldwide distribution is dealt with by ITV Studios.
The fictional collection will movie in Scotland and Morocco from the Spring. Vigil collection one is on the market to stream on BBC iPlayer.
