BBC thriller Vigil has been confirmed to be returning.
The third season of the show from Line of Duty team World Productions will see the returns of Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie as inspectors Amy Silva and Kirsten Longacre as they tackle a new case.
Vigil's first season, which premiered in 2021, focused on a murder on a navy submarine, while the second followed over two years later and centred on a new case of a drone attack.
The show, which we previously branded "gripping" albeit "less solidly entertaining" in our season two review, has garnered mixed reactions over the years.
It has been described as "thrilling", "superbly acted", "slightly overcooked" and "ludicrous" by various fans (via IMDb). At the time of writing, Vigil's first season boasts a fresh 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes, while the second season falls behind at 54%.
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The returning season will begin filming later this year, with the storyline taking viewers to a remote Arctic station as a member of a covert British special forces mission is shot dead.
Amy and Kirsten "will need to catch the killer and diffuse a potential international confrontation" that is "driven by a land-grab for energy and resources in the changing polar climate", while the pair's careers and relationship hang in the balance.
"I can't wait to return to Vigil series three, see our brilliant team in Scotland and work with Rose again," Jones said. "I'm sure it will be a thrill of a ride."
Leslie added: "I can’t wait to get stuck into another season of Vigil, to work with the wonderful Suranne Jones again and our brilliant crew. And this time, Kirsten will get to pack her bags and join Amy on what's set to be Vigil's most high-stakes mission yet!"
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"I'm delighted that Suranne and Rose are returning for a new adventure," creator Tom Edge said. "In our third season, we travel to the frozen north where the world's great powers are competing to secure advantages as the ice melts.
"With a brilliant cast and crew assembling to make the show, we hope to deliver an epic investigation that shines a light on issues that will shape the world we all live in."
Edge previously addressed the potential for a third season in 2023, telling Hello! that "it has to feel like there's something urgent to be said, both on a character level and in terms of the domain that we may enter to unpack those questions".
"But I will say, the world does not seem short on turbulence and on questions," he added.
Vigil season 3 is yet to confirm a release date. Seasons 1-2 are streaming now on BBC iPlayer.
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