A first-look teaser trailer for season three of Suranne Jones' BBC crime drama Vigil has just landed and the broadcaster promises a "chilling" watch for the new series.
Set to debut later this year, the six-part series onboards Shetland actor Steven Miller as well as Shetland and Endeavour star Killian Coyle, as the third instalment opens up a dark new case for DCI Amy Silva (Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie).
Vigil's teaser trailer doesn't give away much but there is a foreboding intensity that sets up the new series. The synopsis reveals that a new case will take the pair to "a remote Arctic research station, where a member of a covert British special forces mission has been shot dead".
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It continues: "Amy and Kirsten will need to catch the killer and defuse a potential international confrontation, driven by a land-grab for energy and resources in the changing polar climate, with both their careers and relationship on the line."
Vigil quickly gained favour with viewers following its debut and has been hailed by fans as "gripping" and a "masterpiece".
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Gary Lewis is set to reprise the role of DS Robertson, alongside Dominic Mafham who will return as Sir Ian Dowing. Vigil also welcomes a new crop of cast including Red Eye's Danusia Samal, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Naomi Yang and Benjamin Wainwright.
They will all be joined by other new cast members who are as follows: Happy Valley's Derek Riddell, Tornike Gogrichiani, Artur Zai Barrera, Jordan Duvigneau, Kaisa Hammarlund, Adam Fidusiewicz, Eric Godon, Amy Manson, Jason Tobin, Steven Cree, Alma Prelec, Dawn Sievewright, Conor Berry, and Shereen Cutkelvin.
Vigil has been made by Line of Duty production team World Productions in association with ITV Studios for the BBC. The series has been written and created by Tom Edge and additional writers for this series are Tom Mair and Eve Hedderwick Turner.
Vigil seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.
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