‘Vigil’ Season 3’s Teaser Arrives on the Frozen Tundra
'Vigil' Season 3’s first teaser is out, and we’re once again begging people to go seek the series out where it’s hidden on Peacock.
Line of Duty won’t be returning for Season 7 until 2027, but in the meantime, we have a new season of Vigil to tide us over. The series, which is best thought of as “What if Line of Duty, but it’s the Military,” stars Suranne Jones (MaryLand) and Rose Leslie (Downton Abbey) as investigators DCI Amy Silva and DI Kirsten Longacre, who are sent to various locations where British forces are located to solve murders and unearth cover ups by the bad apples who manage to rise through the ranks.
Season 1 was a Royal Navy-focused case and mostly took place aboard a nuclear-powered submarine; Season 2 took to the skies with the Royal Air Force, traveling between Scotland and the fictional Middle Eastern country of Wudyan. Season 3 will raise the stakes with a murder occurring during a British special forces covert mission at an Arctic research station.
(Just to make sure we are all clear on this point: “Arctic = Bears,” “Antarctic = No Bears.” Bears are therefore currently a possible plot point.)
The series is one of the BBC’s bigger hits of the past few years, but (much like The Capture and PONIES), it’s trapped on NBC Universal’s currently collapsing streaming service, Peacock, where no one knows to look for it. Even so, we highly encourage everyone to head over there and watch the first two seasons, especially if you’re already signing up to watch The Capture Season 3*.
(*You ARE signing up to watch The Capture Season 3, yes?)
Here’s the Season 3 synopsis:
DCI Amy Silva and DI Kirsten Longacre return for a new case that takes them to a remote Arctic research station, where a member of a covert British special forces mission has been shot dead.
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.
Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie in 'Vigil' Season 3 (BBC/World Productions/Mark Mainz)
Alongside Jones and Leslie, Gary Lewis (Down Cemetery Road) is returning as DS Robertson, and Dominic Mafham (Steal) is back as Sir Ian Downing.
Season 3 will also star Benjamin Wainwright (Maigret), Derek Riddell (Industry), Jeppe Beck Laursen (The Last Kingdom), Steven Miller (Dept.Q), Naomi Yang (Under Salt Marsh), and Danusia Samal (Red Eye).
Naomi Yang, Steven Miller, Tornike Gogrichiani, and Benjamin Wainwright in 'Vigil' Season 3 (BBC/World Productions/Mark Mainz)
Other members of the ensemble cast include Jordan Duvigneau (Mood), Kaisa Hammarlund (Hijack), Adam Fidusiewicz (A Gentleman in Moscow), Eric Godon (In Bruges), Conor Berry (Karen Pirie), Amy Manson (Rebus), Jason Tobin (A Thousand Blows), Steven Cree (All of You), Killian Coyle (Shetland), Alma Prelec (Fifteen Love) Dawn Sievewright (Undertow), Shereen Cutkelvin (Summerwater), Artur Zai Barrera (For All Mankind), and Tornike Gogrichiani (Drops of God).
Jeppe Beck Laursen, Danusia Samal and Dominic Mafham in 'Vigil' Season 3 (BBC/World Productions/Mark Mainz)
Series creator Tom Edge (The Crown) returns as lead writer, with Tom Mair and Eve Hedderwick Turner also penning episodes. Directors Gareth Bryn (Last Tango in Halifax) and Faye Gilbert (The Bay) split helming duties with Marcus Wilson producing. Edge is also an executive producer, alongside Jake Lushington for World Productions, and Gaynor Holmes and Stephanie Fyfe for the BBC.
Vigil Season 3 will premiere in the U.K. before the end of 2026, and will eventually follow on Peacock. Seasons 1 and 2 are currently streaming there now.
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