Vigil (2021)

Directed by

Isabelle Sieb, James Strong

Genre

police procedural

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 262 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a death on a Royal Navy nuclear submarine. The confined setting and military secrecy make the inquiry difficult.

tenseclaustrophobicslow-burnmoodygrittysuspensefuldeliberate

What happens

Vigil is a British police procedural drama television series created by Tom Edge and produced by World Productions. The series premiered on BBC One on 29 August 2021. The first series stars Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Shaun Evans, Paterson Joseph, Gary Lewis and Martin Compston, and is set in Scotland, primarily onboard HMS Vigil, a ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy. The second series premiered on 10 December 2023. It replaces the nautical setting of the first series with a land-based drama that focuses on prototype drone technology. Jones, Leslie and Lewis reprise their roles with Dougray Scott and Romola Garai joining the main cast. In February 2025, it was renewed for a third series, to be set in an Arctic research station. Filming began in September 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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