Suranne Jones is back on board as submarine thriller Vigil is renewed for a second series – along with dramas Time, The Tourist and The Responder
A slew of BBC dramas have been renewed for a second series, with Suranne Jones set to reprise her role in Vigil.
The additional titles that will be making an anticipated comeback are Time, The Tourist and The Responder.
Submarine thriller Vigil was the UK’s most-watched new drama launch in three years, garnering an incredible 13.4million viewers in the first episode alone.
It will be back! Suranne Jones (pictured right) is back on board as submarine thriller Vigil is renewed for a second series – along with dramas The Tourist, Time and The Responder
Suranne, 43, played the nautical drama’s leading lady Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva and joined forces with Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston – a sonar mapping expert on HMS Vigil – as the action unfolded aboard the fictional ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy.
Elsewhere, prison drama Time, which starred Stephen Graham and Sean Bean, will be back for another helping, but it will welcome a new cast and be set in an all-female prison.
This year’s dramas The Tourist – which stars Jamie Dornan and is the highest-rating drama of the year so far – and The Responder will also be back for second instalments.
Drama: Submarine thriller Vigil was the UK’s most-watched new drama launch in three years, garnering an incredible 13.4million viewers in the first episode alone
Role: Suranne, 43, played the nautical drama’s leading lady Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva and joined forces with Line Of Duty’s Martin Compston (pictured)
BBC chief content officer Charlotte Moore praised Jamie’s performance in The Tourist, adding: ‘In its first 30 days, 12million people watched it – that’s twice as big as the largest show, Stay Close, on Netflix.
‘The power the BBC has to reach millions of people is is far greater than we perhaps realise.’
The Responder – which features Martin Freeman – is the second biggest new drama of 2022, after launching with nearly 10million viewers across 30 days.
Gripping: Elsewhere, prison drama Time, which starred Stephen Graham (r) and Sean Bean (l) will be back for another helping, but it will welcome a new cast and be set in an all-female prison
The follow-up series will once again be set and filmed in Liverpool.
Last May, Martin, who plays Chris, an unconventional urgent response officer tackling night shifts in Liverpool, previously praised the The Responder writer Tony Schumacher for his ‘unique and honest’ scripts.
He said: ‘Tony Schumacher’s scripts were so unique and honest that I knew very quickly that I wanted to be a part of The Responder and take on the role of Chris.
Back for more: This year’s drama The Tourist – which stars Jamie Dornan (pictured) and is the highest-rating drama of the year so far – is also making a comeback
Edge of seat viewing: The Responder – which features Martin Freeman (pictured) – is the second biggest new drama of 2022, after launching with nearly 10 million viewers across 30 days
‘No one writes like Tony and it has been exhilarating inhabiting the world he has created.’
Aside from the dramas, a number of big faces have left the BBC in recent months, including Andrew Marr, Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis and Graham Norton from Radio 2.
When asked about the stars’ exits, Charlotte told The Mirror: ‘Look, I think Graham Norton is absolutely genius at what he does. But when a show comes to the end of its life, you find somebody new.
‘When a presenter wants to move on, you think about how you evolve the show.’
Departures: A number of big faces have left the BBC in recent months, including Andrew Marr, Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis and Graham Norton (pictured) from Radio 2
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