BBC surveillance thriller The Seize is returning for a 3rd season.
The Heyday Tv-produced sequence will take up the story 12 months after Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) broadcast a dwell deepfake of a authorities minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation programme often known as Correction. Amidst an inquiry into the illegal use of Correction, Carey has grow to be appearing head of SO15, decided to regain the general public’s belief in surveillance expertise via a brand new Operation Veritas digicam system.
Ben Chanan’s thriller is boarded in Season 3 by Killian Scott (Strike, Kaos, Dublin Murders), who joins the likes of Indira Varma as BBC Newsnight presenter Khadija Khan, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, Ron Perlman as CIA agent Frank Napier, Nigel Lindsay as DSI Tom Kendricks, Tessa Wong as DC Chloe Tan and Daisy Waterstone as Abigail Carey.
The sequence has been one of many BBC’s largest drama reveals over the previous few years and Season 2 aired within the coveted BBC Financial institution Vacation August slot when Paapa Essiedu joined the solid. Peacock has purchased the primary two seasons however no phrase but on its involvement with the third. NBCUniversal International TV Distribution sells worldwide.
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, stated: “The Seize‘s irresistible mix of well timed, state-of-the-nation commentary with edge-of-your-seat thrills has made it an enormous hit with thousands and thousands of viewers, and we’re so happy to announce its return to the BBC. Ben’s scripts for sequence three will dazzle and terrify you in equal measure.”
The Seize Season 3 is directed by Anthony Philipson and Johnny Allan, and produced by Derek Ritchie, who additionally serves as EP. For Heyday Tv, EPs are David Heyman, Rosie Alison and Sue Gibbs, Tom Coan for Common Worldwide Studios, Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC and Chanan.
