The second series of Bad Wolf’s ITV thriller Red Eye will TX on New Year’s Day with Jing Lusi reprising her role as DS Hana Li for a new investigation alongside guest star, Martin Compston.
Joining them are Lesley Sharp and Jemma Moore who also return as Head of MI5 Madeline Delaney and journalist Jess Li.
Inside the US Embassy, the celebrations for a newly appointed US Ambassador to London are shattered when a call, threatening to blow a British plane out of the sky if anyone leaves, triggers an immediate embassy lockdown, trapping guests and staff inside.
And that’s when the murders begin, landing Hana Li, as a British cop, in a political and jurisdictional nightmare. Compelled to join forces with the Head of Embassy Security, Clay Brody, played by Martin Compston, a former colleague who once screwed her over, Hana has to see her way past her distrust of him and focus on the investigation. Because this time it’s personal. The plane that will be blown up is a government jet and Director General Madeline Delaney is onboard.
With a killer wreaking havoc inside the Embassy and evading them at every turn, Hana and Brody must discover who is behind the treacherous plot before time runs out for the hostages within the Embassy and the passengers on board Delaney’s plane.
Red Eye is produced by Bad Wolf with Peter A Dowling (Black and Blue, Flightplan), crafting and writing the thriller. Jingan Young has written episode three with Peter.
Kieron Hawkes (Power Book IV, Fortitude) returns to direct episodes 1-3, with Camilla Strøm Henriksen (Grace, The Suspect) directing episodes 4-6.
Commissioned by ITV’s Director of Drama, Polly Hill, the high-octane drama launched last year with audiences in excess of 8 million viewers and 29.3m streams on ITVX, making Red Eye one of ITV’s top ten dramas of 2024.
Award-winning producer Julie Gardner (I Hate Suzie, Doctor Who) executive produces the new series alongside Peter A Dowling and Lachlan MacKinnon (Industry, A Discovery of Witches). Chris May (Litvinenko, Doctor Who) has produced the series.
Red Eye returns to ITV1 and STV on New Year’s Day and will be available to stream on ITVX and STV Player.
Jon Creamer
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