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‘Tin Star’ Renewed For 3rd & Final Season On Sky Atlantic

by Dave Elliott
'Tin Star' Renewed For Season 3 On Sky Atlantic

‘Tin Star’ Renewed For Season 3 On Sky Atlantic

Sky Atlantic’s critically acclaimed drama Tin Star has been renewed for a 3rd and final season the broadcaster has announced today.

Season 1 of the drama followed police chief Jim Worth (Tim Roth) who moves to peace and quiet of the remote Rocky Mountains with his beloved wife (Genevieve O’Reilly) and children (Abigail Lawrie), as he finally feels he found the life he was searching for. However, the tranquillity was short-lived as the arrival of huge numbers of workers from a new oil refinery led to a wave of drugs, prostitution, organised crime, and a murder, which hit Jim hard. Season 2 picked up after Jim’s world is left destroyed by the chaos that had followed (and his alcoholic alter ego, Jack Devlin) from the UK, leaving our unlikely hero cut off in the remote Rockies wilderness with his grieving and shell-shocked family struggling to come to terms with their ordeal.

Season 3 will see Tim Roth, Genevieve O’Reilly and Abigail Lawrie return as the Worth family in the final chapter of the trilogy, but with a change of setting. The 6-episode third instalment will go into production later this year and will be set in and around Liverpool, culminating with the Worth family returning to the UK to confront their menacing past.

“We are thrilled to announce a final season of Tin Star,” commented Cameron Roach, Director of Drama at Sky. “The combination of Rowan’s imagination and the central performances led by Tim Roth mark Tin Star as a standout example of British creativity. Returning alongside our original series such as Britannia and Riviera, as well as forthcoming titles Catherine the Great, Little Birds and Gangs of London, we’re demonstrating our commitment to bring ambitious, local, stories with global appeal to Sky customers.”

The final season comes, once again, from leading independent producers Kudos and Gaumont UK and is created by British writer Rowan Joffe. “A show creator and writer’s work is only as good as his team,” adds Joffe. “And I am very grateful to have another chance to write for Tim Roth, Genevieve O’Reilly and Abigail Lawrie – and executive producer Alison Jackson. An awe-inspiring roster of talent and a chance to deliver our best season yet.”

Tin Star series three is the latest in a string of recent commissions as Sky continues to invest in original productions. Forthcoming dramas that will air in 2019 include ‘Catherine The Great’, ‘Chernobyl’, ‘Temple’ and ‘Riviera’ Season 2.

‘Tin Star’ is produced by Kudos, the makers of Broadchurch, Grantchester, Humans and Gunpowder, part of The Endemol Shine Group, and Gaumont UK, the London-based subsidiary of the US Narcos producer. Executive producers are Alison Jackson, Paul Gilbert and Rowan Joffe. The third series of Tin Star has been commissioned for Sky by director of drama Cameron Roach and director of programmes for Sky entertainment UK & Ireland Zai Bennett, and is internationally distributed by Endemol Shine International and Sky Vision.

If you missed ‘Tin Star‘ Seasons 1 and 2 you can catch up now via Sky On Demand and NOW TV.

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