‘COBRA’ Season 3 Begins Production For Sky With Jane Horrocks Joining The Cast
Production has begun production on political drama ‘COBRA‘ Season 3 for Sky, as they announce Jane Horrocks will be joining the cast alongside returning stars Robert Carlyle and Victoria Hamilton.
In ‘Cobra: Rebellion’ (aka Season 3) Sutherland’s (Carlyle) government is faced with their biggest challenge yet, but unlike the previous challenges they have faced, these threats come from much closer to home.
When an unforeseen environmental disaster causes enormous destruction and loss of life, the consequences are far-reaching for the Prime Minister. The subsequent investigation leads Sutherland and his team to realise that all may not be as it appears. Embarking on a quest to discover the truth, they find something disturbing and disruptive underneath.
The crisis spirals to encompass not only the urgent threat of environmental destruction, but also the malignant corruption of the arms industry and the rise of shadowy corporate security firms. The cabinet are faced with the inconvenient reality of the UK’s historic relationship with a global superpower. All these elements combine to lead our Prime Minister to a crucial decision, about who he is personally, and what – ultimately – he is willing to sacrifice in order to remain in power.
The series sees Robert Carlyle return as Prime Minister Robert Sutherland, alongside Victoria Hamilton as Chief of Staff Anna Marshall. Joining the drama is Jane Horrocks (‘Bloods’, ‘Absolutely Fabulous’) who enters the cabinet as the new populist Defence Secretary, Victoria Dalton. Sutherland’s team of dedicated advisers also return including David Haig (‘Killing Eve’) as Foreign Secretary Archie Glover-Morgan, Richard Pepple (‘Gangs of London’) as Home Secretary Joseph Obasi and Marsha Thomason (‘The Bay’) as Francine Bridge, Shadow Environment Secretary.
The third series also sees the return of Lisa Palfrey (‘Chloe’) as Eleanor James, Head of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Lucy Cohu (‘Ripper Street’) as Prime Minister’s wife Rachel Sutherland, and Alexa Davies (‘Dead Pixels’) as Audrey Hemmings, Civil Contingencies Secretariat Officer. Edward Bennett (‘Save Me Too’) also returns as press secretary Peter Mott.
Toby Finlay is lead writer on the series and is joined by James Wood and Rachel Anthony on the writing team. Made by New Pictures, part of All3Media, in association with Sky Studios, COBRA: Rebellion was commissioned by Gabriel Silver, Director of Commissioning, Drama at Sky Studios for Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content, Sky UK. The executive producers are Charlie Pattinson, Toby Finlay, Joe Donaldson, Willow Grylls and Elaine Pyke, and Rebecca Davies is the producer. Samantha Hoyle is the executive producer for Sky.
‘Cobra: Rebellion‘ is coming to Sky Max and streaming service NOW in 2023. If you want to keep track of these or any other shows, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they get a UK premiere date.
