‘Departure’ Season 3 Gets August UK Premiere Date On Sky Witness
Award-winning drama series ‘Departure‘ will crash back onto UK screens this August, with Archie Panjabi returning in the lead, alongside Kris Holden-Ried, and now comes with added Eric McCormack.
In season one, the Transport Safety and Investigations Bureau, which uncovers the truth about various travel crashes, dealt with a plane crash. Season two dealt with a catastrophic train accident. Season three heads out onto the water, after things go wrong on a ferry.
Over 500 passengers are aboard The Queen of the Narrows, destined for St. John’s Newfoundland. For many, this is an adventure of a lifetime with whale watching and iceberg sightings along the way. A beautiful evening on board begins to turn as the ferry enters stormy weather. Within a few hours, a loud bang is reported throughout the vessel, throwing passengers into panic, who clamour to reach lifeboats as the ferry begins to take on water with alarming speed. What unfolds is an unimaginable nightmare with serious loss of life as the ship sinks in record time.
The investigation team, led by Kendra Malley (Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife) and Dominic Hayes (Kris Holden-Ried – Clarice) begin to unravel the many parts of the investigation, all in search of one answer: why did the Queen of the Narrows sink so quickly? Returning to the team this season is Mark Rendall (ReGenisis) with Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Jake Weber (American Gothic), Patrick Sabongui (Homeland), Cihang Ma (Hudson & Rex), Brit MacRae (Hidden Springs) and Savonna Spracklin (Tribal) joining the cast this season.
‘Departure’ Season Three is a Shaftesbury Production, in Association with Corus Entertainment, Starlings Television and Red Arrow Studios International. The series is directed by Canadian Screen Award winner, T.J. Scott (Orphan Black, Star Trek: Discovery), who is also one of the series executive producers. ‘Departure’ is created by Vincent Shiao with Jackie May serving as showrunner.
Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie and Archie Panjabi are Departure’s executive producers, joined by Paul Pope, Jackie May, Vincent Shiao and T.J. Scott. Patrick Cassavetti is the series producer. Executive producing for Starlings are Chris Philip and Karine Martin, along with Propagate Content’s Ben Silverman; Red Arrow Studios International’s Tim Gerhartz and Rodrigo Herrera Ibarguengoytia; and Sleeping Giant’s David A. Stern and D. Matt Geller.
‘Departure‘ Season 3 premieres Wednesday, 2nd August 2023 at 9pm on Sky Witness in the UK.
