ITV has released a “first look” image of ‘Red Eye‘ Season 2, which sees Jing Lusi reprise her role as DS Hana Li, joined by new guest lead, Martin Compston, along with revealing some additional casting.
Season one of the drama starred Richard Armitage as a doctor returning to the UK from a medical conference in Beijing, only to find himself arrested at Heathrow for the murder of a woman who was in the car he crashed. Despite his protests that he was driving alone, Nolan is sent back China to face charges, escorted by DS Li. However, when people start dying on the plane, Li begins to suspect foul play, and Nolan might actually be telling the truth.
ITV are not giving much away about the plot of season two, other than saying that Lusi’s DS Hana Li and Martin Compston’s character must set aside past differences to solve a new high-stakes conspiracy.
Much like Compston’s other show, ‘Line Of Duty‘, ‘Red Eye’ looks to be bringing in a big guest name lead for a season, whilst retaining some of the other key cast. Alongside Lusi and Compston, Lesley Sharp reprises her role as Head of MI5, Madeline Delaney, and Jemma Moore returns as journalist Jess Li. Also returning are Jonathan Aris (His Dark Materials, The End of the F***ing World) as MI6 intelligence officer John Tennant, Robert Guilbert (Killing Eve, Bergerac), Cash Holland (The Completely Made Up Adventures of Duck Turpin, Out of Her Mind) and Steph Lacey (Doctor Who, Stay Close).
Other new cast this season include Isaura Barbe-Brown (Guilt, The Gold), Nicholas Rowe (The Crown, A Spy Among Friends), Danusia Samal (The Great, Ghost in the Shell), Trevor White (Industry, I Hate Susie) and Guy Williams (The White Princess, London Has Fallen).
‘Red Eye’ Season 2 will be produced by Chris May. Julie Gardner, Peter A Dowling and Lachlan MacKinnon will again serve as executive producers and Kieron Hawkes returns to direct episodes 1-3, with Camilla Strøm Henriksen directing episodes 4-6. The series consists of six new episodes written by Peter A Dowling, with Jingan Young returning to write an episode.
‘Red Eye‘ Season 2 does not have a premiere date yet but will air on ITVX and ITV1. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
