The Doctor Foster actress plays a police detective investigating a suspicious death aboard a submarine. <\/p>
Suranne Jones (Gentleman Jack) has described her upcoming BBC One submarine drama Vigil<\/a> as a \u201cboys-y\u201d thriller, \u201cbut with two female leads\u201d.<\/p>\n In the star-studded Vigil cast<\/a>, Jones plays lead character DCI Amy Silva, who boards the titular submarine to investigate a suspicious death.<\/p>\n Speaking at the BFI & Radio Times screening for Vigil, Jones explained that the gripping drama, co-starring Game of Thrones\u2019 Rose Leslie, combines fast-paced action with a slow-burn romantic story told in flashbacks.<\/p> She explained: \u201cA backstory of a relationship, that\u2019s quite a tricky thing to fully realise, especially on its own, but [in later episodes]\u2026 it becomes full. So I think that, you know, it\u2019s a full show, as in it\u2019s a boys-y kind of thriller, but with two female leads that are part of it \u2013 it has a romantic story. And it has that element of the thrills that come through to the last episode, [which] are amazing. And quite shocking. So it\u2019s got it. It\u2019s a really bold task.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking at the same event, creator Tom Edge said that he deliberately chose a female detective as his lead character, as he hoped to emphasise Amy Silva\u2019s \u201coutsider\u201d status in the \u201ctraditionally very male world\u201d of a submarine.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this show, we wanted a character who is made to feel like an outsider, and the truth of these submarines is that it\u2019s often half a dozen women and a lot of men, and they\u2019re traditionally very male worlds as well. So, for a female detective to step into that space, there is a novelty, even with the female officers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The first two episodes of Vigil will air over the bank holiday on\u00a0Sunday 29th August and\u00a0Monday 30th August at\u00a09pm on BBC One\u00a0and\u00a0BBC iPlayer.\u00a0The remaining episodes will air each week on Sunday from then onwards.<\/strong><\/p>\n While you\u2019re waiting, check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our <\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Doctor Foster actress plays a police detective investigating a suspicious death aboard a submarine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3593,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/suranne-jones-says-vigil-is-a-boys-y-thriller-but-with-two-female-leads.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/suranne-jones-says-vigil-is-a-boys-y-thriller-but-with-two-female-leads-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/suranne-jones-says-vigil-is-a-boys-y-thriller-but-with-two-female-leads-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/suranne-jones-says-vigil-is-a-boys-y-thriller-but-with-two-female-leads.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/suranne-jones-says-vigil-is-a-boys-y-thriller-but-with-two-female-leads.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/suranne-jones-says-vigil-is-a-boys-y-thriller-but-with-two-female-leads.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/suranne-jones-says-vigil-is-a-boys-y-thriller-but-with-two-female-leads.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Doctor Foster actress plays a police detective investigating a suspicious death aboard a submarine.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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