{"id":41466,"date":"2023-12-10T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1938899"},"modified":"2023-12-10T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T10:32:42","slug":"vigil-boss-says-suranne-joness-amy-butts-heads-with-new-character","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/vigil-boss-says-suranne-joness-amy-butts-heads-with-new-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil boss says Suranne Jones\u2019s Amy \u2018butts heads\u2019 with new character"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s tension on the horizon for DCI Silva. <\/p>

By Freya Beard\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 10 December 2023 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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The follow-up to BBC One\u2019s naval-based thriller series Vigil<\/a>\u00a0promises new opposition for Suranne Jones\u2019s DCI Amy Silva.<\/p>\n

Season 1 saw her grappling with her PTSD from the tragic car accident that led to the death of her boyfriend and in turn slowly developing feelings for her colleague DI Longacre (Rose Leslie).<\/p>\n

We see the pair tenderly embrace at the end of the first season in a moment that is a collective exhale for the audience following the pacy action of the final episode.<\/p>\n

The new season, set at a Scottish military base following a spate of suspicious deaths, promises a new challenge to Silva\u2019s authority in the form of Squadron Leader, Eliza Russell (Romola Garai)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When interviewed about the upcoming second season, executive producer Jake Lushington told press including RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201c(In season 1) there had been a lot of butting heads with all the boys on the submarine\u2026 we were really interested in seeing a different clash between two female characters who both thought they should be a challenge. And that reflected some of the things that were going on between the two protagonists.\u201d<\/p>

Season 1\u2019s pressurised, closed-vesselled setting enhances viewers\u2019 sense of the oppressive, claustrophobic atmosphere in the aftermath of Chief Petty Officer Craig\u2019s (Martin Compston) death.<\/p>\n

Yet, further discussing season 2, Lushington commented on how the contrasting open space setting creates a more nuanced paranoid atmosphere: \u201cThis season, they\u2019re very exposed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in big landscapes with things in the sky\u2026 there\u2019s a line that Eliza says to Amy, \u2018It\u2019s different from being in a submarine, here you are in plain sight and everybody\u2019s watching what you do, the regime\u2019s watching, you can cause a diplomatic incident in a second\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that level of exposure in terms of frailty, vulnerability, sort of infects the whole season if you like. So that\u2019s what\u2019s great is that the domain leads you to themes.\u201d<\/p>\n