Vigil series 3 begins filming in Arctic Svalbard and Scotland

Filming has begun on the third series of Vigil, the BBC crime drama led by Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie, with production taking place in Svalbard and locations across Scotland. The new six-episode season sends Jones’s DCI Amy Silva and Leslie’s DI Kirsten Longacre to a remote Arctic research station after a member of a covert British special forces mission is found shot dead, triggering an investigation that threatens to spark an international dispute over energy and resources.

The central plot will see Silva and Longacre attempt to identify the killer while preventing an escalation tied to competition for polar resources and protecting their careers and personal relationship. Creators and producers say the series foregrounds themes of climate change and geopolitical tension as melting ice opens new avenues for exploitation. Tom Edge, the show’s creator and returning writer, said the season “grapples with the issues that will define tomorrow’s world: melting ice caps, conflict over resources, energy wars and lives put at risk in pursuit of peace and profits.” Jake Lushington, executive producer for World Productions, described filming in the Arctic landscapes of Svalbard and...