Vigil (Complete)

Vigil is a British police procedural television miniseries created by Tom Edge and produced by World Productions. The six-part series commenced on BBC One in August 2021.^[1][2] The show stars Suranne Jones, Martin Compston and Rose Leslie.The plot is in part inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of the FV Gaul.Chief Petty Officer Craig Burke, a member of the crew of a nuclear submarine, dies in an apparent suicide.Vigil Season 1 Download

The police are asked to investigate and DCI Amy Silva is sent to the boat. She begins to think the crewman was murdered, but the captain and other officers disagree.Lieutenant Commander Mark Prentice, the Executive Officer, admits to striking Burke and later finding him dead in his bunk. DCI Silva doubts the blow was fatal and thinks Burke may have been poisoned.Lucy Mangan of The Guardian praised the first episode intriguing, awarding it five stars and called it ‘solid, old-fashioned entertainment’.^[7] The Independent gave the first episode four out of five stars, praising the cast and Edge’s writing.The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the Trident nuclear submarine HMS Vigil brings the police into conflict with the Royal Navy and British security services.Vigil made its compelling debut on BBC One over the Bank Holiday Weekend, beginning with a trawler and its crew being dragged into the watery abyss and a dead body surfacing on a nuclear submarine.Vigil episode one also shocked fans as it opened with Suranne Jones’ DCI Amy Silva being tasked with investigating a surprising death. After arriving on board HMS Vigil, she soon suspected some of its dodgy crew members of murder. However, Paterson Joseph’s enigmatic naval captain Newsome dismisses Silva’s theory before confidentially informing her that HMS Vigil is being stalked by an enemy.Meanwhile, Game of Thrones’ Rose Leslie plays DS Kirsten Longrace, who is conducting an investigation on land that leads her to meet Lauren Lyle’s dangerous character, Jade. The latter came to the fore in Vigil episode two, which proved as shocking as its predecessor.