SummaryScottish DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) investigates a death onboard the top-secret British Royal Navy submarine HMS Vigil in this thriller created by Tom Edge. [Premiered originally on BBC One on 29 Aug 2021 and in the US on Peacock on 23 Dec 2021]
Created By:Tom Edge
❮ Vigil
Season 2
Season Premiere:
Dec 10, 2023
Metascore
Generally Favorable
64
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Mixed or Average
5.7
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
64
29% Positive
2 Reviews
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71% Mixed
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Sep 10, 2024
80
I am much preferring Vigil 2: unlike the flatness of its predecessor, there’s a modicum of colour, action and life.
Dec 11, 2023
80
Mainly, it is just a good crime thriller. A pacy opening episode keeps giving us juicy chief suspects, then shows them to be innocent, dead, or both. As the intrigue widens and the body count grows, DCI Silva’s home life turns her into a rounded human.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.7
60% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
10% Mixed
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30% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Feb 13, 2026
5
I started watching the series last week and have seen all of series 1 and I am halfway through series 2 and I have to say my feelings are quite negative regarding the BBC approach to parts of the series. The acting is a little unbelievable because I am ex-forces and know how it works. In series 1, we have DCI Silva wandering around a nuclear submarine without any visible security, especially around the arms and nuclear reactor and missile silos. This just would never happen. It also came to the point where she made suggestions about what may havehappened, which then became what actually happened. Rather unbelievable. Then we have the sexualisation of the series. The DCI has a daughter, but begins a relationship with another woman, a colleague. It was quite graphic in the portrayal of the relationship and the daughter found it quite acceptable. The same happened in series 2, where 2 men are having a relaionship and scenes of same sex kissing in both series, really is unnecessary in my view. I have worked in education and one thing I was told to be very aware of, was the deliberate sexualisation of children and this is exactly what the BBC did. Given the current vile disclosures about Jeffrey Epstein and the endless BBC news reports about how improper his conduct was, why are they doing exaclty the same?Why?
Dec 12, 2023
60
The truth is not that Vigil season 2 necessarily does all that much wrong - it probably works as well as it could have done given the first season's contained plot, and the natural disparity between Scotland and Morocco, which doubles as Wudyan, helps to keep things visually arresting (when not in indiscriminate rooms). .... With other innovative thrillers doing boundary-pushing, genre-bending work - such as The Tourist and Wolf - this new run of Vigil feels bland by comparison.
Dec 11, 2023
60
The second series seems better so far (spoilers ahead), the drama happening in the skies and on dry land, not in the briny depths. But because its main focus is a military attack drone going rogue and killing seven people, much of the dialogue is very “tech nerd”.
Dec 11, 2023
60
It’s not stupidly implausible like series one, although anyone who works in the police/Armed Forces will probably watch with gritted teeth.
Dec 11, 2023
60
Vigil is still a solid, well-acted crime thriller. But I also have a sinking feeling that without its claustrophobic submarine setting, it might have lost its USP.
Dec 11, 2023
40
Terrorism, LGBT+ issues, PTSD: all are thrown into the mix, like blending a variety of, individually nutritious, vegetables to create an undrinkably thick smoothie. Where the first season of Vigil could always fall back on its basic premise – giving its detective no means of escape – this second outing finds it harder to sustain tension.
Jun 28, 2025
2
Stupid people getting into stupid positions over and over again with the stupid bravado. Btw, I loved season 1.




























