TVTV NewsBBC1BBC Vigil is looking very different this time around with DCI Amy Silva taking a backseat.Hayley Anderson Screen Time TV Reporter09:03, 31 Aug 2026Vigil season three BBC trailerVigil’s creator has revealed the underlying reason DI Kirsten Longacre has been flown out to Svalbard.‌Vigil is back for season three on BBC One with another complex international murder investigation to crack after a British soldier on an undercover mission is killed.‌For the first two series, DCI Amy Silver (played by Suranne Jones) has headed up the missions and travelled across the world, but it’s a different story for series two.‌Instead, her wife DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) has been chosen to fly out to Svalbard, Norway, making it a very full-on first day after returning from maternity leave.But BBC Vigil creator Tom Edge has teased that not all is as it seems regarding who MI5 recruited for this mission.‌Edge explained: “There is a practical reason for Kirsten to be assigned the foreign-soil gig; they need the investigation to appear low-key. Sending a DCI - especially one with Amy's track-record - would risk announcing the UK's interests.“But as the series progresses it may be that there is a more strategic reason at play as to why Kirsten is selected over Amy…”Edge then went on to share what impact choosing Kirsten over Amy is going to have on the happy couple.‌“This choice is discomforting for both Amy and Kirsten. Kirsten doesn't want to let Amy down; Amy struggles not to micromanage from afar.“The choice exposes issues of trust, ambition and power-imbalances between them just as Kirsten's maternity leave comes to an end, a threshold that already prompts questions of career and family life balance.”Article continues belowThe second episode of Vigil season three is scheduled to air this evening, Monday, August 31, with the rest of the series expected to air on Sundays and Mondays.Vigil is available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌BBC1Suranne Jones