Prime Video Unveils Official Trailer and Launch Date for the Second Series of The Rig

Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire, Martin Compston, Rochenda Sandall, Mark Addy and cast attend special screening in Edinburgh

Series Two of the UK Original will launch exclusively on Prime Video worldwide on January 2nd, 2025

Prime Video has unveiled the official trailer and launch date for the second series of the highly-anticipated thriller, The Rig. The six-part UK Original series, filmed at First Stage Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland, will premiere globally on Prime Video January 2, 2025. The cast were reunited at a special screening this morning at The Everyman in Edinburgh.

The series will include returning cast members Iain Glen (Game of Thrones), Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Emily Hampshire (Schitt's Creek), Rochenda Sandall (Criminal: UK), Owen Teale (Game of Thrones), Mark Addy (Game of Thrones), Molly Vevers (The Spanish Princess), Abraham Popoola (Cruella), Nikhil Parmar (Foundation) and Stuart McQuarrie (Des), alongside new faces Ross Anderson (The Last Kingdom), Phil McKee (Deadwater Fell), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (The Queen's Gambit), Johannes Roaldsen Fürst (Hvite gutter) and Alice Krige (Star Trek).

At the event Martin Compston shares "It's been one of the greatest jobs to have been part of" and tells the audience "I really think this new series has stepped up this time, and I can't wait for everyone to see it."

The second series of The Rig sees the surviving crew of the Kinloch Bravo arrive at a new secret offshore facility called the Stac, nestled deep in the extraordinary and deadly landscapes of the Arctic Circle. Here, the trapped crew must deal with the emotional and physical fallout of the devastating tsunami that destroyed the Bravo, and contend with swirling conspiracies, corporate conflicts, and new threats from the dark depths of the world's ocean. The second series will continue exploring global themes - weaving together the past, present, and future of the planet while taking the viewer to spectacular environments and drawing on the frontiers of cutting-edge ocean technology - including the controversial world of deep sea mining.

The series is produced by Wild Mercury Productions (part of Banijay UK), written by David Macpherson and directed by John Strickland (Line of Duty, Bodyguard) and Alex Holmes (The Letter for the King). The executive producers are Derek Wax, David Macpherson, and John Strickland. The series producer is Suzanne Reid, and the co-producer is Matt Brown.

Prime members will be able to watch all episodes of The Rig series two anywhere and anytime on the Prime Video app for smart TVs, mobile devices, Fire TV, Fire TV stick, Fire tablets, games consoles, on Virgin's V6 TV Box, the Talk Talk TV set top box, Apple TV, Chromecast, BT TV or online at www.amazon.co.uk/primevideo. In the Prime Video app, Prime members can download episodes on their mobile devices and tablets and watch anywhere offline at no additional cost. Prime Video is available in the UK and Ireland at no extra cost to a Prime membership for just £8.99 a month or £95 per year. New customers can find out more at amazon.co.uk/prime and subscribe to a free 30-day trial.

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About Wild Mercury

Wild Mercury (a Banijay UK company) was set up by Managing Director, Derek Wax, to develop and produce bold, irreverent, imaginative stories for UK and US broadcasters, in creative collaboration with the most original writers working in drama and comedy. Alongside the first series of The Rig, which is currently on Amazon Prime, their true crime mini-series, The Sixth Commandment, written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Saul Dibb, launched last year on BBC One as a co-production with True Vision, to great critical acclaim. In 2024, the series won Best Limited Series at the BAFTA and RTS awards, as well as awards for lead and supporting cast members Timothy Spall and Eanna Hardwicke and the writers. The show also received two nominations for the International Emmys, with Timothy Spall winning Best Actor. Wild Mercury's new mini-series Fear, also for Prime Video and filmed in Glasgow earlier this year, stars Martin Compston and Anjli Mohindra and is now in post production. Earlier Wild Mercury productions include Troy: Fall of a City for BBC and Netflix, and Humans for Channel 4 and AMC, both co-productions with Kudos.