RED EYE: TEASER TRAILER AND LAUNCH DATE CONFIRMED FOR SECOND SERIES OF ITV THRILLER

ITV’s propulsive thriller takes flight again in January with Jing Lusi reprising her role as DS Hana Li for a new investigation alongside guest star Martin Compston.

Joining Jing and Martin in the highly pressurised rollercoaster world of Red Eye: Crimson Icarus are Lesley Sharp and Jemma Moore who also return as Head of MI5 Madeline Delaney and journalist Jess Li.

Inside the US Embassy, the celebrations for a newly-appointed US Ambassador to London are shattered when a call threatening to blow a British plane out of the sky if anyone leaves triggers an immediate embassy lockdown and traps guests and staff inside.

That’s when the murders begin, landing Hana Li, as a British cop, in a political and jurisdictional nightmare. Compelled to join forces with the Head of Embassy Security, Clay Brody, played by Martin Compston, a former colleague who once screwed her over, Hana has to see her way past her distrust of him and focus on the investigation... because this time it’s personal.

The plane that will be blown up is a government jet and Director General Madeline Delaney is onboard. With a killer wreaking havoc inside the Embassy and evading them at every turn, Hana and Brody must discover who is behind the treacherous plot before time runs out for the hostages within the Embassy and the passengers on board Delaney’s plane.

Commissioned by ITV’s Director of Drama Polly Hill, the high-octane drama launched last year with audiences in excess of eight million viewers and 29.3 million streams on ITVX, making Red Eye one of ITV’s top-ten dramas of 2024.

Red Eye returns New Year's Day on ITV1 and ITVX.