First Look At The Night Manager’s Return After A Decade

It’s been almost a whole decade since The Night Manager first aired on BBC One in February 2016, quickly growing into one of the 2010s’ landmark shows across the globe. Let’s put that into numbers: 36 award nominations and 11 wins at top ceremonies, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes – plus a whopping 10 million Brits tuning into the finale in March 2016.

Starring Tom Hiddleston at peak-fame as former British agent Jonathan Pine, the stellar cast included Olivia Colman, Hugh Laurie and Tom Hollander, with the former two set to reprise their roles in the long-awaited return of the drama (RIP Dicky and Corky). First announced in April 2024, the reprisal is all thanks to a new partnership between the BBC and Prime Video, bringing the spy thriller back to our screens for not just one more season, but two.

With fresh pictures from the drama now revealed, here’s everything we know so far.

The Night Manager Season 2: Everything We Know So Far

First, a quick recap. Based on John Le Carré’s 1993 novel of the same name (his first post-Cold War novel), The Night Manager centres on ex-soldier Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston) now working as, you guessed it, the night manager of a luxury hotel. The first series opens in Cairo, where Pine is recruited by Foreign Office task force manager Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) to infiltrate the inner circle of high-profile arms dealer Dicky Roper (Hugh Laurie).

Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine & Hugh Laurie as Dicky Roper in The Night Manager Series 1. (BBC)

Four years after his mission ends on a tragic note, Pine has relocated to a luxury ski hotel in Zermatt, Switzerland. One day he is tasked with taking care of some late-arriving guests, who turn out to be Dicky and his entourage, including his new mistress Jemima ‘Jed’ Marshall (The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki), whom Pine later becomes entangled with. Pine contacts Burr to provide intelligence stolen from Dicky, but insisting he wants no part in the case. Naturally Burr convinces Pine to help – and thus begins his undercover mission infiltrating Dicky’s circle.

There was a conclusive, explosive ending to the show, so why are we returning to Pine’s world? Series creator David Farr says the decision was not taken lightly, telling the BBC ‘an idea came to me a couple of years ago which felt truthful to that unique world of dark corners and shady identities’. Farr worked closely with Le Carré to create the first series, but the author sadly died in December 2020 and so hasn’t been involved with the return.

Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine and Elizabeth Debicki as Jed in The Night Manager Series 1. (BBC)

‘No one marries the suspense of espionage with a deep exploration of the human soul quite like le Carré,’ Farr says. ‘I hope that in some way we can pay homage to his uneasy genius in this new exploration.’

Hiddleston has called the first series of The Night Manager ‘one of the most creatively fulfilling projects I have ever worked on’: ‘The depth, range and complexity of Jonathan Pine was, and remains, a thrilling prospect,’ he added. So what’s in store for series 2?

Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

What Will Happen In Series 2?

Le Carré didn’t actually write a sequel to The Night Manager – and the BBC has confirmed it is going rogue, creating new drama based on the author’s original characters. Now living as Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London, we rejoin Pine eight years after Series 1’s explosive finale. After all of that commotion, Pine’s life is comfortingly uneventful – that is until a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary brings Pine into contact with a violent new foe: Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva).

A perilous journey takes Pine to Colombia, where he meets businesswoman Roxana Bolaños (Camila Morrone) who reluctantly helps him infiltrate a new circle: Teddy’s arms operation. Plunging head first back into the shady world of arms dealing, Pine finds himself entangled with the training of a guerilla army and a plot to destabilise a nation.

Take a peek at the action in our first look pictures below.

First Look

Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine, Camila Morrone as Roxana & Diego Calva as Teddy in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

Diego Calva as Teddy in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

Camila Morrone as Roxana in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

Indira Varma as Mayra in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

Olivia Colman as Angela Burr in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

Camila Morrone as Roxana in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

It promises to be a thrilling ride – and we already know the Series 2 finale will not be the end of the road. That’s right: the BBC and Amazon Prime Video have already confirmed The Night Manager will return for a third season, too.

Who Will Star?

It’s a heady mix of new and returning stars in The Night Manager Series 2, but here are the headlines: Tom Hiddleston will return as Jonathan Pine, joined by Olivia Colman as Angela Burr, Alistair Petrie as Sandy Langbourne, Douglas Hodge as Rex Mayhew and Michael Nardone as Frisky. The presumed-dead Dicky’s son Daniel Roper is also set to return to our screens, with Noah Jupe – only around 10 years old when the first series launched – reprising his breakout role.

They will be joined by newcomers in the form of Diego Calva as Colombian arms dealer Teddy and Daisy Jones & The Six star Camila Morrone as Roxana. Also joining the cast are Indira Varma, Paul Chahidi and Hayley Squires.

The full cast we know so far includes:

• Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine
• Olivia Colman as Angela Burr
• Diego Calva as Teddy
• Camila Morrone as Roxana
• Alistair Petrie as Sandy Langbourne
• Douglas Hodge as Rex Mayhew
• Michael Nardone as Frisky
• Noah Jupe as Daniel Roper
• Indira Varma as Mayra
• Paul Chahidi as Basil
• Hayley Squires as Sally

That’s right: sadly no Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander or Elizabeth Debicki.

Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine in The Night Manager Series 2. (Ink Factory/BBC)

Release Date

Still no official news just yet, but we’re told The Night Manager Series 2 will premiere in early 2026. Stay tuned for more.

Stream all episodes of The Night Manager Series 1 on BBC iPlayer.

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