TRIGGER POINT

A third series of ITV’s propulsive drama, Trigger Point, starring Vicky McClure as Expo Lana Washington and produced by Jed Mercurios’s HTM Television, returns to the channel this autumn.

Commissioned for ITV by Director of Drama, Polly Hill, Trigger Point follows a team of bomb disposal officers, known as Expos, as they dedicate themselves to keeping the capital safe from explosive devices and terrorist threats.

Series two which aired in 2024, averaged 8.1m viewers and was streamed 30m times on ITVX, making it the second most watched drama on ITV1 that year with Mr Bates vs The Post Office taking the number one slot.

Earlier this year, and following the success of the show, the third series received a special honour when Her Majesty The Queen visited the Trigger Point set and met with the team to mark the start of ITV’s 70th year celebrations.

The new series also sees returning cast members; Eric Shango (On The Edge), Nabil Elouahabi (Blue Lights, Unforgotten), Natalie Simpson (North Sea Connection) and Maanuv Thiara (DI Ray, Landscapers) and guest star Jason Flemyng (Gemma Bovery, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).

The third series comprises of six episodes and sees Lana Washington and her team investigate a bomb threat that soon reveals itself to be the start of a sinister vendetta: someone is targeting individuals and demanding revenge. Working alongside the Police Counterterrorism Unit, the Bomb Disposal Squad race against time to find the bomber before they claim their next victim.