{"id":357676,"date":"2025-08-19T20:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357676\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:52:13","slug":"tom-hiddleston-lets-slip-the-night-manager-series-two-start-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/357676\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hiddleston lets slip The Night Manager series two start date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During an appearance on The One Show, Tom Hiddleston spoke about the highly anticipated second series of The Night Manager<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Screenshot-2025-08-19-200422.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Hiddleston on The One Show\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Tom Hiddleston on The One Show            (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fans of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>&#8216;s The Night Manager are eagerly waiting for the second series to be released, and it seems there may not be much longer to wait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The six-part spy thriller was released back in 2016 and proved to be a huge hit with TV fans. The series is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by John le Carr\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Tom Hiddleston took on the lead role Jonathan Pine in The Night Manager, and he&#8217;s due to star in both the second and third <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/tv-drama\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During an appearance on BBC&#8217;s<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/the-one-show\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> The One Show<\/a> on Tuesday (19 August), Tom hinted at when fans can expect the second season of The Night Manager as hosts Roman Kemp and Clara Amfo read out comments from viewers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_Screenshot-2025-08-19-200437.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Hiddleston on The One Show\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Tom opened up about the second series of The Night Manager            (Image: BBC)READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/lifestyle\/tv\/bbc-series-riot-women-teaser-32307746\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"32307746\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC shares first look at new drama featuring Beyond Paradise and Downton Abbey stars<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/lifestyle\/tv\/big-news-gavin--stacey-32306686\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"32306686\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big news for Gavin &amp; Stacey fans as special gets another awards nod<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Tom, appearing on The One Show with his The Life of Chuck co-stars Karen Gillan and Mark Hamill, was told that somebody had tweeted the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> show to share their excitement about The Night Manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Staring at the camera, the actor cheekily exclaimed: &#8220;Coming soon!&#8221; before grinning at Roman and Clara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Last year, it was announced The Night Manager had been commissioned for a second and third series by the BBC and Amazon Prime Video, with Tom confirming he would be reprising his role in the upcoming series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Further details have largely been kept under wraps, but the second series will be picking up where the first left off, despite the many years between the two seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Night Manager tells the story of Jonathan, a night manager of a luxury hotel in Cairo and a former British soldier. He is recruited by Angela, played by Olivia Colman, who is the manager of a Foreign Office task force investigating illegal arms sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She tasks Jonathan with infiltrating the inner circle of arms dealer Richard Roper, portrayed by Hugh Laurie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_night-manager.jpg\" alt=\"The Night Manager\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The Night Manager is returning with a second series           (Image: BBC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Previously talking about returning to The Night Manager for a new series, Tom said: &#8220;The first series of The Night Manager was 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;m so looking forward to reuniting with Simon and Stephen Cornwell, David Farr and Stephen Garrett, and to working with Georgi Banks-Davies to tell the next chapter of our story. I can\u2019t wait.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">The One Show airs on weekdays on BBC One at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During an appearance on The One Show, Tom Hiddleston spoke about the highly anticipated second series of The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,42066,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-357676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-the-one-show","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115057417906825176","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}