{"id":21552,"date":"2024-10-11T10:41:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T10:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:41:21","slug":"itv-commissions-more-trigger-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Commissions More Trigger Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned a third season of the bomb disposal series <em>Trigger Point<\/em>, with Vicky McClure to reprise her lead role.<\/p>\n<p>In season three, explosives officer Lana Washington and her team will be called to investigate a bomb threat that soon reveals itself to be the start of a sinister vendetta targeting individuals. Washington and the bomb disposal team will have to race against time to find the bomber before they claim their next victim.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside McClure, Eric Shango (<em>On The Edge<\/em>), Nabil Elouahabi (<em>Blue Lights<\/em>, <em>Unforgotten<\/em>), Natalie Simpson (<em>North Sea Connection<\/em>) and Maanuv Thiara (<em>DI Ray<\/em>, <em>Landscapers<\/em>) will be returning for the third season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Trigger Point<\/em> is produced by Jed Mercurio\u2019s HTM Television. The lead writer for the third season is Chris Brandon (<em>Bloodlands<\/em>), and Jamie Donoghue (<em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>A Discovery of Witches<\/em>) and Audrey Cooke (<em>Trigger Point<\/em>, <em>DI Ray<\/em>) will direct.<\/p>\n<p>Executive producers of the series are Mercurio (<em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>Breathtaking<\/em>), Daniel Walker (<em>The Tourist<\/em>, <em>Boat Story<\/em>), Jessica Sharkey (<em>Breathtaking<\/em>, <em>Derry Girls<\/em>), Brandon and McClure.<\/p>\n<p>The series is produced in association with All3Media International, which handles distribution internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted that <em>Trigger Point<\/em> will be returning for a third series and Vicky McClure will be reprising her role as Lana Washington,\u201d said Polly Hill, head of drama at ITV. \u201cThe whole cast are amazing in this series, and HTM are a great team to work with. There are going to be lots more twists and turns and, of course, explosions in this third series. Viewers are going to love it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to all the <em>Trigger Point<\/em> viewers who have made the series such a success,\u201d Mercurio commented. \u201cThanks to our fantastic crew and brilliant cast led by the amazing Vicky McClure. We\u2019re thrilled ITV, together with All3Media International, have commissioned a third season of twists, turns, bangs and blasts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McClure added, \u201c<em>Trigger Point<\/em> is back! We\u2019re all so excited to get going. Having had such a positive response to the previous two series, we want to make the next series even more exciting, keeping everyone on the edge of their seats whilst getting to know even more about the brilliant characters in the show. Lana is such a complex character to play; it\u2019s a joy for an actor to play a role with as many layers as Lana.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV has commissioned a third season of the bomb disposal series Trigger Point, with Vicky McClure to reprise her lead role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[314,3717,321,3086,5304,8739,7599],"class_list":["post-21552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-all3media-international","tag-htm-television","tag-itv","tag-jed-mercurio","tag-polly-hill","tag-trigger-point","tag-vicky-mcclure","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV Commissions More Trigger Point - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITV Commissions More Trigger Point - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ITV has commissioned a third season of the bomb disposal series Trigger Point, with Vicky McClure to reprise her lead role.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-11T14:41:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-11T14:41:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/10\/ITV-TriggerPoint-1024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/\",\"name\":\"ITV Commissions More Trigger Point - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-11T14:41:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-11T14:41:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-commissions-more-trigger-point\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITV Commissions More Trigger Point\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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