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    Black Doves Season 2 Starring Keira Knightley Starts Production in London

    Ambika Mod, Neve Campbell, and more join in on the “guns and champagne.”

    By Stephan Lee
    Nov. 18, 2025

Last Christmas, Black Doves stuffed our stockings full of global intrigue and espionage, courtesy of a sharp-shooting cast led by Keira Knightley. Now the spy thriller series is back in production in and around London with even more stars added to the dossier.

In Season 2, Helen (Knightley) is still betraying her nation’s secrets to the covert organization she serves, the Black Doves. But after the misadventures of last Christmas, and with her husband, Wallace (Andrew Buchan), preparing to become prime minister, she’s walking a more treacherous line than ever. 

As Helen’s enigmatic handler, Mrs. Reed (Sarah Lancashire), is ensnared in a ruthless plot to undermine her position in the Black Doves, Helen is reunited with her best friend, Sam (Ben Whishaw). The once high-end triggerman is now reduced to lonely drinks in Soho bars and low-rate hits. As they search for answers, loyalties are weaponized, trust is shattered, and the fight to protect the people they love could cost everything. With all the explosive wit of Season 1, Helen and Sam’s mission leads them back to old friends and enemies, through the dark decisions and painful sacrifices of their pasts, and right to the heart of the Black Doves. 

Writer, creator, and executive producer Joe Barton tells Netflix, “I couldn’t be more excited to delve back into the world of our murderous little spy family. To have so many [members] of our amazing cast returning and also being able to add some of my absolute favorite actors into the mix is such a great joy. Downing Street will never be the same.”

Also returning from Season 1 are Kathryn Hunter, Ella Lily Hyland, Gabrielle Creevy, Agnes O’Casey, and Molly Chesworth. New additions to the cast include:

  • Ambika Mod (One Day) as Laila, an acerbic and anarchic Black Doves agent sent to help Helen on a mission
  • Babou Ceesay (Alien: Earth) as Mr. Conteh, a Black Doves executive with suspicious motivations
  • Sam Riley (Firebrand) as Patrick, an emissary from a mysterious organization who offers Sam a lifeline
  • Neve Campbell (Scream, The Lincoln Lawyer) as Cecile Mason
  • Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049) as Katia Chernov
  • Goran Kostic (Canary Black, Ant-Man and the Wasp) as Alexi Chernov
  • Samuel Barnett (Lee) as Jerry

Julian Farino (Amadeus, Giri/Haji) and Kieron Hawkes (Red Eye, Fortitude) will direct. 

Anne Mensah, vice president of content at Netflix UK, says, “To say we are overexcited about welcoming the Black Doves team back to Netflix would be an understatement. This is what happens when best-in-class writing meets best-in-class directing and extraordinary acting in a dark alley with guns and champagne. We couldn’t be more thrilled, and we know the Black Doves fandom is waiting!”

Check back to Tudum for more updates about Black Doves Season 2. Stream Season 1 now.

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