Peacock's 'Trigger Point' Renewed for Season 2 & Adds to Cast

Trigger Point was one of several British acquisitions picked up by Peacock in 2022 to expand its footprint in the streaming world. Had the streaming service a better edge in the market, the series could've been the breakthrough title the struggling service needed. Unfortunately, it didn't make enough waves with Season 1. Still, Trigger Point, which comes from Line Of Duty's Jed Mercutio, has a second chance to make a first impression on American viewers, with ITV renewing the series for another round of episodes.

The series stars Vicky McClure, one of Line of Duty's longtime stars, in her own series as Lana Washington, an ex-military bomb disposal operative. An Afghan War veteran, she brings her training to the Expos, the top bomb disposal squad of Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism unit in London. Much like other Mercurtio-produced series, like Netflix's Bodyguard, PBS' DI Ray, and Peacock's other thriller, Vigil, this follows the thrill-a-minute edge-of-your-seat formula with the squad facing a "case of the season" to solve over six one-hour episodes.

Season 1 of Trigger Point introduced Washington to the Expo team and her partner Joel Nutkins (Adrian Lester), who is killed in short order. The terrorist bombing that takes his life also kills Vicky's brother Billy before she finally tracks down that the devices are being planted by an old friend from Afghanistan, Karl Mcguire (Warren Brown), as revenge for the coverup of an ambush. His aim was kill Labour leader Aleysha Campbell-Khan (Salima Saxton), who he blamed for the coverup. Maguire was taken down as the series ended, with Washington and her team called in to explain themselves.