First Look: Olivia Colman and Tom Hiddleston Reunite in The Night Manager Season 2
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Last Updated on November 5, 2025 by Stefanie Hutson
Tom Hiddleston is back in a suit, a new alias, and just enough trouble to ruin an otherwise quiet life. The BBC and Prime Video have released first look images from season 2 of The Night Manager, and Jonathan Pine is clearly not done with the shadow world yet.
A quick refresher: what is The Night Manager?
Based on John le Carré’s novel, the first season followed hotel night manager Jonathan Pine, a former British soldier who was recruited by intelligence officer Angela Burr to infiltrate the inner circle of arms dealer Richard Roper. What began as a discreet undercover operation turned into a high-stakes game that took Pine from luxury resorts to private islands, testing how far he would go and what kind of man he wanted to be.
The series mixed glamour with moral rot: immaculate villas, five-star hotels and private jets set against torture rooms, back-channel arms deals, and compromised officials. Hiddleston’s Pine tried to stay cool and contained while Olivia Colman’s Burr fought to keep the operation alive inside a system that did not always want it to succeed.
Where season 2 picks up
Season 2 moves beyond le Carré’s original story. It is set eight years after the events of the first series. Pine is now living under a new identity as Alex Goodwin, a low-profile MI6 officer running a small surveillance unit in London. His work is steady and uneventful, and he seems to have buried his past.
That calm ends when he spots a familiar face: a mercenary from Roper’s old network. The sighting drags him back into the field and into contact with a new figure, Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos, whose operation sits at the intersection of arms, money, and political instability.
Pine’s route into Teddy’s world runs through Roxana Bolaños, a businesswoman who reluctantly agrees to help him get close to the Colombian network. Before long, Pine is in Colombia, threading his way through an arms pipeline and the training of a guerrilla force. The stakes are national rather than personal, but the tools are the same: false identities, half-truths, and the constant question of who can be trusted. As the plot widens and loyalties shift, Pine is forced to decide how far he is willing to go to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilise a country.
Who is back and who is new?
Hiddleston returns as Jonathan Pine, older, more controlled, but still carrying the weight of what happened in Season 1. Olivia Colman also returns as Angela Burr, the intelligence officer who first recruited Pine and who remains one of the few people who truly understands what he has done in the past.
Other returning faces include Alistair Petrie as Sandy Langbourne, Douglas Hodge as Whitehall figure Rex Mayhew, Michael Nardone as Frisky, and Noah Jupe as Daniel Roper, whose childhood was shaped by his father’s involvement with Roper’s network. Their presence links the new story back to the fallout of that first operation.
Season 2 also brings in a new set of key players. Diego Calva plays Teddy Dos Santos, the Colombian businessman whose dealings draw Pine out of the office and back into danger. Camila Morrone appears as Roxana Bolaños, whose own position and choices are central to Pine’s attempt to enter Teddy’s world. Indira Varma joins as Mayra, Paul Chahidi as Basil, and Hayley Squires as Sally, rounding out the mix of allies, rivals, and unknown quantities around Pine.
Who is behind the new series?
Season 2 is created and executive produced by David Farr, who worked on the original series and now extends the story beyond le Carré’s novel. All four episodes are directed by BAFTA winner Georgi Banks-Davies, giving the new run a single visual and tonal through line.
The series is produced by The Ink Factory in association with Character 7, Demarest Films, 127 Wall and Nostromo Pictures. Executive producers include Stephen and Simon Cornwell, Michele Wolkoff and Tessa Inkelaar for The Ink Factory, Stephen Garrett for Character 7, Joe Tsai and Arthur Wang for 127 Wall, Adrián Guerra for Nostromo Pictures, Georgi Banks-Davies, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, William D. Johnson for Demarest Films, Nick Cornwell for John le Carré’s estate, Susanne Bier, Chris Rice for FIFTH SEASON, and Gaynor Holmes for the BBC.
When and where will you be able to watch it?
In the UK, The Night Manager season 2 will air on BBC One and stream on BBC iPlayer, with a six-episode run confirmed. For viewers in North America, the new season will stream on Amazon Prime Video, which is co-producing the series with the BBC. A US premiere date has not yet been announced, but with first look images now released and production well under way, more detailed timing should follow.
In the meantime, season 1 is available to stream HERE, making this a great time to meet Jonathan Pine for the first time or revisit how his story began before he steps back into the field.
