{"id":634953,"date":"2026-09-24T21:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634953\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:34:15","slug":"black-doves-season-two-trailer-keira-knightley-ben-whishaw-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634953\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Doves Season Two Trailer: Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/keira-knightley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_keira-knightley_1\" data-tag=\"keira-knightley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keira Knightley<\/a> is still betraying state secrets to a shadowy organization as Helen Webb, but now she\u2019s the wife of the U.K.\u2019s prime minister as she and best friend Sam (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ben-whishaw\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ben-whishaw_1\" data-tag=\"ben-whishaw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Whishaw<\/a>) battle new enemies in the second-season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/trailer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_trailer_1\" data-tag=\"trailer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trailer<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix_1\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> spy thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/black-doves\/\" id=\"auto-tag_black-doves_1\" data-tag=\"black-doves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Doves<\/a>, which dropped Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs her enigmatic leader (Sarah Lancashire\u2019s Mrs. Reed) at Black Doves gets caught up in a ruthless plot to oust her, Helen and Sam are left by series creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/joe-barton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_joe-barton_1\" data-tag=\"joe-barton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Barton<\/a> to battle another vast conspiracy that could cost them everything, including those they love. \u201cI would like to know who the hell it is I\u2019m risking my life, liberty and freedom for,\u201d Knightley\u2019s spy mom character questions at one point in the trailer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAnd, of course, there are more gunfights and suspense sequences, including with champagne bottles as blunt weapons for Knightley in her second-season return. In fresh season two roles, Ambika Mod (One Day) will play Laila, an \u201cacerbic and anarchic\u201d Black Doves agent sent to assist Helen. Babou Ceesay plays Mr. Conteh, a Black Doves executive. And Sam Riley will play Patrick, who works for a mysterious outfit and offers Sam a lifeline.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BD_201_Unit_02372_RT3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tKeira Knightley as Helen Webb in Black Doves season two.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAndrew Buchan returns as Helen\u2019s politician husband, while Kathryn Hunter, Ella Lily Hyland, Gabrielle Creevy, Agnes O\u2019Casey and Molly Chesworth also reprise their roles from the first season of Black Doves, where the sudden death of Helen\u2019s secret lover (Andrew Koji) sent her and Sam <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/black-doves-trailer-keira-knightley-netflix-christmas-spy-thriller-1236067982\/\">on a mission to find his killer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBarton executive produces Black Doves via his Noisy Bear company. Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry of Sister and Knightley also executive produce, while Callum Devrell-Cameron produces the second season.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BD_203_Unit_00611_RT2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tNeve Campbell as Cecile Mason in Black Doves season two.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatthew Towers\/Netflix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keira Knightley is still betraying state secrets to a shadowy organization as Helen Webb, but now she\u2019s the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[125349,269715,93,61,1042,60,269716,4966,1868,10536,282],"class_list":["post-634953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ben-whishaw","tag-black-doves","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-international","tag-ireland","tag-joe-barton","tag-keira-knightley","tag-netflix","tag-trailer","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}