Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw star in the spy thriller series Black Doves, heading to Netflix in December. Here’s the trailer.
Keira Knightley’s latest project is the Netflix spy thriller series Black Doves, which is set at Christmas in London. Netflix has already ordered a second series, such is its level of confidence.
The cast also includes Andrew Buchan, Kathryn Hunter, Sam Troughton, Ella Lily Hyland, Adam Silver, Ken Nwosu, Gabrielle Creevy and Omari Douglas.
The show, due to stream as we’re all opening our Peppa Pig advent calendars in December, is written by Joe Barton, who also wrote the terrific BBC series Giri/Haji.
Watch the trailer below. You know, if you feel like it – we aren’t trying to force you or anything.
Finally, the synopsis reads as follows:
Black Doves follows Helen Webb (Keira Knightley), a quick-witted, down to earth, dedicated wife and mother — and professional spy. For 10 years, she’s been passing on her politician husband’s secrets to the shadowy organisation she works for: the Black Doves. When her secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated, her spymaster, the enigmatic Reed (Sarah Lancashire) calls in Helen’s old friend to keep her safe.
Sam Young (Ben Whishaw) is a suave, Champagne-drinking assassin. But having been out of the game since a failed job with disastrous consequences, he’s come home to a London that has moved on without him. As his past threatens to catch up with him, his task is to protect Helen as she investigates who killed Jason and why. Together, they set off on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy. One that links the murky underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis – and leads them to question the cost of the moral choices they’ve made.
When it comes to Christmas entertainment and Keira Knightley, chances are the first thing to come to mind will be her problematic story in Richard Curtis’ seminal 2003 film Love Actually. In 2021, though, she starred in the festive thriller Silent Night, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
With its festive assassinations and seasonal spycraft, Black Doves is set to offer something rather different this Christmas. And hopefully something less morally questionable than Love, Actually.
Black Doves will stream on Netflix from the 5th December.