Get ready to dive back into the world of spies, because Black Doves Season 2 is happening.
We have lived in a world that is filled with excellent spy shows, and now Black Doves has joined that list with a fun story and incredible action sequences that earned it a Season 2 renewal. It was one of the most popular Netflix shows for a time – until it got knocked down like all shows do, but now it’s going to continue the story when the second season comes along.
But, what could it be about? Here is what we know so far – and what you should know, too.
What Is The Black Doves Release Date?
At the time of updating this, in March 2025, there is no set premiere date for Black Doves Season 2. Netflix Tudum did confirm the second season is happening, but we do not have an idea of when it will come out on one of the best streaming platforms. I personally don’t think there’s even a chance it’ll come out as part of the 2025 TV schedule, since filming has not even begun – as we’ll get into below.
The Black Doves Season 2 Cast
While nothing has been confirmed yet regarding the cast for Black Doves Season 2, here is who we can expect to see again:
- Keira Knightley as Helen Webb (née Dawson)
- Ben Whishaw as Sam Young
- Sarah Lancashire as Reed
- Andrew Buchan as Wallace Webb
- Andrew Koji as Jason Davies
- Omari Douglas as Michael
I’m sure that as time goes on, we’ll get more updates regarding the cast - as well as any new cast members that join.
What Is Black Doves Season 2 About?
While plot details aren’t confirmed, we do have some idea of where the creator, Joe Barton, wants the show to go from an interview that he did with The Hollywood Reporter in December 2024. A major thing is that he wishes for Michael (Omari Douglas), Sam’s ex-boyfriend, to come back and shake things up a bit:
I love the character, and I love writing for Omari, who’s just such a brilliant actor. He and Ben have brilliant chemistry. It is like, if he knows what’s good for him he’d definitely stay away from Sam. But maybe he doesn’t.
He also commented that while he would love for the show to always be a “Christmas” series, Season 2 will most likely not take place around the holidays:
If it was down to me, I’d probably set everything at Christmas. I just like writing about it. But no, I think mostly because of schedules and release, to have something ready for next Christmas would be impossible. And then you’d be in a situation where we’d have to make people wait two years for the Christmas after that, which should just be too long. So I think inevitably it’s not going to be a Christmas show. But it’ll be interesting to see them out of their winter coats.
The one thing that felt like it was missing from Black Doves as a spy show was sort of the person who was overseeing everything and always one step ahead – the big villain, if you will. Barton commented on this, saying that in Season 2, that’s one of his goals – to make sure Helen and Sam face someone like that:
Well, one of the things I felt watching the first series was that Sam and Helen, they don’t really [have] a Moriarty. They don’t have the big bad. Tracey Ullman comes in and there’s a great scene in that, but she only comes in at the end and there’s a reveal, and then she’s gone. One of the things I think would be really fun to do is actually to give them a proper onscreen antagonist, a proper villain for them to have to deal with. So that’s big on my list of things for series two.
Now all we can do is wait to see what happens next – and what kind of big bad there will be.
Filming Will Not Begin For Some Time
I’m sure it’s not too surprising considering the show only just came out in December 2024, but filming for Black Doves Season 2 is a ways out. In an interview that Ben Whishaw did with Collider in January 2025, he admitted that they were months away from shooting, at least six or seven, because the story hasn’t been completely written yet.
With that in mind, it’ll be some time before we get a filming update.
What are you excited about the most when it comes to Black Doves Season 2? I need to watch all of Keira Knightley's best movies to bide my time for it – or until we at least get more updates.
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