Vigil creator Tom Edge is again writing the show, with additional writers for the season, Tom Mair and Eve Hedderwick Turner. Executive producers are Jake Lushington for World Productions, Gaynor Holmes and Stephanie Fyfe for the BBC, and Edge. World Productions is producing in association with its owner, ITV Studios, which has international distribution rights. "I'm grateful to the BBC and World Productions for backing the ambition of a story that takes Vigil to the Arctic," said Edge. Vigil Season 1, in which Jones' Silva was enlisted to solve a murder on a navy submarine in Scottish waters, was BAFTA-nominated and won the International Emmy for Best Drama Series in 2021.