Filming for a new BBC drama that was partly produced in Hunterston has resumed.

Production for the BBC’s six-part thriller Vigil, was suspended earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

However, filming got back underway recently at various sites in Glasgow.

The series, which is made by World Productions who produced Line of Duty and Bodyguard, stars Scottish actors Martin Compston, Rose Leslie and Gary Lewis as well as actress Suranne Jones.

The all-star cast were in Ayrshire at the start of the year to film at the former Hunterston Coal Terminal where a set was built to replicate the naval base at Faslane.

The Herald also understands that production may return to the former coal terminal before production on the programme concludes ahead of broadcast.

Rose Leslie said: “I was weaned on BBC drama and it is thrilling to be back working at a place that feels like home with Tom Edge’s complex and gripping script. It will be a real honour to work with Suranne and I am looking forward to be filming back in Scotland.”

The BBC said that together with independent health and safety consultants, in full consultation with industry partners, and in accordance with all current government guidelines, the Vigil production team will adhere to comprehensive production protocols to ensure that the series is produced in a safe and responsible manner.

The series centres around the mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board a Trident nuclear submarine which brings the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.

Vigil was written and created by BAFTA-nominated and The Crown writer Tom Edge.

He said: “I’m completely thrilled to be making this series with the talented people at World Productions and BBC Drama. The ‘Continuous At Sea Deterrent’, better known as ‘Trident’, has been a contentious part of national life for half a century now, a stock of nuclear missiles kept hundreds of feet below the sea surface. But this has rarely been explored on screen.

“I can’t wait to take a BBC One audience down with us, into the pitch-black icy waters of the unseen Atlantic, where tomorrow’s geopolitical struggles are already being played out.”