The Rig

The Rig follows a group of workers on a remote oil rig in Scotland who face supernatural forces.

[Amazon Prime ](/latest/amazon-prime)Video and it tells the story of a group of oil rig workers who are due to return to the [Scottish ](/latest/scotland)mainland. The VFX [team] do the most incredible job. "Everything that you see is real, apart from the sea. Express.co.uk has all you need to know about where the [TV ](/latest/tv-radio)series was filmed. "I was pre-hypothermic at one point. Where is The Rig filmed?

Annie Murphy was delighted her former co-star Emily Hampshire would be working with the Line of Duty actor on Prime's The Rig.

Emily continued: ‘Yeah, I think it was a perfect storm of stuff. ‘And then lockdown happened and they were forced to watch it. ‘She was going crazy over him. But I do think it’s a show that requires binging in the way that you have to be introduced to this family and then you learn to love them.’ [Schitt’s Creek](https://metro.co.uk/tag/schitts-creek/) star Annie Murphy struggled to contain her excitement when she learned Emily Hampshire was starring opposite [Martin Compston](https://metro.co.uk/tag/martin-compston/) in The Rig. Emily has confessed she has never watched the BBC’s blockbuster crime drama about weeding out bent coppers, but Annie was apparently beside herself when she knew the LOD star was also cast in The Rig.

Iain Glen and Rochenda Sandall spoke exclusively with RadioTimes.com about the new Prime Video thriller. Iain Glen in The Rig. Amazon Studios.

[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article). He continued: "So what we’re doing is messing up the planet and we know that, and most people have owned up to that now in the age that we live. [TV Guide](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/) or [Streaming Guide](https://www.radiotimes.com/streaming-guide/) visit our dedicated [Drama](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/) hub. What it tries to do is set a story that is horribly plausible. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the [Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast](https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/podcasts/). [terms and conditions](https://www.immediate.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/) and [privacy policy](https://policies.immediate.co.uk/privacy/). ["full of action and thrills"](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/martin-compston-the-rig-epic-newsupdate/), it is also "talking about our relationship with the planet and the effect that we're having on it". [try Amazon Prime Video for free for 30 days](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/offers?tag=radtim0b-21&ascsubtag=radiotimes-1764444). [Line of Duty](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/line-of-duty-season-7-release-date/)), who plays medic Cat, said: "You do watch it and you go, 'I know this is supernatural, but it feels like this could happen.'" [The first trailer](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-rig-martin-compston-trailer-newsupdate/) for the series was released back in November, after the project was first announced at the end of 2020. [learn more](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/commercial-links-on-radiotimes-com/)) [RadioTimes.com](https://www.radiotimes.com/), [Game of Thrones](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/fantasy/house-dragon-season-2-release-date/) star Iain Glen, who here plays the rig boss Magnus, said: "I don’t think it wants to be far-fetched. [Subscribe to Radio Times magazine and get 12 issues for £1](https://www.radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription/?utm_term=evergreen-article)

Magnus (Iain Glen) is the leader of this motley crew, who finds himself under pressure from the off, when Baz (Calvin Demba) a young team member, plummets from ...

THE RIG on Prime Video is a new thriller mystery series with supernatural elements and a great cast. Read our series review here >

The head director of The Rig is John Strickland. The entire series plays out on the Kinloch Bravo oil rig in the North Sea. Equally believable is Emily Hampshire as Rose, the ambitious oil company rep, who is a scientist. [Schitt’s Creek](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3526078/) (I certainly did), but she’s done a lot of genre productions. He tries to stay calm and be out in front of all the challenges quickly, but it’s an uphill battle. The fog is carrying something that affects (or rather, infects) people subjected to it for too long. At the same time, we have Rose (Emily Hampshire) who is all business and optimization to “reach quotas” as the Pictor Energy Company Rep. Continue reading our spoiler-free The Rig series review below. Read our The Rig series review here! Our review is based on the three first episodes that we received as screeners. It’s a story where the planet seems to be fighting back against all the abuse humans have inflicted. THE RIG on Prime Video is a new thriller mystery series with six episodes.

As mentioned, Iain Glen and Martin Compston lead the cast of The Rig, as Magnus MacMillan and Fulmer Hamilton respectively. Emily Hampshire is the third main ...

As mentioned, Iain Glen and Martin Compston lead the cast of The Rig, as Magnus MacMillan and Fulmer Hamilton respectively. The rig is hit by massive tremors, and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter Telling the story of oil workers stranded in the North Sea, the new series gives an abnormal look at life on the rigs. Here’s everything that you need to know. John Strickland, who worked as a director on Line of Duty and Hustle, directed all six episodes of the series.

Here's where you may have seen the stars of the new Amazon Prime Video and BBC series.

However, the staff is plunged into chaos when a hurricane hits with a mysterious fog descending on the rig, cutting them off from contact with the mainland and cast adrift. [Amazon Prime](/latest/amazon-prime) Video will be premiering its high-octane thriller The Rig today (January 6) with all six episodes available at one to binge. Teale is also known for Game of Thrones and Line of Duty as well as A Discovery of Witches, Pulse and The Last Legion. Who is in the cast of The Rig? Emily Hampshire portrays Rose, who is a representative for oil company Pictor and one of the few female characters in the show. The Rig cast: Who is in the series?

Despite a cast pulled from Game of Thrones and Line of Duty, this stormy thriller fails to deliver thanks to dodgy effects and awkward climate change metaphors.

With Alwyn (Bonnar) warning that “if you keep punching holes in the earth, eventually the earth’s going to punch back”, the drama is hardly a subtle metaphor for man’s comeuppance for draining the planet’s resources. With mysterious ash now raining down from the sky, it soon turns out to be a very bad idea indeed to be outside. But spread over nearly six hours, it feels slack and at times, a bit naff. Unfortunately, the execution doesn’t quite live up to these possibilities. Ten minutes into the first episode, things to go awry: communications systems are down, there’s a power blackout, there are unexplained tremors and their helicopters home have been diverted away. Already strained relations are pushed further by the first episode’s climax: mouthy but well-meaning Baz (Calvin Demba, Life) falling from a comms tower, even though we definitely saw him clip his safety harness securely.

People are already calling for a series two of Amazon Prime's hit show, The Rig, starring Martin Compston, Mark Bonnar, Iain Glen and Emily Hampshire.

Meanwhile a fourth added the same saying: "I binged watched the entire first season. When is season two because omfg." However in the process "bonds are broken, allegiances formed and generational fault lines exposed." [#therig](https://twitter.com/hashtag/therig?src=hashtag_click)!" [#TheRig](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRig?src=hashtag_click)" [#TheRig](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRig?src=hashtag_click)...A decent dark industrial folktale. [link.](https://data.reachplc.com/223336696428970) [breaking news](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/) to the latest on the [coronavirus](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/all-about/coronavirus) crisis in Scotland, we''ll have you covered. [Kinloch Bravo oil rig](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/escape-pod-rescue-boat-airbnb-18849138). [Veganuary boost as Glasgow ranked as one the most affordable cities to be vegan](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/veganuary-boost-glasgow-ranked-one-25910410) [Amazon Prime](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/tv/) have released the first series of the highly anticipated show, The Rig. [second series](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/martin-compston-the-rig-amazon-21463136) and having watched the series ourselves, we are in full agreement.

Brand-new Prime Video series The Rig has an absolutely stacked cast including Iain Glen and Martin Compston. But who else stars and who do they all play?

Where have I seen Emily Hampshire? Who is Harish? Who is Easter Ayodeji? Who is Colin Murchison? Who is Leck Longman? Who is Cat Braithwaite? Who is Alwyn Evans? Who is Lars Hutton? Who is Baz Roberts? Who is Fulmer Hamilton? Who is Rose Mason? Who is Magnus MacMillan?

Will Amazon's The Rig get season two? Here's what we know about a potential release date, the show's cast and where it was filmed...

"The detail was incredible, the scale of them was insane. "It's wonderful to see the blossoming of Scotland for this kind of thing," co-star Mark Bonnar added. It's fantastic, it's really pleasurable to see that happening here." The work the art department did was insane – something I have never seen on that scale before," she told As soon as they realised something was up, they came over with the blankets and fire extinguishers. If it happens, it'll likely be a minimum of a year away, which would put any continuation in early 2024.

The ending of new Amazon Prime horror show The Rig explained, including how it sets up a potential Season 2.

That’s the question at the heart of The Rig – why the ancestors are here, and what they want. Baz believes that if the Ancestors see what we can give – and are willing to sacrifice ourselves for their sake – then extinction might be avoided. The wave that Baz warned of in Episode 2 then approaches; a tsunami that will wipe the place out. Now it seems they aren’t happy with Pictor – the company that owns the rig – for pulling oil out of the ground. But then David Coakes shows up in Episode 5 – played by The Full Monty’s Mark Addy – and he becomes The Rig’s antagonist. The crew of the Bravo will be driven to the limits of both their loyalties and their endurance, into a confrontation with forces beyond their imagination. Magnus and his crew aboard the Kinloch Bravo oil rig are stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the mist rolls in, the workers on Kinloch Bravo are plunged into darkness. Due to their age, characters start calling them The Ancestors. As the crew endeavour to discover what’s driving this unknown force, a major accident forces them to ask questions about who they can really trust. The show is written by David Machpherson, while the first three episodes are directed by Line of Duty helmer John Strickland. But now we’re going to dig into the show’s ending.

The TV series follows a group of workers on a remote Scottish oil rig who are due to return to the mainland when a mysterious fog cloaks them and supernatural ...

Or do you plan to binge-watch the new series this weekend? Have you had a chance to watch The Rig yet? I hope there’s a second series forthcoming. Had hoped it might be Cthulhu down there, but either way, a decent dark industrial folktale. [January 6, 2023] So while The Rig was only released at midnight (January 6), a number of fans have already binge-watched the six-part series.

This score is perhaps my most elemental to date and it was a joy to work on” - Blanck Mass' Benjamin J Power.

The crew are then driven to the limits of their endurance and loyalties are forced into a confrontation with forces beyond their imagination." As for the show itself, The Rig stars Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones) and Emily Hampshire (12 Monkeys series), and here's the synopsis: "When the crew of the North Sea stationed Kinloch Bravo oil rig is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious fog rolls in and cuts off communication with the outside world. “With The Rig being the first TV show I have scored, I feel lucky to have worked with the team behind the show on a score which to my mind is my most concise and unified palette-wise in recent memory,” says Power.

Like so many makers of intense instrumental music, Power has recently gotten into film-score work. Last year, Power scored the Unabomber movie Ted K and the BBC ...

Below, stream Blanck Mass’ soundtrack album and check out a trailer for the show. The Blanck Mass soundtrack is full of ominous electronic hums and whirrs and drones. Last year, Power scored the Unabomber movie [Ted K](https://www.stereogum.com/2176510/blanck-mass-montana-main-theme/music/) and the BBC documentary [Gazza](https://www.stereogum.com/2206756/blanck-mass-gazza-score/music/).

Martin Compston, Iain Glen, and Emily Hampshire star in The Rig, an evocative new supernatural thriller from David Macpherson and John Strickland.

I’ve seen the first three episodes before writing this review. Ultimately, The Rig is a compellingly made thriller, brought to life by a talented cast, as memorable in its bigger moments as its smaller ones. Macpherson is quick to sketch out the dynamic between the characters, what unites them and what divides them, which the cast then run with: impressively for a cast of its size (around 14 major speaking parts in the first episode alone), there’s never a danger of anyone being crowded out particularly or feeling short-changed by the series. What’s more important – and more impressive – is what The Rig does well and does distinctly on its own terms. Advertisement The camera pans across his shoulder, fixing its gaze on the window behind him and offering a brief glimpse of the swirling cloud of ash and smoke and rain that surrounds Kinloch Bravo oil rig.

After last week's understated but incredibly powerful Mayflies, yesterday all six episodes of the first Amazon original series to be filmed entirely in Scotland ...

Baz (Calvin Demba) falls from a high tower, his body apparently smashed to near death. We can only review based on the first three episodes of the show Amazon sent us, so maybe it all falls to pieces in the end, but so far The Rig is a very satisfying show, almost despite itself. The Rig has had a sizeable amount of hype for months now; partly because of its high-quality ensemble cast, partly because it looks like the kind of thing real money has been invested in, and to a degree simply because the central idea really grabs the attention.

Line of Duty star Martin Compston, Game of Thrones' Iain Glen and Small Axe's Rochenda Sandall react to Mark Bonnar's death in The Rig.

‘And I do think that actors are actually pleased to be part of that as well. I think Mark [Bonnar] was quite pleased to be part of it.’ The crew are astonished when his cause of death is later discovered to be drowning. ‘And then when they’re taken away from you as an audience it’s disconcerting. And I think writers have slightly picked up on that. He joked: ‘I thought, when will it be me?

IAIN Glen is telling a story about a hairy moment while filming The Rig, the much-anticipated sci-fi thriller set on a North Sea oil platform –…

“It is a Scots story and a Scots production and benefits because of that,” he says. “I can’t rock and roll it quite to the degree I used to,” laments Glen. “The mix of actors was very organic and lent itself well to the story. “I am conscious of not causing damage and distress to the current school because I think it is very hard for people to separate those two. “I can be literally anywhere in the world and will get stopped by people.” “For it to be shot in Edinburgh which, of course, is where I was born and bred, and be close to my mum and dad who are still here, it was just perfect. “I left university after a couple of years to go to RADA. I think it is the most beautiful city architecturally in the whole of the UK. “I think he is going to have a stunning career and he deserves it. He knew about the rigs because of his father and it was a perfect fit with his interest in geology and the history of the planet. “Thank God, I was wearing the harness.” “I managed to fall off this crane, which was quite high, having been slightly dismissive of the fact that they wanted to attach safety harnesses to me …”

Life on the rig feels authentically researched, but if only there had been a similarly nuanced approach to the plot and character writing.

If only there had been a similarly nuanced approach to the character writing. Particularly when you’re trapped on an oil rig, a thick, enveloping fog is cutting out all communication with the outside world, and a mysterious ash billowing across this windswept scene is doing strange things to people’s insides. Which is a shame because there are some really interesting ideas here from debut writer David Macpherson.