Episode 3 of The Night Manager Season 2 is available now, continuing Jonathan Pine’s dangerous undercover mission in Colombia. The episode arrived on Sunday, January 11, 2026, for viewers in the United Kingdom on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. For audiences around the world, including in the United States, Canada, and Australia, the episode is streaming on Amazon Prime Video. After a deadly mission in Barcelona and a tense introduction to arms dealer Teddy Dos Santos, this new chapter sees Pine going deeper undercover, where gaining trust could come at the ultimate cost.
How and When to Watch Episode 3
The release of episodes follows a weekly schedule. Episode 3 became available on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
For viewers in the United Kingdom, the episode airs on BBC One at 9 PM. It is also available for streaming on-demand through BBC iPlayer. UK viewers can watch the series for free with a TV license.
For international audiences, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and most other countries, the series is an Amazon Prime Video exclusive. Episode 3 started streaming on the platform on its release date. New users can typically access Prime Video with a 30-day free trial, after which a subscription is required. The series is not released all at once; new episodes arrive weekly on Prime Video, mirroring the BBC schedule.
The episode has a runtime of approximately 58 minutes to 1 hour and 1 minute. It is available to stream in 4K Ultra HD quality on Prime Video with HDR support. Multiple audio and subtitle language options are offered for global audiences.
Recap of Season 2 So Far
Season 2 picks up nine years after the events of the first season. Jonathan Pine, now living under the alias Alex Goodwin, is leading a quiet life running a low-level MI6 surveillance unit in London called the Night Owls. His secure world shatters when he spots Jaco, a former mercenary who worked for the late arms dealer Richard Roper. This discovery pulls Pine back into the dangerous world he tried to leave behind.
Pineโs investigation leads him to Teddy Dos Santos, a charismatic Colombian businessman portrayed as a philanthropist but who is secretly an arms dealerโand the son of Richard Roper. Pine and his Night Owls team travel to Barcelona to surveil Teddy, but the operation ends in tragedy. Teddy senses he is being watched and retaliates, killing two of Pineโs colleagues and causing a hotel explosion.
Believed to be dead by MI6, Pine goes fully undercover, adopting the new identity of Matthew Ellis, a wealthy and morally flexible financier from Hong Kong. He travels to Colombia to infiltrate Teddyโs inner circle. There, he meets Roxana Bolaรฑos, Teddy’s savvy associate who runs his shipping operations. By the end of Episode 2, Pine has gained access to Teddyโs home but faces a severe test of his cover after drinking a spiked beverage and being aggressively questioned while disoriented.
What Happens in The Night Manager Season 2 Episode 3
In Episode 3, titled simply “Episode 3,” Jonathan Pine works to solidify his place within Teddy Dos Santos’s operation. The official synopsis states that “Pine gains Teddyโs trust and secretly finds the proof he needs to connect the Cartagena shipment to covert British intelligence interests”. However, this critical progress is followed by a warning: “But then things start to go wrong”.
A first-look clip released ahead of the episode highlights the complex and dangerous dynamic between Pine and Roxana. The scene shows them scheming together against Teddy, but the atmosphere is charged with both tension and a “somewhat steamy” undercurrent. It remains unclear if their alliance is genuine or if they are each playing the other in a high-stakes game.
The actors have provided insight into this fraught relationship. Camila Morrone, who plays Roxana, describes her character and Pine as “two very broken people who don’t know how to love but wish that they could.” She notes, “The relationship between them becomes more difficult and tangled because it’s a never-ending wheel of trust and betrayal”.
Tom Hiddleston adds that Pine is haunted by guilt from his past, where women close to him were put in grave danger. He worries history will repeat itself with Roxana, but discovers “Roxanaโs much more complicated than that. Sheโs got her own fire, pain, and her own mission”. Hiddleston has also emphasized the high stakes for Pine in this season, stating, “Pine is now all the way in, and he’s lost his crew. He’s lost his people, so there’s no way back”.
Main Cast and Characters for Season 2
The second season features a mix of returning stars from the acclaimed first season and compelling new additions.
Returning cast members include:
- Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine/Alex Goodwin/Matthew Ellis, the former night manager and soldier turned undercover agent.
- Olivia Colman as Angela Burr, the intelligence officer who first recruited Pine.
- Alistair Petrie as Sandy Langbourne, Roper’s former financial director.
- Douglas Hodge as Rex Mayhew, Burr’s supportive superior.
- Michael Nardone as Frisky, one of Roper’s former henchmen.
- Noah Jupe as Daniel “Danny” Roper, the now-grown son of Richard Roper.
- Hugh Laurie appears in a supporting capacity as the late Richard Roper.
New cast members for Season 2 include:
- Diego Calva as Teddy Dos Santos, the charismatic and dangerous Colombian arms dealer who is Richard Roper’s son.
- Camila Morrone as Roxana Bolaรฑos, Teddy’s associate who forms a complex alliance with Pine.
- Indira Varma as Mayra Cavendish, the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
- Paul Chahidi as Basil Karapetian, a senior MI6 official.
- Hayley Squires as Sally Price-Jones, an MI6 officer and member of Pine’s Night Owls unit.
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Behind the Scenes and Series Background
The return of The Night Manager for a second season was announced in April 2024, with the BBC and Amazon Prime Video ordering both a second and a third season. Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman return as executive producers alongside their starring roles. While the first season was an adaptation of John le Carrรฉ’s novel, this new season features an original story crafted by writer David Farr.
The season is directed by Georgi Banks-Davies. Filming took place from June to December 2024 across multiple international locations, including London, Colombia, Spain, and France. The production emphasized an authentic setting, with over 75% of the story centered on Colombia.
The first season of The Night Manager, which premiered in 2016, was a major awards success, winning three Golden Globe Awards for its lead actors. The new season continues the story nearly a decade later, exploring a new geopolitical landscape and a fresh set of moral challenges for its protagonist.
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