The Split season 3: Release date, cast, trailer and latest news for Nicola Walker show
The final instalment is upon us - but will Hannah and Nathan find a path through the wreckage?
BBC One’s legal drama The Split is back for its third and final season – and there’s been plenty of drama already, despite us only being one episode in.
The premiere episode, which landed on 4th April on BBC One at 9pm, left viewers reeling with a huge death twist.
And it looks like there's more chaos to come in The Split season 3, with first-look images hinting at trouble between Nicola Walker’s Hannah and husband Stephen Mangan’s Nathan, who complicates their divorce proceedings by bringing a new woman into the mix this time around.
Abi Morgan (Suffragette) recently teased wedding bells in The Split season 3, but whose wedding will it be?
"We're building towards a marriage," she told RadioTimes.com. "Whose marriage could it be? It could be anybody's, so I'm excited about that."
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Fans upset to hear that season 3 will be the drama’s final instalment needn’t worry, as the show's creator has previously teased a potential spin-off.
What’s more, Stephen Mangan has said he would “absolutely” reprise his role in a sequel or spin-off series.
Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Mangan joked: "Nathan and Christie open an antiques boutique in the Cotswolds together."
He continued: "All you want as an actor is to be in stuff like this that’s well written, well acted, well directed, well produced and popular and interesting. So yeah, absolutely, of course."
Read on for everything you need to know about The Split season 3.
The Split season 3 release date
The entire third season The Split landed on BBC iPlayer on 4th April, with the first episode also premiering on BBC One at 9pm.
Filming for season 3 began in June 2021.
The second season averaged over six million viewers and over 19 million streams, becoming the third most watched drama series on BBC iPlayer in 2020.
How many episodes are there in The Split season 3?
Season 3 consists of six episodes that will play out over six weeks.
Each episode runs for an hour, and will air on BBC One at 9pm on Mondays.
Bearing this in mind, the finale is expected to air on Monday 9th May.
However, if you can't wait that long, all six episodes of The Split season 3 are streaming now on BBC iPlayer.
The Split season 3 cast: Who is returning?
The Split season 3 cast includes the Defoe sisters, Hannah (Nicola Walker), Nina (Annabel Scholey), and Rose (Fiona Button), and their formidable mother Ruth (Deborah Findlay).
Also returning are Stephen Mangan as Hannah's (soon-to-be-ex) husband Nathan, and Barry Atsma as Christie – Hannah's affair partner.
And for season 3, there's a high-profile new addition to the cast. Lara Pulver will play Kate, "a leading child psychologist whose arrival adds a whole new layer of complexity to Morgan’s multi-layered examination of divorce and modern marriage".
Pulver has previously been seen in Sherlock (as Irene Adler), Spooks, True Blood, The Alienist, and Da Vinci's Demons.
The Split season 3 trailer
We now have a trailer for the returning drama series.
Catch the clip of the beloved Nicola Walker series below.
What lies in store for Hannah and co in the new episodes? We can't wait to find out but do check out below for an idea of what to expect.
The Split season 3 plot
The official synopsis reads: "This farewell series, equal parts electrifying, witty and heart-breaking, continues to put the Defoe sisters and their matriarch at its heart; a group of powerful women working together to help their clients, their colleagues and each other as they continue to navigate the messiness of life."
Set 10 months after Nathan and Hannah's marriage ended and the extent of her betrayal is revealed, the two professional divorce lawyers are negotiating their divorce. However, as the stakes become clear, Hannah realises how much she could lose.
BBC teases a “shocking revelation that dramatically changes the stakes", adding: “Battle lines are redrawn, their dream of achieving the ‘good divorce’ is left in tatters.”
Abi Morgan said: “It’s great to be back writing for the Defoe Family, and to dive once more into to the complications of their lives and those of their clients.
"In the final series of this bittersweet trilogy, Hannah faces the heartbreak of her own divorce, and the fight to save her family and her marriage.
"Siblings clash, past mistakes are exposed and hearts are broken as Noble Hale and Defoe notches up more billable hours in the divorce capital of the world.”
The Split continues on BBC One on 4th April at 9pm, with seasons 1 and 2 available to stream on BBC iPlayer now. Take a look at what else is on with our TV guide.
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