Doctor Foster Season 3 Confirmed As Suranne Jones Teases What To Expect
A third season of Doctor Foster has been confirmed to be in the works at the BBC, almost a decade after the gripping domestic drama last aired.
On Wednesday morning, it was confirmed that Suranne Jones and Bertie Carvel would both be reprising their roles for one final run of episodes, with their on-screen son Tom Taylor also returning for the new season.
In an official press release, the BBC teased: “Ten years ago, on discovering her husband Simon was having an affair, Gemma Foster enacted a masterful revenge. But the fall-out was devastating when her 15-year-old son Tom disappeared.
“Now, in series three, Gemma is still a GP, still in the same house, but on the brink of a fresh start: she has met someone new and is getting married. But as the wedding day draws closer, and friends and family gather, shadows from the past begin to re-emerge threatening both her happiness and her reputation.
“As Gemma fights to protect those she loves and expose whoever’s intent on hurting her, will she be able to put the past to bed, dispense justice, and claim the future she deserves, before it is too late?”
Production on season three – which will consist of five hour-long episodes – will begin in the spring.
Suranne – who has appeared in Netflix’s Hostage, the BBC’s Film Club and ITV’s Frauds over the last year – revealed: “When I got the call to ask if I wanted to return as Gemma Foster, I knew the time was right. We needed space from the first two series, and we needed Tom – Gemma and Simon’s runaway son – to return as an adult with questions.
“For me, this time around it’s about accountability and questioning – ‘can we ever truly sever ties with our past and the damage or traumas that haunt us, so we can fully move forward?’. Gemma and Simon have so much to unpick!”
Doctor Foster debuted in 2015, with the cast also including Jodie Comer, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Victoria Hamilton, whose character later appeared in her own spin-off, Life.
For her leading performance, Suranne won two NTAs, a Royal Television Society Award and a TV Bafta.