BAFTA Award-winning series Last Tango In Halifax makes a welcome return to BBC One for a third series, starring Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid as love struck septuagenarians Alan and Celia.

BAFTA winning Best Supporting Actress, Sarah Lancashire also returns as uncompromising Caroline and Nicola Walker (Olivier Best Supporting Actress winner for The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ) is back as troubled Gillian, following rave reviews at the Young Vic’s A View from the Bridge.

Watch the trailer below…

Check out the cast and episode one pictures below… (look out for the spoiler warning if you want to skip the episode info).

Last Tango In Halifax S3 begins on BBC One Sunday, 28th December at 9pm.

Cast Pictures

(click on any image to open gallery)

We join the first episode of the heart-warming series on Valentine’s Day, at a date between Gillian and Gary, a handsome man from Halifax. But as the evening draws on, things aren’t quite what they seem with charming, dazzling Gary (Rupert Graves).

Following on from last series’ Christmas wedding ceremony, Alan and Celia discuss going on a honeymoon adventure to New Zealand to visit Alan’s brother Ted. Their happiness is short-lived however when someone turns up from Alan’s past with devastating consequences.

In a happy turn of events, Caroline proposes to a heavily pregnant Kate. Although Celia seems happy for them, predictably she can’t help but comment on the fact that their baby will grow up without a father. Meanwhile a distressed John arrives at Caroline’s house after Judith has a miscarriage

Episode 1 Pictures

(C) Red Productions / Ben Blackall