More cold cases for Nicola and Sanjeev

ITV’s cold-case crime drama Unforgotten will be returning for a third series, ITV and Mainstreet Pictures have confirmed.

The series stars Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar as police detectives DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan who have thrilled audiences of over six million viewers with their investigations into historical crimes.

The series is produced by Mainstreet Pictures for ITV and created and written by Chris Lang who said: “I am so excited to be making a third series of Unforgotten,” adding, “To be able to bring back the exceptional team we had on series two (both in front of and behind the camera) and to be allowed to discover what the future holds for Cassie and Sunny as they tackle a new historical crime, is a real privilege.”

See some of the tweets below from the cast and production company.

Sunny & Cassie WILL RETURN in #Unforgotten series 3 (Not sure about the backpack but who knows?) thank you audiences for the amazing support pic.twitter.com/nYjOs3uHKa

— Sanjeev Bhaskar (@TVSanjeev) March 2, 2017

So thrilled that ITV have recommissioned Unforgotten. Roll on Series 3!@ChrisLangWriter @TVSanjeev #nicolawalker

— Mainstreet Pictures (@mainstreetpics) March 2, 2017

BOOM! #Unforgotten series 3 is happening! Big up @ChrisLangWriter @mainstreetpics!

— Jassa Ahluwalia (@OfficialJassa) March 2, 2017