How many episodes are in Red Eye?

Red Eye has 6 episodes in this listed season.

When does Red Eye premiere?

Red Eye premieres on 2026-01-01.

Is Red Eye a new series?

Red Eye is a returning series (Season 2).

Red Eye(2024)

Also known as Красный глаз • Red Eye (UK)

Archived · ITVX

7.112+6 eps

S02

ActionCrimeThrillerDrama

ON AIR: JAN 1Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Red Eye follows London detective Hana Li as a criminal investigation rapidly outgrows its origins, pulling her from familiar procedural ground into national security territory where the rules are different and the risks are considerably higher. The pacing is genuinely propulsive, and the mystery structure is built so that each new piece of information reframes what seemed settled.

A significant stretch of the action unfolds airborne, which gives the series a contained, pressurized quality that procedurals set on solid ground rarely achieve. Li is not a spy or an agent; she is a detective operating in spaces she was not designed for, and that friction between her instincts and the scale of what she has stumbled into drives the plot forward with real momentum.

Best for

high-octane british thriller, contained-space suspense and Action

Story lane

Action and Crime

Commitment

Season 2 · 6 episodes

Where

ITVX

Official Premise

Follows London Detective Hana Li, whose investigations lead her into the world of National Security.

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Strongest Match

Red Eye’s London detective tension carries over into The Capture, where surveillance footage becomes a weapon and every cut to a screen raises doubt. The same close, high-pressure pacing keeps you watching for contradictions, and the danger feels more cerebral and twisty than Red Eye’s airborne escalation.

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Why this pick

Steal keeps the same fast, escalating crime momentum as Red Eye, but it funnels it through an office worker getting dragged into bigger trouble. Expect quick turns, personal jeopardy, and action that hits like a pressure cooker, with less procedural mystery and more straight-ahead heist propulsion.

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Why this pick

Secret Service shares Red Eye’s urgent British intelligence vibe, with a deadline that turns workplace tension into immediate danger. The marriage under strain adds a more intimate layer to the betrayal and urgency, trading some of Red Eye’s case-unraveling mystery for faster, personal fallout.

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