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

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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 and The Capture both keep you locked into a British crime mystery where evidence can’t be trusted and every new detail tightens the trap. Hana Li’s case energy matches the way The Capture leans on surveillance footage, tense interrogations, and mounting uncertainty, with the danger feeling more psychological than airborne.

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Why this pick

Steal brings the same high-octane, London-adjacent pressure cooker feeling as Red Eye, where an ordinary person gets dragged into escalating stakes fast. The office-worker viewpoint in Steal keeps the jeopardy personal, and the quick turns and close calls echo Red Eye’s momentum, but Steal leans more toward heist chaos than detective procedure.

The Undeclared War

Channel 4 • Jul 21, 2026

DramaThriller

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Why this pick

Red Eye’s suspense forges from secrecy and relentless pressure, and The Undeclared War delivers that same contained dread inside British intelligence work. Where Red Eye escalates from investigation into national security, The Undeclared War stays grounded in analysts under watch, with digital sabotage and quiet tension driving the pacing, slower and more bureaucratic than the action-forward ride.

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