Gangs of London season 3 sees series regulars Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Joe Cole, Michelle Fairley, Lucian Msamati and Brian Vernel back in action and a host of new cast members to get excited about.
This third season of the violent gang drama sees chaos erupt in London after a spiked shipment of cocaine kills hundreds, sparking brutal power struggles and violent turf wars. Bullet Train’s Andrew Koji, The Diplomat’s T’Nia Miller and The Day of the Jackal’s Richard Dormer are all joining the series with former EastEnders star Phil Daniels popping up as a guest star. Be warned, it's set to be explosive!
Here's everything you need to know about Gangs of London season 3…
Gangs of London season 3 release date
Gangs of London season 3 will start in the UK on Sky Atlantic and NOW from Thursday March 20 2025 at 9pm. This third series will also also be available as a box set from that date. We will update with any US air date and channel.
* The first two series of Gangs of London are available on Sky Box Sets and NOW.
* The first series of Gangs of London is also available on Netflix.
Is there a trailer?
Yes! Both a teaser trailer and the official trailer ffor Gangs of London season 3 have been released by Sky. Watch below as gangster Sean Wallace, played by Joe Cole, saying, “do you want some advice? Then get as far away as you can because this life of ours takes everything you have. You think you’re winning at this game. But nobody ever wins.” So, strap in, it’s clearly going to be a bumpy ride!
Gangs of London season 3 plot
Gangs of London season 3 sees London in crisis when a spiked shipment of cocaine kills hundreds of users. This was no accident, it was a calculated attack, but who was behind it? The disaster leads to a bloody power struggle where unexpected alliances are formed and fierce rivalries reach boiling point. Undercover cop turned gangster Elliot Carter is navigating his new life as a high-level gang leader alongside the Dumanis family but the spiking throws their operations into chaos. And as the street gangs turn on one another and turf wars erupt, no one is safe.
Gangs of London season 3 cast — Joe Cole as Sean Wallace
Joe Cole again plays gangster Sean Wallace in Gangs of London season 3. He's previously played John Shelby in Peaky Blinders and Joe Roag in the 2024 BBC One series Nightsleeper. He's also starred in A Small Light, The Ipcress File, The Damned, Pure, The House and Skins.
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù on playing Elliot Carter
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù is again playing cop turned drug dealer Elliot Carter in Gangs of London series 3.
Ṣọpẹ́ says: "At the end of season two, Elliot told Sean: 'Watch, I’m going to become you, I’m going to do it better than you ever did', And at the beginning of season three, he’s living up to his promise.
"The journey of Elliot over the course of the series of Gangs of London has been crazy. This guy, who had a wonderful moral compass at the beginning as a police officer trying to infiltrate the gangs in order to bring them to justice, seems now to have joined them without a mind towards redemption.
"Before, he had to live this duplicitous life whereby he was Elliot Carter at home, and Elliot Finch in the streets. But now those two personas seem to have merged, and he’s very comfortable with it."
As we rejoin for a third season of the violent thriller, Elliot is riding high as a crime kingpin with an extensive drug dealing operation, while Sean languishes in jail.
However, as fans of the stylish series know, in this compeitive criminal world of shifting alliances, where there is no honour among thieves, fortunes can change rapidly. And so it proves for Elliot who, after a shipment of cocaine is spiked, resulting in hundreds of fatalities, becomes public enemy number one when mayor Simone (new cast member T’Nia Miller) announces a crackdown on organised crime.
"Elliot needs to get to the bottom of it, and that leads him back to Sean Wallace, because all roads lead back to Sean. Sean leaves a little nugget in his mind that leads Elliot on some crazy journey throughout the series where he’s chasing not only the spiking of the cocaine, but also the truth about his family."
* Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù has also starred in Slow Horses, Humans, Black Mirror, Motherland and His House.
Which other cast are returning to Gangs of London season 3?
Michelle Fairley is back as Sean's mum Marian Wallace, Lucian Msamati is Ed Dumani and Brian Vernel is Sean's brother Billy Wallace. Also returning are Pippa Bennett-Warner as Shannon Dumani, Albanian gangster Luan and Mirlinda Dushaj are played again by Orli and Eri Shuka, Pakistani heroin kingpin Asif is played by Asif Raza Mir and Kurdish militant Lale is portrayed by Narges Rashidi. Jahz Armando is Saba and Fady Elsayed is Faz.
Gangs of London season 3 — new cast joining the series
New cast members include Andrew Koji (Bullet Train, Warrior) is a lone-wolf assassin called Zeek, Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones, Day of the Jackal) plays Cornelius Quinn and T’Nia Miller (Generation Z, The Fall of the House of Usher) plays mayor Simone, with guest stars Phil Daniels (EastEnders, Quadrophenia), Ruth Sheen, and Mat Fraser also joining this season.
Cornelius Quinn, played by Blue Lights and Fortitude star Richard Dormer, has joined forces with who has joined forces with Sean’s brother Billy (Brian Vernel). In a classic Gangs of London set piece, the pair first meet in a night-time showdown in a deserted fairground, which includes a Bond-style gunfight in a hall of mirrors.
Richard Dormer says: "That was my first day of shooting, and it was a baptism of fire, battling in a fairground in the pouring rain and freezing cold,’ reveals Dormer, whose Irish character wields an Irish Shillelagh (a wooden cudgel) as his weapon of choice. Elliot and Luan turn up, looking for somebody, and they get the sharp end of my stick!"
Behind the scenes and more on Gangs Of London season 3
Gangs of London season 3 is produced by Vice Studio Group’s Pulse Films. The award-winning series was created by Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery. Peter McKenna is Lead Writer, Kim Hong Sun is Lead Director. Farren Blackburn and Tessa Hoffe join the series as Directors.
Gangs of London series 1 and 2 recap
Gangs of London season 1 started when crime boss Finn Wallace was killed and his son Sean was left to pick up the reins and take control of his drugs empire. Sean was helped by the Dumani family and watched by several others wanting to take over his turf. Sean was eventually shot by undercover cop Elliot, who had infiltrated his gang.
Gangs of London season 2 showed that Sean had survived the shooting and Elliot had become enmeshed in criminal activity. Meanwhile the Pakistani mafia and other families had clawed their way to the top, leaving the Wallaces vowing to reclaim their supremacy. The season ended on a cliffhanger, with Sean and Elliot facing off and Sean hanging off a crane.
