When is Twin Peaks season 3 on tonight, who is in the cast and how can I watch in the UK?
THE new third series of Twin Peaks, the rebooted '90s hit, continues on Sky Atlantic.
Three decades on from when it first hit our screens, the show continues in the fictional town and its intriguing residents. Here's all the info you need...
What time does Twin Peaks: The Return air in the UK?
The series continues with the episode 15 of 18 on Sky Atlantic at 3.20am on Monday, August 14 to be simulcasted with the US.
Sky also secured the rights to the channel's entire catalogue which means that you can catch up with the first two series if you haven't seen them yet.
If you don't have a Sky subscription all you need is a Now TV account, Virgin Media or TalkTalk - here's our guide on how to do it.
What is Twin Peaks?
Twin Peaks is a drama series created by novelist and screenwriter Mark Frost and surrealist director David Lynch and first aired in 1991, and followed the murder investigation of homecoming queen Laura Palmer.
Set in the fictional town of Twin Peaks, Washington, it ran for two seasons and was followed by a feature film in 1992 called Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
It’s supernatural effects, as well as the surreal and quirky characters, not to mention its unsettling tone and scenery made it an instant cult classic.
What’s the new series about?
In true Lynch style, details of the plot remained largely unknown ahead of the season premiere.
According to Frost's new book - The Secret History Of Twin Peaks - after Dale Cooper's investigation of the murder of Palmer, the FBI gets hold of a box containing "a huge dossier".The book reveals that a female FBI agent is tasked to analyse all the documents inside, and everything related to the strange town of Twin Peaks.
Along the way she discovers secrets about the lives of the town's residents, but also investigates reports from Dale Cooper, who has since vanished.
Frost has emphasised that the new series is not a remake or a reboot but a continuation of the series set in present day and the passage of 25 years is very important.
Who’s in the cast for the new Twin Peaks?
The show returns with an extensive cast list of original members and some brand new faces.
Exclusive pictures published by Entertainment Weekly show that time seems to have stood still for some cast members.
Original cast members Mädchen Amick (Shelly Johnson), Dana Ashbrook (Bobby Briggs) and Peggy Lipton (Norma Jennings) are among those making a return.
Dana starred as Laura Palmer’s boyfriend in both series and talking about his return, he said: “It’s just been a beautiful thing getting to see everybody. It’s almost as if no time has passed.”
Sadly Michael Parks who played Jean Renault passed away recently at 77, the cause of his death is still unknown.
Kyle MacLachlan (FBI agent Dale Cooper)
Kyle became a household name when he starred as the clean-cut yet eccentric FBI agent with a penchant for cherry pie and black coffee.
On reprising his role, he said: “David Lynch and Mark Frost called me and said, ‘there’s something happening here’. There was nothing like it. Revisiting all this territory, there’s a freshness to it, there’s a lightness to it.”
Kyle is also known for his roles as Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City and Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives.
James Marshall (James Hurley)
Biker and Laura Palmer’s secret boyfriend, he is seen leaving Twin Peaks on a trip around the world at the end of the second series.
He said of the show’s return: “The show’s very dynamic and has a lot of facets. It discovers in a poetic way the whole human experience."
Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey Horne)
Sherilyn returns as flirt and troublemaker Audrey, whose father Benjamin was Laura’s lover.
Despite reprising her role, in October 2016 she slammed the show’s bosses in a series of tweets over the treatment of the female members of the cast.
Miguel Ferrer returns as Albert Rosenfield, Kimmy Robertson reprises her role as plays Lucy Moran, Richard Beymer and David Patrick Harris reprise their roles as Benjamin Horne and Jerry Horne, respectively.
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, James Belushi, Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, Michael Cera and Jennifer Jason Leigh join the cast but it’s unclear at this stage who their characters are.
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