Watch: Apple TV's 'thrilling' 8-part heist thriller Hijack returns with first look at season 2

Hijack enjoyed huge success when it first hit screens in 2023, becoming one of Apple TV+'s top dramas and earning a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes. 

Idris Elba is without a doubt one of Britain's most impressive and versatile actors, having established himself as a stalwart of tense TV dramas in projects such as Luther and A House of Dynamite. His performance as Sam in season one earned him an Emmy Award nomination, so he is bound to impress once again in this second instalment.

The clip opens in Berlin, where we're told Sam has just landed. As he boards a subway train, or U-Bahn, he is soon seen running through a carriage while shouting: "Everyone go to the front of the train now!"

It quickly becomes clear that Sam has been dropped into yet another hostage situation, while the authorities above ground scramble to work out who is behind it and why. 

When they discover that Sam was also on Kingdom 29, the plane taken hostage in the first season, we hear various people say: "He spent a year putting this together. And now he wants what, justice? Or revenge."

Could this signal the return of sinister Stuart Atterton from season one? We'll have to tune in on 14 January to find out.

The synopsis reads: "In the thrilling second season of Hijack, a Berlin underground train and its commuters are taken hostage, while above-ground authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives. Sam Nelson (Elba) is at the heart of the crisis on board, where one wrong decision could spell disaster."

Idris Elba returns as Sam, who is once again joined by Christine Adams as Marsha Smith-Nelson, Max Beesley as DI Daniel O'Farrel and Archie Panjabi as Zahar Gahfoor.

New cast members include Christian Näthe (Ballon, Soloalbum, Schule), Clare-Hope Ashitey (Seven Seconds, Top Boy, Doctor Foster), Lisa Vicari (Django, Dark), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Detectorists, Empire of Light), Karima McAdams (Dune: Prophecy, Deep State, Soulmates) and Christiane Paul (Counterpart, FBI: International, Parlement).