The Rig: how to watch, and full cast list of the show everyone is talking about

Brand new supernatural thriller series The Rig has landed on Amazon Prime Video streaming service. The show is filled with familiar faces from Game of Thrones and Line of Duty, and fans are obsessed.

The Rig follows the crew of the Kinloch Bravo who, while waiting to change shifts and head back to the mainland, find themselves enveloped in a mysterious fog that prevents them from returning home.

The isolation of life on an oil rig makes it an ideal setting for a thriller, particularly as things start to unravel and the crewmates need to rely more on each other than they ever thought possible: as Rochenda Sandall puts it, "it’s about human nature as well as Mother Nature".

Iain Glen, 61, who plays Magnus, the Kinloch Bravo’s offshore installation manager, spoke on the series.

He said: "Everything that happens is about the planet biting back. Particularly over the last few decades, humanity has been doing quite a bit of damage. And the globe feels like it’s telling us, it has been for some time, that we have to stop doing some of the things that we’re doing because we’re causing an imbalance. So in our drama, which is obviously about carbon fuel and the oil industry... it’s kind of saying, what would happen if the planet tried to speak back and react?

"I have no idea what it was like, thank goodness, to live through an ice age, the various extinctions (that) have happened to this planet. But I would imagine some pretty weird stuff took place as you lived inside it.”

So, how can you catch up with the show? Here’s everything you need to know including a full list of the cast members.

How to watch The Rig

The full first season of The Rig is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video now. If you are an Amazon Prime member you can go watch all six episodes right now for free. If you’re not subscribed to Amazon Prime, you can sign up now for £8.99 per month, or £95 per year.

If you have never been an Amazon Prime subscriber you are entitled to a 30 day free trial, which is more than enough time to binge the first six episodes. The free trial will give full access to all of the benefits of Prime, including exclusive Amazon deals, free books with Prime Reading, access to two million songs on Amazon Music, gaming content with Prime Gaming, photo hosting and of course Prime Video.

Full cast of The Rig