A Good Girl's Guide To Murder will return for a third and final instalment

Hit drama A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder will return for a third series, completing the screen adaptation of Holly Jackson's bestselling book trilogy. This final chapter will bring Pip's ultimate investigation to its gripping conclusion.

Based on the bestselling novels by Holly Jackson and starring Emma Myers, who is also an executive producer on this series, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is produced by Moonage Pictures, part of ITV Studios (The Gentlemen, The Famous Five, Bodies) in a co-production with Netflix and ZDFneo.

The final installment has already been filmed and will also see Zain Iqbal, Henry Ashton, Asha Banks,Jude Morgan-Collie, Eden Hambelton Davies, Yali Topol Margalith reprise their roles.

The series is produced by Sophie Klein and Sophie MacClancy and directed by Tom Vaughan. The executive producers are Matthew Read, Simon Crawford Collins and Frith Tiplady for Moonage Pictures; Danielle Scott-Haughton and Katherine Bond for the BBC; alongside Holly Jackson, Emma Myers and Tom Vaughan.

Holly Jackson, writer said: “I am ecstatic that we are able to bring A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder to its (bloody) conclusion. As Good As Dead is my favourite of the book series and it’s by far my favourite season of the show too. You’ll see Pip as you’ve never seen her before. It’s dark, breathless, horrible and… somehow still manages to be funny. Come on back to Little Kilton for the final time…if you dare.”

Emma Myers said: “I'm very happy that we get to bring everyone series three of A Good Girl's Guide To Murder. Thank you so much to everyone who has given this show love and support throughout! This has truly been an incredible experience and Pip will be a character I will never forget. Book three is my favourite of all the books, so I'm very excited to show everyone what we've done. Get ready for a crazy time!"

Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, says: “We’ve loved seeing A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder prove so popular with viewers on the BBC. I know its many, many passionate fans will be as delighted as we are to know that the third part of Holly Jackson’s trilogy has already filmed and will be arriving on screens next year. Bring it on!”

The BBC will premiere the series exclusively on BBC iPlayer, BBC One and BBC Three in the UK. Netflix will premiere the series outside of the UK excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland where it will be available exclusively on ZDFneo; Australia where it will be exclusively on Stan; and New Zealand where it will be exclusively on Sky NZ. BBC Studios is handling global sales.

• Watch series one and two of A Good Girl's Guide To Murder on BBC iPlayer

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