Inside No. 9 co-star and co-writer Steve Pemberton is to join the cast of Killing Eve for the third series of the acclaimed drama.

No details have been revealed yet of Pemberton's role. He is one of a number of new actors who will be appearing alongside Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh in the series developed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and based on the novels by Luke Jennings.

Also joining are Gemma Whelan, who was known as a character comedian before breaking through as an onscreen star in Game of Thrones.

Harry Potter‘s Pedja Bjelac is also in the third run of the BBC thriller, alongside Call My Agent‘s Camille Cottin, Raj Bajaj (A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding), Turlough Convery (Ready Player One) and Evgenia Dodina (One Week and a Day).

Pictured: Pemberton in Sky's Britannia.

Killing Eve will be on BBC iPlayer on Monday 13th April. New episodes will be available to stream Mondays from 6am. It will also air on BBC One from Sunday 19th April at 9pm.