[8] A continuation TV series, with Graham, Robinson and Walters reprising their roles, aired on BBC One from 1 October 2023.

Front of house manager Beth holds a short meeting to discuss the evening's service being overbooked.

She also mentions that they have a marriage proposal on one table and a booking for celebrity chef Alastair Skye, for whom Andy previously worked, plus his guest for the evening, a known food critic.

Beth annoys the kitchen staff with micro-management; a black waitress is treated with hostility by an aggressive guest, in contrast to her white colleague;[10][11] young pastry chef Jamie is revealed to be self-harming; a pregnant kitchen porter spars with a lazy and disrespectful co-worker; and the new cold chef Camille, who is from France, struggles with the language barrier and British regional accents.

Tension grows until Beth demands the already-stressed chef Carly go off-menu by preparing steak and chips to appease a group of "influencer" guests.

They conclude that it was Andy's fault the food was contaminated: Earlier, he had instructed Camille to use a bottle containing walnut oil as a substitute garnish.

The website's consensus reads: "Gripping from start to finish, Boiling Point uses its bold formal approach to support a thrilling tightrope of a tale.

"[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

[16] Glenn Kenny of The New York Times noted in regard to the film's one-shot nature that, "when [the camera] trails a restaurant worker taking out the rubbish, the viewer knows they're not being removed from the central action just to observe labour — there's a plot point to be ticked.

[18] A continuation TV series for the BBC was confirmed in October 2022, with Graham, Robinson and Walters reprising their roles.