Wednesday Season 2 cast revealed as the show enters production

Steve Buscemi, Thandiwe Newton and Billie Piper join the main cast of Wednesday‘s second run.  With Wednesday back in production, in Ireland rather than Bulgaria this time. the show has confirmed its cast. Naturally Jenna Ortega returns to her star-making lead role as Wednesday Addams. She’s joined by Emma Myers as Enid, Joy Sunday as … >

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Iris – Sky announces new thriller series from Luther creator

The show, from Neil Cross, will star Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander.  Sky have announced a new series from the Luther creator and sometime Doctor Who scribe Neil Cross. The show, which begins filming in this month in Sardinia, promises to be a sun-drenched chase thriller. It stars Niamh Algar (Malpractice, Mary & George) and … >

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Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa cast in Oscar Wilde play this winter

Ncuti Gatwa will join Sharon D Clarke and Hugh Skinner in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre in London this winter. Wilde’s play is a comedy farce set in the Victorian Era with its burdensome social conventions involving marriage. Gatwa and Skinner will play bachelors Algernon Moncrieff and … >

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Mark Gatiss & Polly Walker on set, with a clapperboard for the first shot of Bookish

Bookish – Mark Gatiss to write and star in new detective drama (updated)

The consulting detective Gabriel Brook will investigate crimes on UKTV’s Alibi.  Updated 29/04/24: Additional casting and a first image as production begins. With filming underway on Mark Gatiss’ new detective series Bookish, further cast details are emerging. In the 1940’s set drama, Gatiss himself takes on the lead role of Gabriel Book, with Polly Walker … >

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Doctor Who production employs LED screen technology

In Doctor Who Magazine 603, Paul Kirkley revealed that LED screen technology used by other high-end productions was used for the first time on the third 2024 series Doctor Who episode Boom, written by Steven Moffat. “Boom also marks a significant first for Doctor Who, through its use of in-camera VFX technology to create the … >

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Wednesday Season 2 – Thandiwe Newton joins the cast

The much-anticipated Addams Family show is set to begin filming this month.  With the cameras set to roll on Wednesday‘s second season there have been a few casting reveals. While Netflix are remain tight-lipped, Variety announced the involvement of Steve Buscemi a few days ago, suggesting he’ll play Nevermore Academy’s new Principal. Now, they’ve dropped an … >

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Brenda Blethyn as Vera, in trademark hat and trenchcoat

Vera – Brenda Blethyn films her final series

The star will hang up her trench coat and hat after filming Vera Series 14 ITV have announced that Brenda Blethyn is leaving her role as DCI Vera Stanhope after the current season. Vera has been in production since 2011, with Blethyn bringing to life the character who is based on novels by writer Ann … >

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Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson film Doctor Who near Cardiff Central

Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and Ruth Madeley were spotted filming scenes for the Doctor Who 2025 series near Cardiff Central on 21 April 2024. Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and Ruth Madeley on location #dwsr pic.twitter.com/KwK3YfnN99 — Doctor Who Filming Locations (@set_dw) April 21, 2024 Lots of smiles in Cardiff as the Doctor and friends come … >

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