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Patrick Sproull

Dark Heart: new ITV drama starts on Halloween

Dark Heart, ITV’s new crime drama, starring Da Vinci’s Demons star Tom Riley and Bodyguard‘s Anjli Mohindra, has a premiere date… If Dark Heart sounds a little familiar then it’s because the original pilot aired back in 2016 on the late ITV Encore. It was such a hit with audiences, however, that ITV are now bringing it back for a … >

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Cats: Idris Elba set to star as villain

Idris Elba is choosing moggies over martinis! The actor, long tipped to be the next James Bond, is in final talks to board Tom Hooper’s big-screen Cats adaptation… Elba will join an already star-studded cast, which consists of Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Laurie Davidson and Mette Towley – with filming set to commence next … >

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The Cry: Helen FitzGerald’s follow-up novel has been optioned

Due to the rousing success of The Cry, which is currently still airing on BBC One, the production company behind it – Synchronicity – have bought the rights to Helen FitzGerald’s follow-up novel, Australia Day. Though it isn’t out until 2020, the success of The Cry has buoyed the company into optioning a spiritual sequel. Australia Day isn’t connected to The … >

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The Flash: filming postponed until autumn 2019

Disaster continues to strike the long in gestation adaptation of The Flash as its early 2019 production start date has been pushed back to late 2019 or potentially 2020, it’s been revealed… As we previously reported Kiersey Clemons confirmed that filming has always been planned to start in 2019 but that start date was said to be … >

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BBC’s Les Misérables: first pictures revealed

The BBC have given us our first look at their forthcoming adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables – although no singing this time around… In the jazzy new photos we see Olivia Colman as Madame Thénardier, Adeel Akhtar as Monsieur Thénardier, Josh O’Connor as Marius, David Oyelowo as Javert, Dominic West as Jean Valjean, and Ellie … >

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Breeders: Martin Freeman to star in parenting comedy

After having a rough go of it in Sherlock, Martin Freeman is set to star in a new comedy about the ups and downs of parenting from Veep‘s Simon Blackwell and Chris Addison, it’s been announced. The series is described in the official press bumf as one that “exposes the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very … >

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Transparent: Amazon drama to end with a feature-length musical

Jill Soloway, creator of Amazon’s awards darling, Transparent has announced that the series will end in the form of an all-singing, all-dancing musical… Soloway was speaking to The New York Times when they announced that a two-hour musical will serve as the last hurrah for the series, which previously announced its fifth and final series. How the … >

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True Detective: season three release date and promo pictures revealed

It’s been a long time in the making but Nic Pizzolatto’s crime drama, True Detective is finally set to return in January on HBO.. After a divisive second series, starring Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn, True Detective season three has enlisted Oscar winner Mahershala Ali for the lead role alongside Stephen Dorff and Carmen Ejogo. According to … >

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Doctor Who series 11: The Ghost Monument review

Heading into week two, Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor continues to delight. With spoilers, here’s our review of ‘The Ghost Monument’… As a viewer there’s a sense of relief at the start of this week’s sophomore outing for the Thirteenth Doctor. With all the female incarnation ballyhoo behind us, introductions more or less made, and a … >

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