The first promotional photo for Jimmy McGovern’s epic new BBC Two drama Banished has been released. From the makers of Top Of The Lake, the seven-part series stars Myanna Buring (Ripper Street), Russell Tovey (Being Human) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour). > Order Banished on DVD on Amazon. Opening in New South Wales, Australia in … >
BBC Two will air NBC’s new action thriller Odyssey in the UK. The conspiracy drama series begins in the US in April and is created by writer-director Peter Horton (Grey’s Anatomy, Dirty Sexy Money) with writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster (The Following). Set in the murky shadows of contemporary global politics, Odyssey stars Anna … >
Filming has started on the second season of BBC Two’s Inside No. 9. Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s anthology of darkly comic tales launched last February and six new episodes will air later this year. Guest stars in Season 2 will include Alice Lowe (Sightseers); Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey); Claire Skinner (Outnumbered); David Warner … >
Viewers will be able to catch up on BBC TV and radio programmes on BBC iPlayer and BBC iPlayer Radio for 30 days. Programmes were previously available for seven days. BBC iPlayer launched in 2007 and now receives over seven million TV and radio programme requests a day. Tony Hall, Director-General, BBC, commented: “BBC iPlayer … >
Iain Banks’ novel Stonemouth will be dramatised by BBC Two. A rite of passage tale set in the fictional Aberdeenshire village of Stonemouth, the two-part drama will begin filming in locations around Scotland next month. Written by David Kane (The Field Of Blood, Prime Suspect) and directed by Charles Martin (Run, Wallander), Stonemouth is the first … >
A set of new promotional photos have been released for BBC Two’s upcoming factual drama Castles In The Sky. The one-off film tells the previously untold story of the fight to invent radar by Robert Watson-Watt (Eddie Izzard) and a team of unproven and unknown British scientists. Castles in the Sky airs at 9pm on … >
BBC Two has released a new trailer featuring some of the channel’s upcoming drama series. The one-minute preview includes clips from the second series of Birmingham gangster drama Peaky Blinders, the return of serial killer thriller The Fall, adoption drama One Child and Jimmy McGovern’s convicts drama Banished. Watch the trailer… Series 2 of Peaky … >
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) and Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) star in BBC Two’s new political thriller, The Honourable Woman. Written, directed and produced by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line), the eight-part series is set against the present day backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and explores “a range of complex and provocative themes of conflict, deception … >
BBC America’s new conspiracy thriller series Intruders will air in the UK this autumn on BBC Two. Created by The X-Files writer Glen Morgan, the eight-part series stars John Simm (Doctor Who, Life on Mars), Mira Sorvino (Mimic) and James Frain (The White Queen). Intruders tells the story of a secret society devoted to chasing immortality … >
Paul Whitehouse has started filming Nurse, a new “bittersweet” comedy drama for BBC Two about a community psychiatric nurse. The series of four 30-minute episodes stars Whitehouse in multiple character roles, alongside Esther Coles in the central role of Liz, the titular nurse. Based on the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, … >