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, … >
Life is rarely kind to Nessa Stein. The little girl who saw her daddy stabbed in the neck by a waiter (for being boss of an arms company rather than failing to leave a decent tip) has grown up rich and successful as a result of running the family business – but it has come … >
BBC Two has announced a new adaptation of Sharpe creator Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling series of books, The Saxon Stories. Adapted by Stephen Butchard (Good Cop, House Of Saddam), the eight-part historical drama series is described by the BBC as “a show full of heroic deeds and epic battles but with a thematic depth that embraces … >
Never Mind The Buzzcocks will return to BBC Two this autumn with Rhod Gilbert as a brand new permanent host. The Welsh comedian will join team captains Noel Fielding and Phill Jupitus for the comedy pop quiz show’s 28th series. Gilbert commented: “After my first Buzzcocks in 2009, I was told I was in with … >
Three years after the sometimes preposterous, frequently gory, entirely entertaining The Shadow Line, writer and director Hugo Blick is back with another satisfyingly noir-ish thriller: lighter on the operatic excess than its predecessor, but no less compelling – or less blood-spattered. Yet whereas The Shadow Line was a London immorality tale about criminals and corrupt … >
The Honourable Woman, BBC Two’s new political thriller starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight), will begin next month. Written, directed and produced by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line), the eight-part series starts at 9pm on Thursday 3 July on BBC Two. The Honourable Woman is set against the present day backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict … >
BBC Two has released a trailer for The Honourable Woman, a new political thriller starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight). 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, … >
BBC Two has announced the commission of Life In Squares, a new drama about the Bloomsbury group. Written by BAFTA Award-winning Amanda Coe (Room At The Top), the three-part serial dramatises the exceptionally close, often fraught relationship of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s enduring, sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant. … >
Katie Leung (Harry Potter, Run) will star in One Child, a new drama mini-series for BBC Two from Blood And Oil writer Guy Hibbert. The two 90-minute episodes will see Leung play a young Chinese-born woman adopted by Anglo-American parents struggles with who she really is and where her loyalties lies. Writer Guy Hibbert commented: … >
BBC Two has recommissioned House of Fools for a second series. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer’s anarchic comedy launched in January and the second series will once more feature uninvited lodgers, visitors and guests who constantly fill the house, wreaking havoc everywhere they go. Returning characters include lothario Beef (Matt Berry), Geordie ex-con Bosh (Dan … >