SAS Rogue Heroes

SAS Rogue Heroes – second series begins filming

Steven Knight’s rollicking tale of the SAS continues with new Rogue Heroes joining the story for series 2 SAS Rogue Heroes made a significant splash when it landed on BBC One last year. After drawing impressive audience figures, including over 9 million viewers for its first episode, the show was swiftly recommissioned for a second … >

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SAS Rogue Heroes

SAS Rogue Heroes scores a second series at the BBC

Who Dares Wins more episodes…  SAS Rogue Heroes, the BBC drama from Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight, is getting a second series to continue its story. The show, a raucous telling of the formation of the Special Air Service during World War Two, is based on the book by Ben Macintyre. According to the BBC, … >

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SAS Rogue Heroes - Jack O'Connell and Connor Swindells

SAS Rogue Heroes – new trailer for the upcoming BBC drama

From Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the show tells the creation story of the elite special forces unit.  It feels like SAS Rogue Heroes has been a long time coming. With the show’s first teaser dropping back in April, we’re still only as the “coming soon” stage. However, the BBC have just delivered a belter … >

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Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in the Crown

Rumours of a prequel series to The Crown

Is Peter Morgan about to wind back the clock to the start of the Twentieth Century?  With Netflix’s award-winning royal drama The Crown about to begin its final iteration, rumours abound that the streamer wants more. The show, made by Left Bank Pictures, has focussed on the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II … >

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Downton Abbey 2

Downton Abbey 2 — in production and coming this Christmas!

Production has started on Downton Abbey 2! Even better news? It will be out for Christmas! Thanks to Film Stories, we can tell you the sequel to 2019’s Downton Abbey film is in production with the original cast (Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith and others) and newcomers Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West. Simon Curtis (My Week with … >

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SAS: Rogue Heroes cast

SAS Rogue Heroes — BBC announces casting for new series

The BBC has released casting details for SAS Rogue Heroes as filming gets underway Cairo, 1941. David Stirling – an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong – is bored. Convinced traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern … >

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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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Sky Atlantic confirms start date for hit US drama ‘The Affair’

Showtime’s Golden Globe Award winning US drama The Affair will begin in the UK next month. Starring Ruth Wilson (Luther), Dominic West (The Wire) and Joshua Jackson (Fringe), the ten-part drama explores the emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital affair. The Affair starts at 9pm on Wednesday 13 May on Sky Atlantic. Watch the … >

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