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ITV has confirmed that The Bletchley Circle has been axed. Based on the lives of four women who worked at top-secret HQ Bletchley Park during World War II, the code-breaking thriller’s second series concluded earlier this year. ITV has told Digital Spy that the show has not been re-commissioned for a third series. Are you … >
BBC One has recommissioned Scottish crime drama Shetland for a third series. Starring Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez, Shetland is adapted from Ann Cleeves’s successful Shetland quartet crime novels and will return six new 60-minute episodes. Christopher Aird, BBC Head of Drama Production Scotland, commented: “Shetland is a really distinctive crime series that has … >
Death in Paradise star Ben Miller will appear in the new series of Doctor Who this autumn. Miller will guest star in an episode written by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss, who has previously written six episodes for Doctor Who, including last year’s ‘Cold War’ and ‘The Crimson Horror’. Ben Miller commented: “As a committed Whovian … >
Cardinal Burns will return later this month. The comedy sketch show’s six-part second series begins at 10.30pm on Wednesday 30 April on Channel 4, moving from E4. New characters will include Hashtag and Bukake, two Turkish minicab drivers who star in their very own Dalston-set Erotic thriller, Curtis a Jheri-curled rapper from the 80’s who … >
ITV has released a trailer for the new series of crime drama Vera. Starring Brenda Blethyn as D.C.I. Vera Stanhope and David Leon as her sidekick, Detective Sergeant Joe Ashworth, Series 4 begins at 8pm on Sunday 27 April on ITV. Watch the trailer… The first of four new feature-length films, ‘On Harbour Street’, sees … >
Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour returns to ITV for a second series of four new 2-hour films, starring Shaun Evans as young Morse, alongside Roger Allam as his senior Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. Episode 1: ‘Trove’ Sunday 30 March 2014, 8pm > Read our review. May 1966. DC Endeavour Morse returns to Oxford City Police … >
BBC Three has released the first trailer for the new series of zombie drama In the Flesh. PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome) sufferer Kieren Walker continues his struggle to find acceptance in six new episodes, starting on BBC Three next month. Watch the trailer… Series 2 propels us back to the hotbed of Roarton nine months … >
CultBox caught up with actress Jodie Whittaker (Attack the Block) for a chat about Sky1′s new firefighting drama The Smoke, out on DVD this week. From the creators of Spooks and Broadchurch, The Smoke is a show about ordinary men and women, about fire-fighters, and heroes, about life and death stories of risk and rescue. … >
In The Flesh writer Dominic Mitchell discusses the show’s unanswered questions from Series 1 in a BBC video interview. Returning for a second series next month, BBC Three’s drama tells the story of zombie teenager Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) and his reintegration back into both the local community and the heart of his family. Watch … >
BBC Two has ordered a third and fourth series of crime drama Line Of Duty. Series 3 and Series 4 will each comprise of six 60-minute episodes and will feature two new police corruption stories. Line of Duty‘s second series concluded last month with the final episode drawing an audience of 4.1 million viewers. Creator … >