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Dan Stevens has signed up to portray author Charles Dickens. The Man Who Invented Christmas will be adapted for the screen by Mozart in the Jungle writer Susan Coyne from the book of the same name by Les Standiford, THR reports. The story follows Dickens during the six weeks in 1843 when he created his classic festive tale, … >
Scottish comedy Two Doors Down is back on BBC Two later this month for a second season. The residents of Latimer Crescent will return for more domestic disasters in six new half-hour episodes. Season 2 begins at 10pm on Monday 21 November on BBC Two. Written by Gregor Sharp and Simon Carlyle, the sitcom launched in April. … >
Josh Widdicombe’s sitcom Josh will return next year for a third season. Season 2 concludes tonight at 11.25pm on BBC One, following its debut online on BBC Three. Shane Allen, Controller, BBC Comedy Commissioning has announced today that six new episodes will arrive in 2017. Allen commented: “Josh’s star keeps rising and this series has proven … >
Waking the Dead star Claire Goose is back for a new season of BBC One’s daytime drama The Coroner later this month. The ten-part second season sees Coroner Jane Kennedy (Claire Goose) investigate sudden or unexplained deaths in the English costal community of Lighthaven, South Devon, working with her former flame Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins (Matt Bardock). … >
E4 has ordered a new scripted comedy series from the executive producer of People Just Do Nothing. Written by Jamie Demetriou and Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper, and executive produced by Jon Petrie (People Just Do Nothing), Stath follows the success of Demetriou’s 2013 online comedy short for Channel 4 featuring incompetent letting agent Stath. The six half-hour episodes will … >
The Missing returns to BBC One for a second season, featuring a new case, new characters and a new location. The new eight-part sequel to 2014’s hit drama series sees David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) and Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) lead the cast, with Tchéky Karyo returning as detective Julien Baptiste. The cast also includes Roger Allam (Endeavour), Abigail Hardingham … >
The second season of BBC One’s Ordinary Lies introduces viewers to a fresh array of compelling characters, each with their own tangled web of torrid secrets and lies. Based at the call centre and warehouse of sports sales company Coopers, the six-part drama follows Toke (Joel Fry), Wendy (Rebekah Staton), Belinda (Jill Halfpenny), Joe (Con O’Neill), Ash (Luke … >
Indira Varma, Robert Glenister, Neil Stuke, Lesley Sharp and Kevin Doyle star in ITV’s new conspiracy thriller, Paranoid. Written by Bill Gallagher (The Paradise), the eight-part series tells the story of a female GP who is murdered in a rural children’s playground with an abundance of eyewitnesses. A group of detectives embark on what seems to be … >
A trailer has been unveiled for BBC Two’s upcoming adaptation of White Teeth author Zadie Smith’s novel NW. The 90-minute drama has been adapted by director Saul Dibb (Bullet Boy) and writer Rachel Bennette (Bel Ami) with Mammoth Screen, the makers of Poldark and Parade’s End. Nikki Amuka-Bird (Luther, Small Island) and Phoebe Fox (A View From The Bridge, Life In Squares) lead the cast … >
CultBox has an exclusive first look at the final episode of ITV’s intense new thriller, The Level. Starring Karla Crome (Misfits), Noel Clarke (Doctor Who), Robert James Collier (Downton Abbey) and Lindsey Coulson (EastEnders), the six-part drama series launched last month. Buy The Level on DVD on Amazon here. Episode 6 airs at 9pm tomorrow night on ITV. The finale … >