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The Musketeers return to BBC One for a third season to face their greatest challenge. After four years, a war-torn Paris has become a powder keg ready to explode. Refugees have flocked to the city in search of sanctuary. Food is scarce. Black market profiteering is rife. But the city’s governor, Phillipe Feron (Rupert Everett), is … >
BBC One’s new period spy drama The Secret Agent stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure and Stephen Graham. From the makers of Line of Duty, the three-part series is adapted by Tony Marchant (Garrow’s Law) from Joseph Conrad’s classic thriller. The cast also includes Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans) and David Dawson (Ripper Street). Episode 1 Sunday 17 July 2016, 9pm > Read our review. London, … >
Brief Encounters is a new ITV drama about the early days of the Ann Summers party plan business. Set in the early 1980s, the six-part series is created and written by Fay Rusling and Oriane Messina (Green Wing, Me & Mrs Jones) and inspired by chapters in Jacqueline Gold’s memoir, Good Vibrations. The cast includes Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Peter Wight … >
BBC One’s The Living and the Dead is a new supernatural drama from the creators of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes. Directed by Alice Troughton (Merlin, In the Flesh), the six-part series stars Colin Morgan (Merlin, Humans) and Charlotte Spencer (Glue). Episode 1 Tuesday 28 June 2016, 9pm > Read our review. Somerset 1894. When a pioneering … >
Deep Roy is rumoured to be playing a role in the second episode of Doctor Who‘s new season. The Kenyan actor, stuntman, puppeteer and comedian was apparently spotted on location filming with the Doctor Who cast this week in Valencia, Spain. Reports on Twitter suggest that he is playing a robot in the episode, which is written … >
Rachel Talalay is apparently on the shortlist to direct the upcoming Captain Marvel film. Oscar-winner Brie Larson (The Room) was officially announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 to play Carol Danvers in the first female-led movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Captain Marvel is set for release in cinemas on 8 March 2019. The shortlist of directors is now down to ten possible candidates, ScreenRant … >
A third season of CBBC’s award-winning sitcom So Awkward has been commissioned before the second season has even aired. Created by Julie Bower, So Awkward launched in May 2015 and tells the story of three socially awkward friends; Lily, Martha and Jas. Alan Marke, Managing Director of Channel X, commented: “So Awkward came about when an opportunity arose to develop … >
ITV has released the first promotional photo for the return of Cold Feet. The BAFTA-winning comedy-drama is back this autumn with eight new episodes. Original cast members James Nesbitt, Robert Bathurst, Hermione Norris, John Thomson and Fay Ripley are all returning. The official synopsis for the new season reads: “It’s been 13 years since Rachel’s untimely death. How has … >
Fox announced the latest celebrity names for the new season of Family Guy at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. Among the guests are Doctor Who star David Tennant, who will appear as the Doctor in an episode titled ‘Doctor Who Farted’. Watch the trailer for Season 15, which features Tennant at 1:07… Family Guy returns to Fox on Sunday … >
Torchwood star John Barrowman has revealed that he is working on new plans to get the show back on television. The Doctor Who spin-off launched on BBC Three in 2006, with a further three seasons airing on BBC Two, BBC One and then US cable channel Starz. Torchwood was last seen on TV in 2011 with the ten-part … >