BBC One has announced that Casualty will celebrate the end of its 30th Anniversary season with a first for the show. The long-running medical drama’s current season finale will be filmed all in one take on a single camera. Written by original Casualty co-creator Paul Unwin, ‘One Shot’ will air on BBC One this Summer and covers an hour … >
Coming to Channel 4 and US channel AMC in 2017 is Loaded, an English-language version of hit Israeli series Mesudarim. The the award-wining original series won four Israeli Academy Awards in 2007. Loaded follows four tech entrepreneurs and childhood friends who become multi-millionaires overnight and is executive produced by Jon Brown (Veep, Fresh Meat). Leading the cast of the eight-part series are Samuel Anderson … >
There is nothing that glues us to our TV sets more than a good soap wedding. Rarely do they run smoothly, and that soft focus ‘Scott and Charlene‘ style romance (Google it, youngsters) is often shattered by high action drama in today’s soap operas. This seems to be the perfect formula for engrossing a nation … >
Having already broadcasted over a dozen battles between the Premier League’s current top six teams, Sky Sports will air another three epic clashes this month. Sky Sports’ Head of Football, Gary Hughes, commented: “Sky Sports is the place to see the remaining big fixtures as the Premier League heads towards its dramatic conclusion.” He added: … >
BBC One has announced today that Paul McGann is joining the cast of Holby City. The Doctor Who star will play Professor John Gaskell, “a surgical star with irrepressible charm”, in the long-running medical drama series. McGann will begin filming in August and will appear on screen from December. The actor commented: “I’m really excited to be … >
Martin Clunes has returned to Port Isaac in Cornwall as filming starts on the eighth season of Doc Martin. The Men Behaving Badly star is back as the nation’s favourite grumpy medic, Dr. Martin Ellingham, in eight new episodes of ITV’s long-running medical drama. Buy the Season 7 box set on Amazon here. All the show’s … >
A new drama combining “sci-fi, horror, adventure, suspense, fantasy and mystery” will launch on CBBC this autumn. A 13-part original drama anthology of spooky tales, Creeped Out will be filmed in the UK and Canada. The series is created by Bede Blake and Rob Butler and the individual stories will be linked together by ‘The Curious’, a mysterious … >
Detectorists will return to BBC Four later this year. Written, directed and starring Mackenzie Crook (The Office), the hit comedy series launched in October 2014 and follows Andy (Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones) as they arm themselves with their metal detectors in a bid to strike gold. Six new 30-minute episodes will begin filming this summer. … >
BBC Four’s latest Scandi TV acquisition is Black Lake. The eight-part Swedish drama series follows a group of young friends and the unsettling chain of events that are set into motion when they visit an abandoned ski resort. Cassian Harrison, Channel Editor, BBC Four, commented: “Having expanded our international drama slate to take viewers to Canada … >
Fancy yourself as a Disney horse? Or maybe you are more of a Ass? With the Grand National 2017 coming up, check out Paddy Power’s fun new quiz to figure out which character you are most like… Which Disney horse are you? Let us know below…