It has emerged that a couple of Doctor Who writers were working on George Lucas’s planned live-action Star Wars television series. Lucas put together a team of writers to develop scripts for the TV show in around 2007, following his experience running writers’ rooms for animated series The Clone Wars. When he went on to sell Lucasfilm, the project was abandoned. Den of … >
Doctor Who star John Barrowman has revealed which Doctor he believes is the best ever. The Scottish-American actor joined Doctor Who as Captain Jack Harkness in 2005 and appeared alongside both Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant in the show, before starring in spin-off series Torchwood. Chatting to The Big Issue as part of their regular ‘Letter To … >
A new TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves’ fantasy and science fiction novel InterWorld is being developed. Published in 2007, InterWorld follows the story of Joey Harker who, together with a group of other Joeys from different Earths in other parallel universes (some of whom are older or younger, a different gender, and a different … >
The creator of BBC One’s The Living And The Dead has provided an update on the possibility of a second season. Starring Colin Morgan (Merlin, Humans) and Charlotte Spencer (Glue), all six episodes of the supernatural drama debuted on BBC iPlayer last month and are currently airing on Tuesday nights on BBC One. > Read our 5-star review of the first episode. Asked … >
Sherlock star Amanda Abbington has confirmed that today is the final day of shooting on the show’s new season. Season 4 began filming in April and is expected to air on BBC One in January 2017. Abbington, who has played John Watson’s wife Mary since the third season, tweeted a photo this afternoon. Last day… … >
Sarah Hadland (Miranda) and John Thomson (Cold Feet) will lead the cast of BBC One Daytime’s new dramatisation of The Moonstone. The five-part adaptation of Wilkie Collins’ mystery novel will air over five consecutive afternoons later this year as part of the BBC’s #LoveToRead season, supported by BBC Learning. It is being adapted for screen by Rachel … >
ITV has revealed who will be playing the young incarnation of Helen Mirren’s iconic character Jane Tennison. Tennison, the new prequel to Prime Suspect, has now started filming on location in London. Stefanie Martini (Doctor Thorne, Endeavour) will lead the cast as the young Jane Tennison. She’ll be joined by Blake Harrison (Dad’s Army, The Inbetweeners) and Sam Reid (Belle, The Riot Club) as … >
Sky1 has commissioned a new crime drama from bestselling author Harlan Coben, following the success of The Five. Starring Tom Cullen, O. T. Fagbenle, Lee Ingleby and Sarah Solemani, The Five premiered on Sky1 in April. > Buy The Five on DVD on Amazon. RED Production Company, the makers of Happy Valley, will now produce a follow-up called The … >
Best-selling British novelist Patrick Gale has written his first screen drama for BBC One. Man in an Orange Shirt tells two gay love stories, set sixty years apart. The tales are linked by family and by “a painting that holds a secret that echoes down the generations.” The two-part drama will be produced by Kudos, the makers … >
Channel 4 has announced the recommission of hit comedy Catastrophe for another two seasons. Written by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, the show launched on Channel 4 last year and follows an Irish woman (Sharon Horgan) and an American man (Rob Delaney) who must navigate instant pregnancy and genuine disaster as they struggle to fall in love … >