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 … >
Torchwood star John Barrowman has signed a new deal that will see his Arrow character appear in spin-offs The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. Barrowman has played bad guy Malcolm Merlyn (aka the Dark Archer) in Arrow since 2012 and became a regular cast member in Season 3. > Buy the complete Arrow Season 1-3 box set on Amazon. The Doctor Who actor’s deal … >
Doctor Who writer Simon Guerrier and Public Astronomer Dr Marek Kukula will explore the science of Doctor Who in Brighton next weekend. Part of Brighton Science Festival, the one-off Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who event will explore subjects as diverse as time travel, regeneration, artificial intelligence and how to operate a sonic screwdriver, in ways easy for all to understand, even parents. … >
Laura Fraser and Siobhan Finneran will lead the cast of a new ITV crime drama set on the beautiful, haunting shores of Scotland’s most iconic loch. Loch Ness is written by Stephen Brady (Vera, Silent Witness) and executive produced by Tim Haines (Primeval, Sinbad). Laura Fraser (Houdini and Doyle, Lip Service) and Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley, Downton Abbey) will be joined in … >
The second season of E4 comedy Chewing Gum has started filming. Actress, writer, playwright, singer and poet Michaela Coel is back as Tracey Gordon for six new 30-minute episodes, which will air on E4 later this year. The first season of Chewing Gum launched on E4 last October. Other returning cast members include Danielle Walters (Kill Your Friends) and Kadiff … >
Murray Gold has discussed the planned Queer as Folk musical and why it never happened. Gold, who has scored the music for Doctor Who since Russell T Davies brought the show back in 2005, wrote the music for Queer as Folk. Channel 4’s groundbreaking LGBT series ran for two seasons in 1999 and 2000, launching the careers of Aidan Gillen … >