E4 has announced the cast for new comedy-drama Aliens. Michael Socha (This is England, Being Human) and Michaela Coel (Top Boy, Chewing Gum) will lead the cast, with Socha playing the show’s mild-mannered hero and Coel as an alien. The six one-hour episodes will also star Michael Smiley (Black Mirror), Ashley Walters (Cuffs), Holli Dempsey … >
Toby Jones, Vicky McClure and Stephen Graham will star in BBC One’s The Secret Agent. Adapted by Tony Marchant (Garrow’s Law) from Joseph Conrad’s classic thriller, the three-part drama is being produced by Line of Duty‘s World Productions. Toby Jones (The Hunger Games, Captain America) will play Verloc, whose seedy Soho shop hides his role as … >
The makers of Death in Paradise have confirmed an array of guest stars for the crime drama’s fifth season. Eight new episodes began filming on the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe this summer, with main cast members Kris Marshall, Joséphine Jobert, Danny John-Jules and Tobi Bakare all returning. > Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon. … >
Disney is reportedly planning a Harry Potter-style franchise based around the story of Merlin. Screenwriter Philippa Boyens has been hired to adapt T.A. Barron’s The Merlin Saga series of 12 books. Boyens has previously worked on Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, King Kong and The Lovely Bones. The studio … >
Cold Feet will be back for a brand new season next year, ITV has now officially announced. Eight new episodes of the BAFTA-winning comedy-drama will begin filming in Manchester in February, with original series creator Mike Bullen returning as writer. Cold Feet launched in 1997 and ran for 33 episodes over five seasons. > Buy … >
ITV has ordered a new ‘domestic horror’ drama from the makers of Unforgotten. Written by Paula Milne (The Politician’s Husband, White Heat, Small Island), the three-part series will focus on “life’s major themes: the painful breakdown of relationships, love, loss, betrayal and passion”. Him is described as the story of a 17-year-old boy and his … >
ITV has announced the commission of a new six-part medical series created by Death in Paradise writer Dan Sefton. The Good Karma Hospital is set in the tropical paradise of Goa and is described as “a drama with heart” and “vibrant and colourful”. The modern-day series will follow a team of British and Indian medics … >
Channel 5 has announced today that Neighbours episodes will be broadcast on the same day as their Australian broadcast from January. Fans of the Australian soap will no longer have to wait to catch up, in a bid to reduce online spoilers and piracy. Channel 5 will close the current two week gap by airing … >
BBC One has announced the commission of The Last Post from The Village writer Peter Moffat. Based on Moffat’s childhood memories, the series is described as “an up-close look at soldiering and police work, but it’s as much about the pressures and excitements of being married to the British army in a dangerous place at … >
EastEnders star Paul Nicholls has joined the cast of BBC One’s In the Club for the pregnancy drama’s second season. Featuring “more secrets, heartbreak, comedy and pathos”, Season 2 has begun filming and will feature the return of all six couples from Season 1. In the Club launched in August 2014 and is created by Kay … >