David Tennant has revealed that writing has begun on scripts for the new season of Broadchurch. ITV announced earlier this year that Tennant and Olivia Colman will both reprise their roles as Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller in Season 3. Other returning cast members will be announced at a later date. Asked about what fans … >
Ian McShane, Tom Hollander and Rebecca Front will lead the cast of ITV’s Doctor Thorne. The three-part drama is adapted by Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes from one of his favourite novels by Anthony Trollope. The cast includes Alison Brie (Mad Men), Richard McCabe (Indian Summers), Phoebe Nicholls (Downton Abbey), Gwyneth Keyworth (Misfits), Kate O’Flynn … >
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 … >