Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat will apparently remain as showrunner for at least another season. The co-creator of Sherlock joined as Doctor Who‘s executive producer for Matt Smith’s first season in 2010 and Wales Online reports that Moffat has “just signed up for another year” on the show. Season 10 will be his sixth season … >
Guest stars for the new season of Shetland have been announced. Six new episodes of the BBC One cime drama are filming now in Scotland. Shetland launched in March 2013, starring Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez, adapted from Ann Cleeves’ novels. Guest stars in Season 3 will include Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones), Archie … >
BBC Two Controller Kim Shillinglaw has announced the commission of Stag, a new “darkly comic thriller”. Created by Jim Field Smith (producer/director of The Wrong Mans) and George Kay, the three-part series follows a meek schoolteacher (Jim Howick – Peep Show, Babylon) as he struggles to survive the Stag weekend from hell. He is joined … >
BBC Two Controller Kim Shillinglaw has announced the commission of Two Doors Down. The new “comedy of manners” by Simon Carlyle (Bad Education) and Gregor Sharp (The Trip) will feature “Scottish families at their best and worst … exploring why it is that the people you’re closest to always seem to cause you the most … >
BBC Two has announced that Daniel Radcliffe and Bill Paxton will star in the channel’s new factual drama, Game Changer. The one-off 90-minute drama will tell the story of the controversy surrounding the computer game Grand Theft Auto – arguably the greatest British coding success story since Bletchley Park. The game offers players the chance … >
ITV has ordered a second season of Prey. Created and written by Chris Lunt, the series launched last April on ITV, starring John Simm as a well-liked copper who is wrongly accused and arrested for murder. Season 2 will see Simm’s character replaced by the actor’s former Life on Mars co-star Philip Glenister in “a … >
Two new seasons of Red Dwarf have been confirmed by Dave. Red Dwarf XI will air next year, followed by Red Dwarf XII in 2017. Original cast members Craig Charles (Lister), Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Danny John-Jules (Cat) and Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) will all be back. Watch the official announcement… Red Dwarf XI was planned to … >
Julian Fellowes will adapt Anthony Trollope’s novel Doctor Thorne for ITV. The three-part drama will begin filming later this year. Downton Abbey creator Fellowes commented: “As a lifetime devotee of Trollope, my own favourite among the great nineteenth century English novelists and certainly the strongest influence over my work that I am conscious of, it … >
The BBC has revealed that Jemma Redgrave will return for another two episodes in the new season of Doctor Who. In addition to her return in Season 9’s opening two-parter, a new video on the show’s official website confirms that Redgrave will be back again as Kate Stewart in Episode 7 and Episode 8. The … >
Doctor Who‘s executive producer has revealed that fans will learn more about Missy’s history with the Doctor in the new season. Missy will return in Season 9’s two-part opener, ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’ and ‘The Witch’s Familiar’. Speaking to SFX in the magazine’s new issue (on sale now), Brian Minchin teased: “Missy is brilliant, and having … >