Amazon has ordered another two seasons of Ripper Street. The period crime drama was revived by Amazon Prime Instant Video last year after being axed by BBC One. Season 3 launched in the UK last November and became the most watched TV series on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the UK, with 98% of customers … >
ITV has commissioned a major new series about the life of Queen Victoria. Victoria will focus on the early years of our longest reigning monarch, who leaves childhood behind when she ascends the throne at the tender age of 18. From the producers of BBC One’s Poldark, the 8-part drama is created and written by acclaimed … >
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 … >