ITV has commissioned a fourth season of Mr Selfridge. Jeremy Piven (Entourage) and Katherine Kelly (Coronation Street) will return for ten new episodes next year. Inspired by the turbulent life of charismatic American retail entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, Mr Selfridge launched in January 2013. Season 3 is airing at 9pm on Sunday nights on ITV. … >
Kieran Bew (Da Vinci’s Demons) will lead the cast of ITV’s new Beowulf series as the legendary title character. Described as “a western set in the Dark Ages of Britain’s mythic past”, the new 13-part drama is created by James Dormer (Strike Back), Tim Haines and Katie Newman. Kieran Bew will star alongside William Hurt … >
Channel 4’s End of the World Night will reveal the fate of humanity this spring. The special one-off 90-minute programme will take a look at the science facts behind the science fiction, with some of the world’s foremost academics evaluating the many threats to our civilization, and answering the question ‘How will the world end?’. … >
BBC Two has commissioned a third season of The Fall. Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan will return as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson and serial killer Paul Spector for five new 60-minute episodes of the psychological thriller. Season 2 concluded on BBC Two in December, with 3.6 million consolidated viewers tuning in. > Buy Season 2 … >
Doctor Who episode ‘Dark Water’ received the most complaints to broadcast regulator Ofcom since the show was revived in 2005. The opening part of Season 8’s two-part finale aired in November 2014 and featured Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) being killed in a car accident. The story later revealed that the dead are able to feel … >
Luther star Idris Elba has promised that the crime drama’s new two-part special will be “explosive”. The Thor actor began filming the new story in East London last week, reprising his role as murder detective DCI John Luther. The official synopsis teases: “Luther’s back. Pitted against his most chilling adversary yet, haunted by the ghosts … >
CBBC’s Wolfblood will be returning for a fourth season, following months of speculation about the show’s future. Creator Debbie Moon announced the news on Twitter: “I can now confirm that a fourth season of #Wolfblood has been commissioned!” The fantasy action drama launched in 2012 and follows the lives of a group of ordinary teenagers … >
Production has started on Doctor Who star Matt Smith’s new action-thriller, Patient Zero. Smith appears alongide Game of Thrones actors Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell) and John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) in the movie about the fight against a global pandemic. The cast also includes Stanley Tucci. Patient Zero will be shooting in and around London until mid-April. … >
Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nicola Walker will lead the cast of ITV’s new crime drama, Unforgotten. The six-part series is written and created by Chris Lang (A Mother’s Son) and focuses on a ‘cold’ murder case of 39 years ago, when the bones of a young man are found beneath the footings of a demolished house. … >
The cast has been announced for BBC One’s new “aspirational family comedy”, The Kennedys. Created and written by actress, writer and TV presenter Emma Kennedy, the six-part multi-generation comedy started filming today. The cast includes Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd), Dan Skinner (House of Fools), Lucy Hutchison (The Politician’s Husband), Harry Peacock (Toast of London) … >