Tom Bateman, Richard E Grant and Natalie Gumede will lead the cast of Jekyll & Hyde, ITV’s new action adventure series. From The Fast Show writer Charlie Higson and inspired by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the ten-part drama will feature “spooky creatures, ghouls, zombies, werewolves and … >
The third season of E4’s My Mad Fat Diary will start shooting this week. The comedy-drama will return this summer for a final three 60-minute episodes. Returning cast members include Sharon Rooney as Rae, Jodie Comer as Chloe, Jordan Murphy as Chop, Ciara Baxendale as Izzy and Dan Cohen as Archie, with Nico Mirallegro also … >
A brand new production of the much-loved musical Saturday Night Fever arrives in Brighton next month. Based on the hit 1977 film starring John Travolta, the show is playing at Theatre Royal in Brighton from Tuesday 3 March until Saturday 7 March. > Buy tickets at atgtickets.com/brighton or by phoning 0844 871 7650. Saturday Night … >
The cast has been announced for BBC One’s new adaptation of JB Priestley’s classic play An Inspector Calls. Harry Potter actor David Thewlis will play The Inspector, alongside Ken Stott (The Hobbit) as Arthur Birling and Miranda Richardson (Mapp & Lucia) as his wife Sybil Birling. The cast also include Chloe Pirrie (Black Mirror), Kyle … >
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that there will be more than one two-part story in the new season. Moffat told Radio Times: “We’re filming our first two-parter at the moment, which is in fact going to be episodes three and four of the new series. A brilliant script by Toby Whithouse.” Whithouse’s story … >
Writer Russell T Davies has confirmed that he only plans for his new Channel 4 series Cucumber to run for one season. Starring Vincent Franklin (The Thick of It) and Cyril Nri (The Bill), the eight-part drama about the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life launched last week. > Order Cucumber on DVD on … >
Channel 4 has announced the recommission of new comedy Catastrophe for a second season. Written by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, the show launched on Channel 4 last week and pulled in an average consolidated audience of 1.2 million viewers. Catastrophe follows an Irish woman (Sharon Horgan) and an American man (Rob Delaney) … >
Alan Bennett’s The History Boys returns to Brighton for a limited run next month. The winner of over 30 major awards since it premiered at the National Theatre in 2004, including the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best New Play, the show is playing at Theatre Royal in Brighton from Monday 9 February until Saturday … >
Award-winning Gayle Forman’s heart-breaking new Young Adult story, I Was Here, is published tomorrow. A story of friendship, grief and self-discovery, the novel follows 18-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months after the shocking suicide of her best friend. As Cody looks for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey … >
Hugh Laurie (House) and Tom Hiddleston (Thor) will lead the cast of BBC One’s new television adaptation of espionage drama The Night Manager. Adapted by David Farr (Hanna, Spooks) from John le Carré’s original novel, the six-part BBC/AMC co-production begins filming this spring. The contemporary interpretation will “bring together love, loss and revenge in a complex … >