The shortlist for this year’s TVChoice Awards has been unveiled. Hosted by David Mitchell, the awards ceremony will take place at The Hilton On Park Lane in London on Monday 8 September. The shortlist includes two nominations for Sherlock (Best Drama Series and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch), but no nominations for Doctor Who this … >
Mr Selfridge creator Andrew Davies has revealed that the show will probably end after its fourth series. Filming on the third series of ITV’s period drama began in April. Davies told Digital Spy: “It was always conceived of as four series – that is, if people liked it enough. People seem to love it, so … >
UKTV has commissioned a second series of You, Me & Them, Gold’s sitcom Eve Myles (Torchwood), Anthony Head (Merlin) and Lindsay Duncan (Doctor Who). The comedy series launched on Gold last October and tells the story of Ed (Head) and Lauren (Myles), a couple who are madly in love, despite their 20 plus-year age gap. However, … >
Writer Julian Fellowes has revealed that he expects Downton Abbey to return for a sixth series. Series 5’s eight episodes will air this autumn, followed by a feature-length special at Christmas, but Series 6 has not yet been confirmed by ITV. Fellowes told Harper’s Bazaar: “I would be amazed if there wasn’t another series after … >
The BBC has annouced that children’s novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce is the final writer for the new series of Doctor Who. As rumoured earlier this week, the writer for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony has written Episode 10 of Series 8. The episode will feature a cast of child actors including Harley Bird (voice of … >
Torchwood star John Barrowman has hinted that the show could still return. Starring the Scottish-American actor as Captain Jack Harkness, the Doctor Who spin-off launched on BBC Three in 2006 and was last seen on BBC One with 2011’s US co-production Miracle Day. Barrowman told Terry Wogan on his BBC Radio 2 show: “[Torchwood] ran … >
Filming has begun on a second series of Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters. Six new 30-minute episodes will premiere on Sky Atlantic in 2015. The channel has also commissioned a one-off 60-minute “hard-hitting documentary special” hosted by Alan Partridge. Written by Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons and Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters follows Alan … >
Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie has revealed that she found it “exhilarating to be such a horrible character” in the new series of Channel 4’s Utopia. Series 2 of Utopia opens with a flashback episode set in the 1970s. Best known as Ygritte in Game of Thrones and as housemaid Gwen Dawson in Downton Abbey, … >
BBC Three has announced the commission of Tatau, a brand new eight-part fantasy drama series. Tatau is the first new drama series to be commissioned for BBC Three since In the Flesh. The future of In the Flesh has yet to be announced by BBC Three. Written by Richard Zajdlic and co-produced by Touchpaper TV … >
Frank Cottrell Boyce appears to be the final writer to be confirmed for Doctor Who‘s new series. The British screenwriter has previously written 24 Hour Party People and Danny Boyle’s 2004 movie Millions. Most recently he co-wrote the script for The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. The writer told the Liverpool Echo: … >