ITV has announced the cast for the brand new series from Fat Friends creator Kay Mellor. Girlfriends will star Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey), Zoë Wanamaker (Mr Selfridge) and Miranda Richardson (Mapp & Lucia) as three women – Linda, Sue and Gail – each pushing 60 and struggling to cope with what life has to throw at them. The … >
BBC Four has announced a series of all-star monologues as part of the BBC’s Gay Britannia season this summer. Curated and directed by Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who), Queers will feature Ben Whishaw, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Front, Russell Tovey, Gemma Whelan, Ian Gelder, Kadiff Kirwan and Fionn Whitehead each delivering a 15-minute monologue. The eight episodes will … >
A new “live entertainment extravaganza” will begin airing every Saturday morning on CBBC this autumn. The series will continue in the tradition of classic Saturday morning programmes like Going Live!, Saturday Superstore and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. Set to be titled Live & Dangerous, the show will be broadcast live from MediaCityUK and “packed full of celebrity guests, … >
A new promotional photo of Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker in BBC One’s Trust Me has been released. The four-part character-led thriller from The Five writer Dan Sefton began filming in Scotland in February and tells the story of a hardworking and skilled nurse, who, having lost her job for whistleblowing, is forced to take drastic measures to … >
Ripper Street will return to BBC Two next month for a final season. Following the grisly death of Detective Inspector Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn), the six new episodes reunite his old friends, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), surgeon Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) and ‘Long’ Susan Hart (MyAnna Buring) to bring his murderer to … >
The first promotional photo has been released for BBC One’s Man in an Orange Shirt. Telling two love stories, set sixty years apart, the two-part mini-series from the makers of Grantchester and Humans is the first screen drama from best-selling British novelist Patrick Gale. The tales are linked by family and by “a painting that holds a secret that echoes down the … >
All Round to Mrs Brown’s will return to BBC One next year. The first season of the British-Irish comedy talk show launched in March. Six new episodes will air in 2018, the BBC has announced. Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll commented: “The whole family are thrilled with the reception the show has received on Saturday nights. … >
BBC Two has released the first teaser for Paula. Written by Conor McPherson, in his first original television series, the new three-part revenge drama is about a brief encounter that ends in violence. The cast is led by Olivier-award winning actress Denise Gough, Tom Hughes (Victoria) and Owen McDonnell (Spooks). Paula tells the story of “the fallout … >
Based on Bernard Cornwell’s worldwide best-selling franchise The Saxon Stories, critically acclaimed historical drama The Last Kingdom recently returned to BBC Two. Set in the year 878, Season 2 saw fearless and instinctive warrior Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon, American Horror Story, Blood Ransom) continue his fight for his native land of Northumbria. Uhtred, having given his sword … >
Throughout the course of the spectacular 007 movie franchise, there have been six actors who have played the dashing spy James Bond. Ever since Sean Connery stepped onto our screen with his good looks, roguish charm and captivating presence, the role of James Bond has been a much talked-about affair. Since Connery’s stint as the … >