The third season of Grantchester will begin filming shortly in Grantchester, Cambridge and London. James Norton and Robson Green will return as crime-fighting clergyman Sidney Chambers and Detective Inspector Geordie Keating in six new episodes and a Christmas special of the 1950s-set drama. The show’s first ever festive episode will see pregnant Amanda adjusting to life having left … >
BAFTA award-winning writer Kay Mellor will return to BBC One next year with a brand new drama series, titled Love, Lies and Records. Set in Leeds, the six-part series from the creator of In the Club and The Syndicate follows Registrar Kate Dickinson as she tries to juggle her personal life with the daily dramas of births, marriages and deaths … >
BBC One has announced that the second season of Our Girl will begin next month. Five new episodes of BBC One’s army drama began filming in South Africa earlier this year, with Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan replacing former lead Lacey Turner as medic Corporal Georgie Lane. Season 2 launches at 9pm on Wednesday 7 September on BBC One. … >
Peep Show star Robert Webb will play Christopher Wren in a one-off Horrible Histories special next month. The educational comedy series return to CBBC on Monday 5 September with The Grizzly Great Fire Of London, marking the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. The episode will look at the disaster and the events that surrounded it. Robert Webb teased on Twitter: “This was … >
ITV has released the first trailer for Paranoid, from the makers of Happy Valley and Scott and Bailey. Written by Bill Gallagher (The Paradise, Lark Rise to Candleford), the eight-part conspiracy thriller series stars Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Robert Glenister (Hustle), Neil Stuke (Silk), Lesley Sharp (Scott and Bailey) and Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey). Paranoid will … >
Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery has revealed that she would “wholeheartedly consider” appearing in a movie spin-off. The actress played Lady Mary in all six seasons of the period drama, which concluded last December with a feature-length Christmas special. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and two Emmys for her performance. Buy the complete Season 1-6 box set … >
The eleventh season of Red Dwarf will begin on Dave next month. Original cast members Craig Charles (Lister), Chris Barrie (Rimmer), Danny John-Jules (Cat) and Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) are all back for the six new episodes. Pre-order Red Dwarf XI on Amazon here. The first episode of Red Dwarf XI will air at 9pm on … >
The BBC has confirmed that David Suchet will be appearing in the new season of Doctor Who. The 70-year-old English actor is best known for his role as detective Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie’s Poirot from 1989 to 2013. Suchet will be playing a character named The Landlord in the fourth episode of Doctor Who Season 10, written … >
The Doctor Who team will apparently be heading to Canada later this year as filming on the new season continues. The second block of filming for Season 10 is currently underway in Wales, comprising of Episode 3, written by Sarah Dollard (‘Face the Raven’), and Episode 4, written by Doctor Foster creator Mike Bartlett. Peter Capaldi reportedly told fans on set yesterday, … >
BBC One is bringing the Olivier Award winning hit play Peter Pan Goes Wrong to television this Christmas, straight from the West End stage. Co-written by the creators of the award-winning stage comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, the production is renowned its physical comedy and finely-tuned farce, featuring Buster Keaton-inspired slapstick delivered with split-second timing. Shane Allen, Controller Comedy Commissioning commented: “This word of … >