The BBC has announced the first guest star for the new season of Doctor Who. Stephanie Hyam has signed up for a role in Season 10. She will play a character named Heather in either Episode 1 or Episode 2. Hyam appeared as Jane in the recent Sherlock special ‘The Abominable Bride’. She has also been in BBC Three’s Murdered by My Boyfriend and … >
Australian writer Sarah Dollard has written an episode of Doctor Who for the new season, the BBC has confirmed. Dollard wrote 2015’s ‘Face the Raven’ and has previously written episodes of Being Human, Aussie soap Neighbours and BBC Two’s thriller The Game. She commented last year ahead of her first episode: “Getting to play in the Doctor Who toy box … >
The BBC has officially announced today that Matt Lucas will be joining the cast of Doctor Who as a regular next season. The Little Britain star made his debut as Nardole in last year’s Christmas special, ‘The Husbands of River Song’. A new press released confirms: “Matt Lucas returns to Doctor Who from the opening episode of series 10 which starts … >
BBC Three’s new Doctor Who spin-off will have an LGBT lead character, the show’s writer has announced. Created by YA author Patrick Ness, Class began filming in Cardiff in April. The eight-part series is set in contemporary London at Coal Hill School and “will shine a light on a whole new corner of the Whoniverse.” Ness revealed the news on Twitter … >
Frank Cottrell-Boyce has written an episode of Doctor Who for the new season. The British screenwriter and author made his Doctor Who debut in 2014 with Season 8’s ‘In the Forest of the Night’. Cottrell-Boyce’s new story will be Season 10’s second episode, the BBC confirmed today. Episode 1 will be Steven Moffat’s season opener, which will introduce Pearl Mackie … >
Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar will start filming the new season of Unforgotten later this month. The new episodes will tell a brand new story from creator and writer Chris Lang, once again exploring the fallout from the investigation into an historic murder case. The crime drama launched on ITV last October and the first season has now … >
BBC Two has announced an all-star cast for the first ever TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall. Marking 50 years since Waugh’s death, the three-part series based on the 1928 comic novel will be written by James Wood (Rev). The cast will be led by Jack Whitehall (Fresh Meat), David Suchet (Agatha Christie’s Poirot), Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) and Douglas … >
ITV has released the first trailer for its upcoming drama series about the early days of the Ann Summers party plan business. Set in the early 1980s, Brief Encounters stars Sharon Rooney, Penelope Wilton, Angela Griffin and Sophie Rundle as “four women striving to find happiness and fulfilment.” The six-part series is created and written by Fay Rusling and … >
ITV has released a brand new clip from Victoria, starring former Doctor Who actress Jenna Coleman. The eight-part period drama series about the early life of Queen Victoria began filming last year and production wrapped last month. From the makers of BBC One’s Poldark, Victoria follows Queen Victoria (Coleman) from her accession to the throne at the tender age of 18 through … >
Armando Iannucci has said that BBC Two’s satirical comedy series The Thick of It won’t return because the current world of politics is too “alien and awful”. Starring Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It launched in May 2005 and ran for four seasons and two specials. The final episode aired in October 2012 and a film … >