The BBC has confirmed that Dickensian has been axed after just one season. The 20-part period drama series launched last December, initially attracting over 5 million viewers. However, had halved by the show’s tenth episode. Created by Tony Jordan (Hustle), Dickensian was set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens’ critically acclaimed novels and cost an estimated £10m to make. > Buy Dickensian … >
The makers of Line of Duty have confirmed that the next season will start shooting later this year. The fourth season of Jed Mercurio’s police corruption thriller was commissioned by BBC Two in April 2014 at the same time as Season 3, but there has previously been a gap of two years between each season. World Productions announced … >
BBC One has announced that the new season of In the Club will start next month. Created by Kay Mellor (The Syndicate, Band of Gold, Fat Friends), the baby drama is back with six new episodes. Featuring “more secrets, heartbreak, comedy and pathos”, Season 2 begins at 9pm on Tuesday 3 May on BBC One. > Buy Season 1 on … >
BBC One has released the first trailer for the new season of In the Club. Featuring “more secrets, heartbreak, comedy and pathos”, Season 2 began filming last November and will feature the return of all six couples from Season 1. In the Club returns to BBC One next month. Watch the trailer… In the Club launched in August … >
ITV has announced the cast for The Halcyon, a new drama set in a glamorous 5-star hotel at the centre of London society during World War 2. The eight-part series will star Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense) and Steven Mackintosh (Luther) alongside Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge), Alex Jennings (The Lady In The Van), Matt Ryan (Arrow), Hermione Corfield (Pride … >
Eve Myles and Tommy-Lawrence Knight have been taking selfies together on the set of ITV’s new Queen Victoria drama. Victoria stars Doctor Who‘s Jenna Coleman as the Queen, from her accession to the throne at the tender age of 18 through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert. From the makers of BBC One’s Poldark, the eight-part series began filming last year … >
The actor who played The Sarah Jane Adventures villain The Trickster has joined the cast of BBC Three’s Class. Paul Marc Davis will have a recurring role in the latest Doctor Who spin-off, which began filming in Cardiff earlier this month. Set in contemporary London at Coal Hill School, the eight-part series follows four students with “hidden secrets and desires” … >
ITV has announced the cast for its new “high stakes, high intensity thriller” from the writers of Shetland. Set in Brighton, The Level tells the story of a Detective Sergeant living a double-life. The six-part drama stars Karla Crome (Misfits), Philip Glenister (Ashes to Ashes), Laura Haddock (The Inbetweeners Movie), Noel Clarke (Doctor Who), Robert James Collier (Downton Abbey), Lindsey Coulson (Casualty), … >
Keeley Hawes has confirmed that The Durrells will be back for a second season. Based upon Gerald Durrell’s classic trilogy of Corfu memoirs, ITV’s new family drama launched earlier this month with 6.4 million viewers. Hawes reveals on tonight’s The Graham Norton Show that the cast will be returning to Corfu this summer to film new episodes. The Line of Duty actress commented: “I am so … >
Author Neil Gaiman has announced he will be writing the adaptation of Good Omens, his co-authored novel with Sir Terry Pratchett, for television. The Doctor Who writer and longtime friend of Pratchett had previously declared that he didn’t want to adapt the pair’s 1990 fantasy novel without Pratchett, who died in 2015. Gaiman commented: “Terry and I had a deal that we would … >