ITV has announced the commission of Tina and Bobby. Written by Lauren Klee (EastEnders, Waterloo Road), the three-part drama series tells the story of England and West Ham legend Bobby Moore’s life with his childhood sweetheart, Tina Dean, from their humble beginnings to the dizzy heights of superstardom. Tina and Bobby is based on Tina … >
ITV has announced the commission of a new conspiracy thriller series from the makers of Happy Valley and Scott and Bailey. Written by Bill Gallagher (The Paradise, Lark Rise to Candleford), Paranoid will star Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Robert Glenister (Hustle), Neil Stuke (Silk), Lesley Sharp (Scott and Bailey) and Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey). … >
The BBC has confirmed the commission of a sixth season of Death in Paradise. Season 5 concluded last month averaging 8.1 million viewers each week and with a 29% audience share, cementing its position as one of BBC One’s highest rating dramas. > Buy the complete Season 1-5 boxset on Amazon. My Family star Kris … >
ITV has commissioned another season of detective drama Endeavour. Shaun Evans (The Scandalous Lady W) will return as the young Morse alongside Roger Allam (The Lady in the Van) as Endeavour’s senior officer, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. Endeavour launched in January 2012 with a one-off single film to mark the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse … >
Emilia Fox, Clarke Peters, Paul Schneider and William Ash have joined the cast of The Tunnel: Sabotage. Based on the Danish/Swedish crime series The Bridge, The Tunnel launched on Sky Atlantic in October 2013. > Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. The Anglo-French drama’s second season, previously titled The Tunnel 2: Debris, re-unites Game … >
X-Men stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will reunite on stage this summer in No Man’s Land. Harold Pinter’s masterpiece arrives at Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday 22 August until Saturday 27 August as part of a UK tour, before heading to London’s West End for a limited 14 week run. > Buy tickets at … >
Sky Atlantic has ordered a third season of The Trip. Created and directed by Michael Winterbottom, the comedy launched on BBC Two in 2010, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves. The second season, titled The Trip to Italy, aired on BBC Two in 2014. > Buy the complete Season 1-2 … >
Dennis Kelly (Utopia) and Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) have written a new comedy pilot for Channel 4 about “the horror and hilarity of social engagement.” The writers previously worked together on BBC Three’s Pulling and joked: “It has taken just 10 short years for us to agree to work together again. It was a mistake.” Phil … >
Karl Davies (Happy Valley) and Joanna Horton (Fish Tank) will star in a new Channel 4 drama later this month from the writer of Blackout and Cyberbully. The People Next Door tells the story of young expectant parents Richard (Karl Davies) and Gemma (Joanna Horton) who, upon purchasing their first home, had no idea they … >
BBC Four has commissioned a new comedy series from comedian, writer and actress Jo Brand. Going Forward will see Brand reprise the character of Kim Wilde from BBC Four’s hospital sitcom Getting On, which ran from 2009 to 2012. The new three-part comedy series will air later this year. Jo Brand commented: “Having failed the … >