BBC One has released a new trailer to promote Jemma Redgrave’s arrival in Holby City. The actress is best known as UNIT’s Kate Stewart in Doctor Who, a role she’s played in six episodes since her debut in 2012. Redgrave began filming her Holby City role in September and will appear on screen as Bernie … >
BBC Two has ordered a new thriller series set in Africa from BAFTA-winner Hugo Blick, writer of The Honourable Woman and The Shadow Line. Blick commented: “Black Earth Rising is a long form thriller which, through the prism of a black Anglo-American family, examines the West’s relationship with contemporary Africa by exploring issues of justice, … >
BBC Two has announced the commission of Paula, a revenge drama about a brief encounter that ends in violence. The three-part serial is written by Conor McPherson, in his first original television series. Paula (working title) is described as a “unique twist on a crime and relationship drama, where a man and a woman get … >
BBC One has ordered a new psychological thriller series from the makers of The Missing and Indian Summers. Requiem is written and created by Kris Mrksa (The Slap, Underbelly). Mrksa commented: “Requiem is the show I’ve always wanted to make. To be making it with the team at New Pictures, and for the BBC, a … >
The new mini-season of The X-Files will begin in the UK next month. The classic ’90s sci-fi drama returned to US screens last weekend with the first new episode since the show concluded in May 2002. ‘My Struggle’ airs at 9pm on Monday 8 February on Channel 5. > Buy the complete Season 1-9 boxset … >
BBC One has announced the cast for a new adaptation of Louise Doughty’s best-selling psychological thriller, Apple Tree Yard. Written by Amanda Coe (Room at the Top, Shameless), the four-part adaptation from the makers of Broadchurch and Humans is described as “a provocative, audacious thriller that puts women’s lives at the heart of a gripping, … >
Bobby V is one of the most refined R&B artists around in the industry at the moment, still as fresh as ever twenty years on from the start of his career. Performing in the US and also worldwide he remains a hit with international audiences, meaning the position of Bobby V’s agent is a hotly … >
Doctor Who actor Matt Smith will play avant-garde photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in a new biopic film. Mapplethorpe will begin filming this summer. Written and directed by Ondi Timoner (Dig!, Brand: A Second Coming), the movie will also star Girls actress Zosia Mamet as Patti Smith, Mapplethorpe’s one-time lover and best friend. Mapplethorpe is best known … >
The Secret of Crickley Hall writer Joe Ahearne will write and direct a chilling new mini-series for BBC One next year. The Replacement will examine the darker side of working women, motherhood and the issues that arise from making “the right choice”. Joe Ahearne has previously written episodes of Da Vinci’s Demons, This Life and Ultraviolet. … >
The BBC has officially announced that Steven Moffat will step down as the lead writer of Doctor Who next year. Steven Moffat took over as showrunner for 2010’s Season 5 following Russell T Davies’ 2005-2010 era. His sixth and final season in charge will air in spring 2017, the BBC has confirmed. As rumoured for … >