BBC One has released a set of new promotional images for next month’s two-part Luther special. Starring Idris Elba as murder detective DCI John Luther, the two 60-minute episodes are written by the crime drama’s creator Neil Cross and directed by Sam Miller (Fortitude). Episode 1 airs at 9pm on Tuesday 15 December on BBC … >
BBC One has revealed that the new two-part Luther special will air next month. Starring Idris Elba as murder detective DCI John Luther, the first episode airs at 9pm on Tuesday 15 December on BBC One. > Buy the complete Season 1-3 box set on Amazon. Written by the crime drama’s creator Neil Cross and … >
David Tennant has revealed that writing has begun on scripts for the new season of Broadchurch. ITV announced earlier this year that Tennant and Olivia Colman will both reprise their roles as Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller in Season 3. Other returning cast members will be announced at a later date. Asked about what fans … >
The first clip has been released for Russell Howard’s comedy-drama A Gert Lush Christmas. The one-off special is written by Howard with fellow stand-up Steve Williams (Michael McCintyre’s Comedy Roadshow). Alongside Russell Howard, A Gert Lush Christmas also stars Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly), Greg Davies (Man Down), Sophie Thompson (EastEnders) and his sister Kerry … >
Ian McShane, Tom Hollander and Rebecca Front will lead the cast of ITV’s Doctor Thorne. The three-part drama is adapted by Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes from one of his favourite novels by Anthony Trollope. The cast includes Alison Brie (Mad Men), Richard McCabe (Indian Summers), Phoebe Nicholls (Downton Abbey), Gwyneth Keyworth (Misfits), Kate O’Flynn … >
BBC One has released a trailer for Peter Bowker’s adaptation of John Lanchester’s novel Capital. Starring Toby Jones (The Girl), Lesley Sharp (Scott And Bailey), Wunmi Mosaku (In The Flesh) and Adeel Akhtar (Utopia), the three-part drama is set on a single street in South London and is a portrait of a road transformed by … >
E4 has announced the cast for new comedy-drama Aliens. Michael Socha (This is England, Being Human) and Michaela Coel (Top Boy, Chewing Gum) will lead the cast, with Socha playing the show’s mild-mannered hero and Coel as an alien. The six one-hour episodes will also star Michael Smiley (Black Mirror), Ashley Walters (Cuffs), Holli Dempsey … >
Toby Jones, Vicky McClure and Stephen Graham will star in BBC One’s The Secret Agent. Adapted by Tony Marchant (Garrow’s Law) from Joseph Conrad’s classic thriller, the three-part drama is being produced by Line of Duty‘s World Productions. Toby Jones (The Hunger Games, Captain America) will play Verloc, whose seedy Soho shop hides his role as … >
The makers of Death in Paradise have confirmed an array of guest stars for the crime drama’s fifth season. Eight new episodes began filming on the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe this summer, with main cast members Kris Marshall, Joséphine Jobert, Danny John-Jules and Tobi Bakare all returning. > Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon. … >
Disney is reportedly planning a Harry Potter-style franchise based around the story of Merlin. Screenwriter Philippa Boyens has been hired to adapt T.A. Barron’s The Merlin Saga series of 12 books. Boyens has previously worked on Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, King Kong and The Lovely Bones. The studio … >