Amazon has released the first official promotional pic of David Threlfall in the new season of Ripper Street. The Shameless actor has joined the cast of the period crime drama as a new regular character for Season 4, which began filming in Dublin this month. Threlfall will play Abel Croker, who is described as a … >
Steven Moffat has described the two-part story which opens the new season of Doctor Who as “a blockbuster”. Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman return as the Doctor and Clara on Saturday 19 September on BBC One in ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’. The story’s concluding part, ‘The Witch’s Familiar’, will air the following weekend. Speaking to Doctor … >
The BBC has launched a new creative project online for Doctor Who fans. ‘Mission Dalek’ also gives UK residents the chance to win a trip to the Doctor Who set and meet Peter Capaldi next month. Watch the launch video… The official Doctor Who website says: “Lost in space and time without his TARDIS, the … >
Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has begun shooting at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden. Directed by David Yates, who helmed the last four Harry Potter movies, the all new adventure is set in the wizarding world created by JK Rowling, who has made her screenwriting debut. The script was inspired … >
EastEnders actor Martin Kemp will guest star in the new season of Birds of a Feather as a love interest for Dorien. The sitcom’s twelfth season – its third for ITV since it was revived in January 2014, following a 16-year break – will air in 2016. > Buy all the classic BBC episodes of … >
Martin Clunes reprises his role as Dr. Martin Ellingham this autumn on ITV for a seventh season of Doc Martin. Clunes will be back for eight new episodes of the drama as the grumpy medic with a phobia of blood, with all the cast’s regulars also returning, including Caroline Catz as Doc Martin’s wife, Louisa. … >
ITV has unveiled a set of promotional photos for The Trials of Jimmy Rose, starring Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman. > Buy The Trials of Jimmy Rose on DVD on Amazon. Written and created by Alan Whiting (Strike Back, Kingdom), the three-part drama tells the story of the notorious armed robber, Jimmy Rose (Winstone), who … >
Filming has started on the fourth season of Ripper Street in Dublin. Resurrected by Amazon last year after it was axed by BBC One, the period crime drama was recommissioned for two new seasons in May. Matthew MacFadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg will all be back in Season 4, alongside MyAnna Buring and Charlene … >
The first trailer has been unveiled for Lenny Henry’s upcoming one-off fictionalised account of his life as a working-class teenager in 1970s Dudley. Danny and the Human Zoo centres round Danny Fearon (played by newcomer Kascion Franklin), a talented impressionist, and his working-class Jamaican family, as he rises to fame as a stand-up comedian. The … >
Doctor Who star Tom Baker has apparently revealed that he’s going to feature in an upcoming Star Wars project. The 81-year-old actor, who played the Fourth Doctor between 1974 and 1981, was attending the recent Day of the Doctors convention in Slough. As he signed his autograph, Baker reportedly told fans: “I’m going to be … >