The controller of BBC One has revealed that Poldark will return for a second season. Charlotte Moore announced this week: “It’s been an outstanding start to the year for programme-makers on the channel and their ambition has been in evidence throughout … I can also exclusively announce that Sunday’s night new phenomenon Poldark that has … >
EastEnders star Ben Hardy’s role in the next X-Men movie has been revealed. Directed by Bryan Singer, the follow-up to X-Men: Days Of Future Past is due to arrive in UK cinemas in May 2016. Singer told Empire: “Ben Hardy is Angel – I shall confirm it for you!” He teased: “But he’s not a … >
Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox will return for a ninth season of Lewis. ITV has commissioned six new episodes of the long-running crime drama, with Whately and Fox reprising their roles as Detectives Robbie Lewis and James Hathaway. Angela Griffin (Mount Pleasant) will also be back as Detective Sergeant Lizzie Maddox. Season 9 will see … >
BBC Two has announced the cast of Close to the Enemy, a new drama written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. The six-part series is mainly set in a bomb-damaged London hotel in the aftermath of the Second World War. Jim Sturgess (One Day) leads the cast, alongside Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel), Angela Bassett (American Horror … >
Obviously Doctor Who doesn’t gamble. He doesn’t need to. Freed from the constraints of time and space that restrict the rest of us to merely linear timelines, the Doctor’s freewheeling ability to time travel means he could – if he wanted – never lose. Admittedly, it would be a pretty meaningless existence compared to the … >
Candy Jar Books are celebrating the success of the first of their Lethbridge-Stewart novels, ‘The Forgotten Son’, by offering fans a free 65-page e-book. ‘Top Secret Files’ is available from their website or can be downloaded on Kindle for 99p. The e-book features previously unpublished material, as well as an extended short story first published … >
The second season of hit US comedy Silicon Valley will begin in the UK on Sky Atlantic later this month. Set in the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, Mike Judge’s Emmy-nominated series is back at 10pm on Monday 20 April on Sky Atlantic with the first of ten new episodes. Having taken the tech world … >
New US drama Madam Secretary will begin airing in the UK on Sky Living later this month. Executive produced by Morgan Freeman, the drama stars Téa Leoni (Deep Impact) as Elizabeth McCord, a newly appointed Secretary of State who drives international diplomacy, battles office politics and circumvents protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, … >
ITV has unveiled the first trailer for Home Fires, starring Francesca Annis and Downton Abbey‘s Samantha Bond. Inspired by Julie Summers’ non-fiction book Jambusters, the six-part drama follows a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. > Order Home … >
The cast has been announced for Midwinter of the Spirit, a new crime drama “with a supernatural twist” for ITV Encore. Based on Phil Rickman’s books, the three-part drama will be adapted by screenwriter Stephen Volk (Afterlife, The Awakening, Ghostwatch) and produced by Phil Collinson (Doctor Who). Anna Maxwell-Martin (The Bletchley Circle) will lead the … >