BBC Two’s epic new drama series Wolf Hall will begin later this month. The six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels stars Homeland‘s Damian Lewis as Henry VIII alongside Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Claire Foy (The Promise) as Anne Boleyn. Wolf Hall begins at 9pm on Wednesday 21 January on BBC Two. … >
Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall has revealed that fans should expect “a different journey” in the crime drama’s new season. Season 2 begins next week on ITV. > Order Season 2 on DVD on Amazon. Chibnall commented: “It’s been a whirlwind. But our focus has always been: what happens next. In the time we’ve been off … >
Steven Moffat has defended the recent “scientifically inaccurate” episode of Doctor Who, ‘In the Forest of the Night’. Written by children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce, the episode aired in October and featured a forest growing overnight and taking back the Earth. > Read our review of ‘In the Forest of the Night’. Speaking at the … >
Warner Bros. has decided not to release Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River – featuring Doctor Who star Matt Smith – in US cinemas. Previously titled How to Catch a Monster, the movie also stars Iain De Caestecker (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Eva Mendes and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men). Filmed in Detroit last year, Lost … >
Michael Kitchen is back as Senior Intelligence Officer Christopher Foyle this weekend in the new season of ITV’s Foyle’s War. Written by creator Anthony Horowitz and inspired by real events in the early Cold War, the three new feature-length films follow Foyle’s battles in the dangerous world of espionage, at a time in our country’s … >
Kris Marshall and Sara Martins are back on the idyllic Caribbean island of Saint Marie for a fourth season of Death in Paradise next month. The crime drama returns at 9pm on Thursday 8 January on BBC One. > Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon. Watch the Season 4 trailer… In the first episode … >
The first trailer has been released for BBC Two’s epic new drama series Wolf Hall. Written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), the six-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels stars Homeland‘s Damian Lewis as Henry VIII. Also featuring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Claire Foy (The Promise) as Anne Boleyn, Wolf … >
The cast has been revealed for BBC One’s epic new adaptation of War And Peace. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece by Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies, the six one-hour episodes will star James Norton (Grantchester), Paul Dano (12 Years A Slave) and Lily James (Downton Abbey). Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), War and … >
BBC One has unveiled a trailer for Steve Pemberton’s new adaptation of EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia. Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part comic drama mini-series begins at 9.05pm on Monday 29 December on BBC One, concluding at 9pm on Wednesday 31 December. > Order Mapp and Lucia on DVD on Amazon. Watch … >
The first trailer for the new season of Penny Dreadful has been unveiled. Starring Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Harry Treadaway, Season 2’s ten new episodes are currently filming in Dublin, Ireland and will air in the UK on Sky Atlantic in 2015. Watch the teaser… Writer John Logan previously commented: “This season, … >