‘Elementary’ UK return date confirmed for rest of Season 3

The current season of US Sherlock Holmes drama Elementary will resume in the UK next month. Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu are reunited as Holmes and Watson following the show’s mid-season break at 9pm on Tuesday 17 February on Sky Living in ‘The Eternity Injection’, the ninth episode of Season 3. > Buy Season … >

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‘The History Boys’ visit Brighton in February

Alan Bennett’s The History Boys returns to Brighton for a limited run next month. The winner of over 30 major awards since it premiered at the National Theatre in 2004, including the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best New Play, the show is playing at Theatre Royal in Brighton from Monday 9 February until  Saturday … >

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‘If I Stay’ author returns with new novel ‘I Was Here’

Award-winning Gayle Forman’s heart-breaking new Young Adult story, I Was Here, is published tomorrow. A story of friendship, grief and self-discovery, the novel follows 18-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months after the shocking suicide of her best friend. As Cody looks for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey … >

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UK launch date confirmed for ‘Better Call Saul’

Netflix has announced that new US drama Better Call Saul will debut in the UK next month. The Breaking Bad prequel’s ten-part first season will become available for streaming exclusively on Netflix on Monday 9 February and Tuesday 10 February, followed by every Tuesday at 7am UK time. Created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, Better … >

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Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie to star in BBC One’s ‘The Night Manager’

Hugh Laurie (House) and Tom Hiddleston (Thor) will lead the cast of BBC One’s new television adaptation of espionage drama The Night Manager. Adapted by David Farr (Hanna, Spooks) from John le Carré’s original novel, the six-part BBC/AMC co-production begins filming this spring. The contemporary interpretation will “bring together love, loss and revenge in a complex … >

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‘The Returned’ Season 2 teaser trailer

The first trailer for the new season of French supernatural drama The Returned has been released. Season 2 will begin on Canal+ in France this autumn, before airing in the UK on Channel 4. Eight new episodes began filming last September, with all the original cast returning, and the shoot is expected to continue until … >

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‘Looking’ Season 2 start date in UK confirmed

The new ten-part season of HBO’s comedy-drama Looking will launch in the UK next month. Season 2 begins on Sky Atlantic at 11.10pm on Thursday 5 February with a double-bill. Starring  Jonathan Groff (Glee), Russell Tovey (Being Human), Frankie J. Álvarez, Murray Bartlett, Lauren Weedman and Raúl Castillo, Looking revolves around three gay friends living … >

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‘Atlantis’ axed by BBC One

Atlantis will not be returning for a third season. The first half of Season 2 concluded last month with ‘The Grey Sisters’, but the show will not be recommissioned once the remaining episodes have aired later this year. A BBC spokesperson told DS: “The final seven episodes of Atlantis will transmit on BBC One in … >

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‘Blackadder’ actor joins ‘Sherlock’ special

Tim McInnerny has been confirmed to appear in Sherlock‘s upcoming one-off special. The 58-year-old British actor will play the role of Sir Edwin, his online CV reveals. McInnerny previously appeared in ITV’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series in 1984’s ‘The Red-Headed League’. In other casting news, actress Stephanie Hyam (Murdered by My Boyfriend) will … >

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Returning character confirmed for ‘Spooks’ movie

Another classic Spooks character will appear in the upcoming movie, it has been confirmed. Spooks: The Greater Good arrives in UK cinemas on 8 May 2015. The online CV of actor Hugh Simon reveals that he will reprise his role as MI5 analyist Malcolm Wynn-Jones in the big screen spin-off of BBC One’s long-running spy … >

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