Shameless actress Anne-Marie Duff will lead the cast of BBC One’s new psychological crime drama, From Darkness. Written by Katie Baxendale (Sugar Rush), the four 60-minute episodes follow ex-police officer Clare Church (Duff), who left the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in the mid-90s after the impact of violence became too overwhelming for her to continue. Anne-Marie … >
Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat has hinted at how Peter Capaldi’s Doctor will have evolved in the new season. Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine in Issue 484 (out now), Moffat commented: “We’re not bringing him back exactly the same as we left him, at all. I think that was already evident at Christmas.” He explained: … >
Steven Moffat has revealed that the BBC are keen to commission a Doctor Who spin-off featuring Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax, but he is reluctant for it to happen. Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine in Issue 484 (out now), Moffat commented: “I’m always slightly worried that you can’t keep repeating the joke. And there’s always … >
The first trailer for Ian McKellen’s upcoming Sherlock Holmes movie has been unveiled. Set in 1947, Mr Holmes sees the X-Men star play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s private detective at the age of 93. Based on the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, the film is directed by Bill Condon and will … >
BBC One has released a trailer for Shameless writer Danny Brocklehurst’s new drama, Ordinary Lies. Set in a car showroom, the six-part series begins at 9pm on Tuesday 17 March on BBC One. With drama, tragedy, warmth and humour, each episode focuses on one of the colleagues and friends of JS Motors. From party-loving receptionists, … >
Steven Moffat has discussed why he’s chosen to increase the number of two-part stories in the new season of Doctor Who. Season 9’s opening two-parter, ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’ and ‘The Witch’s Familiar’, is currently filming, with some scenes shot in Tenerife last week. Episodes 3 and 4, a two-part story written by Toby Whithouse (Being … >
Channel 4 has released the first image of Merlin star Colin Morgan in Humans. Based on the hit Swedish drama Real Humans, the eight-part series is written by British duo Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Spooks). Vincent and Brackley have also written the upcoming Spooks movie, Spooks: The Greater Good. The pic features Ivanno Jeremiah as … >
BBC Three has released a trailer for the third season of Bluestone 42. Following the lives, loves and adventures of a fictional bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan, the comedy returns at 10pm on Monday 9 March on BBC Three. > Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. Watch the trailer… In the first of six … >
Doctor Who‘s Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, has been confirmed as a special guest for the next MCM London Comic Con in May. McCoy played the Doctor from 1987 to 1989, returning for 1996’s TV movie. The Scottish actor was most recently seen as Radagast the Brown in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy. MCM London Comic … >
The new US version of The Returned will debut in the UK next week on Netflix. Filmed in Squamish, Canada, the ten-part remake is executive produced by Carlton Cuse (Bates Motel, Lost) and Raelle Tucker (True Blood). Based on the French supernatural thriller Les Revenants, The Returned will launch on Netflix on Tuesday 10 March, … >