Channel 4 orders second season of ‘Catastrophe’

Channel 4 has announced the recommission of new comedy Catastrophe for a second season. Written by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, the show launched on Channel 4 last week and pulled in an average consolidated audience of 1.2 million viewers. Catastrophe follows an Irish woman (Sharon Horgan) and an American man (Rob Delaney) … >

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‘Bob Servant’ return date confirmed for Season 2

The new season of BBC Four’s Scottish comedy Bob Servant will begin next month. Season 2 begins at 9.30pm on Monday 9 February on BBC Four. Bob (Brian Cox), and Frank (Jonathan Watson) have thrown themselves into their first love – the burger van business. Bob confidently predicts that his cheeseburgers will act as an … >

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‘Spooks: The Greater Good’ posters revealed

The first posters for the upcoming Spooks movie have been unveiled. Described as “a high-octane espionage blockbuster”, the big screen spin-off of BBC One’s long-running spy drama arrives in UK cinemas on 8 May 2015. Spooks: The Greater Good stars Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Tuppence Middleton (Sinbad), Elyes Gabel (World War Z), Eleanor Matsuura (Utopia) … >

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‘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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