The Missing will return to BBC One for a second season with “a new case”. Starring James Nesbitt (The Hobbit), Frances O’Connor (Mr Selfridge) and Tcheky Karyo (GoldenEye), the abduction thriller’s eight-part first season concluded last night on BBC One. > Order The Missing on DVD on Amazon. Following the finale’s broadcast, a brief teaser … >
A new trailer for the sequel to 2011 comedy film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has been unveiled. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel reunites Downton Abbey stars Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton with Judi Dench (Skyfall), Bill Nighy (Love Actually), Dev Patel (Skins) and Celia Imrie (Doctor Who), alongside new cast members Tamsin Greig … >
EastEnders star Larry Lamb has joined the cast of New Tricks as Dennis Waterman’s replacement. The crime drama will return to BBC One for a twelfth season next year, opening with “an explosive two part story” that will see Waterman’s character, Gerry Standing, depart the show. New Tricks began in March 2003 and Waterman is … >
The launch trailer for the new season of The Musketeers has been unveiled, featuring the first look at Marc Warren’s new villain. The Hustle star joins the cast as the Comte De Rochefort, a dashing and persuasive aristocrat with a talent for sword fighting and a taste for adventure, replacing Peter Capaldi’s Season 1 villain, … >
HBO’s Girls will return in the UK next month. The new ten-part fourth season will launch at 10pm on Monday 12 January on Sky Atlantic. Settling into life in Iowa, Hannah attends her first writers’ workshop – what will the rest of the class make of her scribblings? Watch the Season 4 trailer… Are you … >
Steven Moffat has revealed that the possibility of River Song and Captain Jack Harkness returning in Doctor Who is “never, ever closed off”. Alex Kingston was last seen as River Song in 2013’s ‘The Name of the Doctor’, while John Barrowman last played Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who in 2010’s ‘The End of Time: … >
E4 will air US comedy series The Goldbergs in the UK next year. Based on creator Adam F. Goldberg’s own childhood, The Goldbergs stars Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jeff Garlin as they raise their lovable brood of little monsters in 1980’s Pennsylvania. Documenting the craziness of his family, 11 year-old Adam (Sean Giambrone) and his trusty … >
ITV has announced the commission of Beowulf, an “epic re-imagining of one of literature’s greatest and most enduring heroes”. Described as “a western set in the Dark Ages of Britain’s mythic past”, the new 13-part drama is created by James Dormer (Strike Back), Tim Haines and Katie Newman. Dormer, who will write and executive produce … >
Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) will star in Flowers, a pilot episode for a new Channel 4 comedy series. Written by Will Sharpe (Black Pond), the 30-minute pilot will be produced by Kudos (Utopia, Spooks) and is not intended for transmission. Flowers is described as “an imaginative and visually stunning narrative … >
Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat has revealed that Season 9 will continue to explore the “real” consequences of the companion’s relationship with the Doctor. Season 9 begins filming in January and it is rumoured that Jenna Coleman will depart as Clara in this year’s Christmas special, ‘Last Christmas’, making way for a new companion next … >