Trailer: Welsh crime drama ‘Hinterland’

BBC Four has released a new trailer for Hinterland, a major new bilingual detective drama series set in mid Wales. Originally broadcast on S4C last autumn, the four-part series begins at 9pm on Monday 28 April on BBC Four. Having just left the Met police in London for a new life in Aberystwyth, DCI Tom … >

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‘The Bletchley Circle’ will not return for Series 3

ITV has confirmed that The Bletchley Circle has been axed. Based on the lives of four women who worked at top-secret HQ Bletchley Park during World War II, the code-breaking thriller’s second series concluded earlier this year. ITV has told Digital Spy that the show has not been re-commissioned for a third series. Are you … >

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‘Shetland’ will return for Series 3

BBC One has recommissioned Scottish crime drama Shetland for a third series. Starring Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez, Shetland is adapted from Ann Cleeves’s successful Shetland quartet crime novels and will return six new 60-minute episodes. Christopher Aird, BBC Head of Drama Production Scotland, commented: “Shetland is a really distinctive crime series that has … >

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Ben Miller to guest star in new Mark Gatiss ‘Doctor Who’ ep

Death in Paradise star Ben Miller will appear in the new series of Doctor Who this autumn. Miller will guest star in an episode written by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss, who has previously written six episodes for Doctor Who, including last year’s ‘Cold War’ and ‘The Crimson Horror’. Ben Miller commented: “As a committed Whovian … >

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‘Cardinal Burns’ Series 2 start date confirmed

Cardinal Burns will return later this month. The comedy sketch show’s six-part second series begins at 10.30pm on Wednesday 30 April on Channel 4, moving from E4. New characters will include Hashtag and Bukake, two Turkish minicab drivers who star in their very own Dalston-set Erotic thriller, Curtis a Jheri-curled rapper from the 80’s who … >

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‘Vera’ Series 4 trailer

ITV has released a trailer for the new series of crime drama Vera. Starring Brenda Blethyn as D.C.I. Vera Stanhope and David Leon as her sidekick, Detective Sergeant Joe Ashworth, Series 4 begins at 8pm on Sunday 27 April on ITV. Watch the trailer… The first of four new feature-length films, ‘On Harbour Street’, sees … >

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What poker can teach us about the sitcom

When I think poker and television I think beef and Brussels sprouts, when I should be thinking beef and mustard. The two just don’t seem to get on. I’m talking about all forms of square box entertainment; live streaming, television and even cinema – boring, boring, boring. The news that the poker books Alligator Blood … >

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‘In the Flesh’ Series 2 trailer

BBC Three has released the first trailer for the new series of zombie drama In the Flesh. PDS (Partially Deceased Syndrome) sufferer Kieren Walker continues his struggle to find acceptance in six new episodes, starting on BBC Three next month. Watch the trailer… Series 2 propels us back to the hotbed of Roarton nine months … >

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‘Line of Duty’ will return for Series 3 and Series 4

BBC Two has ordered a third and fourth series of crime drama Line Of Duty. Series 3 and Series 4 will each comprise of six 60-minute episodes and will feature two new police corruption stories. Line of Duty‘s second series concluded last month with the final episode drawing an audience of 4.1 million viewers. Creator … >

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‘Merlin’ star joins ‘Jurassic World’ cast

Katie McGrath has been cast in the upcoming fourth Jurassic Park movie. The Irish actress will star alongside Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help), Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3) and Nick Robinson (The Kings of Summer) in the film, says Hollywood Reporter. McGrath played Morgana in BBC One’s Merlin for five years … >

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