Da Vinci’s Demons star Tom Riley has claimed that Doctor Who newcomer Peter Capaldi will “absolutely smash it”. Riley will guest star in Series 8’s third episode, written by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss, which is currently filming. The actor told Flicks And The City: “Peter [Capaldi] is going to completely revitalise the show. He’s going … >
Zoë Wanamaker (My Family), Kara Tointon (EastEnders) and Hannah Tointon (Hollyoaks) have joined the cast of the new series of Mr Selfridge. Filming on the third series of ITV’s period drama began this week. Wanamaker will play a trouble-making Russian Princess, Marie de Bolotoff. Leon Ockenden (Waterloo Road) also joins the cast as Princess Marie’s … >
E4 has announced that the new series of teen comedy-drama Youngers will begin next month. The first of Series 2’s eight new episodes will air at 7.30pm on Wednesday 7 May on E4. In the months since the Youngers’ fallout at the Avengerz Krew concert, Jay (Calvin Demba) has discovered an impressive new dedication to … >
Filming has started on the third series of ITV’s period drama Mr Selfridge. Inspired by the life of charismatic American entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, and his business in London’s Oxford Street, Series 2 concluded on ITV last month, averaging 6.4 million viewers. Shooting began on ten new episodes in London earlier this week, with the … >
Doctor Who star Billie Piper has revealed that she’d be interested in a spin-off featuring her character Rose Tyler with David Tennant’s Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor. The Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor appeared in Series 4’s finale, ‘Journey’s End’, in 2008. Asked about the possibility of such a spin-off, Piper told a fan at the recent Awesome Con … >
Sherlock star Martin Freeman has revealed that the show’s next instalment could be a “one-off special”. Freeman told Alan Carr at the recording of tomorrow night’s Chatty Man episode: “Mark Gatiss may beat me up, but there is an idea for this one-off special that’s such a good idea, and as I was listening to … >
E4 has released the first trailer for the new series of teen comedy-drama Youngers. Series 2’s eight new episodes begin airing on E4 next month. Watch the trailer… E4 teases: “The stakes are even higher as the complications of growing up clash with their dreams of musical success.” Series 1 launched on E4 in March … >
The new series of Scott & Bailey has started filming in Oldham and Manchester. Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp are back for eight new episodes, alongside Danny Miller (Emmerdale) as D.S. Rob Waddington and Amelia Bullmore as D.C.I. Gill Murray. Bullmore will also write four of Series 4’s scripts. Danny Webb (Locke, Lightfields) joins the … >
The first full series of Channel 4’s police comedy-drama Babylon has begun filming in London. Following the show’s pilot episode in February, Channel 4 commissioned a six-part series to air this autumn. Brit Marling, James Nesbitt, Paterson Joseph, Bertie Carvel, Adam Deacon, Jill Halfpenny, Jonny Sweet and Nicola Walker will all reprise their roles in … >
The Musketeers star Tom Burke has revealed that Cardinal Richelieu, played by Peter Capaldi, will be dead when the show returns next year. Series 2 began filming in Prague earlier this month and Capaldi is currently filming the new series of Doctor Who in Cardiff. Burke, who plays Athos in BBC One’s adventure drama, told … >