Steven Coogan will star as Jimmy Saville in new BBC drama The Reckoning The BBC has announced The Reckoning, what will surely by a highly scrutinised drama telling the story of Jimmy Saville (played by Steve Coogan.) In case you need reminding of the extent of Saville’s vileness, there’s a summary: The mini-series will trace the … >
Sean Bean and Nicola Walker to star in new Stefan Golaszewski drama, Marriage, for BBC One Produced by The Forge (Help, Roadkill, National Treasure) and The Money Men, Marriage is a four-part drama for BBC One and BBC iPlayer and is an up-close portrait of a marriage — sometimes funny, sometimes moving, always revealing. So … >
Waterloo Road returns to the BBC The new series of will be set and made in Greater Manchester and produced by Wall To Wall (The Windermere Children, Man In Room 301, New Tricks) in co-production with Rope Ladder Fiction, the new Manchester-based label from Cameron Roach, who executive produced the previous series of Waterloo Road in … >
The 2014 novel will become a television series, telling the story of a female comic in the 1960s. Gemma Arterton (Black Narcissus, Quantum of Solace) will star as Barbara Parker, who is described as bold, stylish and courageous and who takes London by storm. The story follows her journey from Blackpool beauty queen to comedy … >
Fleabag’s Sian Cifford and Sherlock’s Jonathan Aris board the BBC/HBO fantasy epic As production continues on the third run of His Dark Materials, a couple of familiar British television faces are joining the cast according to Deadline. Based on Phillip Pullman’s concluding novel in the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass, Sian Clifford and Jonathan Aris will … >
Amazon greenlights Marnie Dickens thriller Wilderness First reported on The Knowledge, screenwriter Marnie Dickens (Thirteen, Ripper Street) has adapted the novel Wilderness by BE Jones. What is Wilderness about? The précis of the novel is: A dream road trip turned dark nightmare __________________________ Two weeks, 1,500 miles and three opportunities for her husband to save his own life It … >
Classic ’90s programme GamesMaster is being rebooted for E4 It’s been off our screens for 23 years, but the iconic series, GamesMaster is set to make a return to E4 later this year, in partnership with Oculus Quest 2 from Facebook. In this new E4 Digital Original Commission co-produced by Barcroft TV, and Alaska TV, the 3×60’ series will … >
Grendel explores the line between hero and villain in all-new Netflix series Netflix has greenlit Grendel, an all-new series based on the masked vigilante from the popular, award-winning Matt Wagner/Dark Horse comic books. Initially there will be eight episodes, with Abubakr Ali (Powerbook II: Ghost) in the title role of Grendel/Hunter Rose. The core cast … >
Netflix has announced Ehrengard, a new Danish Netflix feature film directed by Bille August The film is based on one of the last works of Karen Blixen (1885-1962). Anders August is the scriptwriter and Marcella Dichmann at SF Studios is producing. The project has been developed over the last decade by Jacob Jørgensen and JJ … >
David Oyelowo to produce The Rocketeer reboot The Return of the Rocketeer for Disney The Hollywood Reporter has details on The Return of the Rocketeer, which is in the early stages of being produced by David Oyelowo for Disney. The original Rocketeer (1991) had a mixed reception (Rotten Tomatoes has it around 66% for both critic and audience reaction) but … >