The new season of Midsomer Murders will begin on ITV later this month. Neil Dudgeon returns as DCI Barnaby, joined by newcomer Nick Hendrix (Marcella, The Crown) as DS Jamie Winter. Hendrix commented earlier this year: “I’m genuinely thrilled to join this bastion of British TV. It’s a real privilege to be part of a hugely successful and much loved show … >
ITV has released new story hints for this year’s Birds of a Feather Christmas special. The sitcom, which originally ran for nine seasons between 1989 and 1998 on BBC One, was revived by ITV in January 2014 and became ITV’s most successful comedy launch in over a decade. Buy the complete original series box set on Amazon here. … >
Reece Shearsmith has announced when the first ever festive episode of Inside No. 9 will be shown. Written by and starring Shearsmith with Steve Pemberton, BBC Two’s anthology comedy series launched in February 2014 and is returning for a third season this winter. Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. Buy Season 2 on DVD on Amazon. ‘The … >
CBBC’s feature-length festive special of Hank Zipzer arrives next month. Executive producer Anne Brogan previously commented: “Hank’s Christmas Catastrophe will give the audience everything they love about the TV series – big laughs and big emotional moments – with the additional sparkle of a Christmas romance for Hank and the birth of a baby brother.” Hank Zipzer’s Christmas … >
Channel 4 has confirmed that the new season of No Offence will begin in January. Joanna Scanlan (DI Vivienne Deering), Elaine Cassidy (DC Dinah Kowalska) and Alexandra Roach (DS Joy Freers) will be back for seven new 60-minute episodes on Channel 4. They’ll be joined in Season 2 by Him & Her star Sarah Solemani as hyper aspirational new boss, Detective Superintendent … >
Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi will return to ITV next month for one final episode of Vicious. The sitcom launched on ITV in April 2013 and will end with an extended hour-long special. Buy the complete Season 1-2 box set on Amazon here. Split into seasons, viewers will follow newly married couple Freddie Thornhill (Ian McKellen) and Stuart … >
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s major new series Taboo will launch on BBC One in the new year. Produced by Ridley Scott and based on an original story by Tom Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy, the eight-part period drama began filming in London last November. The first episode of Taboo will air on Saturday 7 January 2017 … >
Scottish comedy Two Doors Down is back on BBC Two later this month for a second season. The residents of Latimer Crescent will return for more domestic disasters in six new half-hour episodes. Season 2 begins at 10pm on Monday 21 November on BBC Two. Written by Gregor Sharp and Simon Carlyle, the sitcom launched in April. … >
Waking the Dead star Claire Goose is back for a new season of BBC One’s daytime drama The Coroner later this month. The ten-part second season sees Coroner Jane Kennedy (Claire Goose) investigate sudden or unexplained deaths in the English costal community of Lighthaven, South Devon, working with her former flame Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins (Matt Bardock). … >
Stand-up comedian Dane Baptiste’s new BBC Three comedy series Sunny D will launch next month. Four 25-minute episodes were commissioned in January following a successful pilot as part of BBC Three Comedy Feeds. Sunny D will premiere online on BBC Three on Sunday 13 November. Described as “a smart, fast-paced and stylish sitcom that captures the angst … >