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 … >
The premiere date for the new season of Sherlock has now been announced. The show’s official Twitter account confirmed that Season 4 will begin on Sunday 1 January 2017 on BBC One. Sherlock will return in The Six Thatchers on January 1, 2017. #Sherlock pic.twitter.com/s6RJdaOZdI — Sherlock (@Sherlock221B) October 26, 2016 Masterpiece PBS has also announced that … >
ITV has confirmed that the new season of Thunderbirds Are Go will begin later this month. A further 26 episodes were commissioned following the success of CITV’s reinvention of the classic children’s show when it launched in April 2015. Buy the complete original Thunderbirds collection on Amazon here. The new season starts at 3.30pm on Saturday 22 October on ITV with ‘Earthbreaker’. Watch a … >
Starring Max Irons (The White Queen) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), ITV’s epic new Tutankhamun mini series will begin later this month. Written by Guy Burt (Jekyll and Hyde, The Bletchley Circle), the four-part drama is based on the compelling story of Howard Carter and his discovery of the tomb of one of Ancient Egypt’s forgotten pharaohs, the … >
Shameless writer Danny Brocklehurst’s acclaimed drama series Ordinary Lies will return to BBC One later this month. From the makers of Happy Valley and Last Tango In Halifax, the drama’s second season introduces viewers to a fresh array of compelling characters, each with their own tangled web of torrid secrets and lies. The first season launched on BBC One … >