BBC One’s hit autism drama The A Word will begin in the US next month. Starring Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Lee Ingleby (Our Zoo), Morven Christie (Grantchester), Greg McHugh (Fresh Meat) and Vinette Robinson (Sherlock), the six-part first season launched in the UK in March. Adapted by Occupation writer Peter Bowker from the Israeli series by Prisoners of War creator Keren … >
From the co-creator of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, BBC One’s new supernatural drama The Living and the Dead will launch later this month. The six-part series stars Colin Morgan (Merlin, Humans) and Charlotte Spencer (Glue), and is directed by Alice Troughton (Merlin, In the Flesh). Set in Somerset in 1894, the first episode of The Living and the Dead will … >
The Musketeers will move to a Saturday night slot when it returns to BBC One later this month. The adventure drama is back for a final ten episodes, with Rupert Everett joining the cast as this season’s main villain and Doctor Who star Paul McGann amongst the new guest stars. > Buy the complete Season 1-2 box set on Amazon. … >
The fourth season of crime drama Wallander will begin on BBC One later this month. Sir Kenneth Branagh is back as Swedish detective inspector Kurt Wallander for a final three episodes. The first episode, ‘The White Lioness’ – written by James Former (Spooks) and adapted from Swedish author Henning Mankell’s third original novel – will air at 9pm on … >
About a Boy writer Nick Hornby’s new adaptation of Nina Stibbe’s award-winning book Love, Nina will begin later this month. Starring Helena Bonham-Carter (Harry Potter, Suffragette) and Faye Marsay (Pride, Doctor Who), the five-part series is a fictionalised adaptation of author Nina Stibbe’s letters home to her sister. Love, Nina starts at 9.30pm on Friday 20 May on BBC … >
BBC One has announced that the new season of In the Club will start next month. Created by Kay Mellor (The Syndicate, Band of Gold, Fat Friends), the baby drama is back with six new episodes. Featuring “more secrets, heartbreak, comedy and pathos”, Season 2 begins at 9pm on Tuesday 3 May on BBC One. > Buy Season 1 on … >
The launch date has been announced for Netflix’s new royal family drama The Crown. Created by London-born writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, The Audience, Frost/Nixon), the series stars former Doctor Who actor Matt Smith as the Duke of Edinburgh alongside Claire Foy as his wife, Queen Elizabeth II. The Crown will tell “the inside story of Queen Elizabeth II’s early reign, revealing the … >
Scottish comedy Two Doors Down is back next month. BBC Two returns to Latimer Crescent for six new episodes, written by Simon Carlyle (Bad Education) and Gregor Sharp (The Trip). The Glasgow-based sitcom’s new season begins at 10pm on Friday 1 April and the first episode sees Eric leave the freezer door open, leading to … >
BBC One’s daytime drama series Moving On returns next week with five new standalone stories set in and around Liverpool. Created by writer Jimmy McGovern, the seventh season begins at 2.15pm on Monday 22 February on BBC One. The first episode, ‘Taxi For Linda’ follows Linda (Julie Hesmondhalgh) and Frank (John Thompson), colleagues and confidantes … >
Sky1 has announced that DC’s new Legends of Tomorrow series will begin in the UK this Spring. Featuring Doctor Who star Arthur Darvill, the superhero action drama launched in the US earlier this month and is set in the same universe as Arrow and The Flash. Legends of Tomorrow will launch on Sky1 on Thursday … >