From the makers of Line of Duty, BBC One’s The Secret Agent will begin later this month. Adapted by Tony Marchant (Garrow’s Law) from Joseph Conrad’s classic thriller, the three-part drama stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure and Stephen Graham. The cast also includes Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans) and David Dawson (Ripper Street). Episode 1 airs at 9pm on Sunday 17 July on … >
The new six-part season of BBC Two’s romantic comedy Boy Meets Girl will start next month. Starring Rebecca Root, Harry Hepple (Misfits), Denise Welch (Coronation Street) and Janine Duvitski (One Foot in the Grave), the sitcom launched last September. > Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. The story of a love affair between an older transgender woman and … >
ITV’s new drama series about the early days of the Ann Summers party plan business will begin next month. Set in the early 1980s, Brief Encounters started filming in Sheffield in January and is produced by Jo Willett (Birds of a Feather). The cast includes Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Peter Wight (Our Zoo), Angela Griffin (Lewis), Don Gilet (EastEnders), Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary), Will … >
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 … >