The Unsolved Crime and Open case Squad return to BBC One for a final season of New Tricks. Dennis Waterman will depart the long-running crime drama early in Season 12, with new regular cast member Larry Lamb (EastEnders) joining as ex-copper Ted Case, alongside returning regulars Tamzin Outhwaite, Denis Lawson and Nicholas Lyndhurst. > Buy … >
ITV’s Midwinter of the Spirit is a new crime drama with a supernatural twist. Based on Phil Rickman’s books, the three-part drama has been adapted by screenwriter Stephen Volk (Afterlife, The Awakening, Ghostwatch) and produced by Phil Collinson (Doctor Who). Anna Maxwell-Martin (The Bletchley Circle) leads the cast as Merrily Watkins, a single mother who … >
Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman star in ITV’s new three-part drama of crime and passion. Written and created by Alan Whiting (Strike Back, Kingdom), The Trials of Jimmy Rose tells the story of the notorious armed robber, Jimmy Rose (Winstone), who throughout his lifetime has made crime pay. Redman (New Tricks) plays his wife Jackie. > … >
Ripper Street is back on BBC One this summer for a third season. The eight new episodes star Matthew Macfadyen as Detective Inspector Reid, Jerome Flynn as the newly promoted Detective Inspector Bennet Drake, Adam Rothenberg as Captain Homer Jackson, and MyAnna Buring as Long Susan. > Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon. > … >
David Walliams and Jessica Raine star as Agatha Christie’s married couple Tommy and Tuppence in BBC One’s Partners in Crime. Adapted for the screen by award-winning author, playwright and director Zinnie Harris (Spooks) and Claire Wilson (Twist), the six-part adventure series has espionage and humour at its heart. > Buy Partners in Crime on DVD … >
Life in Squares is BBC Two’s new drama about the Bloomsbury group. Written by BAFTA Award-winning Amanda Coe (Room At The Top), the three-part serial dramatises the exceptionally close, often fraught relationship of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s enduring, sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant. > Order Life in Squares … >
Humans is Channel 4’s new thriller from the makers of Utopia and Broadchurch. Based on the hit Swedish drama Real Humans, the eight-part series is written by British duo Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Spooks). > Like Humans on Facebook for all the latest news on the show. Katherine Parkinson (In the Club), William Hurt … >
Philip Winchester and Sullivan Stapleton are back as counterterrorism operatives Sgt Michael Stonebridge and Sgt Damien Scott for a final season of Sky1’s Strike Back. The pair are joined by Lt Col Philip Locke (Robson Green), Sgt Julia Richmond (Michelle Lukes), DEA SA Kim Martinez (Milauna Jemai Jackson). New additions to the cast include Michelle … >
BBC One’s The Interceptor follows a top secret, state-of-the-art law enforcement team whose unswerving mission is to hunt down some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals. > Like The Interceptor on Facebook. Created and written by Tony Saint (Strike Back), the eight-part series delves into the adventures of a dedicated surveillance team known as the UNIT. … >
Jessica Brown Findlay from Downton Abbey and Pride actor George Mackay star in BBC One’s The Outcast this month. Written by Sadie Jones and based on her best-selling novel, the new two-part adaptation is a deeply romantic, uncomfortably honest coming-of-age story set in booming post-war Britain. > Order The Outcast on DVD on Amazon. The … >