Following its premiere on Amazon Prime Video earlier this year, The fourth season of Ripper Street arrives on BBC Two. David Threlfall and Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis join returning regulars Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Buring and Charlene McKenna for the seven new episodes. Other new cast members include Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood), David … >
The new season of Cornish period drama Poldark continues on BBC One this weekend. In the fourth episode of Season 2, Ross begins to think that exiled miner Mark Daniel might have come across a copper lode when hiding out in Wheal Grace. Meanwhile, knowing he could bankrupt them at any time, Elizabeth attempts to keep George sweet. Buy Season 1 … >
The new season of Cornish period drama Poldark continues on BBC One this weekend. In the third episode of Season 2, Ross (Aidan Turner) plans to expand Wheal Leisure and persuades the other shareholders to invest in a new tunnelling scheme. Meanwhile, Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) continues to hide her pregnancy from Ross, believing that he does not want the child. … >
One of Us is a new thriller from the creators of The Missing. Set in the Highlands of Scotland and Edinburgh, BBC One’s four-part drama series sees a horrific double murder rock the lives of two families living side by side in rural Scotland. Buy One of Us on DVD on Amazon here. The cast … >
The new season of Cornish period drama Poldark continues on BBC One next weekend. In the second episode of Season 2, the election results are announced and Unwin is tied for the second seat but the mob has reached boiling point and Unwin Trevaunance (Hugh Skinner) is attacked. Elizabeth (Heida Reed) travels to Bodmin knowing if she does not she … >
Poldark is back this autumn with ten new episodes of the Cornish period drama. In the first episode of Season 2, George Warleggan (Jack Farthing) is building his case against Ross (Aidan Turner) so Pascoe forces Ross to prepare a will in case the worst happens – while Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) visits their neighbour Ray Penvenen (John Nettles) to gain … >
The Musketeers return to BBC One for a third season to face their greatest challenge. After four years, a war-torn Paris has become a powder keg ready to explode. Refugees have flocked to the city in search of sanctuary. Food is scarce. Black market profiteering is rife. But the city’s governor, Phillipe Feron (Rupert Everett), is … >
BBC One’s new period spy drama The Secret Agent stars Toby Jones, Vicky McClure and Stephen Graham. From the makers of Line of Duty, the three-part series is adapted by Tony Marchant (Garrow’s Law) from Joseph Conrad’s classic thriller. The cast also includes Tom Goodman-Hill (Humans) and David Dawson (Ripper Street). Episode 1 Sunday 17 July 2016, 9pm > Read our review. London, … >
Brief Encounters is a new ITV drama about the early days of the Ann Summers party plan business. Set in the early 1980s, the six-part series is created and written by Fay Rusling and Oriane Messina (Green Wing, Me & Mrs Jones) and inspired by chapters in Jacqueline Gold’s memoir, Good Vibrations. The cast includes Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Peter Wight … >
BBC One’s The Living and the Dead is a new supernatural drama from the creators of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes. Directed by Alice Troughton (Merlin, In the Flesh), the six-part series stars Colin Morgan (Merlin, Humans) and Charlotte Spencer (Glue). Episode 1 Tuesday 28 June 2016, 9pm > Read our review. Somerset 1894. When a pioneering … >