Created by Kay Mellor (The Syndicate, Band of Gold, Fat Friends), BBC One’s baby drama In the Club is back for a second season. The six new episodes will feature “more secrets, heartbreak, comedy and pathos”. New characters in Season 2 will include Shelly (Gemma Dobson), a pregnant surrogate who has rented out her womb to gay partners … >
Sir Kenneth Branagh returns as Swedish detective inspector Kurt Wallander in the fourth season of Wallander. The final three episodes of BBC One’s crime drama were filmed on location in Skane, Sweden, Copenhagen, Denmark and Cape Town, South Africa. Returning cast members include Jeany Spark as Linda Wallander, Richard McCabe as Nyberg, Barnaby Kay as Lennart Mattson, and … >
ITV’s Marcella is a new original, multi-stranded crime drama from the creator of The Bridge. Written by Swedish novelist Hans Rosenfeldt, the eight-part series is described as “noir thriller told with Rosenfeldt’s unflinchingly multi layered Nordic style.” Anna Friel leads the cast, alongside Downton Abbey star Laura Carmichael, Nicholas Pinnock (Fortitude), Ian Puleston-Davies (Being Human), … >
James Nesbitt stars in ITV’s new four-part thriller, The Secret; the true story of a Sunday school teacher and a respectable dentist who formed a murderous partnership. The location: a seaside town in Northern Ireland in 1991. The scene: two bodies in a carbon monoxide filled car. A former nurse Lesley Howell, and a police officer Trevor … >
Undercover comes to BBC One from Silk creator Peter Moffat. The gripping new six-part thriller follows Maya (Sophie Okonedo), a spirited and passionate barrister who is about to become the first black Director of Public Prosecutions. But just as Maya’s life comes under intense public scrutiny, she discovers that Nick (Adrian Lester), her husband and … >
World War II drama Home Fires returns to ITV for a six-part second season. Inspired by the book Jambusters by Julie Summers, Home Fires follows a group of inspirational women at the heart of a rural Cheshire community who steadfastly bring the village together during our nation’s darkest hour. Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca … >
ITV’s new family drama The Durrells is based upon Gerald Durrell’s classic trilogy of Corfu memoirs. Set in 1935, the six-part series is written by Simon Nye. The story focuses upon Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes) whose life is in meltdown. Her husband died years ago and his money has all but run out. Her four … >
Line Of Duty returns to BBC Two and pits AC-12 against their most dangerous adversary yet. The third season of Jed Mercurio’s police corruption thriller sees Mrs Biggs star Daniel Mays join the cast as Sergeant Danny Waldron, alongside Will Mellor (In the Club) as PC Rod Kennedy, Arsher Ali (The Missing) as PC Harinderpal … >
BBC One’s The A Word tells the story of a family whose youngest son is diagnosed with autism. Adapted by Occupation writer Peter Bowker from the Israeli series by Prisoners of War creator Keren Margalit, the new six-part drama is a funny and thought-provoking series about parenthood and childhood and what it’s like to have … >
Scott and Bailey returns to ITV this April for a three-part special featuring a single crime. Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp return to the roles of super cool Janet Scott and her hotheaded partner Rachel Bailey. > Buy the complete Season 1-4 box set on Amazon. With D.C.I. Gill Murray in retirement, ever-ambitious Rachel (Suranne … >