The third season of Grantchester will begin filming shortly in Grantchester, Cambridge and London. James Norton and Robson Green will return as crime-fighting clergyman Sidney Chambers and Detective Inspector Geordie Keating in six new episodes and a Christmas special of the 1950s-set drama. The show’s first ever festive episode will see pregnant Amanda adjusting to life having left … >
Peaky Blinders star Helen McCrory will lead the cast of a new ITV drama written by Homeland executive producer and writer Patrick Harbinson. Fearless will be produced by Mammoth Screen, the makers of Endeavour, Poldark and Jenna Coleman’s upcoming Victoria series. The six-part “visceral political thriller” will star McCrory as Emma Blunt, a solicitor known for defending lost causes. The official synopsis reads: “Emma Blunt is … >
ITV has announced the cast for The Good Karma Hospital, a new medical drama created by Death in Paradise writer Dan Sefton. Set in a coastal town in tropical South India, the six-part series started filming in Sri Lanka this month and is described as “life-affirming, contemporary drama full of extraordinary characters from all walks of life.” The cast will be … >
A set of new promotional photos have been unveiled for ITV’s Victoria, featuring former Doctor Who actress Jenna Coleman. The eight-part period drama, from the makers of Poldark, follows Queen Victoria (Coleman) from her accession to the throne at the tender age of 18 through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert. Victoria went on to rule for 63 years. Rufus Sewell … >
James Norton has joined the cast of McMafia, BBC One’s epic new drama set in the international crime world. Created by screenwriter and director Hossein Amini (Drive) and James Watkins (The Woman in Black), the eight-part series is being produced by Cuba Pictures, the makers of BBC One’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Inspired by … >
Filming has begun on a brand new Jonathan Creek special. Titled ‘Daemons’ Roost’, the 90-minute episode will air on BBC One later this year. QI star Alan Davies returns as Creek, alongside Sarah Alexander (The Worst Week Of My Life) as his wife, Polly. Davies first revealed details of the new special earlier this year, … >
The penultimate release in the range, this series of box sets recreates the mostly lost first season of The Avengers. Back in the early 1961, the show was markedly different from its latter incarnations and mainly focussed on the exploits of Dr David Keel (Anthony Howell), whose life as a GP was frequently interrupted by … >
BBC One’s supernatural drama came to an end with a clever finale that finally provided some answers to the haunting of Nathan Appleby. Choosing to begin in the present, rather than the Somerset village of Shepzoy in 1894, we followed the story of Nathan’s ghost Lara (Chloe Pirrie, star of The Game & War and … >
A new TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves’ fantasy and science fiction novel InterWorld is being developed. Published in 2007, InterWorld follows the story of Joey Harker who, together with a group of other Joeys from different Earths in other parallel universes (some of whom are older or younger, a different gender, and a different … >
New “aspirational period drama” The Collection will arrive on Amazon this autumn. Created by Oliver Goldstick (Ugly Betty, Pretty Little Liars), Amazon’s first UK original drama is set in the post-war Paris fashion world. The premiere episode will launch on Friday 2 September, exclusively for Amazon Prime members in the UK, with new episodes launching every Friday. Filmed in the … >