A trailer has been released for BBC One’s new adaptation of DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Holliday Grainger (Tulip Fever) stars as Lady Chatterley, James Norton (Happy Valley) plays her war-wounded husband Sir Clifford Chatterley and Richard Madden (Game Of Thrones) plays gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. Produced by Sherlock creators Hartswood Films, Lady Chatterley’s Lover airs … >
It seems that we have reached a watershed moment. Boy Meets Girl, BBC Two’s new trans-based sitcom, offers a serious look at transition. This is something that is still relatively new on television, which should be surprising! While Hayley Cropper’s introduction in Coronation Street happened 16 years ago, serious portrayals of transgender characters are only … >
In 1993, the BBC produced Lady Chatterley: a four-part dramatisation of the DH Lawrence novel directed by Ken Russell, starring Joely Richardson in the title role and Sean Bean as her gamekeeper lover Mellors. A generation of horny teenagers tuned in, but in spite of the workmanlike woodland grunting from Bean (not to mention the … >
ITV has released the first full clip from new fantasy drama Jekyll and Hyde. Starring Da Vinci’s Demons actor Tom Bateman as “young, attractive, troubled hero” Robert Jekyll, the grandson of the original doctor, the ten-part drama will feature “spooky creatures, ghouls, zombies, werewolves and vampires” in 1930s London. > Like Jekyll and Hyde on … >
A brand new clip has been released from this summer’s Bad Education film. Based on BBC Three’s hit comedy series, The Bad Education Movie opens in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday 21 August. Watch the clip… The movie’s official synopsis reads: “Alfie Wickers is probably the worst teacher to (dis)grace the English … >
Following the sightings of Russell T Davies and David Tennant together in Cardiff last week, another surprise visitor to the Doctor Who set has been revealed. POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW Georgia Moffett has been photographed on the TARDIS set with Peter Capaldi, although it is unclear when the photo … >
Game of Thrones actor Enzo Cilenti has revealed that ITV’s upcoming Jekyll and Hyde series is “very chic, very funny” and has “loads of action”. Created by The Fast Show writer Charlie Higson and inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the new ten-part fantasy drama is set … >
BBC One’s new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None has started shooting. Based on the best-selling crime novel of all time, the three-part drama has been adapted for TV by Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy, Great Expectations). The all-star ensemble cast includes Aidan Turner (Poldark) as Philip Lombard, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) … >
From the makers of Utopia and Broadchurch and the writing partnership behind Spooks, Channel 4’s new sci-fi hit Humans is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for a busy family is a synth – a life-like humanoid. > Order Humans on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the release of the eight-episode … >
BBC Two’s new 18th century drama about the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley will air later this month. The Scandalous Lady W stars Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) as the titular Lady who left her husband to elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset, played by Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen). Endeavour actor … >