The creator of Line of Duty says he’s “looking forward to tormenting the nation” with the police corruption drama’s new season. Thandie Newton (Westworld, Crash) is joining the cast as DCI Roz Huntley, alongside returning regulars Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar, and new cast members Jason Watkins (Being Human), Lee Ingleby (The A Word) and Royce Pierreson (Our Girl). … >
BBC Store is marking the 30th anniversary of Casualty with a look back at some of the long-running medical drama’s A-list guest stars. Famous faces who appeared in Casualty early in their careers include Tom Hiddleston, Daisy Ridley, Kate Winslet, Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom and Christopher Eccleston. Featuring 14 classic episodes, the Casualty: Spot The Star collection is available to … >
The first promotional photo has been revealed for ITV’s new drama about a Detective Sergeant living a double-life. Created by Shetland writers Gaby Chiappe and Alex Perrin, The Level began filming earlier this year in Brighton and London, and is described a “high stakes, high intensity thriller”. The six-part series stars Karla Crome (Misfits), Noel Clarke (Doctor Who), Robert James Collier (Downton Abbey) and … >
ITV has released the first trailer for the new season of detective drama DCI Banks. Stephen Tompkinson (Wild At Heart) reprises his role as DCI Alan Banks alongside Andrea Lowe (Monroe) as DS Annie Cabbot and Caroline Catz (Doc Martin) as DI Helen Morton in six new episodes. Season 5 began filming in Yorkshire in April … >
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 … >
It’s been ten years since Daniel Craig’s first outing as the iconic 007, complete with tuxedo, a Walther and of course an Aston Martin or two. After Pierce Brosnan’s overly cartoonish final Bond film, Die Another Day, the Bond producers decided on a different tack and took 007 back to his original roots, which meant … >
ITV has revealed who will be playing the young incarnation of Helen Mirren’s iconic character Jane Tennison. Tennison, the new prequel to Prime Suspect, has now started filming on location in London. Stefanie Martini (Doctor Thorne, Endeavour) will lead the cast as the young Jane Tennison. She’ll be joined by Blake Harrison (Dad’s Army, The Inbetweeners) and Sam Reid (Belle, The Riot Club) as … >
Game of Thrones has wrapped up for another year and it’s fair to say these last ten episodes have progressed the storyline much further than we could have hoped for. Season 6 reached its conclusion in ‘The Winds of Winter’ – incidentally the title of George R. R. Martin’s upcoming sixth novel – alliances were … >
Daniel Craig shook the movie industry earlier this summer by telling producers of the James Bond movies that he would not be returning as the iconic British spy for a fourth outing. The news has caused hysteria on the betting floor leading to a number of potential candidates for the vacant role. Here, we take … >
The Frankenstein Chronicles will return to ITV Encore for a second season. Incorporating elements from Mary Shelley’s Gothic literary classic, the period crime drama launched last November, starring Sean Bean (Game of Thrones, Sharpe) as Inspector John Marlott. The Frankenstein Chronicles is set in Georgian London in 1827 and was created by Benjamin Ross (The Young Poisoner’s Handbook) … >