Martin Clunes has returned to Port Isaac in Cornwall as filming starts on the eighth season of Doc Martin. The Men Behaving Badly star is back as the nation’s favourite grumpy medic, Dr. Martin Ellingham, in eight new episodes of ITV’s long-running medical drama. Buy the Season 7 box set on Amazon here. All the show’s … >
Channel 4 has announced the commission of second season of Damned. Created by Jo Brand (Getting On) and Morwenna Banks (Miss You Already), the sharp black comedy based around the lives of two jaded social workers launched on Channel 4 last year. Damned will return for six new 30-minute episodes in late 2017. Jo Brand commented: … >
New details have been released today about the The Flash and Supergirl‘s upcoming musical episodes. Titled ‘Duet’, the crossover event will start with the Supergirl episode airing in the US on 20 March and will conclude in The Flash on 21 March, CBR reports. The episodes will feature Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Carlos Valdes, Melissa Benoist, … >
BBC One has announced the cast for Silk creator Peter Moffat’s new ‘60s drama The Last Post. The six-part series will be led by Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife), Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Amanda Drew (Broadchurch), Ben Miles (Coupling) and Stephen Campbell Moore (The Go-Between), alongside newcomer Jeremy Neumark-Jones. Based on writer Peter Moffat’s … >
Thandie Newton has been announced as the guest lead in the new season of Line of Duty. Jed Mercurio’s police corruption drama will move to BBC One in 2017 for its fourth season, which starts filming in Belfast this month. Written and created by Jed Mercurio, Line of Duty launched on BBC Two in June 2012 and the third season concluded earlier this … >
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, … >
ITV has announced the commission of a new true crime mini-series from the producers of BBC Two’s hit police corruption drama Line of Duty. Based on the story of a Lanarkshire detective’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel, Muncie begins filming in Scotland this month. The three-part drama will star Douglas Henshall (Shetland) as detective William Muncie and Martin Compston (Line of Duty) as … >
American fantasy TV drama Game of Thrones is one of the genre’s most successful ever shows. Now screening its sixth season, the saga has a rambling narrative full of civil war skirmishes, debauched noble houses, and dastardly dynasties fighting tooth and nail for absolute power. At the heart of the drama, two particular characters stand … >
A fifth season of ITV detective drama DCI Banks has started filming in Yorkshire. Stephen Tompkinson (Wild At Heart) will reprise his role as DCI Alan Banks alongside Andrea Lowe (Monroe) as DS Annie Cabbot and Caroline Catz (Doc Martin) as DI Helen Morton. Joining the regulars in the six new episodes are Samuel Anderson (Doctor Who) as Vince, the … >
Something so restlessly grim as Line of Duty should not be so damn enjoyable to watch. No, wait. Is enjoyable the right word? Probably not. It’s not like you can say ‘I enjoyed’ when talking about the scene early on where Jonas Armstrong (remember when he was Robin Hood a billion Saturday nights ago?) giving … >