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 … >
Jonas Nay stars as Martin Rauch in Deutschland 83, Channel 4’s new German-language thriller. Created by German-American husband and wife team Anna Winger and Joerg Winger, the eight-part series reveals the experiences of Germans from both sides of the Berlin wall during a pivotal period of Cold War tensions where the world’s nuclear arsenals rested … >
A new episode of Sherlock is a rare treasure that only emerges once every blue moon and causes by its very existence a feverish excitement among its fanbase. Two years on from the third season, we have a one-off special to tide us over. ‘The Abominable Bride’ carries off from where we left Sherlock in … >
Marvel has released the first trailer for Captain America: Civil War. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the sequel to 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier arrives in UK cinemas on 29 April 2016. Alongside Chris Evans as Captain America, the huge ensemble cast of Captain America: Civil War includes Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, … >
Martin Clunes reprises his role as Britain’s favourite grumpy medic in a new season of the hugely popular drama Doc Martin, so popular that Hollywood superstar Sigourney Weaver (Alien) makes an appearance! > Buy Season 7 on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the DVD release on Monday 16 November on RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn Label, we’ve … >