Twenty years on, the show explores the tragic killing of an innocent man mistaken for a terrorist by the Metropolitan Police. The Disney+ UK original imprint has provided some diverse treats of late. We’ve enjoyed the outrageous Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals, and the terrific (and cancelled-too-soon) fantasy drama Renegade Nell. However, Suspect: The Shooting of … >
Simon Pegg and Hannah Khalique-Brown return for series 2 of the cyber-thriller. Channel 4 has announced a second series of The Undeclared War. The new six-part run of the cyber-thriller comes from writer Colin Teevan (Das Boot), with Paul McGuigan (Inside Man) directing. Series 1 was presaged with a chilling faux-Prime Ministerial broadcast, so look out for … >
Somehow, it’s been nine years since the first series of the remarkable Wolf Hall. Based on Hilary Mantel’s books, the BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning series chronicled the life of Thomas Cromwell. Henry VIII’s political fixer was played compellingly by Mark Rylance, with the King himself brought to life by Damian Lewis. However, the first … >
Prime Video’s take on the story surrounding Prince Andrew’s impactful interview lands this September. In April, Netflix landed their Scoop, a film dramatization of the Prince Andrew Newsnight interview affair. Now, it’s the turn of Prime Video who have a longer, three-part retelling of the story. This comes from the producers of A Very English Scandal … >
The BBC has released some first-look pictures as Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light finishes filing — we take a look Filming has completed for the adaptation of the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s multi award-winning trilogy. To mark this, the BBC has released a host of first-look pictures — the picture above shows … >
The show will dramatize events leading up to his famous 2019 interview with journalist Emily Maitlis. In terms of high-profile, modern television interviews, it probably doesn’t get more seismic than Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis and her sit-down with Prince Andrew. The infamous conversation focussed on the prince’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and provided some remarkable revelations. … >
The show’s ensemble includes Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Katherine Kelly and Shaun Dooley. ITV have announced the start of filming on Mr Bates vs. The Post Office, from ITV Studios and Little Gem. The drama tells the remarkable true story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Hundreds of innocent … >
Now we’ve recovered from that “emergency broadcast”, which introduced us to the threat of The Undeclared War (with a side-order of Prime Ministerial wish fulfilment), we’ve been able to find out a few more details about Channel 4’s upcoming thriller. First up, we have a quote from series creator Peter Kosminsky on what the show … >
The Undeclared War stars Adrian Lester and Simon Pegg. Last Friday night, Channel 4 kicked off the marketing for their upcoming cyber thriller in innovative fashion. At 8.59 PM, in the form of a government “emergency broadcast”, Prime Minister Rt Hon Andrew Makinde (Adrian Lester) addressed the nation to tell us of the threat. He … >
Lost Warriors is the third boxset of adventures for Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor. As with Respond To All Calls before it, these are three discrete Doctor Who tales with a thematic link, rather than a three-parter like Ravagers. Once again travelling alone, the Doctor finds allies on his adventures — all of which are Earthbound … >