Mark Gatiss & Polly Walker on set, with a clapperboard for the first shot of Bookish

Bookish – Mark Gatiss to write and star in new detective drama (updated)

The consulting detective Gabriel Book will investigate crimes on UKTV’s Alibi.  Updated 18/07/24: Bookish guest stars announced. With filming now underway in Belgium, UKTV have confirmed a number of guest stars for Bookish. In episodes 5 & 6 of the series, Paul McGann (Doctor Who) will star as Mr Kind, alongside Tim McInnerny (Blackadder) as ‘D’. … >

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Lockerbie – BBC & Netflix announce cast for their drama series

The six-part drama stars Conor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams and Phyllis Logan. The BBC and Netflix have announced casting for its upcoming dramatization of the Lockerbie disaster. Made by World Productions (Line of Duty), the six-part series aims to tackle the  events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scots-US investigation which sought to … >

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The Gold – BBC release images and further casting for Brink’s-Mat drama

Ruth Bradley and Peter Davison are joining the gold robbery tale.  We last reported on The Gold when the show’s principal cast were announced back in April 2022. The dramatization of the daring 1983 heist stars Hugh Bonneville along with Jack Lowden (Slow Horses), Dominic Cooper (Spy City) and Charlotte Spencer (The Living And The … >

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Doctor Who: Flux – ‘Once, Upon Time’ guest cast list

A cast list was released for Once, Upon Time, the third chapter of Doctor Who: Flux. “Time is beginning to run wild”. On a planet that shouldn’t exist, in the aftermath of apocalypse, the Doctor, Dan, Yaz and Vinder face a battle to survive. In addition to the main cast, Jodie Whittaker (the Doctor), Mandip … >

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Jessica Raine joins cast of ‘Silk’ writer’s new BBC One drama ‘The Last Post’

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 … >

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