Joanna Scanlan, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig, Lorraine Ashbourne and Amelia Bullmore are in the band. The BBC and BritBox International have announced the cast of Riot Women. The show is the latest drama series from writer Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Renegade Nell). Made by Drama Republic (One Day), it’s currently filming in West Yorkshire. Here’s … >
The first promotional photo has been released for BBC One’s Man in an Orange Shirt. Telling two love stories, set sixty years apart, the two-part mini-series from the makers of Grantchester and Humans is the first screen drama from best-selling British novelist Patrick Gale. The tales are linked by family and by “a painting that holds a secret that echoes down the … >
The first screen drama from best-selling British novelist Patrick Gale has begun filming in London. BBC One’s Man in an Orange Shirt tells two love stories, set sixty years apart. The tales are linked by family and by “a painting that holds a secret that echoes down the generations.” Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave has been cast in the two-part … >
ITV has confirmed that the new season of Thunderbirds Are Go will begin later this month. A further 26 episodes were commissioned following the success of CITV’s reinvention of the classic children’s show when it launched in April 2015. Buy the complete original Thunderbirds collection on Amazon here. The new season starts at 3.30pm on Saturday 22 October on ITV with ‘Earthbreaker’. Watch a … >
This Christmas will mark exactly four years since the final episode of Merlin aired on BBC One. After five seasons and 65 episodes, the fantasy drama series came to an end on 24 December 2012. Fans haven’t given up hope of a revival, however, despite the death of one of the show’s main characters in the … >
ITV has announced the commission of a new contemporary drama serial from the writers of A Mother’s Son and Mistresses. Hermione Norris (In the Club) and Lee Ingleby (The A Word) will lead the cast of Innocent, written by Chris Lang (Unforgotten) and Matt Arlidge (The Little House). The cast also includes Angel Coulby (Merlin), Daniel Ryan (Home … >
Undercover comes to BBC One from Silk creator Peter Moffat. The gripping new six-part thriller follows Maya (Sophie Okonedo), a spirited and passionate barrister who is about to become the first black Director of Public Prosecutions. But just as Maya’s life comes under intense public scrutiny, she discovers that Nick (Adrian Lester), her husband and … >
Undercover, Sophie Okonedo and Adrian Lester’s new drama from the creator of Silk, starts on BBC One next month. The new six-part thriller follows Maya (Sophie Okonedo), a spirited and passionate barrister who is about to become the first black Director of Public Prosecutions. But just as Maya’s life comes under intense public scrutiny, she … >
Emilia Fox, Clarke Peters, Paul Schneider and William Ash have joined the cast of The Tunnel: Sabotage. Based on the Danish/Swedish crime series The Bridge, The Tunnel launched on Sky Atlantic in October 2013. > Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. The Anglo-French drama’s second season, previously titled The Tunnel 2: Debris, re-unites Game … >
Thunderbirds Are Go will be back on CITV later this year with more new episodes. CITV’s reinvention of the classic children’s show launched last April. > Buy Volume 1 on DVD on Amazon. 26 thirty-minute episodes will air in 2016 and 2017. Steve Green, EVP, Kids’ Content and Distribution at ITV Studios Global Entertainment, commented … >