A world away from the period setting of his hugely successful Foyle’s War, Anthony Horowitz’s New Blood is absolutely set in the present day, and the visual style takes its lead from that. There’s plenty of flashy sequences and dizzying jump cuts – probably the only flourish that doesn’t work is the reflected lights slowly … >
The first trailer has been released for BBC One’s new investigative drama, New Blood. Starring Mark Addy (Atlantis), Anna Chancellor (The Hour), Ariyon Bakare (Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell), Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat), Mark Bonnar (Shetland) and Aiysha Hart (Atlantis) alongside newcomers Mark Strepan and Ben Tavassoli, the seven-part series is written by Foyle’s War creator Anthony Horowitz. New Blood follows two … >
Guest stars for the new season of Shetland have been announced. Six new episodes of the BBC One cime drama are filming now in Scotland. Shetland launched in March 2013, starring Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez, adapted from Ann Cleeves’ novels. Guest stars in Season 3 will include Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones), Archie … >
ITV has officially announced today that Season 6 of Downton Abbey will be the show’s final season. The last ever episode will air on Christmas Day on ITV, following eight episodes this autumn. Writer Julian Fellowes commented: “The Downton journey has been amazing for everyone aboard. People ask if we knew what was going to … >
The petty jealousy and absurd one-upmanship continues in this final instalment of BBC One’s Mapp and Lucia. My cringing discomfort at the ridiculousness of the titular characters at times moves me to want to grab them by the kingfisher blue lapels and shout at them that maybe their lives would be a little bit more … >
Downton Abbey returns to ITV this autumn for a fifth season. The period drama is back for eight new episodes and a Christmas special, guest starring Richard E Grant, Anna Chancellor, Rade Sherbedgia, Dame Harriet Walter, Peter Egan and Sue Johnston. Returning cast members include Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Hugh Bonneville, Joanne … >
Insufferable is the word I keep coming back to when I try to find new and novel ways of describing the two titular characters of BBC One’s Mapp and Lucia. Insufferable, insufferable, insufferable. I’m not normally one to engage in schadenfreude; indeed, sometimes I do think my empathy for make believe characters extends far further … >
By the end of the first episode of BBC One’s new adaptation of EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia, I found myself expressing to my partner in no uncertain terms my gratitude that we live in a midsize city where we don’t know any of our neighbours. Anna Chancellor is Mrs. Lucas – known to her … >
Miranda Richardson (Parade’s End) and Anna Chancellor (Spooks) star as notorious small-town social rivals Miss Elizabeth Mapp and Mrs Emmeline ‘Lucia’ Lucas in Steve Pemberton’s adaptation of EF Benson’s comic drama Mapp and Lucia. Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part series also stars Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) as Raj Army veteran Major Benjy, alongside writer … >
BBC One has unveiled a trailer for Steve Pemberton’s new adaptation of EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia. Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part comic drama mini-series begins at 9.05pm on Monday 29 December on BBC One, concluding at 9pm on Wednesday 31 December. > Order Mapp and Lucia on DVD on Amazon. Watch … >