Airing between Christmas and New Year, Mayflies stars Martin Compston and Tony Curran as best friends. One of the anticipated highlights of the upcoming festive season for us is Mayflies, adapted from Andrew O’Hagan’s acclaimed novel The two-part drama promises a tale of enduring friendship which is tested in the most devastating way. Here’s the … >
Get ready for swashbuckling action with Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi in 2023. The BBC is granting safe harbour to a piratical comedy in the New Year: Our Flag Means Death. From creator David Jenkins, Our Flag Means Death is loosely based on the true adventures of 18th-century would-be pirate, Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby). It … >
Who Dares Wins more episodes… SAS Rogue Heroes, the BBC drama from Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight, is getting a second series to continue its story. The show, a raucous telling of the formation of the Special Air Service during World War Two, is based on the book by Ben Macintyre. According to the BBC, … >
She takes over from Douglas Henshall, who led the show for seven series. The BBC have announced Ashley Jensen (Catastrophe, After Life) as the new lead detective in Shetland. Originally based on the novels by Ann Cleeves, the show began in 2013 with Douglas Henshall starring as the DI Jimmy Perez, for the show’s first … >
The 2020 Booker prize winner is coming to BBC One and iPlayer, adapted by its author. The BBC have announced that writer Douglas Stuart is adapting his award-winning debut novel Shuggie Bain for television. Shuggie Bain is a heart-breaking story of pride, sexuality, addiction, and love. Inspired the writer’s own Glasgow childhood during the Thatcher … >
You can get Obsessed With… SAS Rogue Heroes on BBC Sounds. The show has been on our radar for a while, but SAS Rogue Heroes has finally been granted a start date of Sunday 30 October, 2022. From Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the story dramatizes the origins of the elite special forces unit during … >
From writer director Hugo Blick, The English also stars Chaske Spencer. Updated 14/10/22: Ahead of the show’s world premiere, Prime Video have dropped a further trailer. The English will be with us in under a month. The highly anticipated western starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer begins on November 10th on BBC Two, with an … >
The BBC Scotland series also stars Ashley Jensen and Tony Curran. With filming complete, the BBC have released some images from their upcoming drama Mayflies. Based on Andrew O’Hagan’s acclaimed 2020 novel, the story has been adapted into a two-part drama. Here’s the premise for Mayflies: Everyone has a Tully Dawson – the friend who … >
From Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, the show tells the creation story of the elite special forces unit. It feels like SAS Rogue Heroes has been a long time coming. With the show’s first teaser dropping back in April, we’re still only as the “coming soon” stage. However, the BBC have just delivered a belter … >
The hit BBC sitcom returns for more spectral shenanigans. (Updated 27/09/22): BBC Sounds announce a further podcast special, blending two of our paranormal favourites. With the new series of Ghosts airing, and Inside… Ghosts going behind the scenes, there’s now another piece of ghostly listening – a special edition of the podcast Uncanny. Exploring the … >