BBC Two has announced a new travel documentary series, The Real Marigold Hotel. Inspired by the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movies, the three 60-minute episodes will document the authentic experience of eight famous senior citizens as they head to India on an experimental adventure. The all-star line-up includes Doctor Who actor Sylvester McCoy, actress Miriam … >
House Of Fools star Morgana Robinson will return to BBC Two next year with Impressions Of Fame, a brand new sketch show following a successful pilot. The six 30-minute episodes will “explore the world of celebrity both on and off the screen as she lifts the celebrity curtain with her incredible impressions.” > Buy House … >
BBC Two’s new comedy-thriller about the Stag weekend from hell has begun filming in Scotland. Created by Jim Field Smith (producer/director of The Wrong Mans) and George Kay (The Tunnel), Stag follows a meek schoolteacher (Jim Howick – Peep Show), his future brother-in-law (Stephen Campbell Moore – Our Zoo) and several obnoxious friends on a deer-stalking … >
BBC Two Controller Kim Shillinglaw has announced the commission of Stag, a new “darkly comic thriller”. Created by Jim Field Smith (producer/director of The Wrong Mans) and George Kay, the three-part series follows a meek schoolteacher (Jim Howick – Peep Show, Babylon) as he struggles to survive the Stag weekend from hell. He is joined … >
BBC Two Controller Kim Shillinglaw has announced the commission of Two Doors Down. The new “comedy of manners” by Simon Carlyle (Bad Education) and Gregor Sharp (The Trip) will feature “Scottish families at their best and worst … exploring why it is that the people you’re closest to always seem to cause you the most … >
BBC Two has released the launch trailer for Accused writer Jimmy McGovern’s new convicts drama Banished. From the makers of Top Of The Lake, the seven-part series stars Myanna Buring (Ripper Street), Russell Tovey (Being Human) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour). > Order Banished on DVD on Amazon. Banished begins at 9pm on Thursday 5 … >
The first clip from Accused writer Jimmy McGovern’s epic new convicts drama Banished has appeared online. From the makers of Top Of The Lake, the seven-part series stars Myanna Buring (Ripper Street), Russell Tovey (Being Human) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour). Opening in New South Wales, Australia in 1788, Banished is loosely inspired by events in … >
Accused writer Jimmy McGovern’s epic new convicts drama Banished will begin next month. From the makers of Top Of The Lake, the seven-part series stars Myanna Buring (Ripper Street), Russell Tovey (Being Human) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour). Banished launches at 9pm on Thursday 5 March on BBC Two. The cast also includes David Wenham … >
The first promotional photo for Jimmy McGovern’s epic new BBC Two drama Banished has been released. From the makers of Top Of The Lake, the seven-part series stars Myanna Buring (Ripper Street), Russell Tovey (Being Human) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour). > Order Banished on DVD on Amazon. Opening in New South Wales, Australia in … >
BBC Two will air NBC’s new action thriller Odyssey in the UK. The conspiracy drama series begins in the US in April and is created by writer-director Peter Horton (Grey’s Anatomy, Dirty Sexy Money) with writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster (The Following). Set in the murky shadows of contemporary global politics, Odyssey stars Anna … >