Channel 4 will be airing The Out-Laws, a multi-award-winning comedy from Belgium, in the UK this summer. Described as “a compulsive whodunit featuring one of the best baddies in TV history”, the ten-part series originally aired on the Belgian channel VTM in 2012, where it was titled Clan. The Out-Laws will launch on Channel 4 in early June and will … >
This Is England actor Stephen Graham will star in a new Channel 4 drama written and directed by Dave Nath. Multi award-winning director Nath is best known for his challenging documentaries, including Bedlam and The Murder Detectives. His new fiction project The Watchman is described as “a thought-provoking thriller set on one night, in one location and seen through the eyes … >
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston is executive producing and appearing in a new Channel 4 drama based on the short stories of award-winning sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick. A co-production between Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television, the “hugely ambitious” anthology series will be written and executive produced by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) and Michael Dinner (Justified) alongside Cranston. Each … >
After four seasons broadcast over five years, Channel 4’s university sitcom Fresh Meat has come to an end. In its final season, we saw the six housemates struggle through the last year of their studies and prepare for post-university life. > Buy the complete Season 1-4 box set on Amazon. Now that the gang have graduated from Manchester … >
Dennis Kelly (Utopia) and Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) have written a new comedy pilot for Channel 4 about “the horror and hilarity of social engagement.” The writers previously worked together on BBC Three’s Pulling and joked: “It has taken just 10 short years for us to agree to work together again. It was a mistake.” Phil … >
Karl Davies (Happy Valley) and Joanna Horton (Fish Tank) will star in a new Channel 4 drama later this month from the writer of Blackout and Cyberbully. The People Next Door tells the story of young expectant parents Richard (Karl Davies) and Gemma (Joanna Horton) who, upon purchasing their first home, had no idea they … >
Deutschland 83 is the new groundbreaking and original series from the producers of the international Emmy award-winning Generation War. > Order Deutschland 83 on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the home entertainment release on Monday 15 February, courtesy of Universal Pictures (UK), we’ve got DVDs to give away to four of our Twitter followers! For a … >
Start to finish, everything that happens in the second episode of Crashing is awkward. Kate’s become so jealous of Lulu (writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge) that not only does she offer her a job but buys a hat just like Lulu’s. Even her attempts to be cool in front of her with the office flirt Johnny (newcomer … >
The third season of Black Mirror has started filming. Netflix announced the commission of 12 brand new episodes of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series last September. Brooker is conceiving the new stories from the show’s UK production base. British star Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Doctor Who) and Canada’s Mackenzie Davis (The Martian) will lead the cast of the … >
Loaded is a new comedy-drama for Channel 4 about four life-long friends who become multi-millionaires overnight. The eight-part series is created by Jon Brown (Fresh Meat, Peep Show, Misfits) and is described as “a comedy-drama about friendship, ambition, gluttony, the peculiarly British distaste for other people’s success, and what happens when you’ve got £11.5m in … >