The Feud

C5 announce ‘The Feud’ for Jill Halfpenny & Rupert Penry-Jones

The drama also stars Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, Larry Lamb and Alex Macqueen.  Channel 5 have announced a new paranoia-filled drama, The Feud, created and written by Aschlin Ditta (The Inheritance). The show focuses on a seemingly idyllic suburban street, until once couple decide to have a kitchen extension… Here’s what we know…  The Feud introduces Emma … >

Posted Filed under
All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small – two more series commissioned

Further veterinary adventures await in Darrowby as the hit drama scores a double recommission. ViacomCBS have announced that the bucolic delights of All Creatures Great and Small will return for two more series. The show, a modern take on the works of James Herriot’s Yorkshire veterinary stories, is produced by Playground for Channel 5, as … >

Posted Filed under
Freely announced

Freely — new free live TV without aerial or dish announced

A new service, Freely, will allow viewers access to live TV from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 directly over the Internet from 2024 Developed by Everyone TV (the new name for the organisation who deliver FreeView and FreeSat), Freely is a new free service giving access to live TV via broadband. No aerial or … >

Posted Filed under
All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small – Series 4 cast confirmed

Fresh faces on the Dales include Neve McIntosh and James Bolam.  Based on the novels of James Herriot, Channel 5’s adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small is gearing up for its fourth season. Due in the autumn, and on MASTERPIECE in the US in early 2024, the show is back for six further hour-long … >

Posted Filed under
Peter Davison as King William IV in The Windsors Coronation Special

Peter Davison to guest in The Windsors Coronation Special

He’s reached the ‘ghost’ phase of his career.  Peter Davison is one of those actors who’s rarely off our screens. Of late, he’s appeared in Gentleman Jack (as a crabby relative), The Larkins (as the gloriously seedy vicar) and The Gold as a senior Police Officer. He also has a role in the upcoming second … >

Posted Filed under

Stephen Fry to front a new Dinosaur series for Channel 5

Dinosaur – with Stephen Fry plans to recreate a hyper-realistic prehistoric environment.  Channel 5 have announced Dinosaur – with Stephen Fry, an upcoming four-day event focussed on the prehistoric beasts. The show promises to “chronologically tell the definitive story of 165 million years on earth – from the dawn of the dinosaurs to their extinction.” … >

Posted Filed under
Ben Fogle to explore Chernobyl

Channel 5 documentary Ben Fogle: Inside Chernobyl announced

Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off feature length documentary Ben Fogle: Inside Chernobyl Thirty-five years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, this new documentary follows presenter Ben Fogle as he spends a week living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The team was given special access deep inside the exclusion zone and the deserted towns and … >

Posted Filed under