Sky1 has commissioned a new crime drama from bestselling author Harlan Coben, following the success of The Five. Starring Tom Cullen, O. T. Fagbenle, Lee Ingleby and Sarah Solemani, The Five premiered on Sky1 in April. > Buy The Five on DVD on Amazon. RED Production Company, the makers of Happy Valley, will now produce a follow-up called The … >
Laura Fraser and Siobhan Finneran will lead the cast of a new ITV crime drama set on the beautiful, haunting shores of Scotland’s most iconic loch. Loch Ness is written by Stephen Brady (Vera, Silent Witness) and executive produced by Tim Haines (Primeval, Sinbad). Laura Fraser (Houdini and Doyle, Lip Service) and Siobhan Finneran (Happy Valley, Downton Abbey) will be joined in … >
ITV Encore has announced the commission of of a new crime drama from the writer of Unforgotten and the producer of The Missing. Dark Heart will star Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demon, Doctor Who) as DI Will Wagstaffe, a man haunted by his past. Set in London, the two-hour drama is written by Chris Lang (A Mother’s Son), directed by Colin Teague (Jekyll & Hyde) and based … >
Rowan Atkinson will return as legendary French fictional detective Jules Maigret in two further single films. The Blackadder star made his debut as Maigret earlier this year in ‘Maigret Sets a Trap’, which attracted 7.2 million viewers and a 28% share of the audience. Two new 120-minute films will begin filming in November, again set in Paris in the 1950s. Pre-order Maigret on DVD on Amazon … >
The makers of last year’s hit And Then There Were None are reuniting to adapt another classic Agatha Christie story. Writer Sarah Phelps (And Then There Were None, The Casual Vacancy) and director Julian Jarrold (The Crown, Appropriate Adult) will adapt The Witness For The Prosecution as a two-part drama for BBC One with Mammoth Screen (And Then There Were None, Poldark) and Agatha Christie Productions (And … >
ITV has announced the commission of a new true crime mini-series from the producers of BBC Two’s hit police corruption drama Line of Duty. Based on the story of a Lanarkshire detective’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel, Muncie begins filming in Scotland this month. The three-part drama will star Douglas Henshall (Shetland) as detective William Muncie and Martin Compston (Line of Duty) as … >
Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar will start filming the new season of Unforgotten later this month. The new episodes will tell a brand new story from creator and writer Chris Lang, once again exploring the fallout from the investigation into an historic murder case. The crime drama launched on ITV last October and the first season has now … >
Hunting for the truth in his final case, Wallander talks with a fisherman who knows something. (More accurately his father knew something, which could well be the subtext of the whole episode). He’s reluctant to talk, until as man rather than detective Kurt pleads with him: “I need to know if my family’s in danger, … >
Detective drama Endeavour will return for a new season in 2017, marking the 30th anniversary of Inspector Morse on ITV. Set in the summer of 1967, next year’s episodes will celebrate the anniversary with “many respectful tips of the trilby from Endeavour to its much admired progenitor in terms of guest casting, heritage characters and stories.” Shaun Evans (The Scandalous Lady … >
Award-winning, hard-hitting drama The Tunnel, from the makers of Broadchurch, returns for a gripping second series The Tunnel: Sabotage. To celebrate the DVD release from RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn label on Monday 6 June, we’ve got a complete Season 1-2 box set to give away to one of our Twitter followers! Two runners-up will each win The Tunnel: Sabotage on DVD. … >