I don’t know if it’s just coincidence or whether a memo has gone round TV execs, but hot on the heels of Tom Hiddleston’s celebrated derrière in The Night Manager, Nicholas Pinnock’s bare bottom steals a few seconds of our attention partway through this week’s third episode of Marcella. With his lover Grace still missing, … >
The third and final season of Broadchurch will begin filming in Dorset this summer. David Tennant and Olivia Colman will both reprise their roles as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller, with Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan also back as Beth and Mark Latimer. Other returning cast members include Doctor Who star Arthur Darvill also returns as … >
Scott and Bailey returns to ITV this April for a three-part special featuring a single crime. Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp return to the roles of super cool Janet Scott and her hotheaded partner Rachel Bailey. > Buy the complete Season 1-4 box set on Amazon. With D.C.I. Gill Murray in retirement, ever-ambitious Rachel (Suranne … >
The second instalment of ITV’s Marcella from the creator of Scandinavian hit The Bridge begins with Anna Friel’s character in an upmarket doctor’s consulting room, and if we hadn’t already worked it out from her ‘blackout’ last week it’s soon made very clear that she has a problem. Her doctor (Richard Cordery) drops plenty of intriguing hints … >
Award-winning Irish soap Red Rock will be shown daily on BBC Daytime later this year. Written by Peter McKenna (EastEnders, Casualty), the 40-part series premiered in Ireland in 2015. Red Rock is set around the busy police precinct in a fictional seaside town just outside of Dublin, Red Rock follows the Hennessys and the Kielys, two local warring families. … >
Marcella, ITV’s new crime drama, is created and written by Hans Rosenfeldt, the man responsible for Scandinavian hit The Bridge. With such an impressive pedigree, it would be rash to be too critical of its slightly lacklustre opening instalment. The episode is bookended by scenes of a shaken and bloodied Marcella (Anna Friel) waking up … >
After the reputation Line of Duty gained for providing jaw-dropping moments in its first run, 2014’s second season had plenty to live up to. Focusing on slippery central suspect DI Lindsay Denton (Keeley Hawes) and delving more into the personal lives of the AC-12 team investigating her, we think it delivered admirably. With more twists … >
Amazon has confirmed that Ripper Street will come to an end with its next season. The period crime drama’s fifth season has started filming in Dublin and will premiere on Amazon Prime Video later in 2016. The final episodes will see Joseph Mawle (In the Heart of the Sea) rejoin the series as Detective Inspector … >
The BBC has confirmed the commission of a sixth season of Death in Paradise. Season 5 concluded last month averaging 8.1 million viewers each week and with a 29% audience share, cementing its position as one of BBC One’s highest rating dramas. > Buy the complete Season 1-5 boxset on Amazon. My Family star Kris … >
ITV has commissioned another season of detective drama Endeavour. Shaun Evans (The Scandalous Lady W) will return as the young Morse alongside Roger Allam (The Lady in the Van) as Endeavour’s senior officer, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday. Endeavour launched in January 2012 with a one-off single film to mark the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse … >