The cast of Death in Paradise have begun filming the new season in Guadeloupe. Kris Marshall, Joséphine Jobert, Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf) and Tobi Bakare will return for new episodes on BBC One in 2016. Several photos have been posted on Instagram and Twitter showing production on the crime drama’s fifth season. @josephinejobert_official #DeathinParadise5 … >
Dakota Blue Richards (The Golden Compass) has joined the cast of Endeavour. The actress – who played Franky in Seasons 5-6 of E4’s teen drama, Skins – will appear as WPC Shirley Trewlove in the period crime drama’s third season. The new regular character is described as “thorough, determined and forthright”, who “quickly draws the … >
Amazon has ordered another two seasons of Ripper Street. The period crime drama was revived by Amazon Prime Instant Video last year after being axed by BBC One. Season 3 launched in the UK last November and became the most watched TV series on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the UK, with 98% of customers … >
Guest stars for the new season of Shetland have been announced. Six new episodes of the BBC One cime drama are filming now in Scotland. Shetland launched in March 2013, starring Douglas Henshall as DI Jimmy Perez, adapted from Ann Cleeves’ novels. Guest stars in Season 3 will include Ciaran Hinds (Game of Thrones), Archie … >
The first official photo of Line of Duty‘s cast additions for the new season has been revealed. The pic features Daniel Mays, Will Mellor, Arsher Ali and Leanne Best as the officers in Season 3’s Armed Response Unit. Mays (Mrs Biggs) plays Sergeant Danny Waldron, Mellor (In the Club) plays PC Rod Kennedy, Ali (The … >
Will Mellor, Arsher Ali and Leanne Best have joined the new season of Line of Duty. Season 3 of BBC Two’s police corruption drama began filming in Belfast last month, with Mrs Biggs star Daniel Mays playing AC-12’s “most dangerous adversary yet”. The three new cast members will play the other officers in the Armed … >
ITV has recommissioned Midsomer Murders for an eighteenth season. The long-running crime drama will return for six new feature-length episodes in 2016. Neil Dudgeon and Gwilym Lee are both back as DCI John Barnaby and DS Charlie Nelson. The pair will be joined by Manjinder Virk (Ordinary Lies, Call the Midwife) as Dr Kam Karimore, … >
Brenda Blethyn reprises her role as D.C.I. Vera Stanhope in a new season of Vera on ITV, based on the characters created by novelist Ann Cleeves. Blethyn is joined by Jon Morrison (Nil By Mouth) as D.C. Kenny Lockhart, Cush Jumbo (Torchwood: Children of Earth) as D.C. Bethany Whelan, Kingsley Ben-Adir (City Slacker) as pathologist, … >
Last week’s opening episode of Code of a Killer got off to a bit of a shaky start, but the new ITV drama steps up to the challenge this week and provides an enjoyably sinister and absorbing finale. Whilst Part 1 suffered from awkward scripting, the dialogue is noticeably cleaner and much less clunky in … >
Inspector George Gently returns to BBC One soon for a new season and the first trailer has been released. Starring Martin Shaw as Gently and Lee Ingleby (Our Zoo) as Bacchus, the period crime drama is back with four new feature-length films set in 1969. Watch the trailer… Season 8 is expected to begin later … >