Based on the real life events, BBC One’s Rillington Place explores the crimes of John Christie and the subsequent tragic miscarriage of justice in 1940s and 50s London. The tense and impactful thriller is presented over three episodes from three different perspectives, as our characters’ lives tragically converge at 10 Rillington Place. John Christie is played by … >
The first details have been released for the new season of Death In Paradise. The crime drama’s sixth season began filming on the French island of Guadeloupe in August and will open with a two-hour special featuring scenes set and filmed in the UK for the first time. My Family star Kris Marshall is back as DI Humphrey Goodman in eight … >
ITV’s new crime series Bancroft will explore “what happens when heinous crimes, long buried in the past, come back to haunt us.” Set in a busy northern city, the four-part thriller is written and created by Kate Brooke (Mr Selfridge, Ice Cream Girls, The Making of a Lady). Brooke commented: “I wanted to explore a … >
The BBC has released the first promotional image for the upcoming Jonathan Creek Christmas special. Titled ‘Daemons’ Roost’, the brand new 90-minute episode began filming in August. Written by series creator David Renwick, the festive special sees Alan Davies return as Creek, alongside Sarah Alexander (The Worst Week Of My Life) as his wife, Polly. Buy … >
ITV’s new crime drama from the producers of Line of Duty will begin next month. Based on the story of a Lanarkshire detective’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel, In Plain Sight began filming in Scotland in June. The three-part mini-series stars Douglas Henshall (Shetland) as detective William Muncie and Martin Compston (Line of Duty) as Peter Manuel. Episode … >
Filming has started in Budapest on two further TV movies featuring Rowan Atkinson as legendary French fictional detective Jules Maigret. 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. ITV’s second Maigret film, ‘Maigret’s Dead Man’, has already been filmed and will air later this year. … >
ITV has announced that crime drama DCI Banks will not be returning for a sixth season. Starring Stephen Tompkinson (Wild At Heart), Andrea Lowe (Monroe) and Caroline Catz (Doc Martin), the the detective series launched in September 2010 and a fifth season concluded on ITV last month. Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon here. A statement … >
Waking the Dead star Claire Goose is back for a new season of BBC One’s daytime drama The Coroner later this month. The ten-part second season sees Coroner Jane Kennedy (Claire Goose) investigate sudden or unexplained deaths in the English costal community of Lighthaven, South Devon, working with her former flame Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins (Matt Bardock). … >
The Missing returns to BBC One for a second season, featuring a new case, new characters and a new location. The new eight-part sequel to 2014’s hit drama series sees David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) and Keeley Hawes (Line of Duty) lead the cast, with Tchéky Karyo returning as detective Julien Baptiste. The cast also includes Roger Allam (Endeavour), Abigail Hardingham … >
Indira Varma, Robert Glenister, Neil Stuke, Lesley Sharp and Kevin Doyle star in ITV’s new conspiracy thriller, Paranoid. Written by Bill Gallagher (The Paradise), the eight-part series tells the story of a female GP who is murdered in a rural children’s playground with an abundance of eyewitnesses. A group of detectives embark on what seems to be … >