Further cast additions have been revealed for BBC One’s new adaptation of War and Peace. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece by Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies, the six one-hour episodes will “bring the classic to life for a modern audience on a truly epic scale”. Jim Broadbent (Harry Potter) will appear as Prince Bolkonsky, … >
The cast has been revealed for BBC One’s epic new adaptation of War And Peace. Adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s literary masterpiece by Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies, the six one-hour episodes will star James Norton (Grantchester), Paul Dano (12 Years A Slave) and Lily James (Downton Abbey). Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), War and … >
ITV has commissioned a second season of Grantchester. Set in the Cambridgeshire hamlet of Grantchester in the early 1950s, Grantchester launched last month on ITV, averaging a consolidated audience of 6.6 million viewers and a 24% share of the audience. Season 2 will begin filming in London and Grantchester next year, starring James Norton and … >
ITV’s recent six-part drama Grantchester charms its way on to DVD on Monday 1 December from Universal Pictures (UK). > Buy the DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got DVDs to give away to three of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following … >
The final Grantchester flashes back to the initial post-war encounter between Sidney and Amanda that began their current relationship; and it ends with Sidney and Geordie, two slightly battered heroes, walking through a sunny afternoon into the future. Between those two extremes, the crime of the week recalls the horrors of the War and asks … >
TV detective dramas usually reinvent their world each week, so that other than the detectives themselves there is no connection from one story to another. With its star-crossed lovers and its ‘domestic’ elements, Grantchester has already set itself out as something a little different. This week we’re away from the village itself and instead find … >
James Norton (Happy Valley) leads the cast of ITV’s new new six-part drama Grantchester this autumn as Sidney Chambers, alongside Robson Green (Wire In The Blood) as Police Inspector, Geordie Keating. Set in 1953 in the beautiful county of Cambridgeshire, Sidney’s unlikely partnership with gruff, down to earth Geordie is central to Grantchester. Geordie’s methodical … >
ITV has released a new one-minute trailer for Grantchester, the channel’s upcoming crime drama set in Cambridgeshire in 1953. The six-part series stars Robson Green (Strike Back) as over-worked Police Inspector, Geordie Keating, alongside James Norton (Happy Valley) as Sidney Chambers. Adapted from James Runcie’s novel, ‘Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death’, and written … >
ITV has unveiled a new trailer featuring a first look at some of the channel’s upcoming drama series. The one-minute preview includes clips from Sheridan Smith’s Cilla Black biopic Cilla, Reece Shearsmith and Alex Kingston’s new crime drama Chasing Shadows, new episodes of Paddy Considine’s The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, the fourth series of Scott & … >
ITV has unveiled the first trailer for Grantchester, a new crime drama set in Cambridgeshire in 1953. The six-part series stars Robson Green (Strike Back) as over-worked Police Inspector, Geordie Keating, alongside James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley) as Sidney Chambers. Adapted from James Runcie’s novel, ‘Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death’, and written … >