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 … >
BBC One has announced that a second series of Sally Wainwright’s drama Happy Valley has been commissioned. Starring Sarah Lancashire as police sergeant Catherine Cawood, the first series pulled in a weekly consolidated audience of almost 8 million and an average overnight audience of 5.5 million earlier this year. > Buy Series 1 on DVD … >
The shortlist for this year’s TVChoice Awards has been unveiled. Hosted by David Mitchell, the awards ceremony will take place at The Hilton On Park Lane in London on Monday 8 September. The shortlist includes two nominations for Sherlock (Best Drama Series and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch), but no nominations for Doctor Who this … >
If you don’t like sport then boy, are you fu…ff-finding yourself in a difficult position this summer, because as you sit there, letting your sofa soak up the Pimm’s sweats, and desperately jabbing at the remote, you’ll have noticed something. THERE’S NOTHING ON. Which is no surprise. Summer is traditionally a drama drought featuring just … >
To celebrate BBC Worldwide’s release of Happy Valley on DVD on Monday 16 June, we’ve got copies to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a chance to win 5 x Happy Valley Series … >
Last Tango in Halifax writer Sally Wainwright returns to BBC One with new drama series Happy Valley. The six-part “shocking crime thriller” stars Sarah Lancashire (The Paradise) as police sergeant Catherine Cawood. Episode 1 Tuesday 29 April 2014, 9pm “I’m Catherine, by the way! I’m forty-seven, I’m divorced, I live with my sister – … >
BBC One has released the first trailer for Last Tango in Halifax writer Sally Wainwright’s new drama series Happy Valley. The six-part “shocking crime thriller” begins later this month, starring Sarah Lancashire (The Paradise) and Steve Pemberton (Whitechapel). Watch the trailer… Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) is the sergeant on duty when flustered and nervous accountant … >
Sarah Lancashire (The Paradise) has described Last Tango in Halifax writer Sally Wainwright’s new BBC One drama series Happy Valley as “a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller”.