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 has announced the commission of Jekyll & Hyde, a new action-adventure series written by The Fast Show‘s Charlie Higson. Inspired by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the ten-part drama has a brief to “exude mystery, fantasy, horror and sci-fi”. Set in 1930s London, Jekyll & Hyde … >
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’s detective team of Lewis and Hathaway return this autumn for six new episodes of crime drama Lewis. A year and a half after the conclusion of the previous season – which left Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whately) focused on his retirement plans and James Hathaway (Laurence Fox) abandoning the Oxfordshire Police for an uncertain future … >
ITV has announced that Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman will lead the cast of new drama series The Trials of Jimmy Rose. Written and created by Alan Whiting (Strike Back, Kingdom), the three-part drama tells the story of the notorious armed robber, Jimmy Rose (played by Winstone), who throughout his lifetime has made crime pay. … >
ITV has announced the commission of The Forgotten, a new police investigation thriller series. Written and created by Chris Lang (Undeniable, A Mother’s Son), The Forgotten focuses on a ‘cold’ murder case of 39 years ago. ITV’s Director of Drama, Steve November commented: “The Forgotten will look at how an historic police investigation affects the … >
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 released a one-minute trailer for Chasing Shadows, a new crime drama featuring Doctor Who stars Alex Kingston and Noel Clarke. Created and written by Rob Williams (DCI Banks, Holby City), the four-part series focuses on the work of a missing persons field unit charged with tracking down serial killers who prey on impressionable … >