Vicky McClure returns as Lana Washington to keep London safe from explosive devices and terrorist threats. ITV has confirmed a third series of its thriller Trigger Point. The show, from Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television, stars Vicky McClure in the lead role of bomb disposal operative or ‘expo’ Lana Washington and her team. The returning cast … >
Vicky McClure returns as police bomb disposal officer Lana Washington in the New Year. ITV have released a first look at the second series of Trigger Point, which returns in 2024. The show follows the work of Expo officers in the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad, and Series 1 was ITV’s best performing drama of … >
The Vicky McClure-led show about police bomb disposal officers was itv’s best performing drama of 2022. ITV have announced the start of filming on a second series of Trigger Point. The show, which drew an impressive average of 9.5m viewers per episode, stars Vicky McClure. She plays Lana ‘Wash’ Washington, a bomb disposal officer who … >
The Line of Duty creator’s company HTM Television eyes the US TV market with its multi-year first look deal. Jed Mercurio and his partner at HTM Jimmy Mulville have struck a ‘first-look’ deal with 20th Television. With hit shows such as Bodyguard and the all-conquering Line of Duty behind him, Mercurio is seemingly looking to … >
ITV has commissioned new Maya Sondhi penned crime drama DI Ray, starring Parminder Nagra as Detective Inspector Rachita Ray DI Ray is a four-part drama written by Line of Duty actress and screenwriter Maya Sondhi (Mount Pleasant, The Kumars, Ackley Bridge, EastEnders) and produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television (Bloodlands). Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, … >
Adrian Lester joins Vicky McClure in ITV’s six-part thriller series, Trigger Point Written by Daniel Brierley and produced by HTM Television, Trigger Point, is described as a high-octane six-part thriller series which focuses on the officers who risk their lives daily on ‘the long walk’ towards danger. For them, death is always just a heartbeat … >
Bloodlands series 2 was announced as series 1 breaks Northern Ireland records for a drama series Bloodlands launched with an average of 8.2 million viewers, making it the biggest new BBC drama launch since last June. In Northern Ireland, the premiere episode had a 52 percent consolidated audience share (live and time-shifted viewing), making it … >
Bodyguard, Jed Mercurio’s crime drama starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes, went on to become the BBC’s biggest drama of all time earlier this year – and talks about a second series are about to begin… Richard Madden, on the press tour for Bodyguard‘s US release, was chatting to Deadline about the possibility of a second … >
Line of Duty is sealing down the cast for its fifth series, which is currently deep in the midst of filming – and we now know the identity of Stephen Graham’s character… The This is England actor was confirmed to be the series’ new big villain a few weeks ago, and the BBC has slowly teased us with … >
After keeping the nation on its toes for weeks, the BBC’s Bodyguard bowed out tonight but did it end on a high note? If Max Headroom wanted to make a return to the airwaves, tonight’s broadcast of the Bodyguard would have been the perfect broadcast to hijack. With its audacious storytelling, Liam Neeson levels of … >