Twenty years on, the show explores the tragic killing of an innocent man mistaken for a terrorist by the Metropolitan Police. The Disney+ UK original imprint has provided some diverse treats of late. We’ve enjoyed the outrageous Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals, and the terrific (and cancelled-too-soon) fantasy drama Renegade Nell. However, Suspect: The Shooting of … >
“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.” Updated 04/10/22: The wider cast list for Archie includes Harriet Walter, Ian McNeice and Jason Watkins. With work progressing on Archie, ITV’s upcoming Cary Grant biopic, the broadcaster has revealed some of the drama’s cast list. We already know that Jason Issacs is … >
Following on from last week’s heartbreaking introduction, ITV’s Little Boy Blue shifts the focus of the story in this second episode, but is no less emotionally impactful as a result. “A killer whose identity everybody knows, but who we cannot charge. People are getting frustrated by our perceived lack of progress.” While last week’s opener, quite … >
On 22nd August 2007, 11 year old Rhys Jones was shot dead after being caught up in a shooting in Liverpool. The story sent shockwaves through Britain at the time, highlighting the need to crack down on local gang culture. It has also now, almost a decade later, been turned into a new four-part ITV drama … >
ITV has announced the commission of Little Boy Blue from the writer of Mrs Biggs and Cilla. The four-part factual drama will tell the story of schoolboy Rhys Jones’ tragic murder in August 2007 and will recreate the moment when his parents and brother lined up in front of the crowd at Goodison Park in tribute. Rhys was … >
We give it four years, tops. Maybe even just two. That’s how long it’ll be before a major brace of films snap up Sheridan Smith and makes her this decade’s Kate Winslet or Helen Bonham Carter: in other words, the go-to Brit actress to give your project a bit of class. Smith is remarkable in … >
Watching a nostalgia-fest with plenty of popular tunes and cobbled streets is, frankly, about as ITV as you can get. And so it is with Cilla, a three-part biopic all about – Surprise, Surprise (come on, it’s best we get that joke out of the way sooner rather than later) – Cilla Black, starring Sheridan … >
A one-minute trailer has been released for ITV’s new mini-series about the rise to fame of Cilla Black. Starring Sheridan Smith as the Liverpudlian singer, the three-part drama begins at 9pm on Monday 15 September on ITV. Written by Jeff Pope (Lucan, Philomena, Mrs Biggs), Cilla will capture “the essence of 1960s Liverpool, the atmosphere … >
ITV has released a trailer for The Widower, starring Reece Shearsmith (Psychoville, Inside No. 9) as a convicted murderer. The three-part drama begins at 9pm on Monday 17 March on ITV. The Widower tells how, over a 13 year period Malcolm Webster set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same … >
ITV has commissioned a new mini-series about the rise to fame of Cilla Black.