Niamh Algar, James McArdell and Jessica Brown-Findlay also star in Playing Nice. Since concluding high-profile roles in Happy Valley and Grantchester, James Norton has been actively generating his own work. Forming Rabbit Track Pictures with development executive Kitty Kaletsky, one of their first productions is the thriller series Playing Nice. Ahead of a January release, … >
The four-part drama will star James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay. ITV have announced an adaptation of the best-selling novel Playing Nice by JP Delaney. The four-part psychological thriller series has gathered an impressive headline cast: it stars James Norton, Niamh Algar, James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay. The story comes … >
The show, starring Thomasin McKenzie, arrives just after Easter. It feel like a golden age for television adaptations at the moment. BBC Two’s next big deal is Life After Life, drawn from Kate Atkinson’s award winning 2013 novel. We’ve been following the project since it was announced back in late 2020. Now, with the show … >
The adaptation comes to BBC Two this month. We’ve been following news of Life After Life since news broke that the BBC had commissioned the show back in December 2020. The show is an adaptation of author Kate Atkinson’s Costa Award winning novel. The adaptation boasts a stellar cast including Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Sian … >
The Life After Life cast has been confirmed by the BBC as filming commences on the adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s novel The main Life After Life cast comprises: Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace, Jojo Rabbit), Sian Clifford (Fleabag), James McArdle (Man In An Orange Shirt), Jessica Brown Findlay (Brave New World) and Jessica Hynes (Years And … >
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society arrives on Netflix this December 21 and may be the ideal feel good unwind film for the pre-Christmas period. If you want something easy to watch and to put you in a feel good mood for Christmas, can we recommend you take a look at The Guernsey Literary … >
Harlots got the less salubrious side of London’s history a lot more right than you may think…
ITV has announced the commission of Harlots, a new period drama set in 18th century Georgian London. A co-production between ITV and Hulu, the eight-part series will star Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Samantha Morton (Minority Report) and Lesley Manville (River). Written by playwright and screenwriter Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre, Tamara Drewe), Harlots is described as “a brand new take on the … >
Last week’s opening episode of The Outcast focused on the events that led to Lewis Aldridge becoming a social outcast, after the tragic events surrounding his mother’s death. This concluding part picks up the story two years later as Lewis, now released from prison, settles back into ordinary life. “Welcome home, Lewis,” Tamsin Carmichael (Daisy … >
The Outcast, BBC One’s new romantic period drama, is based on the novel by Sadie Jones and adapted by Jones herself. Set against the backdrop of the post-World War 2 English countryside, we are introduced to Lewis Aldridge, a child whose tragic life circumstances led to him becoming the titular outcast of this two-part drama. … >