The series reimagines the life of Lady Jane Grey with wanton disregard for history. And Rob Brydon. Inspired by the bestselling book, My Lady Jane offers a radical redo of Tudor history. In this alternate set of events, Edward VI does not die of tuberculosis, Lady Jane Grey is not beheaded, and neither is her … >
The period comedy will chronicle the friendship between a Queen and her court jester. Karen Gillan is taking a regal role in the forthcoming comedy Fools, according to Deadline. The former Doctor Who star, who jumped to the big screen with roles in The Guardians of the Galaxy and Jumanji, will star as in Fools … >
It was on Sky in 2020, now A Boy Called Christmas gets a wider audience as it comes to Netflix this November If you were a Sky subscriber in 2020, you will have already had then chance to watch A Boy Called Christmas, but for many this is the first chance to see the adaptation of Matt … >
A Boy Called Christmas is coming this November, and the trailer is out now Christmas comes early with the launch of the main trailer for Gil Kenan’s (Monster House, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) live-action magical adventure A Boy Called Christmas, a Sky Original. The cast includes newcomer Henry Lawfull as protagonist, Nikolas, Toby Jones (Infamous, Tinker Tailor Soldier … >
Eddie Izzard and Judi Dench star in Sky Original Period thriller Six Minutes to Midnight Six Minutes to Midnight is a period thriller inspired by real events, directed by Andy Goddard (Downton Abbey, Carnival Row, Set Fire to the Stars) and starring Eddie Izzard, Academy Award® winners Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent alongside Carla Juri, David … >
The BBC has just released a trailer for Black Narcissus and it promises Paradise, Perversion, Sanctuary and Sin The new BBC series Black Narcissus is raising the interest with a provocatively captioned trailer. The first episode is scheduled for 9 pm on Sunday the 27th December, with the third (and final) two days later at the … >
Natasha and her family have packed up their things (along with a couple of wounded soldiers, because Natasha is just the sweetest little honeydew that ever there was) when she spies a bedraggled Pierre wandering the street. He can’t come with them, he tells her, because he’s going to kill Napoleon. That’s nice, dear. Pierre … >
Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies has adapted Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 literary masterpiece War and Peace for BBC One. Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), the six-part series stars Lily James (Downton Abbey) as Natasha Rostova, James Norton (Grantchester) as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Paul Dano (12 Years A Slave) as Pierre Bezukhov. The cast also includes … >
I shouldn’t like to have lived in the Russia of War and Peace, as pretty as it may have been. The consequences of Natasha’s momentary lapse of sanity have come to light: James Norton plays Andrei here with a stoicism so fragile you can see his brokenness leaking out through the fractures in it – … >
Andrew Davies’ new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel War and Peace arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 8 February. Set in Russia, 1805 and starring Paul Dano (Love and Mercy), Lily James (Downtown Abbey) and James Norton (Happy Valley), the epic six-part series is also available to download and keep from BBCStore.com. > … >