It’s probably a bit early to be reaching for True Detective-sized superlatives when discussing The Honourable Woman. Yet with each instalment surpassing the last, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to resist. Comparisons with Nic Polazzo’s acclaimed thriller are both fitting and inappropriate. The suspense that hangs over Hugo Blick’s serial like Victorian smog, making it almost … >
Life is rarely kind to Nessa Stein. The little girl who saw her daddy stabbed in the neck by a waiter (for being boss of an arms company rather than failing to leave a decent tip) has grown up rich and successful as a result of running the family business – but it has come … >
UKTV has commissioned a second series of You, Me & Them, Gold’s sitcom Eve Myles (Torchwood), Anthony Head (Merlin) and Lindsay Duncan (Doctor Who). The comedy series launched on Gold last October and tells the story of Ed (Head) and Lauren (Myles), a couple who are madly in love, despite their 20 plus-year age gap. However, … >
Three years after the sometimes preposterous, frequently gory, entirely entertaining The Shadow Line, writer and director Hugo Blick is back with another satisfyingly noir-ish thriller: lighter on the operatic excess than its predecessor, but no less compelling – or less blood-spattered. Yet whereas The Shadow Line was a London immorality tale about criminals and corrupt … >
The Honourable Woman, BBC Two’s new political thriller starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight), will begin next month. Written, directed and produced by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line), the eight-part series starts at 9pm on Thursday 3 July on BBC Two. The Honourable Woman is set against the present day backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict … >
The BBC has released a set of promotional photos for The Honourable Woman, BBC Two’s new political thriller. Written, directed and produced by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line), the eight-part series stars Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight), Stephen Rea (The Shadow Line), Lindsay Duncan (The Hollow Crown), Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) and Katherine Parkinson (The IT … >
BBC Two has released a trailer for The Honourable Woman, a new political thriller starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight). Written, directed and produced by Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line), the eight-part series is set against the present day backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and explores “a range of complex and provocative themes of conflict, … >
Sky Arts has released a new promotional photo for an upcoming episode of the channel’s Playhouse Presents… season featuring Billie Piper (Doctor Who) and Ben Whishaw (The Hour). Written and directed by award-winning playwright Polly Stenham, Foxtrot stars Billie Piper as Badger, a stripper-turned-kidnapper, who is holed up in a hotel with her accomplice Fox … >
Sky Arts’ Playhouse Presents… will return this summer with a new series of one-off comedies and dramas. Airing from May, the 30 episodes will feature Billie Piper, Matthew Perry, Jane Horrocks, Jo Brand, Simon Callow, Cara Delevingne, Lindsay Duncan, Kevin Eldon, Daniel Mays, , Mark Strong, Sylvia Syms, Ashley Walters, Jason Watkins, Ben Whishaw and … >
UKTV channel Gold has released a couple of promotional photos for their first ever original sitcom, You, Me & Them.