ITV has unveiled the first trailer for Home Fires, starring Francesca Annis and Downton Abbey‘s Samantha Bond. Inspired by Julie Summers’ non-fiction book Jambusters, the six-part drama follows a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. > Order Home … >
Neil Dudgeon and Gwilym Lee return as DCI John Barnaby and DS Charlie Nelson in four new two-hour Midsomer Murders mysteries on ITV. A stolen crime novel, celebrity magic, a folk festival and the launch of a new English sparkling wine become the backdrops for murder and mayhem in Season 17. Barnaby must also juggle … >
Channel 4 has announced the recommission of new comedy Catastrophe for a second season. Written by and starring Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, the show launched on Channel 4 last week and pulled in an average consolidated audience of 1.2 million viewers. Catastrophe follows an Irish woman (Sharon Horgan) and an American man (Rob Delaney) … >
BBC Two has ordered a third and fourth series of crime drama Line Of Duty. Series 3 and Series 4 will each comprise of six 60-minute episodes and will feature two new police corruption stories. Line of Duty‘s second series concluded last month with the final episode drawing an audience of 4.1 million viewers. Creator … >
To celebrate Acorn Media’s release of Line of Duty Series 2 on DVD on Monday 24 March, we’ve got copies of the DVD to give away to three of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a chance to … >
Series 2 of Line of Duty didn’t just come to a satisfying conclusion, it drew a big line in the sand and dared the rest of TV drama to cross it. Quite right too: good TV should leave a mark, just as it should also leave us speechless. And what is there to say about … >
Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio has revealed that he hopes the police corruption drama will “run and run”. The second series concludes next week on BBC Two. Mercurio told Radio Times: “It’s a terrific show to work on. As a writer, particularly one who has done returning series, I have no plans to hand … >
Last year 3D TVs were all the rage. This year it’s concave 4K OLEDs. Next year your TV will probably be so advanced it’ll be too busy cooking your dinner for you to watch it. But still TV manufacturers are behind the times, because they haven’t yet managed to construct a set that can fully … >
Lately, among newspaper columnists and keyboard jockeys in the Fourth Estate gallop, there’s a tendency to shoehorn in a mention of a popular show that they’re also totes into too, honest, in an attempt to let you know they’re relevant. Popular namedrops include True Detective, Borgen, House of Cards and, yes, they’re good shows. But … >
Jed Mercurio’s police corruption drama Line Of Duty is back for a second season. > Read our spoiler-free preview. Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton is played by Keeley Hawes, Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott by Martin Compston, Detective Constable Kate Fleming by Vicky McClure, Superintendent Ted Hastings by Adrian Dunbar, Deputy Chief Constable Mike Dryden by Mark … >