‘No Offence’ returns to Channel 4 for second season in January

Channel 4 has confirmed that the new season of No Offence will begin in January. Joanna Scanlan (DI Vivienne Deering), Elaine Cassidy (DC Dinah Kowalska) and Alexandra Roach (DS Joy Freers) will be back for seven new 60-minute episodes on Channel 4. They’ll be joined in Season 2 by Him & Her star Sarah Solemani as hyper aspirational new boss, Detective Superintendent … >

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New season of Channel 4’s ‘No Offence’ begins filming

The second season of Shameless creator Paul Abbott’s police procedural drama No Offence has begun filming. Joanna Scanlan (DI Vivienne Deering), Elaine Cassidy (DC Dinah Kowalska) and Alexandra Roach (DS Joy Freers) will be back for seven new 60-minute episodes this autumn on Channel 4. Also returning are DC Spike (Will Mellor), Miller (Paul Ritter), PC Stuart … >

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Sky Arts are adapting Neil Gaiman’s ‘Likely Stories’ for TV

Johnny Vegas and Tom Hughes will star in Sky Arts’ new adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories. Directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (20,000 Days on Earth), the new four-part series is a collection of Neil Gaiman’s short stories, all set in London. Pulp frontman and solo artist Jarvis Cocker will compose the music … >

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Win Channel 4’s comedy-drama ‘No Offence’ on DVD!

The complete first season of No Offence, Channel 4’s outrageously rude, critically acclaimed cop comedy-drama from the creator of Shameless, Paul Abbott, will be released on DVD on Monday 10 August from FremantleMedia International. > Buy No Offence on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the release, we’ve got DVDs to give away to four of … >

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‘The Game’ won’t be returning for second season

Writer Toby Whithouse has confirmed that The Game has been axed. Set in the secretive world of 1970s espionage, the six-part drama launched on BBC Two in April, starring Tom Hughes (Silk) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy). Whithouse announced on Twitter yesterday: “Sad to confirm that there’ll be no 2nd series of The Game. … >

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Channel 4 orders second season of ‘No Offence’

Paul Abbott’s police procedural drama No Offence will be back on Channel 4 next year. Joanna Scanlan (DI Vivienne Deering), Elaine Cassidy (DC Dinah Kowalska) and Alexandra Roach (DS Joy Freers) will begin filming eight new episodes in Manchester in early 2016. Other returning cast members include Will Mellor, Paul Ritter, Colin Salmon, Ste Johnston, … >

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‘The Game’ finale review

If there’s one thing the finale of BBC Two’s The Game makes abundantly clear, it’s that Toby Whithouse should really write a DCI Jim Fenchurch spin-off. One where, each week, Shaun Dooley gets to be angry at a criminal such as a KGB agent or someone who nicked the money from the Post Office till. … >

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‘The Game’ episode guide

The Game is BBC Two’s new spy thriller series from Being Human creator Toby Whithouse. Set in the secretive world of 1970s espionage, the six-part drama stars Tom Hughes (Silk), Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Paul Ritter (Quantum Of Solace), Shaun Dooley (Misfits), Chloe Pirrie (Black Mirror), Victoria Hamilton (What Remains), Jonathan Aris (Sherlock) and Judy Parfitt … >

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‘The Game’ Episode 4 review

It’s another week of The Game, so it’s another round of Commie-catching cat and mouse. That is, it would be if the cat and his colleagues had to wear trench coats and keep a discreet distance as the mouse went about its secret mouse business of selling cheese secrets or blueprints of mouse-traps. Can Arkady, … >

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