The Jetty - Jenna Coleman as Ember Manning

The Jetty – cast and creatives speak ahead of the show’s launch

Starring Jenna Coleman, The Jetty is a four-part mystery series examines themes of morality, age of consent, grooming, identity and memory.  The BBC’s new thriller The Jetty begins tonight, Monday, 15th July 2024. With Jenna Coleman (Wilderness) as detective Ember Manning, the series follows an investigation in a scenic Lancashire lake town. The show also … >

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The Jetty - Hannah (Ruby Stokes) & Ember (Jenna Coleman)

The Jetty – teaser and date for Jenna Coleman’s new BBC thriller

The four-part mystery series examines themes of morality, age of consent, grooming, identity and memory.  While 2023’s thriller Wilderness saw Jenna Coleman under suspicion, her latest project sees her turn detective. The Jetty sees Coleman as Ember Manning, investigating a case that threatens to unravel the threads of her past. The four-part Lancashire series lands … >

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The Jetty – new images from Jenna Coleman’s new drama series

The show deals with issues surrounding sexual morality, age of consent, grooming, identity and memory. The BBC have released new pictures from its forthcoming Lancashire-based crime drama The Jetty. The four-part series takes place in an eerie lakeside town where an arson, missing persons cold case, and an illicit triangle are intricately intertwined. Written and … >

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The Jetty – first look at Jenna Coleman in her new detective thriller

She stars as Detective Ember Manning in the drama from writer Cat Jones.  With filming complete, the BBC have revealed a first-look at Jenna Coleman in her upcoming detective drama, The Jetty. With characteristic imagination, her character Ember Manning appears to be standing on a jetty. Which we suppose makes sense in a literal sort … >

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The Jetty – Jenna Coleman leads new BBC thriller (updated)

She’ll play rookie detective Ember Manning in the new four-part series.  Updated 07/11/23: The cast joining Jenna Coleman includes Elliot Cowan, Amelia Bullmore and Ralph Inerson. Announced back in August at the Edinburgh Television Festival, The Jetty is a new thriller fronted by Jenna Coleman. In the show, she’ll play the rookie detective Ember Manning … >

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Lockwood & Co

Lockwood & Co — will there be a season 2?

Lockwood & Co is yet another Netflix YA supernatural series — has this one got what it takes to survive? Netflix has a habit of cancelling shows after one or two seasons, often to the bemusement of fans. With yet another series arriving, why should fans watch Lockwood & Co if it might not make it to … >

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Lockwood & Co — everything you need to know

Can Lockwood & Co become the next Wednesday for Netflix — we explain what the new show is all about Released today on Netflix (8 am UK time is our expectation), Lockwood & Co is the latest supernatural YA series coming to Netflix. We have a sense it might just appeal to fans of Wednesday (don’t expect … >

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Bridgerton novels dominate our Amazon lockdown reading

Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels are dominating our fiction reading during lockdown, at least on Amazon Unsurprisingly, major success in one medium (in this case TV) can result in major sales of associated products. The Queen’s Gambit sparked a rise in sales of chess sets worldwide (and popularity of chess as a whole) and the same effect … >

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