It’s always interesting to see how an ensemble show like In the Club will balance storylines for such a large cast and what priority the characters, and indeed the actors playing them, will have as the stories develop. Luckily, Episode 2 does a fine, and in some cases surprising job, of serving the whole cast, … >
Kay Mellor (Playing the Field, Fat Friends) returned to our screens this week with In the Club, BBC One’s new comedy drama about a group of pregnant women from various walks of life whose lives intersect at a Parent Craft class the women attend. Whilst juggling their pregnancies, the women’s outside lives provide even more … >
BBC One has released the first trailer for In the Club, written by Fat Friends creator Kay Mellor. A new drama about pregnancy, imminent birth, love and the changing nature of relationships that a new baby brings to a modern family, the six-part series begins on BBC One next month. In the Club stars Hermione … >
Channel 4 has announced the cast for workplace comedy-drama Cut. Zawe Ashton (Fresh Meat), Sacha Dhawan (The History Boys, 24), Anastasia Hille (Utopia), Sophie Rundle (Happy Valley), Jo Hartley (This Is England), Tom Weston Jones (Spooks) and Samuel Barnett (Twenty Twelve) will star in the new six-part series. Created and written by DC Moore, Cut will … >
The second season of BBC One’s In the Club begins filming in Leeds later this year. Writer Kay Mellor commented: “It’s going to be a bit of a juggling process as I’d love to bring all the characters back but I also want to introduce some new stories. One thing’s for sure, I can’t wait … >
These days Christmas TV isn’t scary. It’s all willowy-voiced renditions of classic anthems and children dressed like millionaires using iPads as sledges. There’s no fear to cut through the festive treacle.
Yet a ghost story at Christmas is as traditional as a crowd of villagers gazing at a convoy of lorries filled with fizzy pop. So it’s a thrill to see BBC Two return the ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’ to the schedules, and that horror aficionado Mark Gatiss is the man behind the resurrection.
Una Stubbs (Sherlock‘s Mrs Hudson) and Louise Jameson (Doctor Who‘s Leela) will star in The Tractate Middoth, BBC Two’s new ghost story written and directed by Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss.