Starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany, the show plays out across three nights starting Boxing Day. With the BBC’s promotional engine at full steam ahead, the corporation have released a raft of interviews supporting A Very British Scandal. Written by Sarah Phelps, the three-part series chronicles the Duke and Duchess of Argyll’s explosive 1963 divorce. … >
Sarah Phelps’ dramatisation of the notorious Duke and Duchess of Argyll divorce begins on Boxing Day. As we creep towards Christmas, trailers are beginning to emerge for some of the festive highlights. Starring Claire Foy (The Crown) and Paul Bettany (Marvel’s Vision), A Very British Scandal tells the story of an incredibly high-profile divorce across … >
Writer Sarah Phelps has told the tale of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll and her notorious divorce. The BBC and Amazon Studios have released the first images from their upcoming series A Very British Scandal. The drama tells the story of the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, described as “the most notorious, … >
The BBC have assembled the cast and crew for their upcoming eight-part crime drama, Dublin Murders, based on Tana French’s novels and written by Sarah Phelps… Dublin Murders follows two detectives, Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox (played by Strike‘s Killian Scott and Penny Dreadful‘s Sarah Greene), in the height of the Celtic Tiger financial boom of the millennium, as … >
UPDATE Filming has now officially begun on Ordeal By Innocence, this Christmas’ Agatha Christie adaptation for the BBC. The following was posted by Sarah Phelps on Twitter this morning… and we’re off! pic.twitter.com/W3hIBNwFb3 — Sarah PhEUlps (@PhelpsieSarah) July 10, 2017 Last week, we ran the following story about the drama’s announcement… Following the hugely successful adaptations … >
From the makers of last year’s hit And Then There Were None, BBC One’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation will air this Christmas. Based on Christie’s 23-page short story, The Witness For The Prosecution is adapted by writer Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy). Filming on the two-part drama began in Liverpool in August, with a cast led by Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), … >
The makers of last year’s hit And Then There Were None have now adapted Agatha Christie’s The Witness For The Prosecution for BBC One. Based on Christie’s 23-page short story, the new two-part drama is adapted by writer Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy). Filming began in Liverpool in August, with a cast led by Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Toby Jones … >
Wrapping up in style, with warm sunshine and sandy beaches, the series finale concerned the fate of some long lost Caribbean booty, namely a pistol and emerald ring belonging to the infamous pirate privateer Captain Morgan (yes, like the rum). Although Hooten had struck out on his own, leaving Lady Alex to her impending marriage, … >
Nine weeks after their rather fractious adventure in Moscow, which resulted in a bust up between the pair, we pick up with Hooten on the trail of another fabled item; this time the wish-fulfilling Chintamani jewel. Searching in the Cambodian jungle, Tomb Raider style, he is on the trail of artefacts which hold clues to … >
Both Hooten (Michael Landes) and Alex (Ophelia Lovibond) get to grips with elements of their past this week, as the show comes to Moscow on the trail of a (possibly mythical) 51st Imperial Fabergé Egg. Meeting with an old contact who claims to know the egg’s location, some more of Hooten’s mysterious backstory is brought … >