Episodes star Stephen Mangan will play Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in new crime drama, Houdini and Doyle. Executive produced by House creator David Shore, the 10-part series will air in the UK in 2016 exclusively on ITV Encore. A UK/Canada co-production, Houdini and Doyle will be set at the turn of the 20th century and … >
Who Do You Think You Are? returns to BBC One this summer, with Sherlock writer/actor Mark Gatiss amongst the line-up. The genealogy show’s 12th season will also see Last Tango In Halifax stars Sir Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid delving in to their family trees, alongside Great British Bake off presenter Paul Hollywood, modelling legend … >
Bryan Fuller has revealed that he hopes to collaborate with Mark Gatiss on a project at some point. The Hannibal showrunner told Den of Geek: “I adore him. I have such a crush on that man.” Fuller has previously worked on Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies and Heroes, while Gatiss is best known for writing … >
Molly Hooper has been a firm fan favourite ever since the first season of Sherlock hit our screens back in July 2010. Awkward and adorable, Molly was hopelessly in love with Sherlock when we first met her. Her various bids to impress him faced Sherlock’s indifference and disinterest, but Molly never gave up on him … >
Greg Lestrade. How do I even begin to explain Greg Lestrade? Until halfway through Sherlock’s second season, we didn’t even know his full name: he was just Lestrade, Sherlock’s link to Scotland Yard; the detective inspector who recognises Sherlock’s worth in the crime-fighting world and lets him in on cases that are proving difficult. As … >
ITV has announced the commission of Jericho, a new period drama set in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s. Created and written by Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Doctor Who), the eight-part series focuses on the shantytown of Jericho, “home to a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they’ve been … >
‘There and Back Again’. So reads the alternative title of J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit. It also once served as the planned title of this third and final instalment in Peter Jackson’s sprawling film adaptation. And, while ‘The Battle of the Five Armies’ is certainly a fitting title for a film dominated by war, that original … >
I’m not going to lie; this is going to get very weird, very quickly. You see, the Time Lords chose never to interfere in the affairs of the lesser species. As we saw in the final episode of ‘The War Games’, the punishment for disobeying that rule was harsh: a telling-off, a new head, and … >
‘We’ve found our man,’ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle announces midway through the final episode of ITV’s three-part drama Arthur and George. When the main character says something like this with an impenetrable air of confidence whilst there are still twenty five minutes of a finale left, you know there’s a plot twist yet to come. … >
Andrew Scott has revealed that there is “a lovely atmosphere” on the set of SPECTRE, the upcoming 24th 007 movie. The Irish actor is playing a Whitehall-based character called Denbigh in the movie. Asked by TV host Lorraine about his experience on SPECTRE so far and how he thinks it will change his life, Scott … >