Abingdon man has finally collected all 2,400 episodes of The Bill
Russell Highsmith of Abingdon is a happy man this morning – he’s finally completed his collection of 2,400 The Bill episodes.
Russell Highsmith of Abingdon is a happy man this morning – he’s finally completed his collection of 2,400 The Bill episodes.
Fay Ripley, Damien Molony and Clare-Hope Ashitey will be back for a new season of crime drama Suspects on Channel 5 next year. Season 3 will begin in January, with guest stars set to include Emmett J. Scanlan (The Fall), Chris Coghill (EastEnders), Jody Latham (Shameless), Ben Peel (Hunger), Ray Fearon (The Hooligan Factory), Lucy … >
Improvised crime drama Suspects will return to Channel 5 with new episodes for a second series this autumn. Executive-produced by Paul Marquess (The Bill, Footballers’ Wives), Suspects launched last month. Starring Fay Ripley (Cold Feet), Damien Molony (Being Human) and Clare-Hope Ashitey, the show sees the actors improvise the dialogue from a tightly-plotted storyline, using … >
Channel 5, not traditionally known for supporting home-grown talent unless it’s emerging from a reality show, has piggy-banked enough to air its first original drama in nine years: Suspects. It’s a police procedural, shot in documentary style, and it’s semi-improved by the cast – are the alarm bells in your head ringing yet?
Channel 5 has announced the commission of Evidence; the first time the channel has produced home-grown drama in eight years.
Actor Craig Vye stars in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks as Detective Constable Ethan Scott. > Catch up with Hollyoaks on 4OD. We caught up with Craig to find out what he likes to watch to relax between filming… Favourite TV show to cheer you up: “Friends. Anytime of the day, any episode, any series this … >
Former Holby City and Tinsel Town actor David Paisley stars in new British horror film, Unhappy Birthday, which is released on 24th October. Inspired by cult classics like The Wicker Man and Hammer House of Horror, the “refreshingly queer” film has “a playfully retro vibe, a healthy irreverence and a deliciously deviant heart” and sees … >
If you’re clever, and you have the right scripts, it’s possible to make a virtue of typecasting by forging a career as a solidly dependable performer who can be relied upon to fill a certain you-shaped niche.
Nobody ever said that cop shows had to be realistic to be effective. Okay, they did, and in some cases they were almost certainly right, but the maxim doesn’t apply to BBC One’s Luther.