Gemma Arterton returns as “Sophie Straw”, the nation’s favourite comic actress. One of our television treats last year was Sky’s Funny Woman. Based on Nick Hornby’s book Funny Girl, the show is story of Barbara Parker (Gemma Arterton), a young woman trying to make her way as a performer in the 1960s. As Sophie Straw, … >
The show returns with additions to the cast including Gemma Whelan and Roisin Conaty. Sky have announced the start of production on a second series of Funny Woman. The show, based on Nick Hornby’s novel Funny Girl, sees Gemma Arterton play Barbara Parker. As rising star Sophie Straw, she’s a performer trying to make her … >
DI Humphrey Goodman and the Beyond Paradise team return to Shipton Abbott for Series 2. The BBC have announced the start of filming on the Beyond Paradise Christmas Special plus six more hour-long episodes. The show, a spinoff of Death in Paradise, films in the South-West and takes place in the fictional Shipton Abbott. It … >
The show, starring Tim Key as The Witchfinder and Daisy May Cooper as his prisoner, begins tonight! BBC Two’s new comedy show begins this evening, Tuesday the 8th of March. Set in 1647, the story follows a witchfinder and his prisoner on a journey across England, encountering civil war, famine and plague. Brothers Neil and … >
E4 has revealed the cast for its new comedic drama series about a group of travellers embarking on a three month trip around Asia. Foreign Bodies is being co-produced with American channel TNT and will star Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Tim Key (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa) with Anders Hayward (Sistema), Ade Oyefeso (Youngers), Brittney Wilson (Bates Motel) and Alice Lee (Faking … >
BBC Two’s new comedy-thriller about the Stag weekend from hell has begun filming in Scotland. Created by Jim Field Smith (producer/director of The Wrong Mans) and George Kay (The Tunnel), Stag follows a meek schoolteacher (Jim Howick – Peep Show), his future brother-in-law (Stephen Campbell Moore – Our Zoo) and several obnoxious friends on a deer-stalking … >