Jim Bergerac is coming back for a new six-part investigation. Bergerac was a hit for U&DRAMA earlier this year, reimagining the 80s Jersey-based detective series for a modern audience. The updated version, starring Damien Molony, followed Jim Bergerac through one murder investigation across six episodes. At the same time, he was returning to work after … >
The reboot of the Jersey based detective show stars Damien Molony. Updated 17/02/25: Series launch date announced. For television watchers of a certain age, through the 1980s, Bergerac was an institution. On a weekly basis, John Nettles solved Jersey-based crime in his own idiosyncratic way and also kept his wayward father-in-law Charlie Hungerford (and his … >
Zoë Wanamaker and Phillip Glenister will also star in a contemporary version of the Jersey-based detective series. Updated 18/09/24: First image from the re-imagined series. With the show set to air in early 2025, U&DRAMA have released a first image from the new Bergerac. The shot shows Damian Molony as the troubled detective Jim Bergerac, … >
The show becomes a 6-part crime series for Drama and UKTV Play. Based on the exotic location of Channel Island of Jersey, Bergerac bestrode the BBC One schedules for a decade. With nine series and numerous Christmas specials, it was the Death in Paradise of its day. Created by Robert Banks Stewart in 1981, detective … >
The six-part series is a “genre bending mystery, combining drama, suspense and horror.” UKTV Alibi have announced a major new commission from Toby Whithouse (Being Human, The Game) entitled The Red King. Filming has begun on the show which comes from Quay Street Productions. Anjli Mohindra (Vigil) leads the show as detective Grace Narayan. She’s … >
Things are moving forward on a new BBC drama, an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s young adult novel, Noughts & Crosses. The book follows an alternative 21st century UK, one where people are segregated by the colour of their skin. Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has been hired to oversee the scripting of the six part … >
Doctor Who returns to BBC One on Saturday with season 10 episode 8: ‘The Lie of the Land’, written by Toby Whithouse. Here are 10 spoiler-free dialogue snippets.
Doctor Who is bringing back the three-parter for the first time since 1989. Writer Toby Whithouse has revealed that episodes 6-8 of the new season are a linked story, featuring new monsters The Monks. At least one of these episodes also features the return of Michelle Gomez as Missy. Whithouse told DS: “Steven [Moffat]’s done the first … >
Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has announced that he will be writing an episode for the new season of Doctor Who. Previously confirmed writers for Season 10 include Mark Gatiss, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Sarah Dollard, Jamie Mathieson, Rona Munro and Mike Bartlett. Showrunner Steven Moffat previously revealed that he expects to write four of the season’s twelve episodes, leaving only … >
The concluding episode of Toby Whithouse’s two-part Doctor Who story in Season 9 was bookended by the Doctor discussing the Bootstrap Paradox. A time travel paradox in which an object or information can exist without ever being created, the concept became a key part of the plot in ‘Under the Lake’ and ‘Before the Flood’ as the Doctor hypothesises ‘Who really composed Beethhoven’s Fifth?’ … >