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HBO Max thriller series The Girl Before casts Jessica Plummer

March 17, 2021 by Ricky Church

HBO Max has cast Jessica Plummer (EastEnders) in The Girl Before, an upcoming psychological thriller limited series based on the novel of the same name by JP Delaney, which also has joins Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show) and David Oyelowo (Chaos Walking) on board. The Girl Before follows “Jane (Mbatha-Raw), a traumatized woman who falls in […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: BBC, David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, HBO Max, Jessica Plummer, JP Delaney, Lisa Brühlmann, Marissa Lestrade, The Girl Before

A Very British Scandal casts Claire Foy and Paul Bettany in lead roles

March 14, 2021 by Ricky Church

The BBC and Amazon have announced Claire Foy (The Crown) and Paul Bettany (WandaVision) shall lead A Very British Scandal, the second season of 2018’s A Very English Scandal which starred Hugh Grant and Ben Whinshaw. The series is now to become an anthology focusing on another infamous political scandal in the UK. A Very British Scandal follows […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: A Very British Scandal, A Very English Scandal, Amazon, Anne Sewitsky, BBC, Claire Foy, Paul Bettany, Sarah Phelps

SAS: Rogue Heroes casts Connor Swindells, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Allen, Sofia Boutella and Dominic West

March 14, 2021 by Gary Collinson

The BBC has announced that Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Jack O’Connell (Jungleland), Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy) and Dominic West (The Affair) have been cast in SAS: Rogue Heroes, the new series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. The series is being directed by Tom Shankland (The Serpent) and tells the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Alfie Allen, BBC, Connor Swindells, Dominic West, Jack O'Connell, SAS: Rogue Heroes, Sofia Boutella, Steven Knight

Idris Elba says the Luther movie will shoot this year

February 22, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Over the years the creators of BBC’s award-winning drama Luther have dropped more clues than even the worst criminals as to when we might get to see DCI John Luther don his big coat and lurch onto the cinema screen in a movie-adaptation. Well, there’s no longer a case to crack, because while speaking to […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: BBC, Idris Elba, luther

Peaky Blinders series 6 will be its last but “the story will continue in another form”

January 18, 2021 by Ricky Church

Fans awaiting the next season of the BBC’s Peaky Blinders have some good news and bad news. The good news is production on the sixth season has now resumed after a lengthy lockdown due to the global health crisis, but the bad news however is it will be the series’ final season. The news was announced by series […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: BBC, Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight

His Dark Materials Season 1 Episode 1 Review

October 16, 2019 by Matt Rodgers

Matt Rodgers reviews the first episode of the BBC and HBO’s His Dark Materials… The most frustrating aspect about the failure of 2007’s blockbuster adaptation of The Golden Compass, was how those who knew the source material had to accept the fact that one of the richest literary tapestries would remain a personal relationship between […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Reviews, Television Tagged With: BBC, Dafne Keen, HBO, His Dark Materials, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Tom Hooper

His Dark Materials TV series gets a new trailer from Comic-Con

July 19, 2019 by Ricky Church

On the first day of the San Diego Comic-Con, HBO and BBC released a new trailer for the upcoming fantasy series His Dark Materials. Watch it below… Based on the book series by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials follows a young girl who travels alternate worlds in search of missing children. The series stars Dafne Keen (Logan) […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: BBC, Dafne Keen, HBO, His Dark Materials, James McAvoy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, San Diego Comic-Con International

End of an era as BBC cancels long-running Film show after 48 years

December 28, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

In this era of YouTube trailers and breaking news movie reviews trending on Twitter, it was a miracle that the BBC’s late-night flagship film show had lasted this long, but today it has been announced that the Film… series, made popular by Barry Norman, will not be given a 2019 iteration. First broadcast in 1971, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Barry Norman, BBC, Claudia Winkleman, Film 2019, jonathan ross

First look at BBC’s The War of the Worlds adaptation

April 6, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Filming is underway on the latest adaptation of H.G. Wells’ seminal alien invasion epic The War of the Worlds. The BBC production is currently on location in Liverpool, and now we’ve been given a first look at our Martian dodging couple, played by Rafe Spall (The Big Short, Life of Pi) and Eleanor Tomlinson (Jack the […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television Tagged With: BBC, Eleanor Tomlinson, H.G.Wells, Rafe Spall, War of the Worlds

BBC casts David Oyelowo, Dominic West and Lily Collins in Les Miserables adaptation

January 10, 2018 by Ricky Church

Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of the most well known and adapted stories, being turned into a hit play and numerous adaptations on the big and small screen, the most recent of which was the 2012 feature film starring Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway. Now it is getting another adaptation on the BBC as a […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Adeel Akhtar, Andrew Davies, BBC, David Oyelowo, Dominic West, Ellie Bamber, Erin Kellyman, Josh Oconnor, Les Miserables, Lily Collins, olivia colman

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