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The star will hang up her trench coat and hat after filming Vera Series 14 ITV have announced that Brenda Blethyn is leaving her role as DCI Vera Stanhope after the current season. Vera has been in production since 2011, with Blethyn bringing to life the character who is based on novels by writer Ann … >
The show, based on the popular game, will be back for more post-apocalyptic fun. These days, in the world of international streaming releases, when a show hits big it really hits big. That appears to be the case with Fallout, which landed its debut run at Prime Video on April 10th. Within its first four days … >
Landing in early 2022, the first series of The Responder was a sizable hit for the BBC. Martin Freeman led the show, with a Liverpudlian accent, as it provided a tough look at look at the world of British policing. It scored a swift recommission. Now, that second series is ready to go, with a … >
Big Finish celebrates forty years of the Sixth Doctor, surrounding him with many of his companions. Remarkably, four decades have passed since we first met the bombastic Sixth Doctor. Initially self-righteous and quite unlikable, dressed in a technicolour nightmare, there was a plan to peel back his layers over time. Colin Baker arrived during a … >
End of Summer and Jana – Marked For Life, two Swedish psychological thrillers, head to the BBC iPlayer and linear channels. There seems to be no end of enthusiasm for Nordic Noir at the BBC. Here’s the details of two new Swedish thriller series, both novel adaptations, which the corporation has picked up. End of … >
The For All Mankind team head behind the Iron Curtain to look at the story of Star City. Apple TV+ have announced that its alt-reality series For All Mankind is getting a fifth season. Jumping up the timeline, each season has explored key moments in the space race since it diverged from our reality when … >
Netflix have confirmed that the fantasy series will adapt Andrzej Sapkowski’s fnal three books. Netflix are calling time on another of their big shows, with The Witcher now set to conclude after five seasons. Via social media, the streamer dropped a video to show the cast of The Witcher assembling for a readthrough. It also confirms … >
The series will star Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson. Off the back of the success of Slow Horses, Apple TV+ have commissioned another adaptation of a Mick Herron book. This time, it’s Down Cemetery Road, his debut novel from 2003. The thriller, which features struggling private eye Zoë Boehm, is the first of his four-book “The … >
The star reunites with his TARDIS crew for a series of “Technicolor” adventures, unburdened by series continuity. In recent years, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have recast the earliest Doctors, launching them in their own ongoing ranges. Stephen Noonan plays the First Doctor, while Michael Troughton has taken on his father’s role as the … >
Lennie James leads the drama based on Bernardine Evaristo’s hit novel. The BBC have released the first pictures from their forthcoming adaptation of Mr Loverman. The series, adapted from Bernardine Evaristo’s acclaimed 2013 novel, stars Lennie James as the exuberant Barrington Jedidiah Walker. Sharon D. Clarke takes the role of Carmel Walker, Barrington’s wife of … >