ITV have commissioned gripping new drama The Blame, produced by Quay Street Productions (part of ITV Studios), written, developed for television and executive produced by Megan Gallagher. The drama dives into secrets, suspicion and systemic corruption - all under the surface of this seemingly quiet town. Leading the cast is Michelle Keegan (Fool Me Once, Brassic) as DI Emma Crane. Douglas Booth (The Sandman, The Dirt) joins as DI Tom Radley, and Ian Hart (Mr Bates vs. The Pos

First-look images from the upcoming six-part chilling serial killer drama The Dark, starring Laura Donnelly and Mark Rowley coming to ITV, STV and available for streaming on ITVX and STV Player this summer. The series is adapted for television from GR Halliday’s debut novel, From the Shadows. The images offer a look at DI Monica Kennedy (Laura Donnelly) as she embarks on a tense cat and mouse hunt for a twisted serial killer across the breathtaking Scottish countryside along

ITV have confirmed that Cold Water will not be returning for a second series following its debut last Autumn. The six-parter was led by Andrew Lincoln. An ITV spokesperson said (via The Sun): "We’re hugely proud of Coldwater and everyone involved in making it. While there are no plans for a further series, we loved bringing this story to screen." Set in the fictional Scottish village of Coldwater, Lincoln (The Walking Dead, Teachers) plays John, a repressed, depressed man wh

EXCLUSIVE The BBC has commissioned a second series of Nightsleeper. TV Zone understands the show is currently in pre-production with filming due to begin in Belfast this August. Nightsleeper is a real-time thriller, with the first series set on a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London, while a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who’ve never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save

The BBC are developing a rebooted series of classic detective series Poirot, based on the literary classic by Agatha Christie, Deadline reports. Meanwhile, Kerry Godliman and Nina Singh are to star as Dalziel and Pascoe in a fresh and contemporary reimagining of the beloved British detective series, based on the books by Reginald Hill. The series centres on the relationship between seasoned Detective Inspector Andrea Dalziel, played by Kerry Godliman (Trigger Point, Spinal

Filming has commenced on Reputation, the brand new legal drama for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, from writer Anya Reiss and The Forge, a Banijay UK company. The six-part series centres on Lena (Academy Award nominee Naomie Harris – Moonlight, Skyfall), a formidable lawyer who gets pulled into the celebrity case of the decade representing global pop star Davina Knight (Christina Hendricks – Mad Men, The Buccaneers). Also joining the cast are Alex Jennings (The Crown, The Lady In Th

The BBC has released a first-look picture of Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things, Industry) as Charles Shelby in the next generation of Peaky Blinders, written and created by Steven Knight. Produced by Banijay UK companies Kudos (SAS Rogue Heroes, House of Guinness) and Garrison Drama (Peaky Blinders series 1-6, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man) for the BBC in the UK and Netflix in the rest of the world, Peaky Blinders is currently being filmed in and around Digbeth Loc. Studios

The BBC has acquired The Uniform, a six-part Danish crime series from Fremantle’s Miso Film, for BBC iPlayer and BBC Four. Directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby (The Helicopter Heist, Blinded: Those Who Kill), The Uniform exposes the deadly cost of loyalty and corruption within a fractured and fiercely competitive police academy in contemporary Denmark. A young trainee fires his weapon. One man is dead. And inside Denmark’s police academy, the fallout is immediate and explosive.

ITV and Tall Story Pictures announce filming has commenced on the latest series of the hit drama, The Bay. The sixth series sees Marsha Thomason (Cobra, White Collar) star as Morecambe MIU’s Family Liaison Officer, DS Jenn Townsend alongside cast regulars Daniel Ryan (The Hack, Dear England), Andrew Dowbiggin (Coronation Street) and Olwen May (Happy Valley, Riot Women). Suzanne Packer (Casualty, Keeping Faith) returns as Jenn’s mum, Anne Townsend, alongside Tara Lynne O’Nei

Acorn TV have commissioned a fourth series of hit detective drama Dalgliesh, with Channel 5 - who've co-produced and aired the first three series - departing the drama. Starring Bertie Carvel as the enigmatic titular investigator and based on the best-selling murder mystery novels by PD James, Dalgliesh is produced by New Pictures (Gone, The Long Shadow) in association with All3Media International and Northern Ireland Screen. Set in 1982, three new labyrinthine cases await fo

UKTV joins forces with BritBox and Sony Pictures Television for a co-commission of a new period drama Chocolate Wars (w/t – 6x60’), produced by Fable Pictures, in association with Alfresco Pictures, and written by Chloë Mi Lin Ewart (Curfew, All Creatures Great and Small, Beyond Paradise). The series will launch on free-streaming service U in 2027. Casting is now underway, with filming in Birmingham set to begin this Summer. Sony Pictures Television will handle worldwide sa

Produced by Hartswood Films, part of ITV Studios, and written by Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Dracula, Inside Man) in his first project for Channel 4, Number 10 is a comedy drama about one of the most famous addresses in the world. Leading the cast will be Rafe Spall (Trying, The English) who will play the Prime Minister, Jenna Coleman (The Serpent, The Sandman) as Deputy Chief of Staff at Number 10 and Katherine Kelly (In Flight, Mr Bates vs The Post Office) as Chief of Staff. J

Channel 4 and Roughcut Television(Little Disasters, Coma, Big Boys) announce the cast forWrong Move, the brand-new 6x60’ darkly comic thriller written and created by Ben Edwards (Coma, Miss Scarlet & The Duke), with filming currently underway in West Yorkshire. Leading the cast is David Thewlis (Fargo, The Artful Dodger) Trevor, a dangerous sociopath whose vengeful tendencies drive him to terrorise the group of homebuyers at the heart of unfolding events. Trevor's last-minute

Sky announced that Sky Original action thriller Prisoner, created and written by Academy Award® and BAFTA‑nominated writer Matt Charman (Hostage, Bridge of Spies), has been commissioned for a second series. Scottish BAFTA Award winner Izuka Hoyle (Boiling Point, Big Boys) will reprise her role as prison transport officer Amber Todd, with production set to begin later this year. Following its successful debut, which has already seen significant early viewing across all six epi