The BBC’s iconic children’s television programme Balamory returns to screens this month, with the brand-new series launching on CBeebies and iPlayer on Monday 20 April. The BBC has unveiled first look images offering a vibrant glimpse of the island community, the familiar faces of its much-loved residents, as well as some new faces, all ready to welcome a new generation of young viewers. Warm, colourful and full of curiosity, the new series retains the heart and humour that m

The BBC has commissioned Old Town Murders, a brand-new, witty, twisty crime series written, created and executive produced by Matthew Barry (Men Up, The Guest) and produced by Quay Street Productions for BBC iPlayer and BBC One in a co-commission with BBC Cymru Wales. Mark Lewis Jones (Baby Reindeer, The Crown) and Steffan Rhodri (Steeltown Murders, Men Up) lead the cast as DI Glyn Walsh and DS Sion Dearden, old friends and partners who should be on their last legs following

Steven Knight, creator and writer of global hit Peaky Blinders, reignites his world in two new series set in the 1950s, featuring the next generation of the Shelby family. Multi-award-winning actor Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers, Rocket Man) will take the mantle of Duke Shelby in a story set ten years after the events of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. In this new era of Peaky Blinders, a decade after World War Two, the race to rebuild Birmingham becomes a brutal contest o

The BBC has commissioned new drama The Witch Farm, starring Gabrielle Creevy (The Guest, Black Doves) and Michael Socha (Showtrial, What It Feels Like For A Girl) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One in a co-commission with BBC Cymru Wales. A ghost story and mystery set in the Welsh countryside, the series is made by Mammoth Screen (Towards Zero, Code of Silence) part of ITV Studios, and is written by Danny Robins – creator of hit BBC paranormal podcast and TV series Uncanny, docu-dra

It has been announced that the mystery crime series based on the beloved best-selling novels by Elizabeth George will return for a second series on Britbox and BBC One in the UK. Leo Suter (Vikings: Valhalla) and Sofia Barclay (Ted Lasso) reprise their roles as Lynley and Havers, the unconventional duo at the heart of the series. Daniel Mays reprises his role of Chief Inspector Brian Niles whilst Michel Workeye returns as DS Tony Bekele. Joining the series for its second seri

The BBC have announced further cast joining First Day on Earth, the new original drama series created by, and starring, the multi-award-winning Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You, Chewing Gum) and co-produced by the BBC and HBO. Also starring Thandiwe Newton (Anaconda, God's Country), Maxine Peake (I Swear, Say Nothing), Danny Sapani (Halo, Harlots) and Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Barbie). Produced by Various Artists Limited (Juice, Such Brave Girls) and FALKNA (I May Destroy You)

Disney+ has today confirmed the greenlight and casting of brand-new Original comedy series “Alice and Steve'' from the award-winning Clerkenwell Films. Nicola Walker (“The Split”, “Unforgotten”) and Jemaine Clement (“What We Do in the Shadows”, “Flight of The Conchords”) have been cast in the titular roles and filming has commenced in London, UK. Lifelong best friends, Alice (Walker) and Steve (Clement), see their world implode when middle-aged Steve starts dating Alice’s twe

The BBC has commissioned a new two-part factual drama about the events surrounding the horrific murder of Sarah Everard. In March 2021 Sarah was abducted as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London. The discovery that the perpetrator was a serving police officer and the subsequent fallout was a watershed moment for the nation which brought into sharp focus entrenched issues of misogyny and institutional failings within the police. The currently untitled

The Northumbria Mysteries is a brand-new drama, marking a significant return of BBC drama production to the North East. Set against the sweeping Northumberland coastline and its surrounding market towns, the series centres on an unlikely crime-solving duo. The Northumbria Mysteries will be produced by Lonesome Pine Productions, who are based in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Robson Green will star as Joe Ruby: a jack-of-all-trades whose life has been shaped by mistakes, regrets

The BBC has commissioned The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ from Big Talk Studios (Ludwig, The Outlaws) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Based on Sue Townsend’s best-selling book of the same name, the 10-part series is adapted for the screen by David Nicholls (One Day, Us), who will also serve as lead writer. The adaptation will also be written by Caitlin Moran and Caroline Moran (Raised By Wolves), Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor (Everyone Else Burns) and Jack Rooke (Bi

Call The Midwife producers have announced that there won't be a Christmas special of the hit BBC drama this year. Instead, the previously announced prequel series will launch during Christmas 2026, titled Sisters In Arms . Writer Heidi Thomas announced the plans at a press screening: "No, there won't be a Christmas special [this] Christmas, not in the traditional mould." At the same event, producer Pippa Harries confirmed that the prequel series would debut over the 2026 fest

The BBC has announced filming is now underway in Australia for series three of Return to Paradise, the highly successful spin-off of the global smash-hit Death in Paradise. The series will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One later this year. The compelling and entertaining six-part whodunit series is produced by BBC Studios Australia Productions, in partnership with Red Planet Pictures, a Fremantle company, for the ABC, and in association with the BBC. DS Mackenzie Clarke (Ann

BAFTA-winning actress Joanna Scanlan (Slow Horses, A Very Royal Scandal) will lead the cast of upcoming five-part thriller Missed Call. The series is produced by Paris and London based production company Pernel Media, in association with ITV Studios. Scanlan is joined by an impressive ensemble cast including Claire Keim (Vise le Coeur, Menace sur Kermadec) Rupert Graves (Sherlock, The Burning Girls), François-Xavier Demaison (Disparue, Le Négociateur) and BAFTA winning actor

The series will be a faithful adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter book series by author and executive producer J.K. Rowling and will feature an exciting and talented cast to lead a new generation of fandom, full of the fantastic detail and much-loved characters Harry Potter fans have adored for over 25 years. Dominic McLaughlin leads the cast as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger, and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley. Also cast are Rory Wilmot as Neville Longb