A third series of Doctor Who under Bad Wolf was being written by showrunner Russell T Davies in 2024 - before Disney informed the BBC they did not intend to renew their partnership deal beyond Season 2, TV Zone understands. TV Zone has seen crew CVs from employees of Bad Wolf which state that scripts were being written and developed from May to September 2024, following the end of production on Season 2 which had been filming during the first half of that year. In a 2023 BBC

The BBC, Netflix and ZDFneo have announced the new cast members set to join the second series of hit drama A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, produced by Moonage Pictures, part of ITV Studios (The Gentlemen, The Famous Five, Bodies). The series is based on the bestselling novels by Holly Jackson. Newly released pictures offer a first look at Emma Myers (Wednesday) returning as Pip Fitz-Amobi and reveal three new cast members stepping into the mystery for series two. Misia Butler

As part of a limited-run series, 5 has commissioned Orchard Studios to make a feature-length factual drama focusing on a little-known episode in one of the most talked-about cases in British history. In July 2007, three months after the disappearance of her daughter, Kate McCann was brought in for questioning by Portuguese police. What started innocently enough quickly turned hostile - police told Kate that they no longer believed her and would be considering her an ‘arguida’

The BBC has released first-look images for new drama The Cage, written and created by BAFTA nominated Tony Schumacher (The Responder) and produced by Element Pictures, a Fremantle company (Poor Things, Normal People), for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The Cage is a high-stakes, high energy crime story set within the world of a Liverpool Casino with two unforgettable characters at its heart. Joining BAFTA award-winner Sheridan Smith (Cilla, The C Word, Mrs Biggs) and Michael Socha

Industry, the critically acclaimed original drama from Bad Wolf, has been renewed for a fifth and final season. Created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, Industry concludes its eight-episode fourth season on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Monday 1 March 2025. In Season 4, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are drawn into a high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene. As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech

Monday 9th March marks 20 years since the launch of award-winning school drama, Waterloo Road, set and filmed in Greater Manchester. To celebrate the milestone anniversary, the BBC will air Series One of Waterloo Road on BBC Three. From Monday 9th March, two episodes from the first series will air each week on BBC Three from 7pm. The full series has been available as a box set on BBC iPlayer since September 2019, and this BBC Three run will give viewers the chance to watch th

The BBC has announced the return of hit drama Doctor Foster for a third and final series. Created and written by Mike Bartlett, the new five-part run will see Suranne Jones reprise her multi-award-winning role as Gemma Foster, opposite Bertie Carvel as Simon and Tom Taylor as Tom. Made by Drama Republic (Riot Women, One Day, Steal) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, filming will begin later this Spring. Ten years ago, on discovering her husband Simon was having an affair, Gemma Fos

EXCLUSIVE Crookhaven has secured a second series before tis first has aired, TV Zone understands. Meanwhile, first look images of the highly anticipated eight-part drama series, Crookhaven, have been unveiled ahead of the series’ debut on the BBC One and CBBC this Spring. The images offer a glimpse into the world of Crookhaven, a thrilling drama based on the hit global book series by JJ Arcanjo. The series flips the high school genre on its head with a gripping, morally compl

5 has announced the return of hit cat and mouse thriller The Game for a second series overseen by Clapperboard, in association with Sphere Abacus who will distribute the series internationally. Set a year after series one, we see former detective Huw (Jason Watkins), who, after surviving a brutal stabbing, believes he has finally escaped the psychological grip of serial killer Patrick (Robson Green), now safely behind bars. Retreating with his wife Alice (Sunetra Sarker) to a

Production has commenced on the seventh series of Channel 5 drama All Creatures Great & Small, due to air on Channel 5 later this year. Based on best-selling author James Herriot’s beloved and iconic collection of stories, the critically acclaimed adaptation from Playground returns for a series consisting of six episodes (6 x 60”) plus a Christmas Special. The series will continue to bring the stories of James Herriot to life as we return to Darrowby to rejoin our unconventio

The BBC has commissioned 1536, a new drama series for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, based on Ava Pickett’s play of the same name, from Drama Republic (Riot Women, One Day). The 8x30’ drama, written by Ava (How To Get To Heaven from Belfast, The Great), is set in the heart of Tudor England against the backdrop of Anne Boleyn’s arrest and weaves royal scandal with rural struggle. It centres around Anna, Mariella and Jane: three young women gossiping, arguing and dreaming in an Essex

Shy & Lola is a new six-part drama for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, written by award-winning screenwriter and novelist Amanda Coe (Apple Tree Yard, The Trial of Christine Keeler) and produced by multi-BAFTA and Emmy award-winning Clerkenwell Films (Baby Reindeer, The Death of Bunny Munro, The End of the F***ing World), part of BBC Studios. The darkly comic story follows Shy and Lola, two very different women who are forced to become allies when a murder entangles them in the crim

The BBC have announces new 6x60' drama D-Notice from Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn, the first commission from Adam and Declan’s new production company Hot Sauce Pictures (backed by Sony Pictures Television). D-Notice is a British political thriller set in the world of investigative journalism. Not many people know what a D-notice is. But Declan and Adam have some experience of this mechanism which allows the government to advise journalists about national security. Now they’

Gemma Bissix is reprising the role of Clare Bates for a short stint this spring as she returns to EastEnders as part of Nigel Bates’ dementia storyline. Despite being estranged from her stepdad Nigel, Clare returns to Walford when news of his worsening dementia reaches her, but she is shocked when she arrives and is confronted by Nigel’s fragility and the reality of his prognosis. With emotions at an all-time high, and with old wounds to mend with Nigel’s wife Julie, Clar