Ahead of the highly anticipated launch of series two later this year, Ludwig - the BBC’s biggest scripted series since 2024 - has been commissioned for a third run on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The series is a Big Talk Studios (part of ITV Studios) production in association with That Mitchell And Webb Company and is a ZDF co-production for Germany. Series one was the biggest launch for a comedy on the BBC since at least 2018, attracting 9.5 million viewers (28-day figure), epis

Apple TV announced it will expand its award-winning series slate with “Guilty Creatures,” a new thriller led by three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Julia Garner (“Ozark,” “Weapons”), who will star and executive produce. Craig Gillespie (“I, Tonya,” “Your Friends & Neighbors,” “Pam & Tommy”) will direct the series adapted from the acclaimed true-crime book by author Mikita Brottman. Stuart Zicherman (“The Shrink Next Door,” “Sweetbitter,” “The Americans”) will

BBC Children’s and Education’s thrilling family drama Crookhaven is set to return, with the secret school for crooks reopening its doors for an electrifying second series, that once again features the complicated friendship between pickpocketing genius Gabriel (Lucas Leach) and Penelope (Carmel Laniado), daughter of the school’s headmaster Caspian Lockett (Dougray Scott). Based on the globally bestselling books by JJ Arcanjo, the first series which is made by BBC Studios Kids

Apple TV unveiled the first-look at Nocturne, the riveting new drama based on the internationally bestselling crime novels “Lazarus” and “The Sandman” by Lars Kepler. Starring and executive produced by Tony and Actor Award winner and Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Liev Schreiber and Emmy Award nominee Zazie Beetz, and starring Emmy, Golden Globe and Actor Award winner Stephen Graham, the 10-episode drama is developed for television, written and executive produced by John

Filming for brand-new U&Original period drama, The Cadburys (6x60’) is now underway in the city of Birmingham, with the series set to launch on free-streaming service U in 2027. The star-studded cast stepping into the leading Cadbury family roles are Harry Gilby (Boarders, The Last Kingdom) as George, Toby Regbo (Outrageous, A Woman of Substance) as Richard, Jessica Barden (Dune: Prophecy, The End of the F****ing World) as Maria and Pearce Quigley (Small Prophets, The Gentl

A first look trailer for the forthcoming psychological thriller The Rapture, which will be coming soon to BBC iPlayer and BBC One has been released. Ruth Madeley and India Amarteifio star in The Rapture which is adapted from Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel and made by Mammoth Screen, part of ITV Studios. The five part series, filmed in Wales, is written by award-winning performance artist, playwright and screenwriter Bryony Kimmings (Last Christmas, Bogwitch) and Rebecca Manle

Richard Dormer (The Day Of The Jackal, Game of Thrones, Fortitude) who played Gerry Cliff in the BAFTA and RTS award-winning Blue Lights is returning to the fourth series of the Belfast police drama. The 6 x 60’ series will also see the return of Hannah McClean (Malpractice) as solicitor, Jen Robinson and Jonathan Harden (The Rainmaker, Time) as disgraced former Inspector, Jonty, in an episode that will answer important questions from the past. Three years into their jobs as

Second series of The Undeclared War, a six-part cyber-thriller written by Colin Teevan (Das Boot, Rebellion) and all episodes directed by Paul McGuigan (Sherlock, Inside Man). Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible, Star Trek) returns as Danny Patrick, Director of Operations at GCHQ (U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters). Siân Brooke (Blue Lights, Trying) joins the series as Barbara Patrick, Danny’s wife, ex-MI6 and now an analyst at GCHQ. Set in 2024, The Undeclared War ret

Sky has released a first look trailer from Possession, confirming the new title for the Sky Original thriller formerly announced as Inheritance. Created and written by Karla Crome (Something Very Bad is Going to Happen) and directed by Storm Saulter (Better Mus’ Come, Sprinter), Possession is a five part limited event series set between Bristol in the UK and Jamaica, led by Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki, Surface), Jonny Lee Miller (The Crown, Elementary), Sheldon Shepherd (Bob Marle

Netflix have announced a straight-to-series order for new drama from production company A24 and writer Jack Thorne (Adolescence), starring Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour. The Stranger Things stars reunite for the new project playing father and daughter. Disgraced FBI agent turned security expert Matt Wolfe (Harbour) is drawn back into the world he left behind when his estranged daughter, Rebecca (Brown) - now an FBI agent determined to follow in his footsteps - vanishes

Netflix have announced new and returning casting for the second series of hit drama Dept. Q, with production now underway. Written by Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, Stephen Greenhorn and Colette Kane, the series revolves around Carl Morck, a former top-rated detective in Edinburgh assigned to a new cold case whilst wracked with guilt following an attack that left his partner paralysed and another policeman dead. Returning for the second series will be Matthew Goode, Alexej Man

Further casting has been announced for Hamburg Days, the prestige six-part drama series created by showrunner Christian Schwochow (The Crown, Munich – The Edge of War) and head writer Jamie Carragher (Succession) currently filming in Hamburg. Produced by W&B Television, Turbine Studios and co-financiers AGC Television for German broadcaster ZDF, the BBC has acquired the series for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Asa Butterfield (Sex Education, Unchosen) has joined the cast as Beatle

The Other Bennet Sister is returning to BBC iPlayer and BBC One for a three-part Christmas special produced by Bad Wolf for the BBC and BritBox North America. Screenwriter Sarah Quintrell, who wrote nine of the ten episodes of the series, will return to write all three episodes based on storylines by author Janice Hadlow. Asim Abbasi, who directed five episodes of the series, will also return to direct. The series, which will shoot primarily in Wales this summer, will see the

Channel 5 have announced new commission Last Resort (w/t), a 6x60’ drama that sees a group of friends thrust into the murky underbelly of a quaint seaside village. Currently filming and set to air on 5 in 2027, Last Resort (w/t) is a deceptively dark tale of village life produced by Pernel Media in association with Peer Pressure and STUDIOCANAL. STUDIOCANAL will handle international distribution for the series. The series finds retired librarian Gail (Caroline Quentin - The