Channel 4 is today releasing a first look images of Nicola Coughlan and Joe Cole in I Am Helen (2x60), which will air later this year. Created, written and directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker, Dominic Savage and produced by award winning Me+You Productions, the latest instalment of the critically acclaimed BAFTA-winning anthology series explores the experience of womanhood within a world shaped by masculine power, aggression, and control. Told through a female lens, the stor

ITV has announced further cast for recently commissioned drama, Mavis Eccleston, the tragic and extraordinary real-life story of a woman who survived a joint suicide pact with the love of her life and husband of nearly 60 years and was subsequently arrested and charged with his murder. The four-part drama starring Penelope Wilton (After Life, Downton Abbey, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Jonathan Pryce (Wolf Hall, Slow Horses, The Crown) in the leading roles of Mavis and

Disney+ have commissioned new comedy drama DAD from A24 UK. The 6x50' series is written by Clem Garritty and follows three adult siblings whose lives are changed when their father is accused of a historic murder committed during their childhood. A teaser shares: "As their understanding of childhood is turned on its head and the pressures of adult life close in, Sammy, Ned and Jess are forced back together to uncover the secrets buried deep within their family’s past. In doing

Channel 4 announces the cast of Mog’s Bad Thing, Lupus Films’ hand-drawn animated adaptation of Judith Kerr’s classic picture book of the same name. The special will air on Channel 4 this Christmas. Returning to the world of Mog are Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton) as the Narrator, Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange) as Mr Thomas, Claire Foy (The Crown) as Mrs Thomas, Amelie Law (Mog’s Christmas) as Debbie and Teddy Skelton (Mog’s Christmas) as Nicky. Joining the cast for this

Produced by The Forge Entertainment (National Treasure, The Buccaneers, Marriage), a Banijay UK company, Brenda Blethyn (Vera, Pride and Prejudice) and Jessica Reynolds (Kneecap, The Wolf, The Fox & The Leopard) are to return to Channel 4 in a second series of A Woman of Substance as the iconic character of Emma Harte, a housemaid-turned-mogul, daughter, mother, lover, fighter and a 20th century feminist icon who refused to know her ‘place.’ Based on the global phenomenon of

A look at the new and returning drama titles coming to Channel 5 this year. ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL All Creatures Great and Small remains 5’s most successful drama series to date, having reached over 14 million individuals across the first 5 series, and it continues to be the top programme across the channel year after year. FOREVER HOME An adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by award-winning broadcaster, comedian, writer and actor Graham Norton. Th

A look at the new and returning drama titles coming to Channel 5 this year. NUMBER 10 There’s a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement, and a wallpapered labyrinth of romance, crisis and heartbreak in-between. Set in the only terrace house in history with mice and a nuclear deterrent, it’s the only knock-through in the world where a hangover can start a war. The government will be fictional and unspecific, but the problems will be real. We’ll never know w

A 6x60 detective drama from Blackbox Multimedia and Clapperboard. Benidorm Is Murder follows a former detective trying to escape his past, only to find trouble still has him in its sights. With an unlikely partner by his side, paradise proves anything but peaceful. BAFTA nominated actor John Hannah (The Last of Us, Black Mirror, Four Weddings and a Funeral) stars as Dennis who has swapped the chaos of the UK for a quieter life running a bar in Benidorm. But when tourists st

As exclusively revealed by TV Zone earlier this Spring, the BBC has commissioned a second instalment of Nightsleeper, the hit real-time thriller written by the BAFTA and RTS award-winning Nick Leather and produced by Element Pictures, a Fremantle company. The first series followed the fictional Heart of Britain sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London, where two strangers were forced to work together to save the lives of its passengers. Launching in September 2024, t

BBC and Neal Street have announced that filming has begun on brand new prequel series Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms, set in Poplar during World War Two. The three part (3x60’) Christmas special is now filming at Call the Midwife’s studio home in Longcross, Surrey. Helmed by the current Call the Midwife creative team; showrunner Heidi Thomas with executive producers Pippa Harris and Ann Tricklebank, who also produces, the series features some well-known Call the Midwife ch

BBC Daytime has unveiled first-look pictures and announced further casting for The Hairdresser Mysteries, the new crime drama starring Sally Phillips created by internationally acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Jim Cartwright (Road, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, King of the Teds) and produced by Mill Bay Media. Infused with an upbeat 1970s spirit, the nostalgic crime drama stars Sally Phillips as hairdresser, Lily Petal who opts

Disney+ announced that the critically acclaimed International Emmy® and BAFTA® Award-winning Rivals has been greenlit for a third season, with twelve new episodes ahead of Season Two returning in November. The series, based on Dame Jilly Cooper’s iconic Rutshire Chronicles novels and produced by Happy Prince (part of ITV Studios), has continued to captivate audiences with its sharp wit, high-stakes drama and richly drawn characters. As the dust settles post the scandalous

The BBC has released a first look at the return of hit drama Vigil, which will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One later this year. The six-part third series, made by World Productions (Line of Duty, Until I Kill You, Showtrial), part of ITV Studios, has now wrapped after filming in Svalbard and Scotland. DCI Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and DI Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) return for a new case that takes them to a remote Arctic research station, where a member of a covert Britis

Based on Alice Oseman’s best-selling graphic novels of the same name, Heartstopper will conclude after three serries on Netflix with a feature-length film special which will be based on Alice Oseman's unreleased sixth volume. In the special, Nick and Charlie are inseparable, but with Nick preparing to leave for university and Charlie finding new independence at school, the reality of a long-distance relationship begins to weigh on them. Doubts take hold, and their relationshi