Chance Perdomo & Craig Parkinson To Star In BBC Three’s ‘Killed By My Debt’
Newcomer Chance Perdomo and Craig Parkinson (Line Of Duty) have been set to star in BBC Three's one-off factual drama Killed By My Debt. Chance Perdomo takes on the key role of Jerome Rogers, while Craig Parkinson plays The Bailiff. Killed By Me Debt tells the true story of Jerome Rogers, a 19-year-old motorbike courier from Croydon, who sees two unpaid £65 traffic fines escalating to more than a thousand pounds. Unravelling under the pressure of his mounting debt and with his only source of income - his bike - clamped, Jerome took his own life. 
Netflix UK has released the full trailer for the second season of 13 Reasons Why, which is set to premiere on Friday May 18th. The show’s thirteen episode second season picks up in the aftermath of Hannah’s death and the start of our characters’ complicated journeys toward healing and recovery. Liberty High prepares to go on trial, but someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth surrounding Hannah’s death concealed. A series of ominous polaroids lead Clay and his classmates to uncover a sickening secret and a conspiracy to cover it up.
E4 has given the green-light to The Super Salon, a four-episode access documentary series that will explore one of Britain’s largest and most unusual salons. The Super Salon goes behind the scenes at the two-floor Sheffield superstructure, which is home to nearly 50 stylists, beauticians and barbers. The series will delve into the family run business, owned by Cherise and her brother Dan, and follows their hair-brained schemes to promote their business.
It's one and done for The Last Post. BBC One has cancelled the period drama from Peter Moffat after a single six episode season, TVWise has confirmed. Radio Times was the first to report the news. The Last Post pulled decent ratings for BBC One; attracting a consolidated audience of just under six million viewers.
STV Productions has promoted long-time development executive Claire Armspach to serve as their Head of Drama Development. “Claire’s fantastic writer relationships, impeccable taste and passion for TV drama is well known", said STV Productions' Head of Drama Srah Brown. "So I’m delighted that she has agreed to take on this vital role driving development at such an exciting time for STV Drama.”
Catch-22 will be crossing the pond. Channel 4 has boarded Hulu's event series, which is based on the Joseph Heller novel and hails from George Clooney, after striking a deal with Paramount Pictures Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution. Under the pact with Paramount, rather than being a straight acquisition, Channel 4 is contributing to select aspects of the development of the project. Catch-22 will premiere on this side of the pond in 2019, shortly after it debuts state-side.
ITV has released a trailer for Midsomer Murders, which returns to the channel to finish airing its nineteenth season from Sunday May 13th at 8pm.
The second season of IFC's comedy series Brockmire will receive its UK premiere on FOX UK on Friday June 8th at midnight, it has been announced.