It’s Official: ITV’s ‘The Durrells’ To End With Season 4
It's finally official. ITV has confirmed that the upcoming fourth season of The Durrells will be the show's last. Production on the show's final season is set to get underway next month in Corfu, with an eye towards a 2019 premiere. “I'm delighted to be heading back to Corfu for a final series of The Durrells, said lead actress Keeley Hawes ."It's been such a wonderful series to work on and I'm so pleased that viewers have taken the family to their hearts as much as we have. I have no doubt that the brilliant Simon Nye will give the family a fitting and fabulous farewell.” 
Ben Barnes (Westworld) has been cast to star opposite Julia Ormond in BBC One's six episode drama series Gold Digger. He will play Benjamin Golding, the thirty something copywriter with a shrouded past who becomes involved with an older woman, Julia Day (Ormond). 
Channel 4 is completing their trilogy of Jack Thorne four-part dramas. The PSB has given the greenlight to The Light, the final four part drama from the scribe behind the award winning Harry Potter & The Cursed Child. The first two entries in the trilogy, National Treasure and Kiri, aired on Channel 4 in 2016 and 2018, respectively. The Light takes a look at disability and will focus on the repercussions of a catastrophic disaster that befalls a community in a small Welsh town which has seen more prosperous times. 
ITV has set the cast for Beecham House. Tom Bateman has been set as the lead in the six episode period drama from Bend It Like Beckhan co-writer, director and producer Gurinder Chadha and Shahrukh Husain. Beecham House is set on the cusp of the 19th century in Delhi and depicts the fortunes of the residents of Beecham House, an imposing mansion surrounded by acres of exotic woods and pristine lawns. Handsome and soulful, former soldier, John Beecham, has acquired the house to start a new life for his family and a business as a trader. 
The second season of Snatch will receive its UK premiere on AMC Global – the AMC branded channel here in the UK, which is available exclusively to BT TV customers – on Tuesday October 9th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
Indie October Films has hired former Vice Studios exec Neil Breakwell to serve as their new Head of Topical Programmes. In the newly created senior role, Breakwell develop and executive produce new programming with a particular focus on live shows, fast response documentaries, younger skewing formats and integration across digital platforms. Breakwell was previously Vice-President of News & Current Affairs at Vice Studios, where he was responsible for the company’s news and current affairs development and factual content. Before joining Vice, he held various roles at the BBC including Deputy Editor of Newsnight and producing the Corporation’s UK and US election coverage. 
The third season of Upstart Crow will premiere on BBC Two on Wednesday August 29th at 8:30pm, it has been announced.