Michael Gambon, Nick Dunning & More Cast In BBC One’s ‘Quirke’ Adaptation

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Gambon (Harry Potter), Nick Dunning (The Tudors), Geraldine Somerville (Harry Potter), Sara Stewart (Batman Begins), Stanley Townsend (The Shadow Line), Brian Gleeson (Snow White & The Huntsman) and Aisling Franciosi (The Fall) have all been cast as series regulars in BBC One’s upcoming drama series Quirke. They join previously announced cast member Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment), who plays the titular character Quirke.

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Watch Acquires UK Rights To Syfy’s Reality Series ‘Haunted Highway’, ‘Haunted Collector’, & ‘Hollywood Treasure’

UKTV has closed a multi-season deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to Haunted Highway, Haunted Collector and Hollywood Treasure for its Watch channel. This is the latest content deal inked by UKTV in recent months to strengthen Watch’s first run line-up for 2013. Previous deals includes the acquisiton of NBC’s mid-season drama series Do No Harm and The CW’s Beauty and the Beast. In addition, Watch has also renewed its ratings hit Dynamo: Magician Impossible for a four episode third season and a new series following daredevil Jonathan Goodwin, tentatively titled The Jonathan Goodwin Project.

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