It's been something of an open secret that ITV had renewed their Brenda Blethyn fronted crime drama Vera for a ninth season (the broadcaster had not formally announced that past few recommissioning cycles). They made that official today, with the announcement that filming is underway on the new season. Four episodes have been ordered for season nine, matching the size of the order for all eight prior seasons. Read More
Laurence Fox (Lewis) and Kate Fleetwood (Harlots) have joined the cast of ITV's royal drama Victoria for its eight episode third season, which has now started filming for a premiere later this year. Fox has been cast as Lord Palmerston, the wayward Foreign Secretary; while Fleetwood plays Feodora, Victoria’s mysterious sister who makes an unexpected return into the Queen’s life. Further cast additions for season three include John Sessions, Lily Travers, Nicholas Audsley, David Burnett and Emily Forbes. Read More
Australian drama series Harrow will receive its UK premiere on UKTV's Alibi channel on Tuesday July 17th at 9pm, it has been announced. Read More
Bride & Prejudice is getting a UK adaptation. Channel 4 has given the greenlight to a local adaptation of the A+E Networks format. Five episodes have been commissioned for the show's first season. Bride & Prejudice tells the stories of six soon to be wed couples as they confront a deeply held opposition to their marriage from within their own families whilst trying to organise their dream weddings. For each couple there is at least one family member who is dead set against their wedding ever taking place. Read More
The fifth season of Starz’s drama series Power will receive its UK premiere on Netflix UK on Monday July 2nd, it has been announced. New episodes will continue to be made available every Monday, less than 24 hours after they initially air on Starz in the United States, through to the season finale in September. Read More
