BBC One Renews ‘The Split’ For Second Season
BBC One has renewed Abi Morgan's divorce lawyers drama The Split for a second season. The renewal announcement came immediately following last night's season one finale. “It’s a delight and a privilege to bring The Split back for series two and to submerge myself once more into the world of Noble, Hale and Defoe and the lives of Hannah and her sisters", Morgan said. "Thank you to the BBC and the enthusiasm of viewers and we look forward to seeing you in 2019.” 
The BBC has found their Poirot. John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich, In The Line Of Fire) has been set to star as the legendary Belgian detective in BBC One's three-part Agatha Christie adaptation The ABC Murders. 
Military drama Our Girl will return to BBC One with the second part of its third season on Tuesday June 5th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
BBC One's three-part Jeremy Thorpe drama A Very English Scandal will premiere on Sunday May 20th at 9pm, it has been announced. 
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. 
Miriam Margolyes (Warner Bros' Harry Potter film series) has signed on for a guest-starring role in Call The Midwife for this year's Christmas special. Production on the special and the eighth season is now underway. She will play Sister Mildred, a forthright and indefatigable sister from the Order. She arrives unexpectedly at Nonnatus House, her hands full with four Chinese orphans. Having fled China, the child refugees were found abandoned in Hong Kong and are being adopted in the UK as part of the World Refugee Project. 
International distributor StudioCanal has sold the first season of BBC One's psychological thriller Trust Me, starring Jodie Whitaker, to European broadcaster ARTE. Trust Me premiered on BBC One back in August 2017 to strong critical acclaim. It was also a hit with viewers and the series premiere managed an audience of 4.3 million viewers in its Thursday night time-slot. The BBC recently 
BBC One has handed out a fifth season renewal to the Sir David Jason fronted comedy series Still Open All Hours. Seven episodes have been ordered for season five, with the first such episode serving as a Christmas special.