Jill Halfpenny & Owen McDonnell Set As Leads In Channel 5’s ‘The Holiday’
Jill Halfpenny (The Drowning, Liar) and Owen McDonnell (Killing Eve, The Bay) have been set as the leads in The Holiday, Channel 5's four-part adaptation of the T.M. Logan novel. Rounding out the cast is Aidan McArdle (The Trial Of Christine Keeler, The Mallorca Files), Liv Mjönes (Midsommar, The Lawyer), Siobhan Hewlett (McDonald & Dodds, The Syndicate), Andrew Macklin (Doctor Who, Fair City) and Cat Simmons (Holby City, Moving On). 
BlackBox Multimedia and Night Train Media have teamed together to develop an adaptation of Jess Ryder's novel The Ex-Wife. The producers are eyeing the adaptation as a TV series, rather than as a one-off. The Ex-Wife follows newlywed Tasha, who has the perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl. She'd be set if it wasn't for Jen, her husband's ex-wife who just won't leave them alone. Catherine Steadman (Downton Abbey) is penning the adaptation.