UKTV's Alibi channel has renewed their original drama series Traces for a second season. Six episodes have been commissioned for season two, which is set to premiere in 2021. The renewal comes after the first season averaged just shy of one million viewers per episode. 
Joanna Lumley (Gangster Granny, Absolutely Fabulous), Nigel Havers (Benidorm, Coronation Street) and Jason Merrells (Agatha Raisin, Safe House) have been tapped to star opposite Keeley Hawes (Line Of Duty, Bodyguard) in ITV's Finding Alice. 
Alibi's first original drama series Traces will premiere on Monday December 9th at 9pm, with the second episode airing the following day (Tuesday December 10th) in the same time-slot, it has been announced. 
ITV has ordered Finding Alice, a six episode contemporary drama series starring Bodyguard and The Durrells star Finding Alice. Hawes, who co-created the drama, will star in the titular role as Alice. 
Olly Alexander, Keeley Hawes, Stephen Fry, Neil Patrick Harris, Tracy Ann Oberman, Shaun Dooley, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells and Lydia West have been tapped to star in Boys, Channel 4's 5-part 1980s set drama from Russell T. Davies. 
BBC One has ordered Ridley Road, a four-part adaptation of Jo Bloom's novel of the same name. Sarah Solemani (Barry, Aphrodite Fry) is penning the adaptation and has conducted extensive research for the project. 
Red Production Company has optioned the TV rights to Labour MP Jess Phillips' critically acclaimed book Everywoman: One Woman's Truth About Speaking The Truth. They optioned the rights through a deal brokered by Yasmin McDonald and Laura Macdougall of United Agents. The TV adaptation is being co-developed and will be co-produced by Red Production Company and Lucy Dyke, whose credits include Abi Morgan’s The Split, Black Mirror and Ripper Street. Dyke will serve as executive producer alongside Red's Nicola Shindler. 
BBC One has released the trailer for their new Russell T. Davies drama Years And Years, which is set to premiere next month.