All posts tagged 'World Productions'

BBC One’s ‘Line Of Duty’ Adds Anna Maxwell Martin For Season 5’s Final Two Episodes

By Patrick Munn | April 23, 2019 - 12:01 am | No Comments

Here's some late casting news from the BBC. Anna Maxwell Martin (The Bletchley Circle, And Then There Were None) has joined the cast of Line Of Duty in a major recurring role for the final two episodes of season five. She will play Detective Chief Superintendent Patricia Carmichael, a senior anti-corruption detective brought in from outside of AC-12. Her first episode will air this coming Sunday (April 28th) at 9pm.

Acorn TV Nabs Exclusive U.S. Rights To BBC One’s ‘Line Of Duty’

By Patrick Munn | November 5, 2018 - 4:11 pm | No Comments

This is a major coup for Acorn TV. The North American streaming service has secured the exclusive U.S. streaming rights to the upcoming fifth season of BBC One's Line Of Duty in a deal with Kew Media Distribution. They replace Hulu as the U.S. home to Jed Mercurio's thriller.

BBC One’s ‘Line Of Duty’ Adds Stephen Graham As Balaclava Man

By Patrick Munn | October 3, 2018 - 12:01 am | No Comments

Line Of Duty has cast balaclava man. Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham has joined the cast of the BBC One thriller for its  six episode fifth season, which is now filming in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Graham plays John Corbett, a pivotal figure in a deadly organised crime group. Known to have links with corrupt police officers and suspected to be under direct command of the shadowy figure known only as 'H'. He becomes a person of interest to AC-12 following an explosive chain of events.

‘Bodyguard’ Breaks More Ratings Records; Wraps Run With 10.4 Million Viewers

By Patrick Munn | September 24, 2018 - 3:16 pm | No Comments

Bodyguard wrapped is run last night with record ratings. The new thriller series from Jed Mercurio and World Productions came to a close with 10.4 million viewers (peaking at 11 million); making it the highest overnight rating for the six episode series.

ITV Releases Trailer For ‘The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco’

By Patrick Munn | July 5, 2018 - 2:24 pm | No Comments

ITV has released a trailer for their The Bletchley Circle spin-off The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco, which is set to premiere later this month.

BBC One Releases Teaser Trailer For New Jed Mercurio Thriller ‘Bodyguard’

By Patrick Munn | June 19, 2018 - 10:46 am | No Comments

BBC One has released a teaser trailer for thriller series Bodyguard, starring Richard Madden (Game Of Thrones, Cinderella) and Keeley Hawes (Line Of Duty, The Durrells), which hails from Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio.

ITV Orders Four-Part Hillsborough Drama ‘Anne’ From World Productions

By Patrick Munn | January 15, 2018 - 12:43 pm | No Comments

ITV has given the green-light to Anne, a four-part drama about one mother's campaign for justice following her son’s death at Hillsborough in 1989, which hails from Line Of Duty indie World Productions.

BBC One Orders Thriller Series ‘Bodyguard’ From ‘Line Of Duty’ Scribe Jed Mercurio

By Patrick Munn | August 24, 2016 - 7:08 pm | 1 Comment

BBC One is re-teaming with Line Of Duty creator Jed Mercurio for The Bodyguard, a six episode thriller which focusses on the Royalty and Specialist Protection Branch of the Metropolitan Police Service's Protection Command (US readers, think the UK's version of the U.S. Secret Service).