Nothing rings in a new year like a new series of ‘Luther’!
Gear up to watch Idris Elba aka DCI John Luther hunt down “a new nightmare” Jan 1-4.
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At long last, Martin Freeman grabs lead detective role in ‘A Confession’
The ‘Sherlock’ star will play a D.S. who deliberately breaches police procedure to catch a killer, losing his career.
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DCI Banks calling it a day after five series
Sadly, after six years and five overly intense series of DCI Banks, we must say goodbye to Stephen Tompkinson, Caroline Catz, Andrea Lowe and Jack Deam and their so brilliantly created characters of DCI Alan Banks, DI Helen Morton, DS Annie Cabot and DS Ken Blackstone. Based on Peter Robinson’s crime novels, the DCI Banks series was the […]
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DCI Banks set for 2016 return
Christmas is coming early, once again, as ITV has announced that Stephen Tompkinson will return in his role as DCI Alan Banks along with Andrea Lowe as DS Annie Cabbot and Caroline Catz, of Doc Martin fame, as DI Helen Morton when DCI Banks returns for a fifth series in 2016. Once again inspired by the books from acclaimed novelist […]
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‘Scott & Bailey’ – consider this an early notice of Must See TV in 2016
The streets of Manchester are, once again, safe as the members of the Major Incident Team (MIT) of the Manchester Metropolitan Police have gotten the band back together and are returning for series five. Suranne Jones (A Touch of Cloth, Doctor Foster), who conceived of the original idea for Scott & Bailey with fellow actress Sally […]
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British ‘Luther’ set for 2015 return; American ‘Luther’ on the shelf for a bit
It’s been quite some time since I have written and/or mentioned anything about Luther or Idris Elba, who stars in the series in the title role as DCI John Luther. No good reason except for the fact that it’s been over two years since a new episode has appeared on either side of the Atlantic. For those […]
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As ‘New Tricks’ comes to an end, we chat with UCOS boss, Tamzin Outhwaite
As I sit down to write this, the day has arrived that some in the BBC probably thought should have come about a decade ago. Tuesday, August 4, 2015 marked the beginning of final series of New Tricks which, depending on when and where you are reading this, premiered last night on BBC One. For […]
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‘Scott & Bailey’ return to make streets of Manchester safe once again
A sigh of relief was heard throughout the land yesterday as ITV announced that the members of the Major Incident Team (MIT) of the Manchester Metropolitan Police will do their best to make the streets of Manchester safe, once again. Suranne Jones, who conceived of the original idea for Scott & Bailey with fellow actress Sally […]
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Behind the scenes with ‘Inspector George Gently’
Starring Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed) as Gently and Lee Ingleby (Our Zoo) as DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently, the period crime drama, will return in 2015 with four new feature-length films set in 1969. Lisa McGrillis (Hebburn) also returns as WPC Rachel Coles. At this point, word out of the UK is that Inspector George […]
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Nicola Walker & Sanjeev Bhaskar set to star in ITV’s Unforgotten
First off, ITV had me with the headline, Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar to star in Unforgotten, but when they added the tag line, “Two can keep a secret – if one of them is dead“, I began clearing space on my DVR for when it premieres. Starring Nicola Walker (Spooks, Last Tango in Halifax, Scott & […]
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