While it’s been an excrutiatingly long 7 years since we last set foot in ‘Happy Valley’, the third and final series will premiere on New Year’s Day at 9p on BBC 1 with James Norton, who reprises his role as murderer/sex-offender/nemesis Tommy Lee Royce, already promising a ‘jaw-dropping’ finale befitting this amazingly brilliant series that will leave fans ‘reeling’.
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Quickly making her way into Nicola Walker, Suranne Jones and Bill Nighy territory in my book, Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax) is headed to the kitchen in the forthcoming HBO Max series, Julia. Lancashire will portray the legendary television chef and cookery writer, Julia Child. Given this might border on what some will […]
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With chances of a third series consistently hovering between zero and none since 2016, creator/writer Sally Wainwright (Scott and Bailey, Last Tango in Halifax, Gentleman Jack) is at long last returning to Calder Valley, West Yorkshire in Northern England, a.k.a. Happy Valley. While Wainwright has successfully skated rumors about a third series since the show ended back […]
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Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax) is headed to the kitchen making her U.S. television portraying the legendary television chef and cookery writer, Julia Child. “Julia” will tell the story of Julia Child, who is credited with introducing French cooking to the greater portion of the American public and to most every at-home chef around the world.
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In case you have ever wondered why there’s such an excruciatingly long period of time before new episodes surface for your favorite British comedy or drama series, much of the reason can be placed squarely on the fact that each and every actor involved in your favorite series loves live theater. In fact, if you look at the […]
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The long-awaited return of Last Tango in Halifax finally made it to BBC1 last night (and tonight at 9p) as the popular British romantic drama starring Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid kick-started the holiday telly schedule with a new 2-part special. As UK viewers will attest with last night’s premiere, the new series does not disappoint […]
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The big-screen adaptation of the classic BBC wartime comedy, Dad’s Army, is drawing some of the biggest names (outside of Benedict Cumberbatch) together as they begin to assemble the cast. The feature film treatment of the Jimmy Perry, David Croft iconic British comedy has landed one of the greats with the announcement that Bill Nighy, […]
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