In the third episode of The Walk-In Robbie Mullen (Andrew Ellis) breaks down. He tells Matthew Collins (Stephen Graham) he's never had any friends before. "They're my mates." Collins put his arm around him and assures him they're not his friends. The...
ITV announces The Walk-in
ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill, has commissioned a five-part drama, The Walk- In, which is the true story of how a Neo-Nazi plan to kill an MP was foiled by an inside man. Written by Oscar nominated and BAFTA multi award-winning screenwriter, Jeff Pope, the drama is...
ITV announce Payback.
ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill has commissioned six-part crime thriller Payback, produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television, starring Morven Christie, Peter Mullan and Prasanna Puwanarajah, and written by acclaimed screenwriter Debbie O’Malley. A compelling...
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe brilliantly tells this stranger fiction true story that you won’t believe really happend.
THE events featured in The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe are so barmy that if they hadn’t really happened, this drama would be billed under the category ‘fantasy’. A faked death, an insurance scam, hiding within plain sight, a romantic journey to the other side of the...
ITV confirm more of Irvine Welsh’s ‘Crime’
Dougray Scott will return as troubled detective, Ray Lennox, in a second series of the original crime thriller, Crime, adapted from the best-selling novel by one of Scotland’s greatest-ever writers, Irvine Welsh. Produced by Buccaneer Media and Off Grid Film and TV,...
ITV’s ‘Holding’ is a warm and engaging thriller.
ITV’s latest murder mystery drama comes with a high pedigree. Holding is based on the best-selling novel by Graham Norton and stars a slew of big TV names led by Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones, Car Share), Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) and Charlene McKenna (Ripper...
ITV confirm Nicola Walker’s replacement in Unforgotten
ITV have today confirmed who will star alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar in the fifth series of the acclaimed crime drama Unforgotten. The series, from Mainstreet Pictures and created by Chris Lang, follows the work of a police unit as they uncover crimes from the past. Each...
How Russell T. Davies revolutionised TV queerness
One of the scenes I remember most vividly from Cucumber, Russell T. Davies' underrated 2015 mini-series - which could somewhat reductively be called Queer as Folk for the 21st century - is a sequence in which three characters, all men, all queer, get ready for a night...
Succession star joins wife Keeley Hawes for ITV’s Stonehouse
ITV have confirmed that the life and times of disgraced Labour minister John Stonehouse is to be dramatised for ITV by acclaimed writer John Preston with BAFTA award-winning and Emmy-nominated Matthew Macfadyen (Succession, Quiz) in the leading role and co-starring...
First Look at ITV’s adaptation of Graham Norton’s ‘Holding’ coming in March.
ITV have released the first trailer for their adaptation of Graham Norton's novel, Holding. Set in the insular fictional village of Duneen, West Cork, on the edge of Ireland, a place with its own climate and rhythms, Holding, written by Dominic Treadwell-Collins and...
ITV unveil trailer for thriller ‘Our House’
ITV have released the trailer for their upcoming thriller Our House from Simon Ashdown. Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey, Shadowplay, War and Peace) and Martin Compston (Line of Duty, The Nest, In Plain Sight) play estranged husband and wife Fi and Bram Lawson as...
ITV confirm series 4 of ‘The Bay’ for 2023.
ITV and Tall Story Pictures, part of ITV Studios, have confirmed the commission of a fourth series of the hit Morecambe based drama, The Bay, written by Daragh Carville (Being Human, The Smoke, Cherrybomb). The third series saw Marsha Thomason (Cobra, White Collar)...
ITV’s ‘The Bay’ returns for possibly its best series yet.
ITV make a LOT of crime dramas. Even when their dramas aren't specifically in the crime genre they like to have us guessing about who did what to who. A recent example of this was their under-appreciated black comedy Finding Alice. It was, as it turned out, a story...
ITV release details of ‘Ridley’
ITV detective drama, Ridley, starring Adrian Dunbar in the title role, has begun filming in Lancashire. The retired detective, who is now working in a consultancy role, resumes his partnership with his former protégée, DI Carol Farman, played by Bronagh Waugh...
What’s On: January 2022
Our Picks for January 2022. The Apprentice Thursday 6th January 2022 BBC One - Alan Sugar returns to the boardroom for a 16th series of the reality competition which will be its first since 2019. Airing Weekly. Screw Thursday 6th January 2022 Channel 4 - Six-part...
NEWS Roundup: The BBC confirm more ‘The Outlaws’, Euphoria and Mrs. Maisel get airdates.
It's another BIG News Roundup*Amazon Prime Video has set the return date for their award-winning comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The long-awaited fourth season will begin on Feb. 18, with two episodes debuting each week for four weeks. The fourth...
NEWS Roundup: The BBC announce ‘Crossfire’ and ‘Red Rose’ PLUS: The Return of ‘We Are Lady Parts’
*Filming has started on three-part drama Crossfire for BBC One. The series stars Keeley Hawes (Finding Alice, It’s A Sin) Created and written by Louise Doughty (author of Apple Tree Yard), her first original series for television, Crossfire is set in a luxurious...
NEWS Roundup: I’m a Celeb, Peacock, I Talk Telly Awards, ‘Riches’ Cast.
ITV have confirmed the ten celebrities entering the Welsh Castle for the upcoming series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! They include former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips, Presenter Richard Madeley and Footballer David Ginola. They will be joined by...
CustardTV News Update: Stranger Things Trailer, Sky Christmas Line-Up, I’m a Celeb start date
Welcome back to another look back at the week in TV news. *Saturday saw Netflix celebrate Stranger Things Day with a host of events over the fantasy show's social platforms. The big reveal was a new trailer, which saw Millie Bobby Brown's Eleven's new life...
CustardTV News Update: First Look at ‘Inside Man’, The Great Season 2, BIG Award Winners.
* BBC One and Netflix have released first look images of miniseries Inside Man, a new thriller from Steven Moffatt. The four-part drama follows a prisoner on death row in the US, a Vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar, as...
CustardTV News Update: Soaps make history, ‘Curb’ gets a trailer, The Voice to return.
Another BIG News Update...*It has been announced that seven of the UK's biggest soap operas and continuing dramas will be uniting to help highlight climate change. Casualty, Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Holby City and Hollyoaks have each filmed...
The Custard TV News Update: First look at ‘Stay Close’ That 90s’ Show, and Dexter New Blood.
*Netflix have confirmed Stay Close, the new Harlan Coben drama will arrive on New Years' Eve.The eight-part thriller questions how much you really know someone. Three people living comfortable lives each conceal dark secrets that even the closest to them would never...
OPINION: Cracker: A look at what made ITV’s crime drama so groundbreaking
A Look back at possibly the most important and influential British crime drama of the 90s'"I rehearsed the death of my father for years. I even got a little bored. I knew all my lines but he was still alive!" Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerlad Cracker 'The Mad Woman in the...
CustardTV News Update: First Look at House of Dragons, Mae Martin joins The Flight Attendant and more.
It's time for another BIG News Update. *HBO has released the first trailer for Game Of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon which is expected in 2022. The highly-anticipated series bsed on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,”is set 300 years before the events...