It's time for another roundup of the news from the last few days in the world of TV. *Sunday night saw the 2021 Emmy Awards with Netflix's The Crown and Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso being the night's big winners. The Crown was named Best Drama whilst Olivia...
Welcome to another look at a round-up of all the TV news that has broken over the last few days. *The BBC has confirmed that the seventh series of Reece Shearmsith and Steve Pemberton's comedy anthology has started filming. Headlining series seven are Daniel...
I started to write this as a response to John Whittingdale's White paper but whilst I was writing it, Whittingdale was removed from his post. It's still a worthy discussion about what constitutes 'British-ness' on television and which channels are performing the...
Welcome to a new feature that we're trialling out here on the site. As we move into a new era for The Custard TV we're looking at ways we can deliver the same content in new ways. Our idea for the news is to give readers a rundown of the stories from the last few days...
Welcome to a new feature that we're trialling out here on the site. As we move into a new era for The Custard TV we're looking at ways we can deliver the same content in new ways. Our idea for the news is to give readers a rundown of the stories from the last...
ITV has commissioned a four part adaptation based upon Graham Norton’s funny and tenderly perceptive debut novel, Holding, to be filmed on location in Ireland.Holding will be directed by Kathy Burke, written by Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Karen Cogan and produced by...
Anna Maxwell Martin and Rachael Stirling will play sisters in a new four-part thriller for ITV, Hollington Drive, from acclaimed screenwriter Sophie Petzal.The series focuses on the lives of sisters, Theresa, (Anna Maxwell Martin, Motherland) and her older...
ITV is to dramatize the postal scandal that saw postal workers wrongly jailed due to a computer error. The four-part drama, entitled People Vs The Post Office will be written by acclaimed screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes (Honour, Vanity Fair, Dark Angel). Many...
Noel Clarke stars in ITV's newest police procedural Viewpoint. Playing against type, he is DC Martin Young, a quiet, methodical surveillance officer. His team are called in when Manchester school primary teacher Gemma goes missing, and all eyes are on her...
ITV and Tall Story Pictures have released the first look image of The Bay new lead actor Marsha Thomason (Cobra, White Collar) as DS Jenn Townsend.Joining Marsha on the new series as guest cast are Gary Lewis (Outlander, Rig45), Rina Mahoney (Eleventh Hour),...
Filming has begun on the eighth series of critically-acclaimed detective drama, Endeavour, with lead actor Shaun Evans directing the first of the three new films.Shaun Evans reprises his role as DS Endeavour Morse, alongside Roger Allam as DCI Fred Thursday for...
This series of Unforgotten has been one of the best ever and, perhaps because of that, the episodes have whizzed by. I cannot believe we’re nearly at the end of series four. The dark secrets of our surviving suspects are stacking up, and the past is about to...
ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill, has confirmed a second series of six-part darkly funny, contemporary drama, Finding Alice, created by Roger Goldby, Keeley Hawes and Simon Nye and produced by Red Production Company in association with Bright Pictures TV, Buddy Club...
It’s a very welcome return to ITV for Chris Lang’s Unforgotten, easily one of the best ever ITV dramas. A new series not disrupted by the pandemic is a rare treat in 2021. Even better is that it remains so good; clever, thoughtful, well-written and with a...
ITV and Tall Story Pictures, part of ITV Studios, today announced that Cobra star Marsha Thomason is set to join ITV’s hit crime drama, The Bay, for its third series. Marsha Thomason (Cobra, White Collar) joins the regular cast as Morecambe CID’s new Family...
ITV have confirmed the cast for their upcoming single drama 'Stephen'.Sharlene Whyte, Steve Coogan and Hugh Quarshie will play leading roles in Stephen, the three-part sequel to the groundbreaking single drama, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence.Stephen will portray...
It may be a side effect of Lockdown 3.0, but I've struggled to lose myself in the normal dark and bleak drama that I've always enjoyed. I've seen folks on my Twitter timeline raving about the brilliance of The Serpent, but I struggled to get through the first...
ITV has confirmed they have postponed the upcoming return of Britain's Got Talent. Whilst most productions are able to continue filming due to the extensive industry-wide and company Covid protocols that are in place, in this case hundreds of people are involved...
It's fair to say that 2020 didn't turn out the way anybody had hoped. I don't think I've ever come been in a time where literally everyone everywhere was affected by one issue. In all honesty, I don't think the true full-scale nature of the pandemic hit me properly...
ITV have announced a new raft of drama for 2021 and beyond. Three Little BirdsITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill, has commissioned life-affirming drama, Three Little Birds, written by Sir Lenny Henry, inspired by his mother’s stories about leaving Jamaica in the...
ITV is lining up a whole world of new adventures for Gordon Ramsay, Gino D’Acampo and Fred Sirieix as it announces two newly commissioned series and two Christmas specials that will see the trio take their RV, their culinary skills and their determination to wind each...
ITV have announced that Martin Clunes will reprise his role as DCI Colin Sutton in a sequel to 2019's Manhunt. Manhunt II: The Night Stalker, a four-part drama, is the real-life story of the police pursuit of a notorious serial rapist, whose 17-year reign...
ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill today confirmed commission of gripping, four part event drama, No Return, starring Sheridan Smith and written by RTS award-winning screenwriter, Danny Brocklehurst. The contemporary drama focuses upon an idyllic family holiday to Turkey...
Following the critical acclaim and ratings success of the first series of Innocent, ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill, has commissioned a new story with the Innocent label from writers and co-creators Chris Lang and Matt Arlidge who share executive producer duties with...