SundanceTV and BBC One have set key casting for six-part drama series The Split from Emmy and BAFTA-winning writer Abi Morgan (The Hour) and BAFTA-winning executive producer Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch, Humans, River), which begins production next week in the UK. Leading the ensemble cast is Nicola Walker … Read entire story.
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Ruth Wilson is set to star in three-part drama The Wilsons for BBC One as part of the channel’s bumper new drama slate. Inspired by Wilson’s grandmother and set in 1960s and 1940s London and 1930s India, the drama follows Alison Wilson who thinks she is a normal, … Read entire story.
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John Cleese is returning to a BBC sitcom for the first time since Fawlty Towers — after having previously lobbed criticism at the broadcaster. But, he says, the scripts for six-part comedy Edith are “the most enjoyable” he’s been sent “in the last 100 years.” Written … Read entire story.
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Acorn TV has acquired BBC One comedy Decline and Fall, starring Jack Whitehall, David Suchet (Poirot) and Desperate Housewives alumna Eva Longoria in the first TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel. The three-part miniseries will make its U.S. premiere Monday, May 15, on Acorn TV. You can watch … Read entire story.
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Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai and Alex Hassell have been set to star in BBC One and Masterpiece’s period thriller The Miniaturist, based on the best-selling novel by Jessie Burton. They’ll be joined in the three-part series, which is currently filming, by Paapa Essiedu (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), … Read entire story.
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