Category: GREENLIGHT
Channel 5 hires new Teacher
Channel 5 has ordered a second season of its 2022 drama The Teacher, featuring a different story and a new cast led by Kara Tointon, Will Mellor and Emmett J Scanlan.
Unforgotten back for season six at ITV
ITV cold case drama Unforgotten is back in production, with stars Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar reuniting for the show’s sixth season.
Paramount+ captures The Crow Girl
Paramount+ has ordered a new UK drama, The Crow Girl, with stars Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly and Dougray Scott now filming the six-part series in Bristol.
Guy Ritchie leads The Donovans
Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels) will direct and executive produce The Donovans, a new series loosely based on Ray Donovan.
BBC’s Virdee arrives in Bradford
Filming is underway on Virdee, a BBC crime thriller set in Bradford and based on AA Dhand’s novels.
Cote de Pablo, Michael Weatherly reunite for new NCIS chapter
Paramount+ has ordered a “new chapter” in the NCIS franchise, picking up a series that will centre on characters Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo.
Channel 5 names The Wives
Jo Joyner, Angela Griffin and Tamzin Outhwaite will lead the cast of Channel 5 drama The Wives.
Paramount+ obeys Curfew
Paramount+ has ordered UK series Curfew, set in a world where men are not allowed outside at night, with Sarah Parish, Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson and Alexandra Burke lined up to star.
David Thewlis turns detective for Sherlock & Daughter
The CW network in the US has picked up Sherlock & Daughter, a series featuring David Thewlis as legendary detective Sherlock Holmes that will air in the UK and Ireland on Discovery+.
Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger reunite for Strike – The Ink Black Heart
Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger are back on set for the sixth instalment of the BBC’s detective drama Strike.
Nikki Amuka-Bird leads Alibi’s I, Jack
NW star Nikki Amuka-Bird will head the cast of I, Jack, a crime series commissioned by UKTV’s Alibi and written by Unforgotten creator Chris Lang.
Harlan Coben, Prime Video team up for Lazarus
Harlan Coben and the team behind Netflix hit Fool Me Once have now partnered with Prime Video for psychological mystery thriller Lazarus.
Channel 5, Acorn TV investigate detective series Ellis
Sharon D Clarke (Showtrial) will take the lead in Ellis, a detective series commissioned by Channel 5 in the UK and Acorn TV.
The Terror returns to scare AMC
AMC in the US has ordered a third season of its horror anthology series The Terror, five years after the last instalment.
BBC, Stan buy more Ten Pound Poms
The BBC is returning down under for a second season of period drama Ten Pound Poms.
Idris Elba, Apple TV+ plot another Hijack
Apple TV+ has greenlit a second season of thriller Hijack, with Idris Elba returning to star.
Amanda Seyfried navigates Long Bright River for Peacock
The Dropout’s Amanda Seyfried will star in and executive produce Long Bright River, a Peacock limited series based on Liz Moore’s novel of the same name.
Colin Firth takes lead in Sky, Peacock’s Lockerbie
The King’s Speech star Colin Firth is set to star in Sky and Peacock limited series Lockerbie.
Netflix bookmarks new Harlan Coben adaptations
Netflix has announced two new Harlan Coben novels, Missing You and Run Away, will be adapted for television.
Annabel Scholey, Colin Morgan to star in psychological thriller Dead & Buried
Annabel Scholey and Colin Morgan will star in four-part psychological thriller Dead & Buried, commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland and Virgin Media Television.