All posts by Michael Pickard

Crossing the line

Channel 4 drama Trespasses tells a forbidden love story set against the backdrop of the Troubles in 1970s Northern Ireland. Star Tom Cullen and producer Amanda Posey discuss making the series, why Cullen was the perfect casting choice and how the actor perfected his Belfast accent.

 

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Channel 4 meets Maya

FIRST LOOK: Filming has wrapped on Maya, an upcoming Channel 4 drama starring and written by Daisy Haggard, who also makes her directing debut on the six-part series.

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Babylon Berlin sets stage for final season

FIRST LOOK: Volker Bruch and Liv Lisa Fries take the lead in the fifth and final season of German period drama Babylon Berlin, which has now completed filming and is heading into post-production.

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Channel 4 in another Big Mood

FIRST LOOK: Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West reunite for the second season of Channel 4 comedy Big Mood, which is set to return in 2026.

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Sky reveals Gomorrah – The Origins

TRAILER: Here’s the first footage of Gomorrah – The Origins, Sky’s upcoming six-part prequel to the Italian crime saga inspired by Roberto Saviano’s novel. It will premiere in early 2026.

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Netflix decides to Run Away

TRAILER: James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch head the cast of Run Away, the latest Harlan Coben adaptation coming to Netflix. The eight-part series debuts worldwide on January 1, 2026.

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Spy another day

Newsreader and screenwriter Tom Bradby lifts the lid on Secret Service, ITV’s upcoming espionage thriller that stars Gemma Arterton as an MI6 officer attempting to maintain her family life while uncovering a Russian operative at the heart of the British government.

 

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Giving it their Best shot

A Finnish crime drama investigates the mystery behind a teenage girl’s disappearance, set against the backdrop of a Helsinki suburb in the late 1980s. Director Saara Saarela and executive producer Minna Haapkylä introduce All the Best Girls.

 

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Sky chases down Prisoner

FIRST LOOK: Tahar Rahim and Izuka Hoyle are on the run in this first image from Sky action thriller Prisoner, which is set to air in 2026.

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No time to lie

Actor Shaun Evans and executive producer Tom Leggett discuss how their off-screen partnership paved the way for ITV drama Betrayal, which blends espionage intrigue and domestic drama to tell the story of a spy facing up to a midlife crisis.

 

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Holliday Grainger returns for The Capture S3

FIRST LOOK: Holliday Grainger returns as Rachel Carey in the third season of surveillance thriller The Capture, which will arrive on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in spring 2026.

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The road to freedom

Prisoner 951 star Narges Rashidi, writer Stephen Butchard and director Philippa Lowthorpe reveal how they dramatised the years-long story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran and her husband Richard Ratcliffe’s fight for justice in the UK.

 

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Sky tunes into Mozart

TRAILER: Will Sharpe, Paul Bettany and Gabrielle Creevy strike up the orchestra in the trailer for period drama Amadeus, a six-part series about musical prodigy Wolfgang ‘Amadeus’ Mozart that will launch on Sky and NOW on December 21, 2025.

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ITV finds psychological drama Gone

FIRST LOOK: Eve Myles and David Morrissey star in Gone, a psychological drama coming to ITV in early 2026.

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Breaking the ice

Six-part drama Hildur brings Satu Rämö’s surfing and knitting detective to the small screen. Writers Matti Laine and Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, director Tinna Hrafnsdóttir and executive producer Eero Hietala unpack how they made this ‘Nordic blue’ crime series.

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ITV identifies Betrayal

FIRST LOOK: Endeavour’s Shaun Evans and Romola Garai (The Years) star in Betrayal, a drama set against the backdrop of MI5 that is due to premiere on ITV and STV in 2026.

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Acorn TV sets launch of Midsomer Murders S25

TRAILER: Midsumer Murders returns to Acorn TV in the US and Canada for its 25th season on December 8. Here’s the trailer.

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Having a blast

Trigger Point star Nabil Elouahabi reflects on three seasons of making ITV’s tense bomb-disposal drama, hitting the show’s sweet spot and why he stands against ‘second screening.’

 

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