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Category: FIRST LOOK

FIRST LOOK

Prime Video on board thriller Vanished

FIRST LOOK: The Flight Attendant’s Kaley Cuoco is teaming up with Sam Claflin (Peaky Blinders) for Vanished, a four-part thriller picked up by Prime Video for the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It will launch in 2026.

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ITV appoints Gemma Arterton for Secret Service

FIRST LOOK: Gemma Arterton takes the lead in Secret Service, a political thriller based on Tom Bradby’s novel of the same name that is set to launch on ITV and STV in 2026.

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Keeley Hawes, Paapa Essiedu start Falling for Channel 4

FIRST LOOK: Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu have started filming Falling, a love story written by Jack Thorne (Adolescence, Help) coming soon to Channel 4.

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Prime Video unveils We Were Liars

FIRST LOOK: Emily Alyn Lind, Shubham Maheshwari, Esther McGregor and Joseph Zada head the ensemble cast of Prime Video’s adaptation of E Lockhart’s mystery thriller We Were Liars, which is set to debut worldwide on June 18, 2025.

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U&Drama, BritBox set for Outrageous period drama

FIRST LOOK: Bessie Carter, Joanna Vanderham, Anna Chancellor and James Purefoy star in Outrageous, a new period drama about the Mitford sisters launching on U and U&Drama on June 19.

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ABC, BBC plot another Return to Paradise

FIRST LOOK: Anna Samson, Lloyd Griffith and Tai Hara return for the second season of Australian drama Return to Paradise, which is now filming across Sydney and the Illawarra coast.

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Starz, MGM+ herald Outlander: Blood of my Blood

FIRST LOOK: Outlander: Blood of my Blood, a prequel to the original Outlander historical fantasy drama, will premiere in the US on Starz on Friday, August 8.

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Channel 4 takes a dip with Summerwater

FIRST LOOK: Dougray Scott, Shirley Henderson and Valene Kane have completed filming Scottish drama Summerwater, a six-part series based on the book by Sarah Moss that is coming soon to the UK’s Channel 4.

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BBC, Netflix investigate The Bombing of Pan Am 103

FIRST LOOK: Connor Swindells, Patrick J Adams, Merritt Wever and Peter Mullan lead the cast of The Bombing of Pan Am 103, a BBC and Netflix coproduction based on the true story of 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Apple TV+ honours Chief of War

FIRST LOOK: Jason Momoa stars in upcoming Apple TV+ drama, a series he has also written and executive produced. It is set to debut on August 1, 2025.

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ITV keeps quiet with Code of Silence

FIRST LOOK: Rose Ayling-Ellis, Charlotte Ritchie and Andrew Buchan star in Code of Silence, a six-part crime thriller coming to ITV and STV this May.

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Channel 4 follows its Dreamers

FIRST LOOK: Dreamers is a six-part dance school drama coming soon to Channel 4, featuring characters inspired by true stories of people from the UK city of Leeds.

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ITV, BritBox reunite After the Flood

FIRST LOOK: Sophie Rundle returns to lead the cast for the second season of ITV and BritBox thriller After the Flood, which is now filming in Greater Manchester and Derbyshire.

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Paramount+ revisits The Ex-Wife

FIRST LOOK: Céline Buckens, Tom Mison and Jordan Stephens reunite for season two of psychological thriller The Ex-Wife, coming to Paramount+ later this year.

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Channel 4 welcomes new Couple Next Door

FIRST LOOK: Annabel Scholey, Sam Palladio, Aggy K Adams and Sedhil Ramamurthy star in season two of Channel 4’s dark psychological drama The Couple Next Door, which features a brand new cast and story once again set in a claustrophobic cul-de-sac.

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Acorn TV calls up Art Detectives

FIRST LOOK: True Blood star Stephen Moyer takes the lead in upcoming art world crime drama Art Detectives, launching in the US and Canada on Acorn TV on June 9.

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Peacock shows more Poker Face

FIRST LOOK: Natasha Lyonne returns to solve more mysteries in the second season of Poker Face, launching on US streamer Peacock this spring.

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Masterpiece PBS debuts Maigret

FIRST LOOK: Here’s Benjamin Wainwright (Belgravia: The Next Chapter) as Parisian Chief Inspector Jules Maigret ahead of the launch of Masterpiece PBS’s upcoming series Maigret.

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BBC tames Wild Cherry

FIRST LOOK: Mood creator Nicôle Lecky returns to the BBC with Wild Cherry, a new drama in which she stars alongside Eve Best, Carmen Ejogo, Imogen Faires and newcomer Amelia May. It is currently in production.

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BBC settles in for Film Club

FIRST LOOK: Aimee Lou Wood, Nabhaan Rizwan, Suranne Jones and Liv Hill star in Film Club, a romantic comedy-drama debuting later this year on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.

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