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Category: FIRST LOOK

FIRST LOOK

BBC, ZDF seek Counsels

FIRST LOOK: Filming is underway in Glasgow on upcoming BBC series Counsels, a high-stakes legal drama set in the Scottish city featuring a cast including Brandon Grace, Ro Kumar, Eilidh Park, George Prentice, Alyth Ross and Rebecca Bell.

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Harlan Coben’s Lazarus sets Prime Video debut

FIRST LOOK: Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy and Alexandra Roach star in Harlan Coben’s Lazarus, which will be released worldwide on Prime Video on October 22, 2025.

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BBC, HBO Max partner for Richard Gadd’s Half Man

FIRST LOOK: Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell play brothers in Half Man, Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer that is coming to the BBC and HBO Max in 2026.

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Sky composes Amadeus drama

FIRST LOOK: Will Sharpe, Paul Bettany and Gabrielle Creevy star in Amadeus, a five-part drama that reimagines the meteoric rise and mythic downfall of one of history’s greatest composers. It is due to air later this year on Sky.

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Netflix opens doors to House of Guinness

FIRST LOOK: Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn, Fionn O’Shea and James Norton lead the cast of House of Guinness, a period drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight coming to Netflix on September 25, 2025.

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S4C follows The Light in the Hall

FIRST LOOK: Siân Reese-Williams, Mark Lewis-Jones, Nia Roberts and Robert Glenister star in the second season of Welsh drama Y Golau (The Light in the Hall), which debuts on S4C this September.

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ITV moves to Coldwater

FIRST LOOK: Andrew Lincoln stars in six-part thriller Coldwater, coming to ITV and STV this autumn.

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5 hears The Rumour

FIRST LOOK: All Creatures Great & Small star Rachel Shenton heads the cast of The Rumour, a five-part thriller coming to 5 this autumn.

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ITV, David Tennant investigate The Hack

FIRST LOOK: David Tennant, Robert Carlyle and Toby Jones appear in The Hack, a new ITV drama about the phone hacking scandal coming soon to ITV.

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Suranne Jones, Jodie Whittaker lead ITV’s Frauds

FIRST LOOK: Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker team up for Frauds, an ITV heist thriller due to launch on ITV1 and ITVX later this year.

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Sheridan Smith leads ITV’s I Fought The Law

FIRST LOOK: Sheridan Smith stars as Ann Ming in ITV drama I Fought The Law, telling the real-life story of the mother who fought a 15-year battle to overturn the Double Jeopardy law following the murder of her daughter.

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Netflix takes Pride & Prejudice

FIRST LOOK: Emma Corrin, Freya Mavor, Olivia Colman, Hopey Parish, Rhea Norwood and Hollie Avery (L-R) are pictured for the first time in Pride & Prejudice, a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel coming soon to Netflix.

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Only Murders in the Building sets S5 return

FIRST LOOK: Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez are moving back to Hulu and Disney+ for a fifth season of Only Murders in the Building, which debuts on September 9.

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Ted Lasso strikes back on Apple TV+

FIRST LOOK: Jason Sudeikis is lining up for a fourth season of Ted Lasso, with filming now underway on the next instalment of the Apple TV+ comedy.

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Samuel L Jackson crowned NOLA King

FIRST LOOK: Samuel L Jackson is to lead his first TV series, Paramount+ drama Nola King, a spin-off from the Sylvester Stallone-led Tulsa King.

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BBC welcomes The Guest

FIRST LOOK: Gabrielle Creevy, Eve Myles, Sion Daniel Young and Emun Elliott star in The Guest, a four-part thriller debuting on the BBC this autumn.

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Anna Friel heads BBC drama Unforgivable

FIRST LOOK: Anna Friel, Bobby Schofield, Anna Maxwell Martin, David Threlfall and Austin Haynes star in Unforgivable, a new drama from Jimmy McGovern (Time) airing later this year on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

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Katherine Kelly is In Flight for Channel 4

FIRST LOOK: Katherine Kelly plays a flight attendant caught up in a drug smuggling operation in six-part drama In Flight, coming to Channel 4 in the UK later this year.

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Slow Horses rein at Apple TV+

FIRST LOOK: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden return to lead the cast of Slow Horses season five, which will launch on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.

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Sky explores Gomorrah – Origins

FIRST LOOK: Filming has wrapped on Gomorrah – Origins, a new prequel to the Italian mafia series that will debut on Sky and NOW in January 2026.

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