Will there be a series 3 of The Missing?
Will Harry and Jack Williams' BBC1 mystery be returning? Would the series have a new cast?
As the beloved BBC crime series finds new fans on Netflix, they may be asking one question: will there be a third series of The Missing? Since the second series of the show aired in 2016, creators Harry and Jack Williams revealed that they were open to another series – but without the show's French detective, Julien Baptiste. Tchéky Karyo's character subsequently got his own spin-off series, and the writers previously told RadioTimes.com that if they were to do more of The Missing, "it would be a brand new story and world". This revelation implied that the show would return with an entirely new lead cast, similarly to anthology series such as Fargo and True Detective. Series one of The Missing starred James Nesbitt and Frances O'Connor as parents who enlisted Baptiste's help in their desperate search for their son, who had disappeared while on a family holiday in France. Series two then followed Keeley Hawes and David Morrissey as the parents of a missing schoolgirl, and Baptiste was once again assigned to the case. A third series of the show would, if it eventually appears, not only recast the big-name actors playing the characters at the centre of the missing person case, but it would also feature a brand new detective. In 2017, after the second series ended, Harry emphasised that a third instalment would need to be a completely fresh story: "It would have to be very different, it would have to not be cynical, and it would have to be saying something new," he said. "Never say never." Executive producer Willow Grylls agreed: "The one thing we can say for certain is that like series two, it would be very different from series one and two." However, since these comments, a third run of The Missing has yet to materialise. The spin-off series Baptiste ran for two seasons on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 2019 to 2021 with a somewhat hopeful ending for Baptiste himself. The series also starred Tom Hollander, Jessica Raine and Fiona Shaw. In the meantime, if you're craving more series from the Williams brothers, there's plenty to enjoy, including both runs of, Baptiste, Fleabag, The Liar, and, most recently, The Tourist. Read More: The Missing could get a third series – but without Julien Baptiste Read More: How Baptiste series 2 ended – and what happened to all the characters Read More: Best series to watch on Netflix Visit our TV Guide to see what's on tonight. The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now – subscribe now to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times podcast with Jane Garvey.
How to change the subtitles and audio language on Netflix - for all devices
Don't watch foreign language shows like new series Dark with an English dub. Turn on subtitles instead.
Netflix has plenty of foreign language shows to choose from - including Lupin part 2, which has just recently launched on the platform. But you don't need to watch a dodgy English-language dub – you can easily activate subtitles and change them to suit, whether that's font size or the language. We'll break down how to use Netflix's subtitle options as well as your devices - which will override Netflix's. So whether you use Roku or a Fire Stick we'll have the advice you need. Netflix accounts can default to the English language version instead of the original audio with subtitles. If you want subtitles instead that's easy to fix. Here's how to change the subtitle settings in Netflix and watch all your favourite foreign language shows as they were intended. Best movies on Netflix Best Netflix series How to change the subtitles in Netflix It's really easy. Whatever device you're using, look for the dialogue icon in the playbar at the bottom of the screen. Tap or click the button to bring up the list of options. For Dark for example you want to switch the language to German and the subtitles to English (that's if you're an English speaker wanting to watch in Dark's original German obviously). If it's Lupin, that's French language and subtitles English. You can also turn on the 'closed captioning' (CC) mode if you need more than just dialogue in the subtitles. And, as you can see, there are plenty other languages to choose from. You can also change your preferred language in your account settings, and tweak how subtitles display in the subtitle appearance section. Some settings menus may vary depending on device. How to unlock Netflix secret codes How to manage subtitles on a Fire Stick If you have a Fire TV remote then you can also set your subtitles on and off using the stick rather than Netflix. Head to the description page for the show, and you'll see Audio & Subtitles OR when you're playing Netflix press the down button on your remote and highlight Audio & Subtitles. On the remote click Select to open the menu. Now you can choose your settings and choose to switch the subtitles on or off and/or choose the language. That's it done. How to manage Netflix subtitles on Roku You essentially follow the same method as the Fire Stick on Roku devices. To change the basic options do this within the Roku Netflix app, but to access more options do this within the Netflix account on a web browser. When playing something on Netflix press your up button on the Roku remote and choose Audio & Subtitles in the top left corner. Choose your audio and subtitles language. How to manage Netflix subtitles on an Android or iPhone Again the same process as Roku or a Fire Stick. For Android or iOS you can play something on Netflix and change the settings then. The difference is you cannot do this from a title's description page like on Roku or Fire Stick. Open Netflix on your Android phone or iOS app and choose the show. When it's playing, tap then select Audio & subtitles. Choose the subtitle language and audio language then click apply. How to manage Netflix subtitles on a PC or Mac If you're choosing to change your settings on your Mac or PC you have to make the changes when in the web browser. Launch your Netflix app in the browser. Play something and hover over the screen as it plays then click the dialog icon. Choose your subtitle language and audio. How to manage Netflix subtitles on a Smart TV This is the same process too even with different Smart TVs. Launch Netflix on your Smart TV. Select your episode or movie - head to the options panel and choose Audio & Subtitles option. Choose your subtitle option then head back to the options panel. If you have a newer Smart TV you can actually change Netflix subtitles even when the show or movie is playing. Launch the Netflix app. Play the episode or movie. Press Up on the remote - select the Dialog icon. Make your subtitle selection and then hit back to leave the menu. How to change the subtitle language Got to Netflix website and log in. Select the profile. Click on the dropdown menu, that's the right-corner where you'll see your profile thumbnail. Scroll down the list and click Profile & Parental Controls. Scroll down again and click Language. Choose your preferred language. That's it, now that's chosen for everything. Why do subtitles keeping coming back? If you're now ready to remove the subtitles, tried and they're still not disappearing then it could be for a variety of reasons. Older Smart TVs sometimes have these issues. You can go on another device and remove them if this is the case. If you've used them on the kids section those changes also don't carry across to the adult profiles so you have to reset subtitles. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. How do I change to the text size? If your subtitle text is too small we can adjust that too. You have to go into account settings for this one. Log in to your account Click your settings by clicking the thumbnail icon and dropdown menu. Click Account. Scroll to Profile and Parental Controls - click the arrow next to this. Your Netflix explained guides How much data Netflix uses Play Something on Netflix explained How to watch Netflix on your Mac legally How to delete items from continue watching list If you’re looking for more to watch, check out our TV Guide. Visit our Drama hub for all the latest news.
Who is Anton Du Beke? Strictly Come Dancing 2019 professional dancer guide
Strictly wouldn't be Strictly without this long-serving pro...
Strictly Come Dancing 2019 professionals: Anton Du Beke Age: 53 From: Sevenoaks, Kent Twitter: @TheAntonDuBeke Strictly wins: 0 - third with Lesley Garrett is his highest ever placing. And that was in series one! Who is Anton's celebrity partner for 2019? Anton has been matched with EastEnders star Emma Barton - something Anton is thrilled about. He joked that it was "lovely to be paired with someone with all their own teeth." Which Strictly celebrity was Anton paired with last year? TV presenter Susannah Constantine – the couple became the first to be eliminated from the series. We won't say the exact reason. But we will let you see for yourself below. View oEmbed on the source website Who is Anton Du Beke? Anton started dancing at 14, studying contemporary, jazz, ballet and modern theatre dance. At the same time he was also a junior boxer and county footballer. He met his professional partner Erin Boag in 1997 and they performed a new tour 'From Broadway to Hollywood' in 2018. View oEmbed on the source website Anton is best remembered for his comedic pairings on Strictly Come Dancing, including his partnership with Ann Widdecombe in series 8, who was dubbed 'Starship Widdecombe' by judge Bruno Tonioli when she flew over the dance floor. View oEmbed on the source website Meet the Strictly Come Dancing 2019 professionals
Who is Oti Mabuse? Strictly Come Dancing 2019 professional dancer guide
Will Oti be the lifting the trophy this year?
Strictly Come Dancing 2019 professionals: Oti Mabuse Age: 29 Born: Pretoria, South Africa Twitter: @OtiMabuse Instagram: @otimabuse Strictly wins: 0. Although she had an early exit with Anthony Ogogo in 2015, Oti made it to the final with Danny Mac in 2016. In 2017 she partnered with the show's first-ever Paralympic competitor Jonnie Peacock, finishing in eighth place. Which Strictly celebrity is Oti paired with this year? Oti has already had a rough ride on Strictly - and we haven't even got on the dance floor yet. Having initially been partnered with Jamie Laing, the dancer admitted she was "in bed and in tears" when she heard the Made in Chelsea star had to pull out the show, following a leg injury. However, Oti has now been paired with Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher, who Oti has deemed "incredible". Which Strictly celebrity was Oti paired with last year? Cricketer Graeme Swann. The pair finished in seventh place. View oEmbed on the source website Who is Oti Mabuse? Oti's speciality is Latin. Though she studied Civil Engineering at university, dancing has always been her true passion. Her love of Latin has seen her travel the world collecting title after title, including first-place in German Championship PD Freestyle Latin and winning the South African Latin American Championships eight times. She joined Strictly in 2015, but Oti and partner boxer Anthony Ogogo made a surprise exit in week three after their Rocky-themed Paso Doble failed to win over the judges and the public. View oEmbed on the source website In 2016, Oti made Strictly history with her celebrity dance partner Danny Mac, after their scintillating Samba became the first to score four tens from each of the judges. It was dubbed the “perfect samba masterclass” by judge Darcey Bussell and likened to a “pagan mating ritual" by a very excited Bruno Tonioli. The duo went all the way to the final in 2016 and finished as runner-up. That remains her best Strictly performance, following her ninth week exit with Jonnie Peacock in 2017. Mabuse was also a captain on BBC1's The Greatest Dancer, leading 14-year-old solo dancer Ellie Fergusson to victory in the show's first series. View oEmbed on the source website Is Oti Mabuse related to new judge Motsi Mabuse? Yes! The two are sisters. And that mean Motsi will have to score her sister and celebrity partner. However, this won’t be anything too new for the siblings, with Motsi previously critiquing Oti on Let’s Dance, the German version of Strictly. Meet the Strictly Come Dancing 2018 professionals
When is The Crown season 3 on Netflix? Cast, plot and true story behind the drama
Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies take over as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when the drama returns to Netflix – but who else is joining them in the epic drama?
The Crown is the poster child for streaming giant Netflix, a lavish big budget drama with an irresistible subject matter: the British royal family. Olivia Colman succeeds Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in season three of Netflix's royal biopic. Following Foy's Emmy best actress win for her role in the Netflix drama, expectations are high for Oscar winner Colman's performance. After a prolonged search, Tobias Menzies joined the show in March 2018 as Prince Philip, replacing Matt Smith. With Claire Foy and Matt Smith now gone, the drama is about to move into a new era both with a rebooted cast and with time moving forward in this epic story of the most famous family on the planet. REVIEW: The cast has changed but The Crown season 3 is as majestic as ever Find out everything we know about The Crown season three below... What date and time is The Crown season three released on Netflix? The Crown season three was released on Sunday 17th November 2019 at 8am (GMT). All ten episodes of The Crown season three are available to stream on Netflix now. Real-life history behind The Crown season 3 If you're curious about the stories and events that inspired Netflix's The Crown, we've got all the big questions covered with these in-depth features... Was the Queen's art adviser Anthony Blunt really a Soviet Spy? Did the Queen visit Winston Churchill before his death – and attend his funeral? Did people really think Prime Minister Harold Wilson was a Soviet agent? Did Princess Margaret charm (and kiss) President Lyndon B Johnson? Inside Margaret's affair with Roddy Llewellyn and the collapse of her marriage "I had nightmares for years": The real-life story behind The Crown's Aberfan episode, as told by the survivors The story of Philip's mother – and her extraordinary life The real story behind the 1969 Royal Family documentary Did Prince Charles get sent to learn Welsh for the Investiture? Was there a plot to overthrow Harold Wilson – in a coup led by Lord Mountbatten? How Prince Philip met the Apollo 11 astronauts While season one was released in November 2016 and season two in December 2017 – just in time for Christmas – Netflix was always anticipating a longer break in between seasons two and three due to the introduction of the brand new cast. But it shouldn't be another two-year wait for the next instalment, as season four is already in production. "We start again with season four in August," Colman confirmed following her Oscar win in February. And after season four, we'll be set for yet another cast change-over... Why have the original actors been replaced? Unusually for a TV drama, The Crown has been produced with changes in the central cast in mind. The plan from the beginning has been to tell the story of Queen Elizabeth II's reign across six seasons of 10 episodes each, with the cast reseting after the second and fourth seasons. What is going to happen in The Crown season 3? The third and fourth series will span the years 1964-77, with series one and two having covered the early years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, from 1947-63. Show-runner Peter Morgan confirmed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that the new season will focus less upon Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II's relationship - which he suggests became settled after the years of turmoil depicted in season two - and more on the breakdown of the marriage of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. View oEmbed on the source website He added that Charles and Camilla will be a central focus of the season, too. “People always assume Charles cheated on Diana with Camilla,” he says. “It’s absolutely the wrong way round. He was deeply in love with Camilla and forced to marry Diana.” On top of this, the series will see the monarch cultivating her steadiest relationship with a Prime Minister yet in Harold Wilson, who served as head of the British government during this period. Join our Netflix Facebook Group to discuss what you’re currently watching Discover the real history behind Netflix's The Crown season 1-2 Enjoy Helen Mirren's regal performance in Sky original Catherine the Great on NOW TV [Watch now] (sponsored article) New star Tobias Menzies revealed to RadioTimes.com that the series will include an episode on the Apollo 11 moon landing, and how Prince Philip reacted to the momentous event in history. “We’ve just been shooting a really interesting episode which was all tied into the moon landings in ’69,” he revealed. “[Showrunner] Peter [Morgan] has taken this angle that Philip gets very absorbed by the heroism of these men compared to what maybe he hasn’t done with his own life." Series three should also cover Prince Charles' movement into the public eye following his coronation as the Prince of Wales in 1969. Josh O'Connor, who plays the young prince, says the new series introduces Charles while he is still a student. "We start off with Charles at Cambridge University, that’s where we bring him into the series," he told RadioTimes.com. "This is where we scale a significant part of his life which I feel so honoured and excited to tell the story. And tell a very different side of the story that we may not have seen or have known about." HIGHLIGHTS Meet the cast & characters of The Crown season 3 The Crown season 3 soundtrack – all the songs and music in the Netflix show Is there a trailer for The Crown? Yes! We now have our first full trailer. Check it out below. View oEmbed on the source website The Crown season 3 first-look trailer sees Claire Foy ‘regenerate’ into Olivia Colman And here's a shorter teaser: View oEmbed on the source website Who is in the cast of The Crown? The Queen: Olivia Colman was the first new cast member announced - she replaces Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II. Netflix has seemingly struck gold with the casting, especially after Colman won the Oscar for playing a different queen in 2018 film The Favourite. She told RadioTimes.com about the moment when she knew she was in the running for the role. “I got a phone call from my agent when I was in a car [telling her that she had been asked to meet with director Peter Morgan]," she said. "I think I had fairly recently finished watching the first series, which I think I had done in about three nights – and so I was very excited. My agent was trying to be subtle, not knowing who was in the car with me and she went, ‘It’s something about a tiara’, and I went, ‘Oh, it’s The Crown!'" Check out the full interview below. John Lithgow escapes recasting – and returns as Winston Churchill in The Crown season 3 Meet the cast of The Crown season 3 View oEmbed on the source website She has also warned people however that her role as Queen Elizabeth will be very different compared to her Oscar-winning performance as Queen Anne in The Favourite. “You can’t compare the two. They both have the word ‘queen’ in the title but that’s it, that’s where it ends," she said in a post-Oscars interview with ABC. “Queen Elizabeth’s much harder to play. There are sort of no rules for Queen Anne: no one can say, ‘She doesn’t sound like that.’” Prince Philip: In late March 2018, it was announced that Outlander star Tobias Menzies would be filling the role of Prince Philip, after much speculation (it was initially rumoured that Paul Bettany was in line to replace Matt Smith). Explaining how he prepared to play the Duke of Edinburgh, Menzies told RadioTimes.com, "I just listened to him loads. It’s partly a technical thing: you want to sound and look like him, but move like him too. I’ve gone slightly crazy just listening to him and listening to him." Princess Margaret Veteran actress Helena Bonham Carter has taken on the role of Princess Margaret in series three, after Netflix confirmed the long-rumoured casting. In January 2018, Vanessa Kirby, the actress who played Margaret in the first two series, shared an Instagram picture with Bonham Carter along with the caption "honoured". She tagged The Crown's official Instagram account, too. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd4pPWmFBWj/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_profile_upsell_logged_in_control Line of Duty star Jason Watkins plays Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Call the Midwife actor Erin Doherty has taken the role of Princess Anne. Prince Charles The Durrells star Josh O'Connor plays Prince Charles in a key period in the Prince of Wales's history. O'Connor joked he had "the ears for the part". But appearances aside, O'Connor has stated that he's not looking to entirely mimic Prince Charles, stating his role in The Crown is distinct from the real-life heir to the throne. "What [writer] Peter Morgan does is that he doesn’t just present us with what we can see on YouTube. He goes behind the closed doors," he said at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival. "It’s ticking little things people can register and identify as Prince Charles but going beyond that and creating a full character that isn’t just Prince Charles, and is something else." The Queen Mother is played by Marion Bailey. In October 2018, Netflix confirmed that Call the Midwife star Emerald Fennell would play the key role of Camilla Shand (now known as Camilla Parker-Bowles, or the Duchess of Cornwall) – Prince Charles' future wife. "I'm absolutely over the moon and completely terrified to be joining so many hugely talented people on The Crown," Fennell said, adding cheekily, "I absolutely love Camilla, and am very grateful that my teenage years have well prepared me for playing a chain-smoking serial snogger with a pudding bowl hair cut." Winston Churchill makes one final appearance in The Crown season three, as John Lithgow returns to play the former Prime Minister. He is the only original actor to escape re-casting. Game of Thrones star Charles Dance appears in The Crown too, playing Prince Charles' favourite great-uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten. FULL CAST LIST: The Crown season 3 The X-Files and Sex Education star Gillian Anderson meanwhile will play Margaret Thatcher in season four. View oEmbed on the source website Will Princess Diana feature in The Crown season three? Emma Corrin will play Lady Diana Spencer (the future Princess of Wales) in The Crown. While Corrin has been cast in the Netflix series, she won't make her first on-screen appearance until season four. However, with filming beginning on the fourth season, her casting was confirmed in April 2019. "I have been glued to the show and to think I'm now joining this incredibly talented acting family is surreal," Corrin said. "Princess Diana was an icon and her effect on the world remains profound and inspiring. To explore her through Peter Morgan's writing is the most exceptional opportunity and I will strive to do her justice!" she added. Her new co-star O'Connor later praised the casting, telling RadioTimes.com, “I’ve met her and I think she is young but she’s totally on point. She’s an incredible talent." How similar do the new cast of The Crown look to the actual royals? While Colman will be familiar to British drama fans, it's striking just how similar she appears to Queen Elizabeth II in her first official photo in costume. And she's not the only one: looking back at photos from the time, we can see that the new cast could well be very suited to their roles. Check out the comparisons here. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. Is there going to be a season four of The Crown? Yes, season four of The Crown will follow in 2020 with the same main characters, with a further two seasons (and a further cast reset) due in the following couple of years. So plenty more to look forward to for fans of the show.
How to watch Hannibal – what’s it about and who’s in the cast?
Are you hungry for more of Bryan Fuller's horror adaptation of Thomas Harris' acclaimed book series?
Bryan Fuller's delicious TV series Hannibal brings Thomas Harris' iconic serial killer from page to screen, starring Mads Mikkelsen as Dr Hannibal Lecter. The series premiered in 2013 and came to an end two years later. How can I watch and stream Hannibal? While Hannibal was cancelled after just three seasons, all 39 episodes of are available to gorge on Netflix. The series is also available to rent or buy on services including Amazon, iTunes and Google Play. Hannibal joins Star Trek: Discovery on Netflix, another show originally co-created by Bryan Fuller. The showrunner stepped away from Discovery in 2016. What is Hannibal about? NBC's psychological thriller serves as a prequel to the likes of Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs. The story picks up with FBI special investigator Will Graham as he tries to hunt down the sadistic Chesapeake Ripper. Reporting to Jack Crawford - head of Behavioral Sciences at the FBI - Will also seeks out the help of renowned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Even though Will has his own tormented past, it's nothing compared to the dark secrets that Hannibal hides in his larder. A game of cat and mouse ensues as the FBI tries to take down the Chesapeake Ripper without realising he's been in front of their faces the entire time. A complicated love triangle also emerges between Will, Lecter, and Professor Alana Bloom. As the series evolves, Will and Hannibal's relationship becomes more than just doctor and patient. Sometimes working together, sometimes drifting apart, Will and Hannibal also face villainous entities like the unhinged Mason Veger, psychotic Abel Gideon, and the mysterious Tooth Fairy. Who is in Hannibal? Taking the lead, Hugh Dancy plays FBI special investigator Will Graham in Hannibal. He's joined by Casino Royale's Mads Mikkelsen as the titular Hannibal. Both were praised for their chemistry on screen and expanding Harris' characters from the books. The Matrix's Laurence Fishburne rules the roost as Jack Crawford, while Caroline Dhavernas portrays Alana Bloom. Elsewhere, The X Files' Gillian Anderson plays Hannibal's psychiatrist, Dr Bedelia Du Maurier. Originally appearing as a recurring character in season one, Du Maurier is promoted to a series regular in season three. Gina Torres is Bella Crawford - Jack's wife who is suffering from lung cancer. Scott Thompson and Aaron Abrams add comedy value as crime scene investigators Jimmy Price and Brian Zeller. Also along for the ride, Raúl Esparza is the downtrodden and sleazy Dr Frederick Chilton, who is the power-mad administrator of Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lara Jean Chorostecki is a gender-flipped version of Harris' Freddie Lounds - a nosey journalist from true crime website TattleCrime. Boardwalk Empire's Michael Pitt plays Mason Verger in season two, replaced by Joe Anderson in season three. Katharine Isabelle stars as Margot Verger and evolves into a sympathetic character after many years of abuse at the hands of her brother. Finally, guest star Eddie Izzard is the institutionalised Abel Gideon and Kacey Rohl plays the complicated Abigail Hobbs. Richard Armitage joins for the final season as Francis Dollarhyde. Harnessing the power of the mythical Red Dragon, Dollarhyde is best-known by his alter ego as the Tooth Fairy. View oEmbed on the source website Mads Mikkelsen is still on board for more Hannibal Is Hannibal connected to the movies? Mikkelsen is the third actor to play Hannibal Lecter. Brian Cox appeared as the culinary cannibal in 1986's Manhunter. Despite its cult status, Manhunter failed to cash in on the success of later adaptations. Most famously, Anthony Hopkins portrayed Hannibal in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, 2001's Hannibal, and 2002's Red Dragon. Although both Hannibal and the various movies are based on Harris' four books, the TV show tends to veer away from the source material with more of a focus on the dynamic between Will and Hannibal. Fuller had originally planned for the first three seasons to cover original material, the fourth to chart Harris' Red Dragon novel, the fifth The Silence of the Lambs, the sixth Hannibal, and a final season of new content to round off the story. Hannibal often struggled in the ratings stakes and Fuller moved his plans around to incorporate Red Dragon into season 3. Elsewhere, a bitter battle between studios meant NBC couldn't secure the rights to Agent Clarice Starling/most of The Silence of the Lambs' characters. How many seasons are there of Hannibal? Despite a loyal fanbase that grew over the years, the show was cancelled in 2015 – leading to an outcry. Season three ended on one of the biggest TV cliffhangers of all time, and viewers might never find out what happened to Dr Lecter and Will Graham as they apparently plunged to their doom. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. There's been plenty of talk about a possible continuation, with Fuller sharing fans' pain and teasing a possible revival, saying, "a hungry cannibal can always dine again." So far that revival has never materialised, although now that all three seasons are available to stream online, at least fans can still enjoy a bite of the action.
What to watch after Line of Duty - or while you wait for the next season
Don't know what to watch now AC-12's case has run its course? Perhaps these brilliant crime series can help
Line of Duty series 5 has come to an end, and while that means we can breathe a little easier on Sunday nights, it's tough to know where we'll go next for tortuous interview scenes, creepy coppers and killer corruption. If you're not sure what to watch next, perhaps these shows can help fill the void? The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies View oEmbed on the source website Still mourning the death of Timothy Ifield AKA Jason Watkins? Watch his landmark role as the man wrongfully accused of the murder of Bristol woman Joanna Yates. ITV showed it in two parts, but the version on Netflix strips out the ad breaks and turns it into a single feature-length film. Trust us, you won't be able to switch off. Watch on Netflix Shadow of Truth View oEmbed on the source website You've been told countless times to watch Making a Murderer, Netflix's true story of murder investigation and slow-burn interrogation scenes. Instead, try Shadow of Truth instead. The four-part documentary follows the murder of a 13-year-old girl of an Israeli girl in the Golan Heights. A Ukrainian immigrant is eventually charged, but of course, the investigation comes with serious question marks. Watch on Netflix State of Play Before we were obsessed by the corruption-busting investigations of AC-12, there was this brilliant political conspiracy, with lone journalist Cal McAffrey (John Simm) investigating the death of a researcher for ambitious politician Stephen Collins (David Morrissey). Buy on BBC Store or Amazon The People v OJ Simpson View oEmbed on the source website If you've go used to Line of Duty's mix of thrilling twists and meticulous attention to detail, true crime is really the only way you need to go. BBC2 first broadcast this hit US adaptation of the OJ Simpson trial last, and are set to show the next instalment in the American Crime Story franchise focusing on Hurricane Katrina. Before then, catch up with the whole thing on Netflix. Watch on Netflix Murder View oEmbed on the source website The case is heard, the evidence laid out, the confessions made directly to camera – now you decide who is guilty or innocent. If you worked out the twists in Line of Duty weeks ago, test your amateur detective skills in this ambitious drama series. Buy on BBC Store or Amazon Reported Missing "Every two minutes, someone in Britain is reported missing," we're told at the beginning of this grimly fascinating documentary series. There's no thrill of the whodunnit here, just the dedicated work of police desperate to reunite missing people with their loved ones. All three episodes are available on iPlayer, but the third is by far the most powerful: 82-year-old Archie has dementia, and since the death of his wife three months ago he's been struggling. Now the ex-Para has walked out of his home, and nobody knows where he is. Watch on BBC iPlayer Murder in Successville View oEmbed on the source website Why worry yourself with what Roz Huntley did when you can watch Richard Osman, Martin Kemp and Lorraine Kelly solve crimes while trying not to corpse? BBC3's improv comedy/murder mystery is into its third series, and is as brilliantly impossible to explain as ever... Watch on BBC3 For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. Line of Duty OK, bit of a cop out, but anyone who has watched this series without having seen the previous four will probably have found parts of this thriller completely baffling – particularly that final episode. Series one and two are available on Netflix UK, with series three available to buy on BBC Store and Amazon.
Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance all-star cast - Mark Hamill, Helena Bonham-Carter and Sigourney Weaver among stars
Kingsman star Taron Egerton, The Witch's Anya Taylor-Joy and Game of Thrones' Nathalie Emmanuel lead the fantasy series based on the groundbreaking Jim Henson film
Netflix has drawn on an impressive array of stars for its major upcoming series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Star Wars' Mark Hamill, Harry Potter's Helena Bonham-Carter and Tomb Raider star Alicia Vikander are just some of the big screen stars set to voice characters in the new fantasy epic. Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer, Outlander's Caitriona Balfe and Star Trek: Discovery's Jason Isaacs have also been named as actors in the new series, based on Jim Henson's cult 1982 film The Dark Crystal. Netflix January 2019 new releases: the best movies and TV shows coming soon When is The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance released? Leading the series will be Kingsman star Taron Egerton, The Witch actress Anya Taylor-Joy and Game of Thrones' Nathalie Emmanuel, as 'Gelfling' heroes Rian, Brea and Deet. New on Netflix: the best movies and TV shows released every day Top Netflix TV series Top 50 Netflix movies Need something new to watch on Netflix? Click here <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2017/12/TheCrown_210_Unit_00197_R-a6b2b25.jpg" width="6000" height="4000" alt="The Crown - Matt Smith, Peter Morgan, Claire Foy - Writer/Creator Peter Morgan with Matt Smith (Prince Philip) and Claire Foy (Queen Elizabeth II)" title="The Crown - Matt Smith, Peter Morgan, Claire Foy - Writer/Creator Peter Morgan with Matt Smith (Prince Philip) and Claire Foy (Queen Elizabeth II)" /> “To match the stunning visual world of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, we knew we had to entice some incredible voice talent to add dimension to the exquisite artistry of the puppeteers who bring the characters to life," Netflix VP of Original Series said following the casting announcement. "I am proud to say that this may be one of the finest casts assembled from the world’s favourite TV shows and movies, and I am now even more excited for fans to come back to Thra with us, and for new viewers to discover this world for the very first time,” she added. When is Stranger Things 3 released on Netflix? British actors and comics including Eddie Izzard, Simon Pegg and Toby Jones also join the series, alongside the likes of Brooklyn Nine Nine's Andy Samberg and Black Mirror's Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Lena Headey, Awkwafina, Benedict Wong and Sigourney Weaver have also been added to the cast. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is a prequel to Muppets creator Jim Henson and Frank Oz's original film, set "many years before the events of the movie" according to Netflix. The series will still however employ "classic puppetry" just like the original film, along with "cutting edge visual effects". Lisa Henson, CEO of the Jim Henson Company, said, “It is humbling to see so many truly gifted actors join The Dark Crystal universe by adding their voices to Age of Resistance. As with the original film, we are now adding a voice cast of the highest caliber that will provide textures and range to the puppetry performances that are the heart of the series. "It is thrilling to see this assembled team of artists, puppeteers and now voice actors, many inspired by my father’s original film, work together to realise this unique world – through performance and craft – at a scale that is rarely seen today.” View oEmbed on the source website The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance full cast list Series stars... Taron Egerton (Kingsman) as Rian Anya Taylor Joy (The Witch) as Brea Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones) as Deet Other Gelfling characters include... Caitriona Balfe (Outlander) Helena Bonham-Carter (The King’s Speech) Harris Dickinson (forthcoming Maleficent 2) Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) Eddie Izzard (Ocean’s Thirteen) Theo James (The Divergent Series) Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Cloverfield Paradox) Mark Strong (Kingsman) Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider) Skeksis & Mystics characters are voiced by... Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song) Mark Hamill (Knightfall, Star Wars) Ralph Ineson (Game of Thrones) Jason Isaacs (The OA) Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele) Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (True Detective) Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible) Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine Nine) Aughra will be voiced by... Aughra - Donna Kimball (The Happytime Murders) The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is released on Netflix on August 30.
When is Dark season two released on Netflix?
Can you remember every time travelling twist in Netflix's thrilling German sci-fi? You've not got long to re-watch season one...
Dark, Netflix's mind and time-bending German sci-fi series, is back for season two. Shifting between 1986, 1953, 2019 and beyond, the time travel thriller was a breakout international hit when season one was released back in December 2017. And now Netflix has confirmed that the show will run for three seasons. How much can you remember about Jonas's wanderings through Winden? Find out more about season two below. Netflix release dates 2019 Why is everybody comparing Dark to Stranger Things? When is Dark season two released on Netflix? A teaser trailer for the upcoming episodes confirmed that Dark season two will be released on 21st June 2019. The date is significant in terms of the series itself: 21st June 2019 is the date when 'Michael Kahnwald' committed suicide, leaving a message for his 'son' Jonas which started the whole series off (if you've watched the first season, you'll understand why we're being a bit cagey the names and family relations here). Perhaps incidentally, perhaps deliberately, Netflix also chose to confirm the release date on the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster (26th April). With the nuclear plant in Winden playing a significant role of the events of Dark, the timing seems telling. Dark season two began filming in June 2018. Where is Dark on Netflix filmed? How to change the subtitles on Netflix Watch the first teaser trailer for Dark season two View oEmbed on the source website What is going to happen in Dark season two? "Welcome to the future". So begins the teaser trailer above for the second season of Dark. With Jonas having travelled into a post-apocalyptic wasteland at the end of Dark season one, it seems clear that much of the action of season two will be devoted to understanding exactly what happened to precipitate the "apocalypse" of 2052 hinted at during the season one climax – and whether anything can be done to stop it. Of course, with characters interlocked throughout time, and the mysterious 'Noah' seeking to control and re-write the whole history and future of humanity, there are hundreds of unanswered questions in this confounding series. Showrunners Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese have promised that season two, made up of eight new episodes, will include new characters and new time levels, both in the past and the future. New cast members include Sylvester Groth, Winfried Glatzeder and Sandra Borgmann. This page will be updated with more details closer to release. In the meantime, it's probably worth re-watching Dark season one now. Watch on Netflix New on Netflix: the best movies and TV shows released every day Top Netflix TV series Top 50 Netflix movies Need something new to watch on Netflix? Click here <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2017/12/TheCrown_210_Unit_00197_R-a6b2b25.jpg" width="6000" height="4000" alt="The Crown - Matt Smith, Peter Morgan, Claire Foy - Writer/Creator Peter Morgan with Matt Smith (Prince Philip) and Claire Foy (Queen Elizabeth II)" title="The Crown - Matt Smith, Peter Morgan, Claire Foy - Writer/Creator Peter Morgan with Matt Smith (Prince Philip) and Claire Foy (Queen Elizabeth II)" /> Will there be a third season of Dark? Yes! Netflix has announced that Dark will be a trilogy, with a third instalment to follow in 2020. View oEmbed on the source website
Bodyguard on Netflix: Everything you need to know about the hit BBC TV series
The 2018 political thriller starring Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden has been a huge success in the UK – but will viewers in the US and abroad be convinced?
Hit TV series Bodyguard is now on Netflix – but can the BBC series be a hit abroad as well as in the UK? The six-part political thriller tells the story of Principal Protection Officer David Budd (played by Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden), who is assigned to protect controversial British home secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes). The very first episode throws viewers into a nail-biting stand-off featuring former military man Budd and a potential suicide bomber. From there the tension barely lets up, as the series pushes personal relationships to breaking point against a backdrop of rising terror threats. The show aired weekly on BBC1 in the UK, but is now available to binge on Netflix in the USA and internationally. Read on to find out more about Bodyguard, including exclusive interviews and full episode-by-episode recaps, as well as what the future holds for season two... "Freaking good" – US viewers and critics react to Bodyguard on Netflix How accurate is Bodyguard? How Jed Mercurio created a terrorism and politics thriller with "heightened reality" Should I watch Bodyguard on Netflix? David Budd is a British police officer and Army veteran who is assigned to protect Home Secretary Julia Montague. Bodyguard full cast and character guide In UK politics, the home secretary is responsible for all internal (as opposed to foreign) affairs, including immigration, policing, national security and counter-terrorism. It is one of the most important roles in UK government. When it comes to Bodyguard, the job becomes even more relevant, as much of the action revolves around perceived terrorist threats, public safety and possible corruption in the police and secret services. The series also contains a number of cameos from real-life British news anchors and reporters, including headline political interviewer Andrew Marr. Counter-terrorism police use BBC’s Bodyguard to boost recruitment View oEmbed on the source website At first the story seems to be about whether bodyguard Budd can put aside his personal antipathies and fulfil his professional duty to protect Montague. “There is an apparatus set up to protect politicians,” series creator Jed Mercurio tells Radio Times, “but those within that apparatus will have their own political views. I’ve got mates who are police officers and mates who are in the military and they often have a very different view to the policy they’re asked to carry out.” However, that's just the tip of the iceberg in a series full of major twists and turns. If you're coming to the series fresh however, be warned: there will be lots of spoilers online following the series' airing in the UK. And given writer Mercurio's tendency to kill off major characters in his dramas, be careful what you click on. From here on in, we'll link to episode recaps that contains spoilers. View oEmbed on the source website Bodyguard season 1 episode summaries and reviews Episode 1 Bodyguard opening episodes sparks online debate about female job roles – and train times Bodyguard's Home Secretary Keeley Hawes reveals how she learned to face down the real Andrew Marr Episode 2 Richard Madden: 'I try not to let my Bodyguard character get into my head too much' View oEmbed on the source website Episode 3 8 questions we have after that explosive episode of Bodyguard Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio "thought long and hard" about revealing contents of THAT briefcase Episode 4 Bodyguard episode four produces another stunning plot twist 7 questions we have after Bodyguard episode four Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio: there's no such thing as a "can't-die" character Episode 5 9 critical questions we have after Bodyguard episode 5 Who is Chanel in Bodyguard – and why has she returned now? Episode 6 Bodyguard series finale – live recap and reaction Bodyguard's action-packed series finale – explained Bodyguard episode 6 review: was the season 1 finale just too absurd? View oEmbed on the source website Jed Mercurio would “absolutely” do Bodyguard series 2 – but there’s one big problem Will there be a Bodyguard season two? The ending of Bodyguard leaves open the possibility of Richard Madden's David Budd returning for a second run, although as of yet nothing is set in stone. Creator Mercurio however has been keen on the idea of a second series of Bodyguard since the very beginning. Speaking on set, the showrunner said, "I really do love doing returning series, so if this is successful, and people stick with it, then it would be great to do more." He later told Radio Times that he would be ready to do more if the BBC offered him the opportunity. "You have to wait until the end because anything can happen," he said. "Some shows do nosedive at the end, or some piece of content could become incredibly controversial and affect the way the show is seen. In the end, you have to accept that the broadcaster holds all the cards." The ending of season one sees Budd finally agreeing to go to therapy for his PTSD, taking the first step towards recovery. Although it's possible that a second season could introduce an entirely new bodyguard as the main character, at the moment it looks like Mercurio is hoping to get Budd back – and perhaps give him a new "principal" to protect. "He's the genuine article, a real leading man. And I think this role has put him very much in the spotlight for bigger things," the screenwriter told Radio Times. "So the practicality may be that we have to work round his availability, if we are lucky enough to get him back." However, Budd is just one thread in the story of a political scandal that has far wider implications – so perhaps the series will follow that trail of corruption further? We will update this page as soon as we know more.
Good Omens: how did so many incredible actors end up in the same cast?
Neil Gaiman's TV adaptation of the beloved fantasy novel is blessed with a wonderful line-up. RadioTimes.com speaks to the casting director who helped assembled them...
Michael Sheen and David Tennant. Jon Hamm and Frances McDormand. Benedict Cumberbatch and Anna Maxwell Martin. From the moment the cast was revealed, the omens were good for Good Omens, Neil Gaiman’s TV adaptation of his and Terry Pratchett’s beloved fantasy novel. Leading US stars appear alongside British acting greats, from Nick Offerman to Derek Jacobi, Michael McKean to Miranda Richardson. How did so many headline names end up in the same show? Good Omens review: "A devilishly funny love letter to the book" Neil Gaiman: Agnes Nutter was almost cut from Good Omens – but I couldn’t do that to Terry Pratchett’s creation The best TV shows airing in 2019 Some, like Sheen, were instantly drawn to working with Gaiman, having been fans of his work for years. Others, like Cumberbatch and Brian Cox, were glorious late arrivals, coming in to voice roles long after filming had finished. But it took one person to bring them all together. To negotiate with agents, check availabilities, work with Gaiman and director Douglas Mackinnon, and turn character descriptions on the page into living, breathing realisations. That person is Suzanne Smith. View oEmbed on the source website Smith is the casting director for Good Omens. She, along with her small team of three based in north London, manages every stage of the casting process, from auditioning unknown child actors to signing the biggest names in Hollywood. “I'm involved in so many different stages,” she tells RadioTimes.com. “It's consultations between the director, the producer and the studio. I negotiated the deals with the help of BBC Business Affairs.” “It's about looking at all of the roles: making sure that you have actors for each role, making sure the director and producer are happy,” she continues. “I was on it for over a year.” It’s easy to overlook the role of a casting director. Viewers see the actor on screen once the show goes out, are either hooked by their performance or switch off. But that is just the final piece of a long, logistical nightmare of a process. Some are trying to shine a long-overdue light on their role. A petition for casting directors’ work to be recognised by Bafta has been launched by Broadchurch actor Shaun Dooley, for example. View oEmbed on the source website “We are a head of department, but the only head of department that is not recognised by a Bafta award. For whatever reason they don't think that our contribution is enough to garner an award, which I think is incorrect,” Smith says. “If you think about your favourite shows, those actors aren't necessarily picked by the producer or director. Who’s responsible for that chemistry? It's the casting director. We champion actors. Think about Line of Duty: that wonderful cast didn't just appear by magic. And that is part of the role of the casting director. I think it's important for us to be recognised.” Perhaps there is no better person to lift the lid on what exactly a casting director does than Smith herself... The cast of Good Omens is incredible. Does that mean this was the easiest job in the world – or the hardest? The process of casting this was quite hard, simply because of the number of characters. I started with a long list of all the characters and all the scripts. It’s not often that you have all the scripts when you're casting a project, but we had all six because we knew they would not be filmed in order. Some were filmed here in the UK, some were filmed in South Africa, so it was location driven. You'll see when you watch it: there are so many different locations, so many different time periods. Where do you start with a project like this? You go through all the scripts and build a cast list, laying out exactly what scene each character is in and how big their role is. Do they have two lines, or are they in it for three episodes? As I say, you don't always get all the scripts together. Sometimes you're working one episode at a time – and sometimes scripts can be very late. I have casting friends who received a script two days before filming started: they were doing deals with people right at the last moment. Every job is different, but you’re always talking to the creators, in this case showrunner Neil Gaiman and director Douglas McKinnon. Neil loves actors, so does Douglas. They go to the theatre a lot, so they know quite a lot of our actors as well. Between all of us we’re building lists, checking availabilities: lots of late-night phone calls. When you say ‘lists’, is that essentially a wish list of actors who you’d like to see in the role? Yes. You talk about what they would like to see in the role: age, feeling, gender etc. For Good Omens, we changed quite a lot of characters from the book that could have been male into female, for example. A lot of Good Omens is about double acts – and none more so than Crowley and Aziraphale. How did you get David Tennant and Michael Sheen on board? We got them to read the scripts basically. Douglas knew David because he'd worked on Doctor Who, and Neil knew them because he knows everybody! I do know that Douglas and Neil wanted those actors, but you still have to do lists for all the characters, because the money isn't coming from Neil and Douglas: it's coming from Amazon and the BBC. We were very lucky. They loved the scripts, they loved the concept, they knew the project – and they were available. That's the most important thing. Sometimes I think people think, "Oh yes I could cast". But that doesn't mean to say that the one actor that you think is right for your role is available. View oEmbed on the source website As well as the individual actors, are you also trying to work out whether there will be a good dynamic between them? It's a bit like matchmaking, isn't it? Will the chemistry be right? And often in casting – not in this case but in other shows I've worked on – we have done what are called 'chemistry reads'. I was the casting director for Outlander, and we did a chemistry read for our two leading actors on that, Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe. What about other roles, like Newt and Anathema for example? Did you hold auditions? We did a list for both characters. I worked with the person we eventually cast as Anathema before – Adria Arjona – on Emerald City. Jack Whitehall was top on the list for Newt, but again we were lucky that they were both available; it doesn't always work that way. When we first asked Miranda Richardson to be Madame Trace y she wasn't available, but then our filming dates shifted and it just worked out that she could do it. It sounds like a logistical nightmare... It is. Remember we also had filming in South Africa, so we knew that certain characters would have to travel as well. The kids were all filmed in one place, so that was easier. Jon Hamm and his fellow angels were all filmed here in the UK, but the demons were filmed in various places. So yes, it's quite difficult to work out and it's a huge thing to negotiate. Did you get actors who said yes straight away, just because they were fans of Neil Gaiman’s work? We did. It happened twice: once an agent said, "There's an actor that really loves Good Omens. If there's a role for him, no matter how small, let us know." And there was a role for him in the end. They said it's their favourite book, and you would never have expected it. Is casting harder when you’re working on an adaptation of a book? I suppose that when you read something, you do have a picture in your mind about the story and the hero. However, in adaptations things change, because you can't always put everything onto the screen. I remember when Sam Heughan was first announced for Outlander, the author Diana Gabaldon announced him to the fans, which I think is a great way of doing it. Likewise Neil announced the actors for Good Omens. I also remember that when Sam was first announced, some Outlander fans replied back, "He's too short", or "His hair is not red enough". And Sam is six foot three! Everybody has their own imagination. View oEmbed on the source website How much of a sway do you have in the final decision? How far can you push your preferred actor? I have my ‘three’ rule, which is you can push an actor three times. Any more than three, you know you're not going to get it. I’m not talking about Douglas and Neil in Good Omens here, I’m talking in general. Sometimes on shows, you have to persuade producers or showrunners. They might not be from the UK; they might not know where the actor has come from; they won’t have seen them at Bristol or RADA or LAMDA or wherever. You, by contrast, have followed their career: you've brought them in several times for auditions, and you can see them grow into the role. Often we put actors who have just come out of drama school on tape, and they don't necessarily have enough time in front of the camera, so you've got to help them. We're always the friend of the actor because we want them to do their best. For example, I've just cast something called Warrior Nun for Netflix. The lead girl – Portuguese actress Alba Baptista – I saw in a film festival in Kilkenny. As soon as I saw her I knew she was the lead, so I got her to tape there and then at the festival. Now she’s the star. So your job is both to negotiate with big stars and audition up-and-coming actors? I spend most of my days putting actors on tape without a director or a producer. That happened on Good Omens because it wasn't possible for Douglas always to be here. For example, when we were looking for the children in the series, we went out and we brought a lot of kids in. We went to drama schools, presented lots of auditions to Neil and Douglas until we found our people. What are you looking for when someone comes in to record an audition? If you are auditioning somebody, you can tell so much from how they’ve prepared. Are they late? Are they on time? Do they know their lines? It’s OK, everybody gets nervous. Even I ‘audition’ for jobs, so I know that feeling of wondering how I will come across. I try to put actors at ease, because I’ve been in that situation. But equally, not everybody can connect with a project. You might be going through a bad day. You might have broken up with a boyfriend or girlfriend or be somewhere else emotionally or intellectually. Sometimes you don't get the job that you want even though you’ve done a fantastic audition. It can be so totally out of your control: somebody might have changed the age or the ethnicity of the role. They may go younger or older, they may have cast a sister and need somebody to go with them. There are so many things at play. How did you become a casting director? I studied drama to teach, but never taught (but it comes in useful when I cast children). I went to Australia, ended up managing a post-production film house – don't ask me why! It just happened. I came back here, and a friend of mine who had been casting with the Royal Shakespeare Company asked me to come and help her. Then she loaned me to an American casting director called Rose Tobias Shaw. I ended up being her assistant for five years. She was great: brought up in the Bronx, had been there on the set of The Misfits, knew Arthur Miller... She had such wonderful stories, and she was the one who taught me casting. There has been lots of discussion about increasing diversity on television. Is that a consideration when you're working? I always remember I was responsible for casting Carousel at the National Theatre, and I cast a black Mr Snow. That caused quite a furore. There are so many stories out there that need to be told, and I think that there is more opportunity now, which is great. There are a lot of shows I've been working on where we've cast worldwide, where we've cast Europeans, and not just everybody with a RP accent. That is the world now: you walk around in London and everybody is speaking different languages, which is great. That reflects on the world, that we have a diverse membership of this earth. Could Brexit be a problem for you when casting in the future? We have yet to see, but I wouldn't have thought it would be. The only thing is probably withholding tax would be more, but I'm like you: I don't know. My industry is such that it brings so much money into a country that they're going to stop British actors from working. They want that production: you've got restaurants, hotels, you've got ancillaries, laundry... All sorts of different businesses are tied into ours, plus you're teaching people new skills, whether it's costuming, location, cameras etc. There are so many people that work on a production, and it's beneficial to an economy. In Scotland where Outlander is filmed we've built a studio that has several sound stages there and really the number of people that have been taught new jobs, new skills in the community. I think everyone is wondering, if there is Brexit, what's going to happen? Good Omens will be available to watch on Amazon Prime Video from Friday 31st May
Grantchester series 4 confirmed – but it's set to be James Norton's last
ITV has confirmed that the period drama will return for a fourth series, but that the new run "will feature James Norton's final episodes as Sidney Chambers"
Good news: Grantchester series four has been confirmed. Bad news: the series will be the last to feature James Norton as crime-fighting vicar Sidney Chambers. ITV has confirmed that the period drama will return for a fourth series, but will feature "James Norton's final episodes as character Sidney Chambers". Robson Green will also be back as Detective Geordie Keating, alongside returning cast including Al Weaver, Tessa Peake-Jones and Kacey Ainsworth. What time is Grantchester series four on TV? When is James Norton leaving and who is replacing him? Did you spot James Norton's parents in Grantchester series three? Meet the cast of Grantchester series three Executive producer Rebecca Eaton called the news "bittersweet" for Grantchester fans, but added that the series would continue with a new vicar. “It’s a bittersweet time for Grantchester fans, who will be cheering the return of the series but crushed to say goodbye to James," she said. "We want to assure them that the series they love will continue with brilliant new episodes and a captivating new vicar.” The new series will begin production in June 2018 in London, Cambridge and, of course, Grantchester itself. Executive Producer Diederick Santer added, “I’m ecstatic that - with Masterpiece and ITV - we are returning to Grantchester with all our favourite characters. While I’m sad that these will be James Norton’s final episodes, we will make sure he goes out with a bang. We’ve got exciting plans for where the show is heading and the vicarage won’t be vacant for long.” Norton recently finished starring in BBC1 drama McMafia. This article was originally published in April 2018 View oEmbed on the source website
Channel 4 sci-fi Humans has been cancelled
Co-creators Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent have said they are "gutted" that the show won't be returning for a fourth series
Channel 4 sci-fi series Humans will not be returning for a fourth series, the show's creators have said. Writers Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent released a statement saying that they are "gutted" by the show's cancellation, but thanked broadcasters Channel 4 and AMC for supporting them for the past 24 episodes. "Sadly there won't be a fourth season of Humans," the writers and executive producers said. "In this age of unprecedented choice and competition, we can have no complaints. Channel 4 and AMC were the perfect partners. They supported the show brilliantly and above all – let us make three seasons!" Humans series 3 preview: Channel 4’s sci-fi drama enters a brave new world The stars of Humans reveal the technology they can’t live without: ‘I wouldn’t own a synth – but I said the same about mobile phones’ Humans first aired on Channel 4 in the UK in 2015, with two further series following in 2016 and 2018. The story starring Gemma Chan, Colin Morgan and Emily Berrington among others, followed incredibly life-like robots – or 'synths' – who work for humans as domestic slaves. However, the balance of power soon tips when a small group of synths appear to gain consciousness. View oEmbed on the source website Channel 4 confirmed that Humans would not be returning to the channel. “Humans will not be returning for another series," a Channel 4 spokesperson said. "The show has had three successful series and has been much loved by fans. We are incredibly proud of Humans and the hugely talented creative team, in front of and behind the camera.” Brackley and Vincent thanked the cast and crew in their statement, saying that they never would have been recommissioned without their work. The writers also thanked fans of Humans for their support, and said that were sorry that they could not "keep the story going for the people that love it". "It means more than anything to see the show resonating with you like it did," they said. "The worst thing about this is that we can't keep the story going for the people that love it." The writers ended their statement by calling out to anyone who could be able to 'save' the show – including tech entrepreneur Elon Musk – to get in touch. "We know we left some threads hanging. That was the way we always wrote the show," they said. "Maybe one day we'll get a chance to pick them back up. If there's anyone out there with a few million quid and an interest in AI stories, we're all ears. DM us Elon." The cast of Humans react to Westworld comparisons: “We are the original” Humans cancelled: creators' statement in full Sadly there won't be a fourth season of Humans. In this age of unprecedented choice and competition, we can have no complaints. Channel 4 and AMC were the perfect partners. They supported the show brilliantly and above all – let us make three seasons! We're gutted of course, but we were so lucky. We got to make the show we wanted to make, for 24 episodes. The Humans cast and crew were and are the best, and we wouldn't have got a second season without their talent and dedication, let alone a third. We can't name anyone without naming everyone, and that would mean we'd have to do this in an even smaller font – so here's to every last actor, director, writer, producer, exec, commissioner, DoP, editor, composer, crew member – and the unfailingly generous Swedish team behind the original version. The last word has to go to the wonderful Humans fans. Thank you so much for the messages, support, podcasts, bespoke mugs, and for never setting up a petition to make us redo something. It means more than anything to see the show resonating with you like it did. The worst thing about this is that we can't keep the story going for the people that love it. We know we left some threads hanging. That was the way we always wrote the show. Maybe one day we'll get a chance to pick them back up. If there's anyone out there with a few million quid and an interest in AI stories, we're all ears. DM us Elon. Replying to a comment online, co-creator Vincent added that the pair are not currently considering continuing the series as a book or radio series, as they "wouldn't want to continue the story in any other medium or to any other standard than what you know." View oEmbed on the source website Fans thanked Vincent for the series, praising the "superb show that was fun and entertaining but also clever and though-provoking". For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website
ITV confirms The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed
The daytime show has been cancelled permanently following the death of a guest
ITV has confirmed that The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed following the death of a guest. The ITV daytime series was initially suspended on Monday 13th May. However, on Wednesday 15th May, ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall confirmed that the show would be cancelled permanently. "Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of The Jeremy Kyle Show," she said in a statement. "The Jeremy Kyle Show has had a loyal audience and has been made by a dedicated production team for 14 years, but now is the right time for the show to end. “Everyone at ITV's thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of Steve Dymond." Dymond was found dead on 9th May after reportedly taking part in a lie detector test during recording for the show. ITV removed the programme from the schedules on Monday 13th May and announced that filming and future broadcasts would be suspended "with immediate effect" while an investigation into the episode featuring Dymond was carried out. ITV has said that this review of the show would continue. The broadcaster has also confirmed that it will continue to work with presenter Jeremy Kyle on other projects. A petition calling for the show to be permanently cancelled had been signed by 62,697 people at the time of writing. The petition claims that The Jeremy Kyle Show has "turned the real-life suffering of people into entertainment". ITV's statement on The Jeremy Kyle Show "Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of The Jeremy Kyle Show," ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall said. "The Jeremy Kyle Show has had a loyal audience and has been made by a dedicated production team for 14 years, but now is the right time for the show to end. "Everyone at ITV's thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of Steve Dymond." The previously announced review of the episode of the show is underway and will continue. ITV will continue to work with Jeremy Kyle on other projects. Damian Collins MP, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee, had called on Ofcom to carry out an independent review of the programme. ITV had defended the show's welfare policies, saying in a statement on Tuesday 14th May: "The Jeremy Kyle Show has significant and detailed duty of care processes in place for contributors pre, during and post-show which have been built up over 14 years, and there have been numerous positive outcomes from this, including parties who have resolved complex and long-standing personal problems." The Jeremy Kyle Show was one of the most popular programmes in ITV's daytime schedules, with regular viewing figures of over one million. Previous episodes of the show have been removed from catch-up service ITV Hub.
The actress and singer, who starred in Calamity Jane, The Man Who Knew Too Much and many more, passed away at her home in California
Hollywood star Doris Day has died aged 97. The actress and singer, who starred in 1953 musical hit Calamity Jane, passed away at her home in California. A statement from The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed that she died surrounded by close friends. “Day had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia, resulting in her death,” the statement said. View oEmbed on the source website Day became one of the biggest screen actresses in history, starring in romantic comedy classics including her Oscar-nominated role in 1959 film Pillow Talk. She was also a remarkable singer and recording artist, performing Oscar-winning song Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much. View oEmbed on the source website Day made her big screen debut in 1948 film It's Magic (aka Romance on the High Seas), three years after she had released her first hit record Sentimental Journey aged just 23. The actress's screen partnership with Rock Hudson became one of the biggest box office draws of early 1960s Hollywood. They appeared together in Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964). Despite being known for her wholesome image in an age of Hollywood innocence, Day wrote in her 1975 autobiography that she was baffled by the idea that she cultivated that reputation. "The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant’s highly publicised comment about my virginity (‘I knew Doris Day before she became a virgin’), contributed to what has been called my ‘image,’ which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image,” she said. Day later appeared in long-running CBS series The Doris Day Show. View oEmbed on the source website Day's album My Heart saw her set a UK music record in 2011 when, aged 87, she became the oldest artist to secure a UK Top 10. Day was also a high profile campaigner for animal rights, setting up the precursor to The Doris Day Animal Foundation in 1978. "Affectionately known to some as 'The Dog Catcher of Beverly Hills,' Doris would often find unwanted dogs dropped off at her gate," the charity's website explained. "It was not uncommon for her to knock on neighbours’ doors in an attempt to reunite lost dogs with their owners or check to make sure those that were either reunited or in new homes were doing well and receiving proper care and attention."
New Ted Bundy film Extremely Wicked isn't on Netflix in the UK – and some users are very confused
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is available to watch on Sky in the UK, despite it being promoted as a Netflix original in other countries such as the USA
New Ted Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile was released globally on Friday 3rd May – but some viewers in the UK are confused after realising the film isn't available to watch on Netflix. Zac Efron, who stars as the serial killer in the new film, posted a message online on Friday announcing that the film would be available on the streaming service. "Proud of this movie," he wrote. "Available to watch today on Netflix." The biggest movie releases of 2019 Everything you need to know about the new Ted Bundy biopic First look at Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in new film about serial killer View oEmbed on the source website However, that isn't the case in the UK. When you search 'Extremely Wicked' on Netflix in the UK, the recent documentary series The Ted Bundy Tapes appears top of results, but the movie dramatisation is nowhere to be seen. Netflix UK subscribers started to question why they weren't able to watch the film when other countries apparently could access it. View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website The reason is that, in the UK and Ireland, broadcaster Sky has the distribution rights to Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The film is available to watch on TV and online via Sky Cinema. Viewers who want to see the film will need a Sky movies subscription. Extremely Wicked is also available to watch in the cinema, but only in a few select screenings. View oEmbed on the source website Netflix's UK account has been attempting to explain that while the film has been promoted via Netflix social media accounts, that doesn't necessarily mean it is available globally on the Netflix platform. Netflix release dates Upcoming TV series Upcoming movies "When we don't have the rights to something in the UK/IE all we can do is *not* talk about it here, which we haven't," a message to a user explained. "Sky bought the UK rights a long, long time ago, to they weren't available here." View oEmbed on the source website However, there is a way to stream the film in the UK if you don't have a Sky Cinema subscription. NOW TV is a service that lets users watch Sky content without a contract via a NOW TV 'Pass'. The service allows users to pay a one-off fee to access movies on Sky for a limited time, rather than signing up to a full subscription. Click here to access Sky Cinema via NOW TV View oEmbed on the source website
5 warnings from Climate Change: The Facts – and 3 reasons to be hopeful
David Attenborough presents a forceful BBC1 documentary about the threats posed by climate change – and what can be done to combat it
“Right now, we are facing our greatest threat in thousands of years: climate change.” This is David Attenborough, speaking at 9pm on BBC1. This is a significant moment for the BBC, and a powerful message for viewers. Over the course of an hour, Climate Change: The Facts lays out in methodical, simple terms the threats posed by climate change – and what can be done to combat it. David Attenborough to present “unflinching” BBC climate change film Schoolgirl activist Greta Thunberg joins David Attenborough for powerful BBC1 climate change documentary Standing in the English countryside, Attenborough introduces a global story of rising temperatures and a frightening vision of the future. "It may not seem obvious, but we are facing a man-made disaster on a global scale," he says. But there is still hope, Attenborough adds: "I believe that if we better understand the threat we face, the more likely it is that we can avoid such a catastrophic future." So what are the threats – and what reasons, if any, do we have to be hopeful? Listen to the RadioTimes.com Podcast now: subscribe on iTunes / subscribe on Google Podcasts The threats of global warming 1. Animal extinctions “I’ve seen for myself that in addition to the many other threats that they face, animals of all kinds are now struggling to adapt to rapidly changing conditions,” Attenborough states, adding that eight per cent of species are now at threat of extinction solely due to climate change. Even creatures specifically adapted to survive in extreme heat conditions are struggling. Footage from Australia in November last year shows thousands of bats who died due to heat stress, after temperatures in Cairns, Queensland reached a record 42.6C. Over 11,000 died in that colony alone. View oEmbed on the source website 2. Extreme weather Met Office scientist Professor Peter Stott reports that 20 of the warmest years on record have appeared in the past 22 years. Rising global temperatures are resulting in more extreme weather events, from wildfires and droughts to flooding and storms. The documentary explains that while climate change cannot be said to have ‘caused’ any individual event, the rise in global temperatures means that both the likelihood and frequency of those events increases. The terrifying drive through a wildfire in Montana, filmed by father Charles Bilton and son Justin as they attempted to escape to safety in 2008, shows the reality of that increased risk. View oEmbed on the source website Meanwhile, Sunita Narain, the director general of the Centre for Science and Environment, warns that it is not only developing countries who are at risk of these major weather disasters: “Join the dots. It’s happening in your world, it’s happening in my world, and let’s be very clear about this: it is going to get much worse.” 3. Rising sea levels Over 600 million people live in coastal areas that are less than 10m above sea level, the documentary states. Already rising sea levels are displacing populations in Asia and the south Pacific, but the documentary also reveals how Louisiana in the United States is losing the equivalent of a football field in land every 45 minutes. 4. Deforestation Through photosynthesis, forests and trees have stored nearly a third of our carbon dioxide emissions – but as Attenborough says, this vital natural ally in the fight against climate change is being destroyed. As forests are cleared or burned, CO2 is added into the atmosphere and the plants that could convert that CO2 are lost. Scientist Matthew Hansen (above), who has been tracking deforestation and its impact using satellite imagery, says that unless we reverse this trend, “Our ability to mitigate climate change and turn the story around becomes really vanishingly small.” 5. Global warming "beyond our control" Currently the rise in global temperatures is a result of man-made emissions. However, the documentary warns that a further rise in temperatures could set off processes beyond our control. Scientists call these "tipping points". The most striking example of these potential tipping points is found in North Alaska. The film shows how huge amounts of methane are stored beneath the permafrost. Methane is 20 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO2 – but as more of the ice melts, more of this trapped gas escapes. View oEmbed on the source website "The future looks alarming indeed," Attenborough says, "but it's not without hope. "There is still time if we act now, with determination and urgency. What do governments, industries, nations and we as individuals need to do to change our course?” he asks. Reasons to be hopeful 1. Calling out climate change deniers As Attenborough explains, climate change science has warned of future catastrophe for over 30 years – but that warning has not always been heard. “The oil and gas industry, the fossil fuel industry, they undertook quite a concerted campaign to confuse the science and confuse the message,” says Richard Lazarus, Professor of Law at Harvard. “The cycle of denial has worked, and even today the President of the United States says it’s not true,” adds science historian Professor Naomi Oreskes. However, Climate Change: The Facts radically reframes the nature of that 'debate'. It specifically includes footage of Lord Lawson, an outspoken climate change sceptic. In 2017, the BBC was criticised and later sanctioned for not challenging Lord Lawson's views during a BBC Radio 4 Today interview. View oEmbed on the source website Now, in 2019, a primetime BBC1 documentary is reporting on the "unequivocal" evidence of man-made climate change and the threats of global warming. 2. New sources of energy – and new global promises Solar energy is now the cheapest form of newly installed electricity in more than 60 countries according to the documentary. With 25 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions coming from electricity and heat generation, finding renewable energy sources is a priority. In the UK, around 30 per cent of our electricity comes from renewable sources, and according to Attenborough we are building some of the biggest offshore wind turbines in the world. "The bigger the turbine, the more wind can be captured," he explains. "Just one revolution of these blades can power a house for a day." The Paris Agreement meanwhile set a global political ambition to limit any further temperature rises to 2C – although president Donald Trump subsequently withdrew the USA from this landmark goal. 3. Anyone can inspire "transformative change" “I truly believe that together we can bring about the transformative change that is needed,” Attenborough states. From making homes more energy efficient to cutting back on meat and dairy consumption, the documentary outlines a number of ways that individuals can make changes in their lives to combat climate change. However, the key message is not about what changes individuals can make on their own, but how by grouping together individuals can force widespread political change. No one displays that more effectively than Swedish schoolgirl and climate change activist Greta Thunberg, who appears towards the end of the documentary. The 16-year-old explains why she first decided to stage a school strike outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018, and how her actions inspired a global climate change movement. "There’s a message for all of us in the voices of these young people," Attenborough says. "It is after all their generation who will inherit this dangerous legacy. We now stand at a unique point in our planet’s history, one where we must all share responsibility, both for our present wellbeing and for the future of life on earth." Climate Change: The Facts with David Attenborough airs at 9pm on BBC1 on Thursday 18th April, and will be available to watch online via BBC iPlayer
Guy Pearce to star in "spine-tingling" new BBC adaptation of A Christmas Carol
Line of Duty's Stephen Graham, Andy Serkis and Charlotte Riley will also feature in the three-part series written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight
Guy Pearce is set to star in a new adaptation of Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. The three-part series, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, will see Pearce star as Ebenezer Scrooge, with the drama set to air this Christmas on BBC1. Lord of the Rings' Andy Serkis, Line of Duty star Stephen Graham and Peaky Blinders' Charlotte Riley are also among the cast. The best TV shows airing in 2019 Taboo creator reveals why we’ve had to wait so long for ‘trippy’ series two Peaky Blinders creator explains how the BBC drama will move on from Tom Hardy The new adaptation, created for BBC1 in the UK and FX in the US, will be a "haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling" take on the Charles Dickens ghost story according to the BBC. Serkis will play the Ghost of Christmas Past, while Blade Runner actor Rutger Hauer will feature as the Ghost of Christmas Future. The Ghost of Christmas Present has yet to be revealed. “This production of A Christmas Carol will respectfully present what we believe to be a timely interpretation of a timeless story,” writer Steven Knight said. The series is made by the same team behind trippy BBC historical drama Taboo starring Tom Hardy. Hardy is one of the executive producers on A Christmas Carol, but currently he is not named among the cast. The ensemble cast also includes Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) as Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson (Doctor Who) as Mary Cratchit; Kayvan Novak (What We Do In The Shadows) as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush (Old Boys) as Tim Cratchit. A Christmas Carol is set to be the first in a series of adaptions of Charles Dickens’ novels commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content. BBC Drama controller Wenger said, “We’re incredibly excited that filming has begun on Steve Knight’s brilliant interpretation of A Christmas Carol, with Nick Murphy directing a phenomenal cast in what promises to be an iconic version of the classic tale.” A Christmas Carol will air on BBC1 in the UK and FX in the US this Christmas
Danny Baker fired from BBC Radio 5 Live following 'offensive' royal baby tweet
The radio presenter had previously apologised after tweeting a "stupid, unthinking" joke about the royal baby featuring a chimpanzee
Broadcaster Danny Baker has been fired from BBC Radio 5 Live following a "stupid unthinking gag" about the royal baby. On Thursday 9th May, Baker posted a message saying he had been sacked from his show on BBC Radio 5 Live. The 61-year-old broadcaster's post about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's new baby had been accused of being racially offensive, although Baker insisted that "there wasn't a single thought about race" when he tweeted the message. Baker's now-deleted tweet showed a black and white image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee, which Baker had captioned, "Royal Baby leaves hospital". View oEmbed on the source website A BBC spokesperson confirmed to RadioTimes.com that Baker had been sacked by 5 Live, saying, "This was a serious error of judgment and goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny's a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us." The presenter offered his "sincere apologies" for the picture, saying, "Was supposed to be joke about royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys and race, so rightly deleted. Royal watching not my forte." In another message, Baker said, "Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased. Soon as those good enough to point out it's possible connotations got in touch, down it came." Harry and Meghan revealed on Wednesday that their son was named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Baker replied to messages criticising his original tweet, saying that "there wasn't a single thought about race" when he posted the photo. However, others argued that Baker's ignorance about the offensiveness of his message was "unacceptable". View oEmbed on the source website "To post a pic picturing a three-day old baby of mixed heritage as a monkey, then claim it was a joke? That’s old-school prejudice and racism at its peak," ITV newsreader Charlene White wrote. "And for a trusted broadcaster working at a public service broadcaster to feed that prejudice? It’s unacceptable. "And to claim 'ignorance', and give a half-hearted apology - again full of jokey 'banter' - despite people highlighting just how clearly offensive it is, is also unacceptable. That’s not the world we live in now. Those who live in privilege must be held to account." Baker later hit back at the BBC's decision to fire him, claiming that he had been 'thrown under the bus' by the broadcaster. "The call to fire me from @bbc5live was a masterclass of pompous faux-gravity," he posted after announcing he had been sacked. "Took a tone that said I actually meant that ridiculous tweet and the BBC must uphold blah blah blah. Literally threw me under the bus. Could hear the suits knees knocking." View oEmbed on the source website
It's like 'Who shot JR' all over again! Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar overwhelmed by 'Who is H?' speculation
The actor who plays Ted Hastings told Andrew Marr that even his family doesn't know who the corrupt copper is in the BBC drama
'Who is H?' is 2019's answer to 'who shot JR' says Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar. The actor who plays Ted Hastings said that the speculation surrounding series five of the BBC1 drama is akin to the infamous hype around US soap Dallas in the 1980s. Line of Duty's current series is set to end this Sunday 5th May – but with the seemingly upstanding AC-12 boss in custody, it's still unclear who the corrupt copper at the heart of the show could be. How often does Ted Hastings say “Fella” in Line of Duty? Meet the cast of Line of Duty series five "For those who remember it’s a bit like who shot JR at the moment," he told presenter Andrew Marr during his Sunday politics show. "You sit down on the Tube, everybody is leaning across and going, ‘I’m not going to ask you because I don’t want to know!’" Dunbar added that while speculation was rife, he actually found it fairly easy to keep the secrets of Line of Duty as fans don't want the show spoiled. "We’re lucky because our public, they really don’t want to know," he said. "Because the twists and turns are what make the show exciting and interesting and so forth. I think in that respect we’ve been lucky." The actor said that he hasn't even told his family how the series, created by Jed Mercurio, will play out. “No, I don’t tell anybody. They don’t want to know either. It’s that good: nobody presses me really to find out, because they know it’s such a big secret," he said. Despite the suspicion surrounding him in the show, Ted Hastings is a firm favourite among viewers, with fans desperate to see him clear his name during this series finale in a tense showdown with newcomer DCS Patricia Carmichael (Anna Maxwell Martin). Explaining why the character has proved so popular, Dunbar suggested, “We like to think that there is someone in charge who sticks to the letter of the law, who has a moral core. I think that’s what’s appealing about the character: at a time where we don’t quite have those people, I think Ted’s representing something from the past that we yearn for in many respects." Line of Duty series five concludes Sunday 5th May at 9pm on BBC1
David Tennant's son Ty makes debut on Casualty
Ty's mother Georgia Tennant, who also starred on Casualty, said that she was "so proud" of his performance – and for not getting killed off
Ty Tennant, son of David and Georgia Tennant, has made his debut on BBC1's Casualty. The 17-year-old actor son of the Doctor Who stars appeared in the long-running medical drama on Saturday 4th May 2019. Mother Georgia, who also starred on Casualty, posted on Twitter after the episode had aired to celebrate. Georgia Tennant was quite annoyed when her Doctor Who character was killed off-screen "I am so proud of Ty Tennant tonight on BBC1's Casualty," she posted on Twitter. "He was so good they didn't feel the need to crush him to death in a lift shaft..." View oEmbed on the source website Georgia's character Heather Whitefield met an unfortunate event in her second episode of Casualty in 2009 when she was trapped beneath a burning lift. She later returned to the soap as a different character for a guest role in 2014. David Tennant has just launched his own podcast – and one of his first guests will be Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker How many Time Lords does it take to change a lightbulb? David Tennant and Peter Davison attempt an answer… This isn't Ty's only screen credit this week: he is also been part of the cast of the newly released Tolkien biopic. Ty was joined by his his Dad, former Doctor Who star David Tennant, for the premiere of the new film in London. The family already have an impressive Doctor Who acting heritage: Ty's grandfather is Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, while Georgia guest starred with future husband David in 2008 episode The Doctor's Daughter. In Casualty, Ty plays Aaron, the teenage son of a man who suffered a broken neck after falling from a ladder. Admitted to hospital following a seizure on his birthday, the truth about their family plays out over the course of the episode. The episode is available to watch on iPlayer now. Ty has also been working on the upcoming BBC adaptation of War of the Worlds, set to air later in 2019. David Tennant meanwhile is set to star in the upcoming adaptation of fantasy novel Good Omens on Amazon.
George RR Martin updates fans on Game of Thrones spin-offs – and says we shouldn't call them 'spin-offs'
At least three out of the five "successors" to Game of Thrones are "moving forward nicely" says the author
While everyone else is still recovering from the Battle of Winterfell, George RR Martin has been keeping a close eye on the Game of Thrones stories still to come. The author posted an update about the spin-off series currently in development – and added that he would really rather we stopped calling them 'spin-offs'. Writing on his blog, Martin explained that three out of the five Game of Thrones "successor shows" (his preferred term) were still progressing well. When is the first Game of Thrones spin-off going to be on TV? Next Game of Thrones episode is one of the most “twisted” of the series says Kit Harington "We have had five different Game of Thrones successor shows in development (I mislike the term 'spin-offs') at HBO, and three of them are still moving forward nicely," he wrote. "The one I am not supposed to call The Long Night will be shooting later this year, and two other shows remain in the script stage, but are edging closer," he added. Martin had previously appeared to reveal that The Long Night would be the title of the first official prequel series, before later walking back on his comments. However, clearly the author is still keen on recycling the title used for season eight episode three's Battle of Winterfell. Game of Thrones season 8 episode 3 – as it happened All the clues in Game of Thrones that foreshadowed the Battle of Winterfell’s epic ending According to HBO, the first prequel series will be set around 5,000 years before the events of the main drama during a time known by Game of Thrones characters as the Age of Heroes, a period of history when iconic and near-mythical figures had all sorts of unusual adventures. Martin has previously hinted that all of the series currently being worked on are expected to be prequel series. The other shows are still shrouded in mystery, but the author did hint that a little trip back through Game of Thrones folklore might help fans figure them out. "What are they about? I cannot say. But maybe some of you should pick up a copy of [Targaryen history book] Fire & Blood and come up with your own theories." Game of Thrones continues Mondays at 2am and 9pm on Sky Atlantic
When is Star Trek: Discovery season 2 released? Who is in the cast, and what's going to happen?
Everything you need to know about the next season of the latest Star Trek series, airing on CBS in the US and Netflix in the UK
All systems are go for Star Trek: Discovery season 2. Showing on Netflix in the UK and CBS in the United States, the new season sees some personnel changes, with a couple of major deaths in season one likely to affect things this time around – though some of the deceased characters may come back in one way or another... The philosophy of Star Trek: how a sci-fi show tackled the toughest questions in the universe Doctor Who director reveals the mathematical equations that helped make a fan-favourite episode RadioTimes.com newsletter: sign up for free Find out everything you need to know about Star Trek: Discovery season 2 below. View oEmbed on the source website When is Star Trek: Discovery season 2 released on Netflix? Season two began on 17 January 2019 in the USA, and was released on Netflix in the UK less than a day later on 18 January 2019. Future episodes will be released weekly. 10 burning questions we have after Star Trek: Discovery season 2 episode 1 Who is in the cast? *Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery season 1 to follow* "Death is not an ending," was the message from showrunner Aaron Harberts following the controversial killing of Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) in season one - and he seems to have meant it. Cruz posted on social media to announce that he was beginning filming on season two, so evidently we have not seen the last of him. The same could possibly be said for Jason Isaacs' Captain Gabriel Lorca, who was stabbed and thrown into a ship's reactor in the season one finale. Kurtzman told Entertainment Weekly that he could return to the show "somehow" - and Isaacs is said to be open to a return. Lorca's killer, Michelle Yeoh's Captain Philippa Georgiou, has been confirmed to return in the series' second trailer. Meanwhile, all of the USS Discovery crew, including Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham, Saru (Doug Jones), Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman), are set to return. Shazad Latif's Ash Tyler will also be back, after the reveal that he was the Klingon Voq, alongside Klingon Mary Chieffo's L'Rell. Furthermore, stand-up comedian Tig Notaro (below) has been confirmed as a surprise guest star. She will play Chief Engineer Denise Reno of the USS Hiawatha. Meanwhile, Inhumans star Anson Mount will join the cast as Pike, captain of the USS Enterprise, from whom Discovery answered a distress call at the end of the season one finale. Pike was the captain of the USS Enterprise before Captain Kirk in the original 1960s series, and in real life was the original central character in the series pilot. View oEmbed on the source website Joining him on the USS Enterprise will be Rebecca Romijn as Number One, another character from the original Star Trek pilot who was cut before the main 1960s series began in earnest. And it's also recently been revealed that iconic Star Trek character Spock, as played by the late Leonard Nimoy onscreen, will make his Discovery debut in the new series. Young Spock, who is the adopted brother of series lead Michael Burnham, is set to be played by Ethan Peck. What is going to happen? The USS Enterprise is set to play a major role in the new season. The series is set 10 years before the events of the original Star Trek series - meaning that Pike is Captain Kirk's predecessor, and we should get an insight into the adventures he and his team have been on in the second series of Discovery. According to the first trailer, said adventures including tracking down some mysterious outer-space anomalies, which may or may not have a connection to an iconic Star Trek character... And while Enterprise won't feature all of our old favourites, a young version of Spock (originally played by the late Leonard Nimoy) is set to feature in a series of flashbacks. Jonathan Frakes revealed this at El Paso Comic-Con - he might appear alongside a younger Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), Spock’s adoptive sister. It has also been revealed that Section 31, an evil organisation that first featured in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, will be a "massive part" in the new season. Actor Alan Van Sprang, who played Leland, the leader of Section 31, in a deleted scene from last year's finale, says that while he is still in the dark as to where it is all going, he is "definitely a big part of season two. "I know it's going to be a massive part of it, but I honestly... and it's not like I'm holding any secrets, like Jason Isaacs sitting here saying, 'Oh I knew who I was, and what I was doing,' no, I really have no idea," he says. "But I'm definitely a big part of season two." View oEmbed on the source website Without going into detail, Harberts has promised that season two will feel a bit more like the Star Trek TV series we know and love. "We have time [in season two]—we have time to do things like more away missions, newer planets," he says. "These are stories that might fall a little bit more into a framework of allegory that people love to get from Trek. But we will always continue to have that overarching serialised thread." When is Star Trek: Discovery filming? Co-creator Alex Kurtzman said as much in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter back in September of last year. "We want to take the right amount of time and don't want to rush," he said, touting "the early side of 2019" as a likely window. Filming began in mid-April 2018. Actor Doug Jones (better known as the fish-man in Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-winning drama The Shape of Water) announced the beginning of production on Instagram, forlornly saying goodbye to his head of hair as he prepared to don the Kelpien prosthetics of Commander Saru once again. View oEmbed on the source website Is there a trailer? View oEmbed on the source website There sure is, introducing us to Captain Pike of the USS Enterprise and hinting at some new adventures for the crew. A further trailer was released on 7th October. View oEmbed on the source website Sign up for the free RadioTimes.com newsletter
Next Game of Thrones episode is one of the most "twisted" of the series says Kit Harington
The Jon Snow actor says there is something "Shakespearean" about the aftermath of the Battle of Winterfell – which is why it's one of his "favourite episodes" (contains episode 3 spoilers)
How does Game of Thrones season eight top the full-on feature-length slugfest of the Battle of Winterfell? By doing what it does best: go really "twisted". *Season 8 episode 3 spoilers to follow* Jon Snow actor Kit Harington has teased that season eight episode four is one of his favourites, as the "Shakespearean" machinations of the show come to the fore. Harington teased that while the war against the Night King may have been won, the story of Westeros's warring factions is far from over. Game of Thrones season 8 episode 3 – as it happened All the clues in Game of Thrones that foreshadowed the Battle of Winterfell’s epic ending “One of my favourite episodes is four because the characters have seemingly got what they needed,” Harington told Entertainment Weekly. “The world is safe now. They’re celebrating and saying goodbye to lost friends. But as an audience you’re going, ‘This is only episode four, something’s going to happen.’ And that’s the cool thing because I think the characters are aware of this as well. There’s something twisted and uncomfortable about it. It’s so Shakespearian,” he added. View oEmbed on the source website The best TV shows airing in 2019 When is the first Game of Thrones spin-off on TV? It's a fair point: now that the shock of seeing the Night King slain is settling in, the trailer for episode four has fans turning their attentions back to the war for the Iron Throne. "We have won the Great War," Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen says in the trailer for the upcoming episode. "Now we will win the last war." View oEmbed on the source website Harington's co-star Clarke has already promised fans that the concluding episodes are set to be even "bigger" than episode three The Long Night. "Episode five is bigger " than episode three she teased: "Find the biggest TV you can." Game of Thrones continues Mondays at 2am and 9pm on Sky Atlantic
When was A House Through Time series 2 on TV?
Historian David Olusoga returned to Newcastle to investigate the history of a brand new house.
Historian David Olusoga returned to the BBC with a brand new series of A House Through Time, which aired in April 2019. Just like the first series, the social history documentary will explore the history of a single house. By charting the lives of the its inhabitants, the series will show how a seemingly hum-drum terraced house can hide incredible historical secrets and moving personal stories. Find out more about A House Through Time series two below. What time was A House Through Time series two on TV? The series began on Monday 8th April at 9pm on BBC2. The series then continued every Monday night for four weeks. Sadly it has been removed from BBC's iPlayer. Is the first series of A House Through Time available to watch online? Sadly the first series isn't currently available to watch via iPlayer or other online streaming sites. There are clips from series one and two available via the BBC's YouTube channel, including the trailer below. View oEmbed on the source website Where was A House Through Time series two set? Series one followed the changing fortunes of a house in Liverpool, but series two moved to Newcastle upon Tyne. The end-of-terrace house is found at 5 Ravensworth Terrace in the Summerhill area of the city. The property was built in 1824, and the series investigates its inhabitants from the Victorian era to now. Olusoga, who grew up on Tyneside, told Radio Times's Michael Hodges that the area has always held a fascination for him. "I discovered it in my late teens when I was taken there by a girlfriend. It was a remarkable little relic of a Newcastle that had largely gone and it was always where the most interesting people had lived," he said. "That was true in the 60s, when it was saved from being demolished, and it was true in the 19th century when it was a place of radicalism and non-conformists." View oEmbed on the source website What is David Olusoga's connection to Newcastle? The 49-year-old historian was born in Nigeria to a white British mother and a black Nigerian father. However, his parents separated when Olusoga was two and his mother returned to the North East to live in Gateshead, just south of Newcastle. "We were a mixed-race family on a council estate and it was really, really difficult," he told Hodges. "I used to come out of school in Gateshead and would walk until I found a bus stop with a white person at it because buses didn't stop for black people. Sometimes my sisters and I would walk all the way home because we never got to a bus stop where there was a white person. "I tell that to young black kids now when I give talks and they can't believe it was the case. Sometimes I can't either." His family was forced to move when he was 14 following repeated racists attacks, but Olusoga said that the return to the area for A House Through Time was not a sour one. "I left the North East with scar on my body from the racial violence I've experienced. But I also left with loving memories of my Geordie grandparents. I wanted to leave, I felt unwanted, but my mum's still there and I actually found myself going back much more than I would I would. "I'm half Nigerian but I'm also half white working-class Geordie and I'm not going to have my relationship with my home town defined by people who didn't want me to be there. To hell with them. I love Newcastle." If you're looking for more to watch, check out our TV Guide.
Michael Sheen explains why he was originally meant to play Crowley in Good Omens
The star who plays the angel Aziraphale tells his co-star David Tennant that showrunner Neil Gaiman initially wanted him to play the demon instead – but both of them later realised that wouldn't be a good idea
Michael Sheen and David Tennant are set to be the key double act in the upcoming TV adaptation of Good Omens – but according to Sheen, that relationship could have been very different. Sheen, a longtime fan and friend of Neil Gaiman, explained that the author and showrunner initially wanted him to play demon Crowley in the Amazon series. However, when Sheen first read the script, he realised that Crowley was not the role for him, and that he would be better suited to playing angel Aziraphale. Everything you need to know about Good Omens Good Omens full cast and character guide Luckily, Gaiman felt the same way. "[Neil Gaiman] sent me one of the scripts, an early draft of the first episode of Good Omens," Sheen told his co-star during an episode of David Tennant Does a Podcast With... "We started talking about me being involved and doing it. He said, ‘Would you be interested?’ I said of course I would. "At that point, he had always said about [me] playing Crowley," Sheen added. "As time went on, and I was reading the script, I was thinking, ‘I don’t think I can play Crowley.’ And I started getting a bit nervous. I thought, ‘I don’t want to tell Neil that I don’t think I can do this,’ but I just felt like I couldn’t play Crowley." Sheen added that he felt on a "gut level" that he would be better suited to play the fussy Aziraphale rather than the free-wheeling Crowley, but felt "scared" to tell the author that he might be making a mistake. In fact, according to Sheen, Gaiman was thinking the exact same thing. View oEmbed on the source website "He hadn’t wanted to mention it to me, but he was thinking, ‘I think Michael should really play Aziraphale.'" Sheen said during the podcast. "Neither of us would bring it up, and then eventually we did. It was one of those things where you go, ‘Oh thank God you said that!’" Sheen added, “And then I think within a fairly short space of time, he said, ‘I think we’ve got David Tennant for Crowley’. And we both got very excited about that, and then all these extraordinary people started joining in.” Neil Gaiman confirms Good Omens cameo How well do you know Good Omens? As Crowley and Aziraphale, Tennant and Sheen's on-screen relationship is the major driving force of the new six-part series, set to be released on Amazon Prime Video on 31st May 2019. Gaiman has previously talked about the moment he realised that Tennant would be the ideal fit to play Crowley. “I just remember the moment where I was half-way through writing episode three," he said. "Suddenly I had an idea for a scene which involves some physical comedy, and I thought, ‘I don’t know who could pull that off? That’s really difficult.’ “And suddenly I thought: ‘David Tennant could pull that off.’ And suddenly the way that I wrote Crowley from that moment changed. And I was absolutely certain and determined that David would be my Crowley.” Good Omens showrunner Neil Gaiman reveals the moment he realised David Tennant HAD to be Crowley In the podcast, Sheen explained how he had first been introduced to Gaiman's work by a friend in drama school, and later met the man himself after mentioning that he was a fan during an interview. He added that because of his close relationship with both the author and the novel, he feels a dual responsibility to do justice to Good Omens. “For me, for someone who has been a fan of him and a fan of the book for so long, I can empathise with all the fans out there who are like, ‘Oh they better not f**k this up’," he said. "I have that part of me, but then of course the other part of me is going, ‘But I might be the one who might be f***ing it up!’ I feel that responsibility as well." Good Omens will be released on Amazon Prime Video on 31st May 2019. The new episode of David Tennant Does a Podcast With... is available online now Read more: 11 sneaky Good Omens Easter Eggs hidden in the opening credits.
Schoolgirl activist Greta Thunberg joins David Attenborough for powerful new BBC1 climate change documentary
Young and old unite to warn of the "man-made disaster" of global warming
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish schoolgirl who inspired a global environmental movement, is set to appear in David Attenborough's upcoming BBC1 documentary warning of the damaging effects of climate change. The 16-year-old activist who began the 'School Strikes for Climate' protest joins the 92-year-old naturalist as part of an hour-long documentary on the threats of global warning. Climate Change: The Facts will air at 9pm this Thursday 18th April on BBC1. David Attenborough to present “unflinching” BBC climate change film Louis Theroux meets David Attenborough to talk global warming, animal kinship and mortality “When I was younger I had lots of plans of becoming different things: everything from becoming an actor to a scientist," Thunberg says in the documentary. "But then my teachers in school told me about climate change. That was sort of an eye opener to me." The teenager goes on to explain why she first decided to stage a school strike outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018, and how her action inspired pupils across the world. "My future and everyone else’s future is at risk and nothing is being done, no one is doing anything, so then I have to do something," she says. "So I sat myself down on the ground outside the Swedish parliament, and I decided that I wasn’t going to go to school. "The first day I sat all alone. Then the second day people started joining me. I wouldn’t have imagined in my wildest dreams that this would happen. It happened so fast.” <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/GettyImages-1129360607-d1edaec.jpg" width="5011" height="3341" alt="STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - AUGUST 28: Fifteen year old Swedish student Greta Thunberg leads a school strike and sits outside of Riksdagen, the Swedish parliament building, in order to raises awareness for climate change on August 28, 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by MICHAEL CAMPANELLA/Getty Images)" title="Greta Thunberg" /> Thunberg went on to speak at the UN Climate Talks in Poland and the World Economic Forum in Davos. In March 2019 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign against climate change. Attenborough praises her action along with others across the world in the BBC film, saying that "there’s a message for all of us in the voices of these young people. It is after all their generation who will inherit this dangerous legacy." Listen to the RadioTimes.com Podcast now: subscribe on iTunes / subscribe on Google Podcasts The documentary is set to lay out the scientific evidence of global warming and the risks that climate change poses across the world, with Attenborough stating that "we are facing a man-made disaster on a global scale." “In the 20 years since I first started talking about the impact of climate change on our world, conditions have changed far faster than I ever imagined," Attenborough says. "It may sound frightening, but the scientific evidence is that if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world, and the collapse of our societies." View oEmbed on the source website Climate Change: The Facts marks Attenborough's return to the BBC following the release of his recent nature series Our Planet on Netflix. Over a dozen of the world's leading climate change scientists are set to feature in the documentary, from former Nasa scientist Dr James Hansen to Sunita Narain, director general of the Centre for Science and Environment in India. Climate Change: The Facts will air at 9pm on BBC1 this Thursday 18th April
Jeremy Clarkson wells up during final episode of The Grand Tour: "The show as you know it is ending, and that's very upsetting for us"
Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are leaving the studio tent for good – but will be back with a new series of road trip specials
Jeremy Clarkson was visibly emotional during the final episode of The Grand Tour season three as he told viewers: "The show as you know it is ending". Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will not be returning to the studio tent which has been their home for the past three seasons of The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime Video. How to watch The Grand Tour online ??UK: Stream on Amazon Prime Video, watch for free with a 30-day free Prime trial ??USA: Stream on Amazon Prime video, watch for free with a 30-day free Prime trial However, this isn't the end of the show for good: the trio will be returning next year with a series of Grand Tour road trip specials. The Grand Tour to return for season 4 with a different format that Top Gear fans should love The Mongolia special is The Grand Tour at its best – which is why next year will be all about the road trips Clarkson welled up during the closing studio segment of this year's season finale, released on Friday 12th April. Looking around the cheering audience in tears, he said, "Tell you what though, we haven't had some laughs." “In all of the years we’ve worked together, every single time one of us fell over, there was never any sympathy," he added. "We just burst into laughter straight away.” The Grand Tour’s Jeremy Clarkson: I have enough ideas for five more series As he bid goodbye to the studio audience, Clarkson said, "We do have some good news. We’re not stopping.” May added, "The truth is, Amazon loves us. We love Amazon, so we’ll carry on a bit.” Clarkson, who turned 59 the day before the episode was released, said that while it was "upsetting" to be shelving the format of the past three years, the show itself would continue. “The show as you know it is ending and that’s very upsetting for us: the audience and this sort of thing and the track," he told the audience in the tent. "But who’d like to see us doing more big adventures? Road trips? Specials?” Clarkson's daughters and Hammond's family were all in the audience for the final studio recording according to Amazon. Hammond said of the upcoming specials, “There is still so much of the world we haven’t been to.” “So many people I haven’t insulted!” Clarkson added. “So many cars Richard hasn’t crashed!” May joked. Clarkson concluded, “So although the tent has gone, The Grand Tour goes on.” The 14th and final episode of The Grand Tour season three features a tribute to the Ford saloon, an episode that Clarkson said he put his "heart and soul" into writing. View oEmbed on the source website Season four will be made up of a series of road trips and adventure specials, similar to the Mongolia special seen during season three according to producer Andy Wilman. "After the Mongolia adventure there will be one more conventional show, the finale for this series," he told RadioTimes.com. "Then we’re pulling down the curtain on the studio-based episodes so that we can just concentrate on big Specials. If Mongolia is anything to go by, we’ll be okay." Along with a fourth season of The Grand Tour, all three presenters will also work on solo TV projects with Amazon Prime Video. For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides. May was the first to announce his series, a travelogue from Japan. Filming is currently underway. Clarkson meanwhile has previously told Radio Times that he has enough ideas for five more series of The Grand Tour. "I have no plans at all for after The Grand Tour. God, no," he said ahead of season three. "I never run out of ideas. Someone asked me, before this series, ‘What can you possibly do with a car that you haven’t already done?’ But my head’s filled with enough ideas for five years.”
Darcey Bussell announces she is leaving Strictly Come Dancing
The star will be leaving the hit BBC1 show after seven series, saying that she wants to "give more focus to my many other commitments in dance"
Darcey Bussell has announced that she will be stepping down as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC confirmed that the Strictly judge and "British dance icon" will be leaving the BBC1 judging line-up after seven years on the show. Bussell emphasised that her decision was not "because of any upset or disagreement at all", but that she wanted to focus on her other dance commitments. It has not yet been announced who will replace her. Who is joining the Strictly Come Dancing 2019 line-up? When does Strictly Come Dancing 2019 start? Bussell said in a statement that while she was leaving as a judge, she hoped she would be invited back on to the show in the future. "It has been a complete privilege for me to be part of Strictly, working with such a talented team. I have enjoyed every minute of my time and will miss everyone from my fellow judges, the presenters, the dancers, the musicians, the entire back stage team, and especially the viewers of the show, who have been so supportive," Bussell said. ANALYSIS – by Eleanor Bley Griffiths She may not be part of the original line-up like Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood, but over the past seven years Darcey Bussell has become a key member of the Strictly judging panel. The Royal Ballet’s former principle dancer and celebrated ballerina is always on the lookout for musicality and grace alongside technique, and her constructive criticism is usually laced with compassion and a few words of kindness. It is a genuine shame to see her hand in her scoring paddles and step away from the show. But Strictly Come Dancing has been here before. Len Goodman retired at the end of 2016 – and the BBC’s flagship entertainment show was certainly strong enough to survive that transition and the arrival of Shirley Ballas as new Head Judge, despite initial worries from fans. I have no doubt that, with the right replacement for Darcey, Strictly will continue to dominate Saturday nights. "I am not leaving because of any upset or disagreement at all, I am just stepping away to give more focus to my many other commitments in dance, after seven truly wonderful years that I can’t imagine having gone any better. "I know I will miss being part of this unique show and the fact that it celebrates dance is something I am so passionate about. I hope that I may be very lucky to be asked back again one day," she concluded. Bussell joined the Strictly Come Dancing judging line-up in 2012 following the departure of Alesha Dixon. The BBC's director of content Charlotte Moore paid tribute to Bussell, saying that she "will of course remain part of the Strictly family in the future". “It has been an absolute honour to have Darcey, a national treasure and British dance icon, bring her passion for dance and her graceful presence to the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel for seven consecutive years," Moore said. Strictly is set to return for a 17th series later in 2019.
Netflix reveals who will play Princess Diana in The Crown
Grantchester actor Emma Corrin will play Lady Diana Spencer in the royal drama – but the character won't make an appearance until season four
Netflix has revealed who will play Princess Diana in The Crown. Actor Emma Corrin has joined the cast as Lady Diana Spencer – the future Princess of Wales and wife of Prince Charles – in the royal drama. However, Netflix has confirmed that the key royal figure will not make an appearance on screen until season four. Everything you need to know about The Crown on Netflix Diana: the rebel princess Season three is due to be released on Netflix later in 2019, while season four will begin filming later this year according to Netflix. Up-and-coming British actor Corrin has featured in ITV period drama Grantchester, and is also set to appear in Batman prequel TV series Pennyworth. View oEmbed on the source website However, her appearance as Diana in The Crown is set to be her highest profile role to date. Discover the real history behind Netflix’s The Crown "I have been glued to the show and to think I'm now joining this incredibly talented acting family is surreal," Corrin said. "Princess Diana was an icon and her effect on the world remains profound and inspiring. To explore her through Peter Morgan's writing is the most exceptional opportunity and I will strive to do her justice!" she added. After the news was announced, Corrin said on Instagram that she was "over joyed, over the moon and incredibly honoured". The third season of The Crown ushers in an entirely new cast, with Olivia Colman replacing Claire Foy as the Queen and Tobias Menzies stepping into Matt Smith's role as Prince Philip. Helena Bonham Carter meanwhile replaces Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret. View oEmbed on the source website While Diana will not feature until season four, The Crown season three is set to include the first appearance of Prince Charles' second wife Camilla Parker-Bowles. Call the Midwife star and Killing Eve writer Emerald Fennell is set to play the future Duchess of Cornwall. Season three is expected to be released at some point in 2019, although Netflix has not yet confirmed an exact date. While the first two seasons were released in November 2016 and December 2017 respectively, the introduction of a brand new cast has meant a longer wait for the third season. Find out more about The Crown season three here. Netflix release dates 2019: all the major upcoming TV shows revealed