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items: Daniel Craig reveals why he thinks the Knives Out films are not "whodunnits" at all
items: Josh O'Connor argues that Daniel Craig with his "self-doubt and self-loathing" is nothing like James Bond
items: Apple TV thriller The Hunt delayed as production company investigates "intellectual property matter"
items: The Capture season 3 first look finally released as Holliday Grainger returns in beloved role to face "brutal" danger
items: Cooper & Fry release schedule: When will episode 3 air on 5?
items: BBC confirms Christmas 2025 TV line-up – from Call the Midwife to The Traitors and David Attenborough
items: The Forsytes season 2: Release date speculation and latest news
items: Doctor Who finale script sheds new light on Ncuti Gatwa's surprise regeneration into Billie Piper
items: Is Responsible Child on Netflix based on a true story?
items: Will there be The Penguin season 2? Latest news and speculation
items: Hijack writer's "gripping" new thriller casts Torchwood star opposite David Morrissey
items: Landman season 2 release schedule: When will episode 3 arrive on Paramount Plus?
items: Prisoner 951 true story: How accurate is the BBC drama to the real events?
items: Prisoner 951 cast: Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes star
items: Prisoner 951 review: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama is fittingly infuriating and heart-rending
items: What to watch on TV this week: 22nd - 28th November
items: Endeavour favourite stars in first look at all-new MI5 drama from award-winning writer where "loyalty and deception collide"
items: Mrs Brown's Boys star's BBC sitcom special with "shed full of laughs" gets first look amid major production update
items: ITV unveils its Christmas 2025 TV line-up – from Red Eye to The Masked Singer and a hit new US drama
items: Beloved '00s Christmas film tipped for sequel following death of iconic star Diane Keaton
items: Friends spin-off Joey finally releases eight unaired episodes nearly two decades later
items: Why won't there be a Jurassic World: Chaos Theory season 5?
items: Wicked: For Good's early Rotten Tomatoes score revealed as wave of reviews arrive - is it as good as the first?
items: The Boys season 5: Release date speculation and latest news
items: The Simpsons kills off memorable character in surprising new season 37 episode
items: Miss Scarlet and The Duke season 4 finally has free-to-air release date confirmed
items: Will there be a Cooper & Fry season 2?
items: Where was Cooper & Fry filmed?
items: Cooper & Fry cast: Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill star
items: BBC confirms nationwide casting search for new Adrian Mole series – with beloved author revealed to be penning adaptation

Daniel Craig reveals why he thinks the Knives Out films are not "whodunnits" at all
type: item
date: 2025-11-27T14:00:36.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
subject: Magazine
subject: Netflix
subject: News
description: "Those are the worst kind of movies."
encoded: With Wake Up Dead Man now in cinemas, audiences are getting to enjoy the latest addition to Rian Johnson's series of Knives Out mysteries, starring Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc. This latest film, which also stars Josh O'Connor, sees Blanc investigating the murder of a charismatic priest, with a line-up of suspects played by Glenn Close, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church. However, speaking in the upcoming issue of Radio Times magazine alongside O'Connor and Close, Craig has been quick to shut down the idea that the Knives Out films are Whodunnits – and he has explained why. In the interview, which will be included in the magazine released on Saturday 29th November, Close described the film as "Shakespearean", adding: "There’s a certain kind of order, then disorder comes in, and then it’s restored, either comically or with drama. And I love the ending of this movie. I think it will surprise people." When it was then put to Craig that perhaps audiences like whodunnits so much because they allow us to confront weighty topics while also being entertained, the actor was quick to cut in and say that "these movies are not whodunnits". "Those are the worst kind of movies," Craig said. "Yes, there is a denouement at the end, but it’s a denouement with a twist. And that’s part of its genius." Wake Up Dead Man, which will arrive on Netflix in December, is the third instalment in the franchise, and while there isn't a fourth currently in development, Johnson has said there's a good chance he will return to the series in future. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the BFI London Film Festival, Johnson said he would come back "as long as Daniel and I have fun doing it, and he wants to do them, as long as audiences like them, and also as long as we can keep challenging ourselves and coming up with something that’s genuinely new." The next issue of Radio Times is out on Saturday 29th November – subscri…

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Josh O'Connor argues that Daniel Craig with his "self-doubt and self-loathing" is nothing like James Bond
type: item
date: 2025-11-26T17:06:23.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Movies
subject: Exclusive
subject: Magazine
subject: Netflix
subject: News
description: Wake Up Dead Man, which stars both O'Connor and Craig, is out now in cinemas.
encoded: The third film in Rian Johnson's Knives Out series, Wake Up Dead Man is now out in cinemas, with Daniel Craig reprising his now iconic role as Benoit Blanc. Craig has successfully managed to build recognition for his detective character and somewhat shake-off his association with James Bond, a role he left in 2021 with No Time to Die. This may be because, as his Wake Up Dead Man co-star Josh O'Connor said in the upcoming issue of Radio Times magazine, which will be released on Saturday 29th November, Craig is actually nothing like 007. Speaking in a wider interview, O'Connor said that Craig was the reason he got his role as young priest Jud Duplenticy in the new film in the first place. "Daniel is a really incredible human being," O'Connor said. "He’s so generous with his spirit and he brought me into Knives Out. He was the one that alerted Rian to my work. "I didn’t know that until yesterday, actually, and it’s a big deal." He continued: "Daniel is also a proper actor. I think we sometimes forget, because of Bond maybe, that his body of work is extraordinary and diverse. He can do tragedy, comedy, grief, drama, everything. "And as a person, he’s just a pure collaborator – incredibly full of self-doubt and self-loathing and not knowing whether he’s doing the right thing and constantly saying to me, 'What do you think about that?'" When it was put to O'Connor that people wouldn't expect "self-doubt" and "self-loathing" to be terms associated with Craig, he responded: "Completely. It’s partly because what he does with Bond is so confident. "But that’s not him at all. He’s like a boy. He’s sort of this sweet, insecure man who is incredibly charming and brings you in. He’s brilliant. I loved working with him." Wake Up Dead Man, which also stars Josh Brolin, Glenn Close, Thomas Haden Church, Kerry Washington, Daryl McCormack, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny and Mila Kunis, sees Blanc investigating the seemingly impossible murder of charismatic priest Monsignor…

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Apple TV thriller The Hunt delayed as production company investigates "intellectual property matter"
type: item
date: 2025-11-26T12:46:18.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: News
description: The Hunt was originally due to be released on 3rd December.
encoded: Last week, eagle-eyed viewers noticed that French series The Hunt, also titled Traqués, was no longer on the schedule to be released on Apple TV, having originally been set to premiere on 3rd December 2025. It was then noticed that all promotional materials for the thriller had been removed, including the trailer for the series, although why this had happened was then uncertain. Now, production company Gaumont, from whom Apple TV acquired the series, has put out a statement to explain the decision to delay the series. The statement says: "The broadcast of our series The Hunt has been temporarily postponed. We are currently conducting a thorough review to address any questions related to our production. "We take intellectual property matters very seriously." Deadline has reported that questions were raised over the series being presented as an original work from creator Cédric Anger, in light of apparent plot similarities to 1973 novel Shoot by US author Douglas Fairbairn (which was also adapted into a 1976 film). Sources told the publication that Shoot had not been brought up as possible source material and was not on Gaumont or Apple TV’s radar until recently. Deadline also reports information about the issue started circulating this week after it was raised by French journalist Clément Garin, noting that any conversations over Shoot would involve his estate, as Fairbairn died in 1997. RadioTimes.com has approached Apple TV for comment. The synopsis for The Hunt says: "Franck (Benoît Magimel) and his long-time friends enjoy spending their weekends hunting together, but one Sunday, they come across another group of hunters who start targeting them without explanation. When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back, sending an attacker to the ground. "Barely managing to escape, the four friends keep the event a secret. Franck tries to go back to his life as usual alongside his wife, Krystel (Mélanie Laurent), but in the next few days, he starts to feel…

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The Capture season 3 first look finally released as Holliday Grainger returns in beloved role to face "brutal" danger
type: item
date: 2025-11-26T10:08:49.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
description: The techno-thriller aired its previous seasons in 2019 and 2022.
encoded: More than three years after season 2 aired, a first-look image for The Capture season 3 has now been revealed, showing Holliday Grainger back in action as Rachel Carey. The image, which you can see below, shows Rachel stood in an interview room, with her image being reflected multiple times in the mirror behind her. The exact release date for season 3, which is once again written by Ben Chanan, has yet to be revealed, but we do know it will be airing in Spring 2026 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. As already announced, season 3 will see Killian Scott (Kaos) take on a pivotal role, in the same way Callum Turner and Paapa Essiedu played co-leads alongside Grainger in seasons 1 and 2 respectively. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/11/Holliday-Grainger-as-Rachel-Carey-in-The-Capture-S3-coming-to-BBC-iPlayer-and-BBC-One-in-Spring-2026-291b2ba.jpg" width="7203" height="4802" alt="Holliday Grainger as Rachel Carey in The Capture season 3, stood in an interview room with her back to a mirror, which reflects her multiple times." title="Holliday Grainger as Rachel Carey in The Capture S3 coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One in Spring 2026" /> Meanwhile, returning cast members include Indira Varma as Khadija Khan, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, Ron Perlman as CIA agent Frank Napier, Nigel Lindsay as DSI Tom Kendricks, Tessa Wong as DC Chloe Tan and Daisy Waterstone as Abigail Carey. Season 3 picks up 12 months after the huge season 2 cliffhanger, which saw Rachel broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation programme known as Correction. The synopsis for the new season says: "Amidst an inquiry into the unlawful use of Correction, Carey has become Acting Commander of Counter Terrorism Command, determined to regain the public’s trust in surveillance technology through the new Operation Veritas camera s…

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Cooper & Fry release schedule: When will episode 3 air on 5?
type: item
date: 2025-11-26T09:20:12.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Channel 5
description: The detective drama starring Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill is now airing.
encoded: Detective drama Cooper & Fry may have only aired two episodes, but the short length of this first season means we're already halfway through the mysteries they will be solving this time around. The 5 drama, based on the novels by Stephen Booth about two police officers solving cases in the Derbyshire town of Edendale, stars Robert James-Collier as Ben Cooper and Mandip Gill as Diane Fry, and viewers are already loving their mismatched dynamic. Episode 3 will see the duo travelling to a small village, Withens, which is in a fight for survival against a water company with plans to buy, demolish and rebuild. There, a local man, Neil Goodwin, has been found brutally beaten to death in a disused quarry. The synopsis for the episode says: "As Fry begins to connect the case to the disappearance of Emma Runshaw from five years ago, she and Ben are pursued at every turn by ‘The Border Rats’ a mysterious group shrouded in secrecy. Led by the formidable Lucas Oxley, they’re sworn to protect Withens and ready for war. "As the strange behaviour of Emma’s parents, Howard and Sarah, raise suspicions for Fry, the detectives learn that Neil was involved in profiting from stolen goods. "But as Cooper and Fry get closer to the truth, the discovery of a body illegally buried in the local church graveyard, brings forth secrets once laid to rest long ago. To find the truth, Cooper and Fry will have to face the past and the present." But when will fans be able to watch that episode and how many episode will there be of this season in total? Read on for everything you need to know about the release schedule for Cooper & Fry. When will Cooper & Fry episode 3 air on 5? Unlike some 5 shows which air episodes daily across a week or more, Cooper & Fry – like another 5 drama The Forsytes – has gone for a traditional weekly release. This means that episode 3 will air on 5 at 8pm on Tuesday 2nd December 2025. How many episodes will there be of Cooper & Fry? There will be four episodes of Cooper & …

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BBC confirms Christmas 2025 TV line-up – from Call the Midwife to The Traitors and David Attenborough
type: item
date: 2025-11-25T10:32:25.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
description: Other big hitters on the schedule for this year include an Amandaland Christmas special and The Night Manager season 2.
encoded: Following ITV's confirmation of its 2025 Christmas line-up last week, the BBC has now followed suit, unveiled a raft of festive programming to keep viewers entertained throughout the holiday season. Some of the big hitters this time are, of course, returning favourites. For instance, there are festive specials for dramas such as Call the Midwife, Beyond Paradise, Death in Paradise, as well as comedies including Amandaland, Mammoth, Mandy and Mrs Brown’s Boys. There are also plenty of returning entertainment programmes set to air, with Strictly Come Dancing, Michael McIntyre’s Christmas Wheel, Gladiators and The Repair Shop all hosting specials, alongside twists on formats such as Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Christmas and The Celebrity Apprentice. However, there are still plenty of new programmes and one-off specials on the way. This year's Julia Donaldson adaptation The Scarecrows' Wedding is set to air, while Mark Gatiss brings us a new Ghost Story for Christmas, The Room in the Tower, and Sir David Attenborough hosts a brand-new film exploring the wildlife of England’s capital in Wild London. New comedies set to air include Shedites, written by and starring some Mrs Brown's Boys favourites, while Guz Khan will star in a modern-day Christmas caper, Stuffed. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/11/544033-7d6f2b9.jpg" width="4320" height="2880" alt="Jennifer Saunders as Aunt Joan, Philippa Dunne as Anne, Samuel Anderson as Mal, Lucy Punch as Amanda, Alexander Shaw as Manus, Miley Locke as Georgie and Joanna Lumley as Felicity in Amandaland, all sat and stood around a Christmas dinner table wearing paper crowns." title="544033,TITLE:Amandaland Christmas Special 2025" /> If you're already looking ahead to New Year, a host of big hitters are on the horizon to see 2026 in in style. Not only are there plenty of specific programmes for New Year's Eve – including Ronan Keating & Friends: New Year’s Eve Party, Jools' Annual Hootenanny and T…

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The Forsytes season 2: Release date speculation and latest news
type: item
date: 2025-11-24T22:10:11.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Channel 5
description: Will the lavish period drama be back for more?
encoded: It's been a drama-filled six weeks, but now The Forsytes, 5's lavish new adaptation of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga has come to an end – for now. Of course, for those who have seen the season finale, they will know that things don't end on a conclusive note, and there are still plenty more stories to be told surrounding the titular family. So will the series, and its all-star cast including Tuppence Middleton, Millie Gibson, Jack Davenport and Eleanor Tomlinson, be back for more? And if so, when will be the new episodes be released? Read on for everything you need to know about The Forsytes season 2 on 5. Will there be The Forsytes season 2? There will! In fact, it was announced back in June 2025 that the show would be returning for a second season, well before the first had even debuted. When the news was announced, Damien Timmer, CCO and founder of production company Mammoth Screen, said in a statement: "We can’t wait for the world to see series 1 of The Forsytes, and we’re so pleased to be getting ahead of ourselves and starting on this thrilling second series with Debbie Horsfield’s irresistible scripts and our glorious – and ever expanding – cast." Meanwhile, Susanne Simpson, head of scripted content and executive producer for the show's US broadcaster, Masterpiece, said: "We’re so pleased with the first season of The Forsytes that we’re thrilled to continue the story into season 2 with our stellar cast. "We’re confident that our MASTERPIECE audience will quickly come to love the intrigue, romance and drama that this series brilliantly brings to the screen." When will The Forsytes season 2 be released? We don't yet know when The Forsytes will be returning for season 2, but given that the team got a head start on it, thanks to the early renewal, we imagine fans shouldn't have to wait too long. It seems likely that the show will stick to an annual release, which would therefore mean the new episodes would start airing in late 2026 – however, at this point t…

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Doctor Who finale script sheds new light on Ncuti Gatwa's surprise regeneration into Billie Piper
type: item
date: 2025-11-24T15:25:09.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: It remains a mystery just how and why the Doctor appeared to regenerate to have the same face as his former companion, Rose.
encoded: To mark Doctor Who Day yesterday (23rd November) – the anniversary of the date on which the show originally debuted back in 1963 – all eight scripts from the sci-fi series' most recent season have been released online. Naturally, one moment that fans have immediately scrolled through to is the very end of episode 8, The Reality War, to see how the script talks about Ncuti Gatwa's shock regeneration into Billie Piper. The moment, which came as a huge surprise for fans at the end of the finale, was made all the more intriguing because the credits of the episode didn't refer to Piper – who previously played the Doctor's companion, Rose Tyler – as the Doctor, and it has never been confirmed since. That tradition continues in The Reality War's script, with Gatwa's regeneration being described as follows: "Regeneration energy volcanoes out of him! "Collar and sleeves filled with streaming bolts of gold. Wider. The Tardis in space, the Doctor in the doorway, with energy shooting out into the galaxy, a wild display. Closer, as the Doctor's face finally vanishes into the gold. "And... A face appears! A person wreathed in miraculous gold and light. Who says... 'Oh, hello!'" The fact that Piper is only described as "a face" and a "person" only reaffirms many fans' belief that Piper won't be playing the 16th Doctor, and there will instead be some other timey-wimey shenanigans which will be addressed in the now-confirmed 2026 Christmas special. It's also interesting that Piper isn't referred to by name at all. This may have been to avoid spoilers leaking out, although Piper has said she was approached "very last-minute" about appearing in the scene. View oEmbed on the source website That special will be written by showrunner Russell T Davies, and will be the first episode of the show to air following the end of the BBC's production and distribution deal with Disney for the programme. When news of the special was confirmed, Lindsay Salt, Director of Drama, BBC said in a statement…

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Is Responsible Child on Netflix based on a true story?
type: item
date: 2025-11-24T15:05:38.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The one-off drama first aired on BBC Two in 2019.
encoded: It's now been over a week since 2019 TV film Responsible Child, which first aired on BBC Two, arrived on Netflix, but it is still riding high in the streamer's top 10 chart. The hard-hitting drama tells the story of a 12-year-old boy called Ray, played by Bring Her Back's Billy Barratt, who is put on trial for murder, after his step-father was found dead. Along with Barratt, the rest of the film's cast includes Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones), Tom Burke (Strike), Stephen Campbell Moore (The Gold), Owen McDonnell (True Detective), Shaun Dingwall (Doctor Who), Debbie Honeywood (Vera), Angela Wynter (EastEnders) and James Tarpey (Grace). But is the disturbing story told in the drama based on a true story, and if so, just were the details behind the real events that inspired the film? Read on for everything you need to know about the inspiration for Responsible Child on Netflix. Is Responsible Child based on a true story? The story behind Responsible Child hasn't been taken directly from real life, but it does appear to have been heavily inspired by the 2014 case of Jerome Ellis and his older brother Joshua. In 2014, Jerome was just 14, while his brother Joshua was 23. Together, the pair stabbed their stepfather, Neil Tulley, to death as he lay on the sofa at their family home. Tulley was later found with over 60 stab wounds. Jerome and Joshua claimed that Tulley was abusive and had threatened to kill Joshua, who struggled with depression. Tulley is said to have even swung an axe at Joshua. Neighbours and relatives attested that the family lived in fear of Tulley's outbursts. Jerome was sentenced to six years in detention for manslaughter on grounds of loss of control. Meanwhile, Joshua was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of 14 years behind bars. While Jerome has now been released and is living a private life, Joshua is still in prison and is not eligible for parole until 2028 at the earliest. The film was directed by Nick Holt,…

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Will there be The Penguin season 2? Latest news and speculation
type: item
date: 2025-11-24T12:00:05.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: HBO
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: Could Oz Cobb be back for more?
encoded: *Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Penguin episode 8.* Although many fans of The Penguin are willing another season into existence, it appears we're no closer to knowing whether the HBO series will return for more. However, we do now know a few more parameters around the potential of a second season. For starters, showrunner Lauren LeFranc has said that we can't look ahead to The Penguin season 2 when we still don't have The Batman Part II. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, she said that the "intention of our first season always was, we’re launching Oz into the second film, and so we couldn’t air a second season until after Matt’s movie comes out". Similarly, chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content Casey Bloys told Deadline about a potential second season: “It’s definitely possible. Obviously, Matt has the film that he needs to work on. But there’s definitely a possibility. I think probably what’s most important in that world right now is getting the movie started, and I know they’re dealing with that now.” With the note that things ended on in season 1, series star Colin Farrell has previously admitted that it may be hard for his protagonist to come back from such a disturbing turn of events. Having murdered Vic (Rhenzy Feliz) in the finale, Farrell told The Hollywood Reporter: "I certainly think it makes [a second season] more difficult. [Killing Vic] is a very hard thing to claw back from. It’s not impossible, but it’s a tougher hill to climb." It's certainly a valid point to remember, but does that mean we could be seeing more of Cristin Milioti's Sofia instead? While nothing has yet been confirmed, Milioti remains excited about whatever shape her character's future takes, whether in another season of The Penguin, The Batman II or in her own spin-off series. Speaking to RadioTimes.com exclusively, Milioti said: "I'd play her for the rest of my life. I mean, I love that show, and I love those people. You know, it was like, across the board, 10 out of 10s. And…

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Hijack writer's "gripping" new thriller casts Torchwood star opposite David Morrissey
type: item
date: 2025-11-24T11:17:57.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: ITV
subject: ITVX
subject: News
description: Psychological drama Gone will be coming to ITV.
encoded: The central cast has been announced for Gone, a new six-part thriller series from the writer of Hijack, George Kay, with two big name actors leading the series. The show, which is described as a "gripping, psychological drama", will air on ITV and ITVX, will be directed by Richard Laxton (Joan) and will star David Morrissey (Daddy Issues) and Eve Myles (Torchwood). The synopsis for the series says: "Set against the backdrop of a prestigious private school, a foreboding forest and the quiet sprawl of Bristol, Gone is a chilling mystery focusing on local Headmaster Michael Polly, played by David Morrissey, who becomes the prime suspect in his wife Sarah’s disappearance. "An upstanding member of the community, Michael Polly is inscrutable and likes order and precision in his working life. Until, that is, he encounters super bright, gutsy Detective Annie Cassidy, played by Eve Myles, and a compulsive game of cat and mouse begins as she chips away at his veneer in search of the truth. "With tension in the air, yet Polly not displaying any emotion, Annie’s suspicions are heightened the more she investigates. Something in her gut tells her all is not what it seems. Could he be capable of murder? And if so – why?" The series has been partly inspired by the book To Hunt a Killer, written by former Detective Superintendent for Gloucestershire Police, Julie Mackay, and ITV Crime Correspondent Robert Murphy, both of whom serve as consultants on the series. Sarah and Michael’s daughter, Alana, a teacher at the school, will be played by Emma Appleton (The Road Trip), while other cast members include Jennifer Macbeth, Arthur Hughes, Nicholas Nunn, Elliot Cowan, Billy Barrett, Rupert Evans, Jodie McNee, Oscar Batterham and Clare Higgins. Eve Myles said in a statement: "I'm thrilled to be playing Detective Annie Cassidy in George Kay's brilliantly written drama Gone. "Annie is a fascinating character, intuitive, gutsy and doesn't suffer fools, but she has met her match in Michael Po…

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Landman season 2 release schedule: When will episode 3 arrive on Paramount Plus?
type: item
date: 2025-11-24T09:10:59.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: On demand
subject: Paramount Plus
description: Taylor Sheridan's drama starring Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore is releasing new episodes now.
encoded: The second season of Landman is now well and truly underway, with the episode 2, which is now available on Paramount Plus, starting to set up some of the conflicts to come. Season 2 has seen the return of Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore, with the latter's character taking on a bigger role following the death of her husband Monty, who was played by Jon Hamm. The series, which takes place in the world of the West Texas oilfields, comes from Taylor Sheridan, the creator who is also behind a number of Paramount's other hits, including Yellowstone, Lioness and Mayor of Kingstown. But if you're wondering when episode 3, the next instalment in the season, will arrive, then never fear – we've got you covered. Read on to find out everything you need to know about the release schedule for Landman season 2 on Paramount Plus. When will Landman season 2 episode 3 released? Landman season 2 is following a weekly release on Sundays, meaning that episode 3 will arrive on Paramount Plus on Sunday 30th November 2025. The episode is titled Almost a Home, and like all the others in the series it has been written by Taylor Sheridan. How many episodes of Landman season 2 will there be? There will be 10 episodes of Landman season 2 in total, the same number as in season 1. Thankfully for fans, it seems there is still plenty of scope for the show to continue beyond this in future seasons. Ainsley star Michelle Randolph told The Hollywood Reporter: "There’s so many stories to tell. There’s so many really distinct characters, I feel like we could go on and on and on because what I always have to remind myself – the first season was 10 days in the show so I’m like, we could film the show for so long because it’s not like it’s one season, taking place over a year or anything. "There’s so much room for growth in every single character; they’re all deeply flawed in their own ways, which is what makes them really enticing to watch because it’s very human." Landman season 2 release schedule – Wh…

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Prisoner 951 true story: How accurate is the BBC drama to the real events?
type: item
date: 2025-11-23T08:00:33.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: On demand
description: The four-part drama tells the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's imprisonment in Iran.
encoded: New BBC drama Prisoner 951 tells a true story many viewers may recognise from the news, as the events dramatised took place just years ago, between 2016 and 2022. The story surrounds Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an British-Iranian woman who was imprisoned in Iran for six years, as her husband and many others campaigned tirelessly to bring her home. The series stars Narges Rashidi as Nazanin, while Joseph Fiennes plays her husband, Richard Ratcliffe. But just how closely does the series stick to real events and what are the details of the true story behind the programme? Read on for everything you need to know about the true story behind Prisoner 951. What is Prisoner 951 about? Prisoner 951 tells the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen who travelled to Iran with her 22-month-old daughter Gabriella in 2016. As they were waiting to board their flight back to the UK, they were arrested by Iranian authorities and Gabriella's passport was confiscated. Iranian officials accused Nazanin of leading a "foreign-linked hostile network", and she was sentenced to five years in jail. She has always denied those allegations, and said that she was only in Iran to visit her family. Over the proceeding months and years her husband Richard campaigned in the UK for Nazanin to be freed and brought home, something which was finally achieved after six years, in 2022. Richard and Nazanin have repeatedly asserted that she was a pawn in a decades-old political dispute between the Iranian government and the UK, relating to a debt the latter owed. The UK government has always denied that the two issues were linked, but her freedom, and the freedom of other imprisoned dual nationals, was only secured after the debt was paid. Is Prisoner 951 based on a book? It is, however viewers won't be able to get their hands on it for some time yet. Prisoner 951 is based not only on extensive research by the team behind the programme, but also on the firsthand accounts of Nazani…

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Prisoner 951 cast: Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes star
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date: 2025-11-23T08:00:06.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: On demand
description: The four-part drama is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
encoded: Factual drama Prisoner 951 is based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen who was arrested in Iran while visiting family, and imprisoned for six years. Meanwhile, the other half of the story focuses on her husband Richard, who spent years campaigning for her release. It's hard hitting series based on the first-hand accounts of the couple, which has been written by Stephen Butchard and directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. Nazanin and Richard are played by Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes respectively, while other actors to feature across the series include Nicholas Farrell and Alastair Mackenzie. But who do they all play and where might you have seen the actors before? Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of Prisoner 951, and to see images of the cast members next to their real-life counterparts. Prisoner 951 cast: Who stars in the four-part BBC drama? Here are the main cast members and characters in Prisoner 951. Read on below for more info about who they are and where you've seen the actors before. Narges Rashidi as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Joseph Fiennes as Richard Ratcliffe Ella Varavipour as Baby Gabriella Mana Sayyah as Young Gabriella Ava Rose as Older Gabriella Bijan Daneshmand as Baba Behi Djanati-Atai as Mamani Kavé Niku as Mohammad Nicholas Farrell as John Marion Bailey as Barbara Simon Armstrong as Uncle Geoff Catherine Bailey as Rebecca Shaun Yusuf McKee as Lim Armin Karima as Interrogator Seyed Zanyar Mohammadi as Interrogator Yazdi Hamid Azari as Young Prosecutor Claudia Harrison as Penny Madden Astrid Whettnall as Monique Villa Tristan Sturrock as Jason Freddie Stevenson as George Alastair Mackenzie as Tobias Ellwood MP Sam Troughton as Oliver Denton Farzana Dua Elahe as Tulip Siddiq MP Melika Foroutan as Narges Banafshe Hourmazdi as Farah Elham Karimpour as Shirin Sima Rostami as Samira Vivienne Gibbs as Liz Truss MP Christopher Colquhoun as James Cleverly MP Narges Rashidi plays Nazanin Zaghari-Ratc…

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Prisoner 951 review: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama is fittingly infuriating and heart-rending
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date: 2025-11-23T00:01:38.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: On demand
subject: Review
description: Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes shine in this powerful four-part series.
encoded: Unless you've been living under a rock or have been avoiding the news entirely for the past 10 years (and, honestly, it would be hard to blame you), then chances are you'll have some knowledge, however fleeting, of the story surrounding Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. That is in no small part thanks to the work of her husband Richard, whose tireless and personally brutal campaigning shone a light on Nazanin's plight, which could otherwise have gone so much deeper under the radar. Now, a BBC drama, Prisoner 951, is set to bring Nazanin's story to even greater prominence and recognition, while also deepening the understanding of those who are only aware of it on a cursory level. Based in part on Nazanin and Richard's upcoming book, A Yard of Sky, which is set to be released next year, the series is a powerful, unflinching piece of drama, which is at once both deeply upsetting and utterly enraging. To fill in some of the blanks: in 2016, a British-Iranian citizen, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe travelled to Iran with her 22-month-old daughter Gabriella to visit her family. Her husband, Richard, stayed at home in the UK. As the mother and daughter were waiting to board a flight back to the UK, they were arrested at the airport, and Gabriella's passport was confiscated. Iranian officials accusing Nazanin of leading a "foreign-linked hostile network" and plotting to overthrow the Iranian government. She was sentenced to five years in jail. Nazanin always denied those allegations and said that she was only in Iran to visit her family. Over the following years, Richard worked to bring her home in any way possible. As he became disillusioned with the political response, he turned to making waves in the press to draw attention to Nazanin's plight. Both he and Nazanin became convinced that she was a pawn in a decades-old political dispute between the Iranian government and the UK, relating to a debt the latter owed. The UK government has always denied that the two issues were linked, bu…

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What to watch on TV this week: 22nd - 28th November
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date: 2025-11-22T06:00:14.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: TV
subject: Video
description: Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 and Prisoner 951 are among our picks for what to watch on TV this week.
encoded: It's been over three years of waiting, but finally Stranger Things is returning this week, with the first batch of episodes from the sci-fi show's fifth and final season set to arrive on Netflix. It isn't the only scripted show set to release – there is also hard-hitting drama Prisoner 951, which is based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, plus the third season of Alan Carr's sitcom Changing Ends. Meanwhile, fans of documentaries can look forward to two immersive shows, in the form of the BBC's Civilisations: Rise and Fall and Apple TV's Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, plus Peter Jackson's remaster of The Beatles Anthology. Last but not least, on the entertainment front, Strictly Come Dancing is heading to Blackpool for its annual show at the Tower Ballroom, and live event Clash of the Comics, in which some of the biggest names in comedy wrestle each other and some of the UK’s top professionals, is set to be broadcast on U. Here, you'll find our top picks for this week – read on for our full guide of what to watch. Strictly Come Dancing: Blackpool special Release date: Saturday 22nd November, 6:35pm, BBC One The seven remaining pairs of celebrities and professionals will have an extra spring in their step tonight; not just because they’ve reached the second half of the series, but because they will be dancing on the famous sprung floor of the Tower Ballroom. Yes, it’s Blackpool Week. The good news is that we’ll get to see performances kick up a notch as the couples will be joined by a company of dancers who will supercharge their routines. The bad news is that there will undoubtedly be a sky-high number of cheesy skits and puns – due not only to this week’s seaside setting, but also to the footwork-themed musical act gracing the ballroom tonight: Steps. Frances Taylor Prisoner 951 Release date: Sunday 23rd November, 9pm, BBC One In April 2016, charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was returning to Britain with her young daughter after visiting her paren…

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Endeavour favourite stars in first look at all-new MI5 drama from award-winning writer where "loyalty and deception collide"
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date: 2025-11-21T10:58:40.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: ITV
subject: ITVX
subject: News
description: Shaun Evans, Romola Garai and Zahra Ahmadi star in Betrayal, which is coming to ITV1 in 2026.
encoded: A selection of first-look images have been released for Betrayal, the new ITV drama from award-winning playwright and screenwriter David Eldridge, directed by BAFTA and Emmy nominee Julian Jarrold (A Very Royal Scandal). The images for the series, which will arrive in 2026, show us the characters played by Shaun Evans (Endeavour), Romola Garai (Vigil) and Zahra Ahmadi (Beyond Paradise) for the first time. While Evans plays John Hughes, a mid-career MI5 officer, Garai plays his partner Claire and Ahmadi his unlikely ally, Mehreen Askari-Evans, an intelligence operative. The synopsis for the series says it sees John "navigating a rapidly evolving intelligence landscape while struggling to keep his personal life intact". The synopsis continues: "Acting on a hunch, John meets a British-Iranian man with links to the Stockport gangland who claims to have intelligence about an imminent plot on UK soil. "When the encounter takes an unexpected turn, John finds himself under internal investigation, facing scrutiny from his superiors, including Simone Grant (Nikki Amuka-Bird), while his partner Claire (Garai) grapples with the secrecy that defines his world. John’s efforts to save his marriage are complicated by his inability to let the case go. And when he meets Mehreen Askari-Evans (Ahmadi), an intelligence operative who is tasked with taking over John’s duties, he finds an unlikely ally. "As John becomes increasingly convinced of the involvement of a hardline faction of the Iranian regime, he also starts to worry there are enemies closer to home. But can he identify the target and avert the attack before it’s too late?" Other stars set to feature in Betrayal include Gamba Cole (The Outlaws), Omid Djalili (His Dark Materials), Matthew Tennyson (Grantchester), Hayley Tamaddon (Unforgotten), Anthony Flanagan (House of the Dragon), Paddy Rowan (G’wed), Waj Ali (Out There). They will be joined by Karim Kadjar (Wolf Hall), Emma Cunniffe (Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de M…

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Mrs Brown's Boys star's BBC sitcom special with "shed full of laughs" gets first look amid major production update
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date: 2025-11-20T14:58:00.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
description: Half-hour comedy Shedites will form part of the BBC's 2025 festive offering.
encoded: The BBC has released a first-look image from the behind-the-scenes of new one-off comedy special Shedites, as production has begun. Shedites, which will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, has been created and written by Mrs Brown's Boys star and writer Paddy Houlihan, while he has brought a host of his cast mates from the hit sitcom across to star in the project. Brendan O’Carroll, Danny O’Carroll, Simon Delaney and Houlihan himself will all appear in the project, along with Trying star Phil Davis, The Young Offenders actor Shane Casey and Small Town, Big Story's Deirdre O’Kane. It has also been confirmed that the special will be part of the BBC’s festive offering this Christmas, meaning it's on a tight turnaround. The synopsis for Shedites says that it is about "a place where men can make themselves useful building and repairing things, and along the way find company through unlikely friendships, a sense of purpose, and a mug of strong tea". The synopsis continues: "The half hour comedy sees Jimmy (Brendan O’Carroll), Harry (Davis), Gavin (Delaney), Cheesy (Danny O’Carroll), Paul (Casey) and Paddy the Liar (Houlihan) set out to build a new bike from recycled parts to try and win the local 'Santa Spin' race. "If they succeed, it’ll be a rare triumph for the lads. And if they don’t, Councillor Orla (Deirde O’Kane) will make sure they hear about it." Houlihan said in a statement: "It’s a privilege to see actors I’ve admired for years bring real depth to characters that began in my imagination. Alongside a crew who’ve poured skill and graft into every frame, they’ve taken what was on the page and lifted it to the screen with humour, honesty, and heart. Watching Shedites come to life has been a surreal experience." Meanwhile, Brendan O’Carroll added: "It’s inspiring and exciting to be filming Shedites. I saw this as a germ of an idea in Paddy’s head. To see it come to fruition is everything his talent deserves." The fifth season of Mrs Brown's Boys aired earlier this year …

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ITV unveils its Christmas 2025 TV line-up – from Red Eye to The Masked Singer and a hit new US drama
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date: 2025-11-20T12:43:01.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: ITV
subject: ITVX
subject: News
description: There are also Christmas specials for favourites such as Bullseye, Catchphrase and Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win on the way.
encoded: We're now just over a month away from Christmas Day, and you know what that means – the festive TV schedules are on their way. While exact release dates for many programmes are yet to be unveiled, ITV has now unveiled its line-up for this year's holiday season, with big hitters including the highly anticipated second season of Red Eye, starring Jing Lusi and Martin Compston, as well as The Masked Singer's Christmas special and the beginning of its seventh season. When it comes to dramas on the schedule, there are big US shows coming to ITV, including The Hunting Wives, which will arrive on ITVX on 27th December, and Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, which was first released in 2022 and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Uma Thurman, plus Australian series The Family Next Door. Meanwhile, entertainment formats returning for Christmas specials include Bullseye, Catchphrase, Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win, Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening, Wheel of Fortune, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, You Bet! and The 1% Club, with the latter also getting a spin-off starting from Monday 8th December, titled The 1% Club Rollover. There are also a number of big royal events and programmes on ITV's line-up, including this year's Royal Carols: Together at Christmas, The Royal Variety Performance 2025 and Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge. Meanwhile, Stephen Mulhern and Ant & Dec are teaming up for a brand new travel format, Accidental Tourist, while a documentary titled Torvill & Dean: The Last Dance will follow the ice skating legends on their last ever tour, and another one-off documentary will take viewers Inside M&S at Christmas. This year's Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball will also be coming to ITV, and Stephen Mulhern returns as host for the annual The Big Soap Quiz - Coronation Street v Emmerdale. If all that wasn't enough, ITV is also hosting a ton of hit movies over the Christmas season, from festive favourites like Love Actually, The Grinch, Red One and It’s a Wonderful Life, …

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Beloved '00s Christmas film tipped for sequel following death of iconic star Diane Keaton
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date: 2025-11-20T11:42:51.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Movies
subject: News
description: A sequel to 2005's The Family Stone could be on the way.
encoded: As we head into the festive period, film fans across the land will be returning to their Christmas movie favourites – from The Muppet Christmas Carol to Elf, Love Actually and everything in between. One film which is often a staple on many a watch-list is The Family Stone, the 2005 comedy drama starring the late Diane Keaton alongside an ensemble cast including Craig T Nelson, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams and Tyrone Giordano. Now, it seems another film could get added to those lists, as writer-director Thomas Bezucha has confirmed he is working on a sequel, in order to honour Keaton following her passing in October. The first film ended with the implication that Keaton's character Sybil had died after her breast cancer metastasised, and Bezucha revealed that he was already "haunted by the loss of Sybil" while working on the project before Keaton's death. He told CNN: "I’ve been haunted by the loss of Sybil for months while I worked on it, and so this was a blow on a tender bruise already. Mentally, I’ve been spending time in that house where I’ve been missing her for a while already." Bezucha said he now feels compelled to "do a good job by the rest of the cast," and has a desire to "honour her even more" in the wake of Keaton's death. Bezucha added that he would only be interested in moving forward with the project if the original cast were interested in returning, and said that when he reached out previously about it, he received received unanimously positive responses – even though no one has officially signed on and the film hasn't been formally greenlit yet. The Family Stone the titular family as the eldest son, Everett, brought his girlfriend Meredith home for Christmas, intending to propose to her. However, when she received a hostile reception from the family, she begged her sister Julie to join her. The Family Stone is available to watch on both Netflix and Disney Plus. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a mon…

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Friends spin-off Joey finally releases eight unaired episodes nearly two decades later
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date: 2025-11-20T10:41:53.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: News
description: Friends fans can finally have closure.
encoded: While Friends remains one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time, its spin-off and follow-up show Joey lasted only two seasons, with the final eight episodes of the second run never even airing in the US after it was cancelled. Now, finally, 19 years after Joey was cancelled in 2006, all of the episodes, including the final eight, are available to stream, with all of them having been made available to watch on the Friends YouTube channel. Originally, the show's broadcaster NBC pulled the show from its Thursday night slot in December 2005, before airing a further episode on a Tuesday in March. After this, the eight remaining episodes went unreleased, although they were broadcast through other networks internationally. The series saw Matt LeBlanc reprise his role as Joey Tribbiani, with the character seen leaving New York and heading to Hollywood, in order to take his acting career to the next level. Other key characters the show introduced included Drea de Matteo as his highly-strung sister Gina, and Paulo Costanzo as his 20-year-old genius nephew Michael. After the show was cancelled, Friends executive producer and director Kevin S Bright explained why he thought the spin-off failed. He told The Age: "On Friends, Joey was a womaniser but we enjoyed his exploits. He was a solid friend, a guy you knew you could count on. "Joey was deconstructed to be a guy who couldn’t get a job, couldn’t ask a girl out. He became a pathetic, mopey character. I felt he was moving in the wrong direction, but I was not heard." Following the end of Joey, LeBlanc went on to have roles in series including Episodes and Man with a Plan, while he was also one of the presenters of Top Gear for four seasons. Friends is available to stream on Netflix now. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream. Joey is available to watch on YouTube. Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to see what's on toni…

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Why won't there be a Jurassic World: Chaos Theory season 5?
type: item
date: 2025-11-20T08:00:38.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Netflix
subject: On demand
description: The animated series has picked up on the story originally started in Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous.
encoded: It's been a big year for fans of the Jurassic franchise, as not only has a new big screen adventure, Jurassic World: Rebirth, been released, but two full seasons of animated spin-off Jurassic World: Chaos Theory have also come to Netflix. The most recent season, which has just been added to the platform, follows the Nublar Six as they come together to survive the deadly dinosaur and human threats hidden within Biosyn Valley. But for those who have already made their way through all the episodes, can we expect to see the gang again, or is this the end for the beloved animated show? Read on for everything you need to know about why we're not expecting to see a Jurassic World: Chaos Theory season 5. Why won't there be a Jurassic World: Chaos Theory season 5? <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/11/JWCTS3Ben-Sammy-Yasmina-Darius-Kenji-78f542d.jpg" width="3060" height="2040" alt="Kausar Mohammed as Yasmina Fadoula, Sean Giambrone as Ben Pincus, Raini Rodriguez as Sammy Gutierrez, Paul-Mikél Williams as Darius Bowman and Darren Barnet as Kenji Kon in Jurassic World: Chaos Theory season 3." title="JWCT_S3_Ben Sammy Yasmina Darius Kenji" /> Sadly, there won't be a fifth season of Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, as the show is coming to an end with its fourth run, which has been dubbed an "epic conclusion". Thankfully, it seems the team behind the show have known for some time that the show would be ending at this point, meaning they have had time to plan and bring the story to a close, rather than it being cancelled and left on a cliffhanger. View oEmbed on the source website Season 4, which is once again made up of 10 episodes, is being called the show's "final season", and the cast and creatives have spoken about bringing this journey, which started in preceding series Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, to a close. Writer Nick Rodriguez took to X (formerly Twitter) to encourage fans to "celebrate" the release of the "final season", and sha…

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Wicked: For Good's early Rotten Tomatoes score revealed as wave of reviews arrive - is it as good as the first?
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date: 2025-11-19T12:16:09.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Movies
subject: News
description: The new film will be out in UK cinemas later this week.
encoded: We are now just two days out from Wicked: For Good being released in cinemas. As anticipation reaches boiling point, the first batch of reviews have been released from critics who have already had a chance to see the movie. Now that the first 105 reviews are in, as of Wednesday 19th November, the film is currently sitting at 72 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. The first film achieved a score of 88 per cent, meaning that, while more reviews are still skewing positive than those that are skewing negative, there appears to be more critics who had a negative opinion of Wicked: For Good compared to Wicked. It should be noted that the first Wicked film has 403 reviews logged on the site, so the sequel's rating could still shift dramatically in either direction as more reviews come in. RadioTimes.com gave the film four stars in our review, which poses that, while director Jon M Chu "doesn’t quite generate the same emotional heft as the previous film", For Good will still "surely satisfy Wicked’s extensive army of devotees". Elsewhere, Empire's review states that "all the characters are much less cheerful than they were last time around, and as a result it’s less enjoyable for us to watch", while The Independent calls it an "aimless slog of a sequel". In contrast, the BBC has called For Good "more captivating" than its predecessor, and Variety says that it "fixes flaws in the Broadway show’s second act". In terms of what viewers can expect from the story, Chu recently explained that, despite the new film's events overlapping somewhat with those presented in The Wizard of Oz, it "is still Elphaba and Glinda’s journey", meaning audiences won't actually see Dorothy's face in the new movie. He told People: "I didn’t want to step on who you think Dorothy is in whatever story that you came into this with. She is a pawn in the middle of all of it." Wicked: For Good is scheduled for release in UK cinemas on 21st November 2025. Check out more of our Film coverage or visit our TV Guide a…

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The Boys season 5: Release date speculation and latest news
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date: 2025-11-19T12:00:51.000Z
creator: Aimee Hart
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Amazon Prime Video
subject: On demand
description: The Boys will be back, one last time.
encoded: We're now heading rapidly towards the end of the year and the start of 2026, and for fans of The Boys, that means just one thing – season 5 is finally on its way. Fans have been waiting for the hard-edged superhero show's final season for some time now, and while we don't yet have an exact release date, we do know it will arrive in 2026, with filming having wrapped up earlier this year. When filming came to an end, a number of the show's central cast members took to Instagram to reflect on their journeys with their characters. For instance, Starlight star Erin Moriarty posted: "The tears have begun. The posts are incoming. I said goodbye to most of my work family today and I’ll be ready to smile about it when I’m ready to smile about it." Meanwhile, Homelander actor Antony Starr wrote on Instagram: "I love this show. And I love this character. Truly. I will dearly miss heading to work, knowing what we were aiming for but never knowing where we would find ourselves by the end of the day…only that we would have fun and it would be creatively rewarding in the extreme. "This complicated character allowed the space and range to discover and push boundaries in a way I never expected and I will always be grateful for this experience. "And of course huge gratitude to my co-parent with this twisted gem of a character - @erickripke1 . We created a monster, sir. And I will miss him, and you. Til we roll out the last season. When I’ll see you. But this creative chapter is closed , and I’ll miss it, brother. "And finally - massive thank you to the fans. You are the life blood. Without you, we don’t get to do this. And our fans are second to none. Mad love to you… and deepest respect for your taste. Okidoke people. We cooked for the last time. Can’t wait to show you what we made. Til that day, Homelander, signing off." It's sure to be an emotional (and gruesome, and explosive) ending to the beloved show, but at this point, what do we actually know for certain about season 5? Read…

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The Simpsons kills off memorable character in surprising new season 37 episode
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date: 2025-11-19T11:34:45.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Disney Plus
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: The character has been a fixture on the show since season 2.
encoded: **Warning – contains spoilers for The Simpsons season 37 episode 7, which will debut in the UK on Monday 24th November** The latest episode of The Simpsons brought with it a shocking twist, as fans witnessed the death of a character who has been a mainstay on the show since almost its very beginning. The episode in question – called Sashes to Sashes – saw Alice Glick, the organist at Springfield's church, die as a sermon was being given, with a memorial service later being held at Springfield Elementary. While some character deaths in the show's history haven't turned out to be permanent, executive producer Tim Long told People that Alice is indeed gone for good. He said: "In a sense, Alice the organist will live forever, through the beautiful music she made. But in another, more important sense, yep, she’s dead as a doornail." Alice first appeared in the season 2 episode Three Men and a Comic Book, which aired in 1991. She was at that time voiced by Cloris Leachman, but following Leachman's passing in 2021, Tress MacNeille took over the role. Earlier this year, fans worried that the show had also killed off Mr Largo, Lisa's music teacher, as referenced in an offhand comment by Springfield Elementary student Devin. However, this turned out not to be the case, with executive producer and writer Jessica Conrad telling TVLine that she didn't expect anyone could "actually believe that we would kill him off off-camera". Other characters to have been killed off over the years include Frank Grimes, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Maude Flanders, Mona Simpson, Hyman Krustofsky and Larry Dalrymple. The finale of the previous season also featured the death of Marge Simpson in a flash-forward – however, executive producer Matt Selman responded to a public outcry by saying that "The Simpsons doesn’t even have canon", and that "the only place Marge is dead is in one future episode". New episodes of The Simpsons season 37 arrive on Disney+ on Mondays in the UK – you can sign up to Disney P…

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Miss Scarlet and The Duke season 4 finally has free-to-air release date confirmed
type: item
date: 2025-11-19T10:20:43.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: News
description: Season 4 was the last run to star Stuart Martin as The Duke.
encoded: Almost two years after the fourth season of Miss Scarlet and The Duke aired on U&Alibi, the episodes are now finally set to arrive on one of UKTV's free-to-air channels, U&Drama. Season 4, which was the last run of the drama to star Stuart Martin alongside continuing lead Kate Phillips, will start airing on U&Drama on Wednesday, 10th December at 8pm – making it an early Christmas present for fans. The following episode will be broadcast the next night in the same slot – Thursday, 11th December at 8pm. Miss Scarlet and the Duke, which has been running since 2020, follows a private investigator in the Victorian era, Eliza Scarlet, who frequently teams up with her childhood friend William Wellington, a detective inspector of Scotland Yard, who is nicknamed 'the Duke'. The first episode of season 4 sees Eliza team up with the Duke to investigate a burglary at a high-end brothel whose clients include important members of the British government. Earlier this year, the show returned for its fifth season of U&Alibi, but in doing so it changed its title to just Miss Scarlet. This was because Stuart Martin, who plays the Duke, left the series, with Tom Durant-Pritchard arriving as the new male lead, a detective inspector called Alexander Blake. The series will also be back for a sixth season, with the new episodes starting to air next month on PBS Masterpiece in the US, before coming to U&Alibi in the UK in 2026. Season 6 will see Eliza and Blake’s once-fraught relationship beginning to evolve, leading them to find that working together may be a tricky prospect. Meanwhile, newlyweds Ivy and Potts adjust to married life, a new detective settles in at Scotland Yard, and Nash causes chaos, even from across the globe. Alongside the leads, season 6 will also star Cathy Belton as Ivy, Paul Bazely as Clarence, Simon Ludders as Mr Potts, Tim Chipping as Detective Phelps, Felix Scott as Nash and Ansu Kabia as Moses. Miss Scarlet and The Duke season 4 will begin airing on U&Drama on We…

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Will there be a Cooper & Fry season 2?
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date: 2025-11-19T09:00:46.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Channel 5
subject: On demand
description: There are plenty more of Stephen Booth's novels left to adapt.
encoded: New 5 crime drama Cooper & Fry, which stars Doctor Who's Mandip Gill and Downton Abbey's Robert James-Collier, has only just started airing, but already viewers are loving the dynamic between the two mismatched detectives. The show is based on a long-running series of novels by Stephen Booth, and with only four having been adapted for the first season, there are plenty of opportunities for it to continue in future seasons. But will that be the case? Will Gill and James-Collier be back to solve further mysteries? And if so, when would any new episodes likely be released? Read on for everything you need to know about the potential for a Cooper & Fry season 2 on 5. Will there be a Cooper & Fry season 2? We don't yet know whether there will be a Cooper & Fry season 2, as season 1 has only just started airing on 5. It will likely be a few more weeks or months until we hear more regarding the future of the show. However, it certainly seems to be the case that the team behind the drama want to make more, and there are certainly more of Stephen Booth's novels to adapt – 14 of them, in fact. Speaking ahead of the series airing, Cooper star Robert James-Collier said: "Hopefully, if the audience laps up the series, we have more avenues to explore." Meanwhile, director Ryan Tohill said: "If the audience engages with Rob and Mandip as a partnership, and become invested in them, the show will have legs. We can then have even more fun with the plots and turn even darker in another series." We will keep this page updated with any new information regarding the future of Cooper & Fry as and when we get it. When would a potential Cooper & Fry season 2 be released? If Cooper & Fry were to be renewed, then we'd imagine a second season could be turned around fairly quickly. Procedural detective dramas such as this are usually able to air annually, meaning a late 2026 date certainly seems possible. However, at this point this is purely speculation, as without an official renewal, we of co…

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Where was Cooper & Fry filmed?
type: item
date: 2025-11-18T08:00:30.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Channel 5
description: The series sees a city police officer transferring to the countryside, and being teamed up with a local.
encoded: New 5 drama Cooper & Fry stars Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill as the titular mismatched detectives – while Cooper is an affable local copper, Fry is guarded and aloof, having recently transferred from Leeds under somewhat mysterious circumstances. The series is based on the bestselling novels by Stephen Booth, and sees the characters form a unique friendship as their personal lives begin to intertwine and their past scars look to be healed. Beyond the characters and the mysteries they investigate each week, viewers will no doubt also be drawn to the show's remarkable scenery, showing off some beautiful countryside locations. But just where is the series actually set and where was it filmed? Read on for everything you need to know about the filming locations used for Cooper & Fry. Where is Cooper & Fry set? Cooper & Fry is set in the Peak District in Derbyshire, and specifically in the fictional town of Edendale. It follows Ben Cooper, a local police officer who is partnered up with Diane Fry, a new member of the team. She was a successful detective in Leeds, but has to adapt to countryside policing throughout the series. Of his fictional location, Stephen Booth, the author of the Cooper & Fry novels, told Shots Magazine: "My interest in using a strong sense of place in crime fiction goes back a long way. Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles made a deep impression on me as a child – a very dark story, with a wild, remote setting. "In another story, Holmes tells Dr Watson: 'The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.' So it was perhaps inevitable that I would choose a rural setting for the Cooper and Fry series. And the Peak District was the perfect choice. "The original inspiration for Edendale, my fictional Derbyshire town, came while I was admiring a wonderful panorama of the Hope Valley from a location called Surprise View, above the village of Hathersage. It was …

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Cooper & Fry cast: Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill star
type: item
date: 2025-11-18T06:00:30.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Channel 5
description: The new 5 detective drama is based on the novels by Stephen Booth.
encoded: New crime drama Cooper & Fry is based on the hit novels by Stephen Booth, with Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill taking on the title roles. The series follows DC Ben Cooper, a member of a rural police force in Derbyshire who is teamed up with DC Diane Fry, a successful detective from Leeds who transfer under mysterious circumstances. While the two initially butt heads, finding that they have very different approaches to policing, they slowly begin to come to an understanding as they work together on a case surrounding a body unearthed on a local farm. Each episode in the four-part series sees the duo take on a different case, but who else stars alongside James-Collier and Gill, who do they all play and where might you have seen them before? Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of Cooper & Fry. Cooper & Fry cast: Who stars in the 5 crime drama? Here are the main cast members and characters in Cooper & Fry. Read on below for more info about who they are and where you've seen the actors before. Robert James-Collier as DC Ben Cooper Mandip Gill as DC Diane Fry Charlotte Bradley as Isobel Cooper Lorcan Cranitch as DI Paul Hitchens Barry O'Connor as DS Todd Eland Niamh McCann as Tracey Garnett Clara Simpson as Dr Juliana Taylor Robert James-Collier as DC Ben Cooper Who is DC Ben Cooper? Ben is a local Derbyshire police officer who is partnered up with Diane Fry, and must show her the ropes of countryside policing. Where have I seen Robert James-Collier? James-Collier is known for his roles in series including Coronation Street, Downton Abbey, The Level, Ackley Bridge, Fate: The Winx Saga, The Inheritance, The Long Shadow and Generation Z, as well as films such as The Ritual. Mandip Gill as DC Diane Fry Who is DC Diane Fry? Diane is a police officer who transfers from Leeds to Derbyshire under mysterious circumstances. An accomplished detective, she must learn the ropes of a new way of working in a rural setting. Where have I seen Mandip Gill? Gill is …

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BBC confirms nationwide casting search for new Adrian Mole series – with beloved author revealed to be penning adaptation
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date: 2025-11-17T17:04:47.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
description: David Nicholls is heading up a team of powerhouse writers for the new 10-part series.
encoded: Following reports that the BBC was working on a new adaptation of Sue Townsend’s best-selling book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, the project has now been confirmed, with a 10-part season made up of half-hour episodes officially on the way. No casting has yet been announced for the series, but it has been revealed that a nationwide search is now under way to find a young actor to take on the lead role of Adrian. The casting process is being led by the multi-award winning casting director behind The Crown, Robert Sterne. Meanwhile, a team of incredible writing talent is behind the project, with One Day author David Nicholls acting as the lead writer, while others set to write episodes across the series include Caitlin Moran and Caroline Moran (Raised by Wolves), Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor (Everyone Else Burns), and Jack Rooke (Big Boys). Nicholls said in a statement: "I happen to be just a little older than Adrian and have adored this book since reading it on publication. It’s a classic piece of comic writing and an incredible piece of ventriloquism on Sue Townsend’s part – how did she know? Adapting Adrian for the screen is an absolute pleasure." The official synopsis for the series, which comes from Ludwig production company Big Talk Studios, says: "It’s New Year’s Day 1981 and Adrian starts his uniquely funny diary about family life and being a teenager before the advent of mobile phones and social media." "With only a multi-coloured ballpoint pen as his guide, Adrian worries about his spots, his parents’ divorce, the torment of first love and the fact he’s never seen a female nipple. "As Adrian's mother Pauline wrestles with her feminist awakening, his father George struggles with being made redundant in an unforgiving economy. Adrian’s wider world is made up of a host of memorable characters like his 'treacle-haired beloved' Pandora, his take-no-prisoners Grandma and his unlikely friend, the foul-mouthed pensioner Bert Baxter. "This vivid port…

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