Radio Times
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items: Bergerac season 3: Release date speculation and latest news
items: The Testaments soundtrack: Every song featured in The Handmaid's Tale sequel series
items: The Testaments release schedule: When is episode 5 out on Disney+ ?
items: Scrubs season 2: Release date speculation and latest news
items: Shetland season 11 gets major update from BBC as flurry of new guest stars confirmed
items: Philomena Cunk return confirmed by BBC for all-new series with a very different focus
items: Euphoria season 3 gets early Rotten Tomatoes score revealed after flurry of first reviews and reactions
items: Shrinking boss reveals Harrison Ford's future in the show after season 3 finale and teases season 4
items: Euphoria showrunner pays tribute to "those we lost" from cast and crew at season 3 premiere
items: Sally Bretton on Beyond Paradise, Not Going Out and the one thing about Death in Paradise that made her scream
items: Farewell, Outlander: It's time to say goodbye to one of the best period dramas on TV
items: TV shows returning after a long hiatus are often disappointing, but this is why Doctor Foster has all the ingredients to work
items: Shows returning after a long hiatus are often disappointing, but this is why Doctor Foster has all the ingredients to work
items: Why weren't three major Brassic stars in the show's finale?
items: Brassic alternate ending revealed by star as closing scenes sparked big debate
items: Brassic future teased by star Ryan Sampson as series comes to a close
items: Jodie Whittaker gives update on Attack the Block sequel - and whether she would be part of it
items: Outlander: Blood of my Blood cast tease season 2 – and say fans will "lose their minds"
items: Jodie Whittaker reveals new drama Frauds includes moments you never usually see on TV
items: Outlander: Blood of My Blood cast react to "shocking" season 1 finale: "Nobody saw that coming"
items: Jodie Whittaker reveals the iconic TV role she would have shaved her head for
items: Jodie Whittaker on forgiving Suranne Jones, keeping Doctor Who secrets and the role she would have loved to play
items: Jodie Whittaker on forgiving Suranne Jones, Doctor Who secrets and the role she wishes she'd played
items: Farewell to Brassic – one of TV's funniest and rudest shows
items: Farewell to Brassic – one of the funniest and rudest shows on TV
items: Ridley's Adrian Dunbar reveals how a friend's tragedy is at the heart of police drama
items: How TV classic Poldark paved the way for Bridgerton and Rivals
items: Call the Midwife isn't ending yet – but should it end soon?
items: Why Selwyn's Death in Paradise departure isn't as disappointing as it initially appeared
items: Blue Bloods season 14: Release date, cast and latest news

Bergerac season 3: Release date speculation and latest news
type: item
date: 2026-04-16T06:00:01.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
description: Will there be another season of the Jersey-set detective show?
encoded: The reboot of eighties detective drama Bergerac has returned for a second season on UK&Drama, with Damien Molony once again starring as cop Jim Bergerac, who is investigating another murder on the picturesque Channel Island of Jersey. As yet, UKTV have yet to confirm whether a third series is in the works, but the show has been a hit with fans, more than 30 years after the original series featuring John Nettles in the lead role first aired. Fans likely hope that the new Bergerac – which covers one crime per series, whereas the original show had a crime per episode – will run as long as the Nettles-starring drama, which aired for 87 episodes between 1981 and 1991. So, will there be more episodes? Here are all the updates on a potential Bergerac season 3. Will there be a third season of Bergerac? UKTV hasn’t renewed Bergerac for a third season yet, but the popularity of the show means it’s looking likely the widowed detective could return to solve another crime. The first season, which premiered in February 2025, was one of the highest rated shows on the UKTV network. It also boosted tourism to Jersey, with Tricia Warwick, the CEO of Visit Jersey, noting that the number of people visiting the island’s website for tourist information increased 70% on the previous month after the first episode aired. She told BBC News: "The first series has significantly raised Jersey's profile as a must-visit destination." When filming the second season, star Damien Molony commented on how much he enjoyed filming the series, so hopefully he could be tempted back. "I love any excuse to get back to Jersey," he said. "The fact that we were back in Jersey to shoot Bergerac series two makes it even better. I really love going there." However, the actor is pretty busy at the moment. The Being Human and Brassic star has a new BBC thriller series, Two Weeks In August, out later this year, and he is currently starring as physicist Werner Heisenberg alongside Richard Schiff and Alex Kingston in …

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The Testaments soundtrack: Every song featured in The Handmaid's Tale sequel series
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date: 2026-04-15T12:50:56.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Disney Plus
description: This dystopian Handmaid's Tale story comes with a angst-ridden, female-driven soundtrack.
encoded: We're now four episodes in to The Testaments, the new sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, has been shaking things up in the world of Gilead – with a powerful, women-led soundtrack to boot. The Disney+ series has made several changes from the Margaret Atwood novel it's based on, sending viewers down a winding road of what it's like to be a young woman being primed to be a wife, mother and subservient to her husband in this dystopian society. Told through the eyes of Agnes (Chase Infiniti), the series has a natural knack of making you feel a sense of dread, as what we see on screen continues to get more and more horrifying. But throughout it all is a female-led, angst-ridden soundtrack of the rebellion and fear that is stirring underneath. Curated by music supervisor Brittany Whyte, who has previously worked on The Handmaid's Tale, Riverdale and Station 19, The Testaments continues the tradition of using meaningful songs from different eras in the new series. Here's everything you need to know about the music filling The Testaments' soundtrack. What is the song featured in the trailer for The Testaments? The theme song featured in the trailer for the new series is Dreams by The Cranberries, which is also heard over the end credits of the first episode. You can hear it during the trailer here. View oEmbed on the source website The Testaments soundtrack: Every song featured in the Disney+ series so far Episode 1 Summer Song – Remy Bond Dreaming – Blondie Dreams – The Cranberries Episode 2 Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups Episode 3 California Dreamin' – Scala & Kolacny Brothers Zep Step – The Wytches Cherry on Top – Tabitha Meeks Episode 4 Magix – Catey Shaw & Today Kid (You Keep Me) Hanging On – Ann Peebles Who composed the score for The Testaments? The original score for The Testaments was composed by Adam Taylor. Taylor is a Grammy Award winner for the contemporary blues album After the Rain. He also previously wrote the score for The Handmaid’s Tale, earning two Emmy nomin…

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The Testaments release schedule: When is episode 5 out on Disney+ ?
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date: 2026-04-15T08:30:56.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Disney Plus
description: The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series is here.
encoded: The fourth episode of The Testaments is now available to stream on Disney+, plummeting us right back into the totalitarian republic of Gilead that was first explored in the Emmy award-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale. Created by The Handmaid’s Tale showrunner Bruce Miller, the new spin-off is set years after the events of the original series and is a coming-of-age story that focuses on a new generation of women in Gilead. Among them are Agnes, played by One Battle After Another star Chase Infiniti, who is the daughter of a high-ranking Gilead commander, and new arrival Daisy (Lucy Halliday), who has travelled from Canada to become one of the students at Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives. While the original series didn't shy away from airing some nauseating violent scenes, The Testaments show creator has admitted that questioning the amount of violence shown in this new drama was a central question to crafting the story. Speaking to Radio Times, Bruce Miller said: "I mean, if you look how much skin we show, there's almost none. And also almost no violence, it's almost all implied. But I think that we had those discussions out front... we just wanted to make sure that we were going forward mindfully." Now that the first four episodes are available, when can fans expect to see the next instalment? Read on for everything you need to know about the release schedule for The Testaments. When is The Testaments season 1 episode 5 released on Disney+ ? <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/04/1771200155RT-329c97b.jpg" width="3000" height="2000" alt="Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday and Isolde Ardies star in The Testaments; a group of young women stand on a balcony looking down at someone and yelling" title="ROWAN BLANCHARD, MATTEA CONFORTI, CHASE INFINITI, LUCY HALLIDAY, ISOLDE ARDIES" /> The Testaments season 1 episode 5 will be released on Wednesday 22 April on Disney+ The episode is c…

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Scrubs season 2: Release date speculation and latest news
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date: 2026-04-15T06:00:03.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Disney Plus
description: Will the updated sitcom return for another season?
encoded: Hospital comedy drama Scrubs originally aired for nine seasons between 2002 and 2010, and detailed the lives of medical interns (who later qualified as fully fledged doctors during the show’s run) played by Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison. The series was revived earlier this year, with Braff, Chalke and Faison returning to their roles of JD, Elliot and Turk. John C McGinley, who played their boss, Perry Cox, and Judy Reyes, who was head nurse Carla, have also popped back to grace the halls and wards of Sacred Heart Hospital in the new season. The show's return has been a success, but creator Bill Lawrence and 20th Television, who came on board for the revival, have yet to confirm whether there will be a second season. So will we see more of JD and the gang? Here are all the updates on a potential Scrubs season 2. Will there be a second season of Scrubs? The first season of the revived Scrubs (otherwise known as season 10) is made up of nine episodes, with the final one airing on Thursday 16 April. A second season has yet to be confirmed, but the cast are hopeful. John C McGinley, who returned to the show in episode 8 of the new series, feels there is a lot more to learn about his character, Dr Cox, who is being treated for an auto immune disease. "I think that Cox will come back a lot more in Season 2," he said (via Deadline). "There’s been a big outcry, that’s very flattering. But I also think structurally, I was sharing this with a friend of mine the other day. I don’t know if you remember [literary professor] Joe Campbell and his exploration of myth and the structure of myth." Continuing, he added: "I think Zach’s character as the hero in this three-act tale, as it pertains to Joe Campbell, the hero needs consequences and a threat and jeopardy, and without Ken Jenkins [who played Kelso and has not returned for the new season] and not enough of the Janitor, it falls on; the threat would be failure with the interns this season, and that’s great. "But he …

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Shetland season 11 gets major update from BBC as flurry of new guest stars confirmed
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date: 2026-04-09T23:01:50.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: News
description: The popular murder mystery series is currently filming new episodes.
encoded: Filming has started on the 11th season of Shetland, with stars Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell returning to their roles as DI Ruth Calder and DI Alison 'Tosh' McIntosh. The BBC has confirmed that series regulars Steven Robertson (DC Sandy Wilson), Samuel Anderson (Procurator Fiscal Matt Blake), Steven Miller (Rev Alan Calder), Anne Kidd (pathologist Cora McLean), Angus Miller (Tosh’s partner Donnie), Conor McCarry (PC Alex Grant) and Eubha Akilade (PC Lorna Burns) are back for the new episodes, which will film in Scotland and the Shetland Isles over the next few months. Fans will be pleased to learn that Sergeant Billy McCabe (played by Lewis Howden) will also return, after his future was left unclear at the end of season 10, when he handed himself into professional standards over mistakes he made 20 years earlier. Based on the novels by Ann Cleeves, each season of Shetland focuses on one crime that Ruth’s team has to solve, and season 11 will be no exception. The synopsis says that "the forthcoming new series centres around an historic murder which will forever change the lives of all those connected in the present day". The synopsis continues: "When a car is pulled from the water, a grim discovery is made – crammed in the boot are the decomposed, skeletal remains of an unknown male. The team’s search to uncover the victim’s identity, begins with a hunt for the vehicle’s owner – a respected, local GP who left the Isles under a cloud of troubled rumours nine years ago. "As Calder and Tosh dig deeper into the enigmatic GP's state-of-mind and the lives of the loved ones he left behind, the investigation takes them to dark and dangerous places in their quest for the truth." The BBC has also announced some of the guest actors who will appear in the new season. Sherwood's Christine Bottomley will appear alongside This City Is Ours actor Kevin Harvey and Holby City star Stella Gonet. Joining them are Rab C Nesbitt comedian Gregor Fisher, Crime’s Gavin Mitchell and Summ…

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Philomena Cunk return confirmed by BBC for all-new series with a very different focus
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date: 2026-04-09T18:00:33.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: News
description: Diane Morgan’s comedic character is back filming a new mockumentary.
encoded: Comedian Diane Morgan’s deliciously dim-witted character Philomena Cunk is coming back to the BBC for a new series. Morgan, who recently appeared in the second season of Last One Laughing, first portrayed documentarian Cunk in Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe back in 2013. The ill-informed interviewer returned in acclaimed shows including Cunk on Britain and Cunk on Life, where she asked real historians and experts such important questions as "Which was more culturally significant? The Renaissance or Single Ladies by Beyoncé?" and, to an expert on nuclear warheads, "Can we talk about something a bit more cheerful? Do you like ABBA?" For Philomena Cunk's latest endeavour, Morgan is reuniting with Black Mirror creator Brooker on a three-part BBC series entitled Cunk on Cinema, in which the clueless reporter will examine the world’s love affair with movies. Filming began this week on the show which, according to the synopsis, is Cunk’s "most glamorous series to date". It continues: "Philomena (Diane Morgan) will be asking experts all of the hard-hitting questions about the history of cinema, from the invention of the camera, to the New Wave filmmakers of the 60s, right up to entrance of CGI and what the future of AI holds. "Cunk will attempt to demystify it all while sitting in lumpy seats with stale popcorn, asking herself where did cinema come from? And why? What does it want? And why can’t it tell us?" The synopsis also includes an interview with Philomena Cunk herself. "Cinema has given the world some of the most profound, memorable and moving visual moments in its unswerving depiction of the human condition: the shower scene in Psycho, Death playing chess in that Swedish thing, and Tom Selleck's glistening moustache in Three Men and a Little Lady, to name but all three of the only examples I can think of at the moment. "There will, unfortunately, be some bits in black and white, but we'll keep that to the barest minimum," she promised. Writer Brooker added: "Now that…

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Euphoria season 3 gets early Rotten Tomatoes score revealed after flurry of first reviews and reactions
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date: 2026-04-09T11:40:09.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: HBO
subject: News
subject: NOW
description: The critically acclaimed teen drama isn’t quite so praised for its third season.
encoded: The first two seasons of teenage drama Euphoria, which aired between 2019 and 2022, received numerous accolades, including Emmy Awards for Zendaya and co-star Colman Domingo. After a lengthy gap, the highly-anticipated third season launches on 13 April on Sky Atlantic, but reviewers who have seen the first three episodes are more mixed in their reactions this time around. The new season, which is set four years on from season 2, picks up the story of drug addict Rue (Zendaya), her best friend Lexi (Maude Apatow), and fellow former high school students Jules (Hunter Schafer), Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Nate (Jacob Elordi). Nate and Cassie, who makes sexy influencer videos for a living, are getting married. Meanwhile, Jules is an art student and Rue is working off her debt to drug dealer Laurie in Mexico, before moving on to Texas to work as a club manager. Though, with this season being a major departure from the previous two, with the adolescent characters all grown up, critics aren’t all that convinced. The new season, written by showrunner Sam Levinson, currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of just 48% from 21 reviews (at the time of writing), which is the lowest rating in the show’s history. (Season 1 is currently scoring 80%, while season 2’s score is 78%). Both the show’s plot and the characters themselves have been criticised in reviews. Lauren Sarner of New York Post was particularly disparaging, calling the season an "unhinged disaster" filled with characters in situations that are like "Breaking Bad meets Looney Tunes". Sarner was certainly not alone in her 'rotten' review, with the general consensus seeming to be that the beloved HBO show may have outstayed its welcome. View Green Video on the source website The season isn't without its supporters, however, with Nick Hilton of The Independent being a little more positive. Giving the season four out of five stars, Hilton calls it a "generation-defining" show that paints a "clear-eyed, unflattering portrait…

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Shrinking boss reveals Harrison Ford's future in the show after season 3 finale and teases season 4
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date: 2026-04-09T09:43:09.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Apple TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: News
description: Creator Bill Lawrence promises the Star Wars icon is "not leaving".
encoded: Harrison Ford’s character in Shrinking, Paul Rhoades, may have moved away in the season 3 finale of the comedy drama, but co-creator Bill Lawrence has promised fans that the beloved character "is not disappearing" and will be back for season 4. The final episode of the season featured a few changes for therapist Jimmy Laird (Jason Segel) and his friends and family. While Jimmy finally accepted his grief for his late wife and realised he was ready to pursue a relationship with Sofi (Cobie Smulders), his daughter Alice (Lukita Maxwell American) headed off to college in Connecticut. Meanwhile, Paul and his wife Julie (Wendie Malick) moved to the same state, which Lawrence admits is not a coincidence. "It’s not an accident that Alice goes to school at Wesleyan University and that in the end of the finale, she's going by to have dinner at Paul’s house," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "Time passage changes a lot of things — as to where people are, where they’re living and how things have progressed. So, yes, Harrison’s back on the show." <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/02/Shrinking-Apple-0207777.jpg" width="8640" height="5760" alt="An older man and woman wearing sunglasses walk side by side along a sunny park trail. The man wears a grey T-shirt, dark jacket and black leggings with a light blue waist pouch, carrying a large water bottle, while the woman wears a beige sweater and shorts and holds a pink water bottle. Trees and greenery line the path behind them." title="Shrinking Apple" /> In an additional conversation with Deadline, he added: "I would be insane not to find a way for Harrison Ford to be in the show in perpetuity. He is not disappearing... We tell another story. We’re gonna jump ahead a couple years and see where everybody’s at, and we have a new story to tell. [Harrison Ford] will be part of it. He’s not leaving." Colleagues and friends Paul and Jimmy did have a falling out in the penultimate episode of the season,…

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Euphoria showrunner pays tribute to "those we lost" from cast and crew at season 3 premiere
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date: 2026-04-08T10:12:28.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: HBO
subject: HBO Max
subject: NOW
description: The new series is dedicated to Angus Cloud, Eric Dane and producer Kevin Turen.
encoded: Writer and creator Sam Levinson has dedicated the upcoming third season of Euphoria to the memory of three cast and crew members who died in the four years since the second season aired in 2022. Speaking at the premiere of the long-awaited third season of the teen drama, Levinson said (via Deadline): "Some people ask why it took so long between seasons two and three. There were obvious factors — the strikes, trying to make a schedule work with our very in-demand cast, but the real time was in trying to figure out how to find a way to pay respect to those who we lost." Angus Cloud, who played Rue’s (Zendaya) friend Fezco in the first two seasons and also starred in the hit horror movie Abigail, died at the age of 25 on July 31, 2023. The show also lost executive producer Kevin Turen, who died in November of the same year. Eric Dane, who played Cal, the father of Jacob Elordi’s character Nate, was able to return to film his role for the third season of the show following a diagnosis of ALS. The actor, who was also known for his role as Doctor Mark Sloan in Grey’s Anatomy, died on February 19. "When Angus died, it was tough," Levinson said at the premiere. "I loved him deeply, and I fought hard to keep him clean. The year he died, in 2023, he was one of 73,000 people in America who died of a fentanyl overdose. I learned a whole lot that year, but what I realised more than anything is that death is what gives life meaning. "You can’t be arrogant about existence. You’re forced to reckon with the fact that life itself is a wonder, a gift, a profound blessing." The third season is dedicated to "those who we lost, Angus, Kevin, and Eric," Levinson said. "The Rebbe [spiritual leader] says, 'The only way to see great light is to pass through great darkness.' Well, it feels good to be on the other side." The first season of Euphoria premiered back in 2019, and boosted the careers of its stars, including Zendaya, who won an Emmy for her performance, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schaf…

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Sally Bretton on Beyond Paradise, Not Going Out and the one thing about Death in Paradise that made her scream
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date: 2026-03-27T08:00:03.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: The Big RT Interview
description: The actress talks exclusively about the new season of Beyond Paradise and why she loves the detective show so much.
encoded: Detective drama Beyond Paradise is back for a fourth outing, continuing the adorable love story between Martha Lloyd and Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman that began on Death in Paradise in 2016. The pair, played by Sally Bretton and Kris Marshall, finally tied the knot in the Christmas 2025 episode, and are now beginning married life together. However, it’s not plain sailing for the newlyweds, as the new season opens with them waking up to discover their houseboat home has drifted away from its moorings and is ominously taking on water. For Bretton, moving the Goodmans off the boat and potentially into a home on dry land was something of a mixed blessing. “I do love the boat, and it is fun, but it’s so hard to film inside it,” she says. “I did like sitting on the deck and doing the scenes there, but it is a bit clustered inside. So it’s bittersweet. “We were also at the mercy of the tides. Sometimes, that beautiful vista outside Anne’s [Martha’s mother] cottage that looks so idyllic would just be mud flats. You’re trying to fit filming in when the water’s high enough, as well as the weather being in the right place and all of that stuff.” Another challenge for the Beyond Paradise cast and crew is the growing popularity of the series has meant that their shooting locations in and around Looe in Cornwall – doubling for the fictional town of Shipton Abbott – are often filled with fans wanting to sneak a look at the cast while they are filming. “Now people know that Shipton Abbott is Looe, and because it is so beautiful, I think there has been an uplift in tourism,” Sally says. “There are more people around, they know what we’re up to, there’s more interest in the show. If Kelby (Dylan Llewellyn) and Humphrey are filming on the beach, then you will get quite a lot of people looking over. “But it’s a warm-hearted, gentle show, and so people just come with that energy. They are often families, and they just want a quick picture and they’ve just seen it on the telly an…

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Farewell, Outlander: It's time to say goodbye to one of the best period dramas on TV
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date: 2026-03-06T12:13:16.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: On demand
description: Claire and Jamie, we won't forget you.
encoded: When Outlander began in 2014, no one could have predicted what a phenomenal success the fantasy period drama would become. Sure, there were fans of the Diana Gabaldon novels who were so thrilled to learn of the upcoming TV adaptation that they worked out where it was filming and proceeded to regularly deliver homemade cakes to the cast and crew on location. But for anyone who didn’t know the books, the premise – a married World War II English nurse named Claire travels back in time to the 18th century and falls for Scottish highlander Jamie – didn’t necessarily sound like a show that would ultimately run for over 10 years, eight seasons and more than 100 episodes, or be credited with creating a tourism boom in Scotland. The reason for Outlander’s success and almost obsessive fan following is the series – which ends with a final eighth season on MGM+ from March 7 – may at its core be a passionate romance, but it is also a gripping historical drama, heart-wrenching family saga, and a beautiful love letter to the Highlands and Scottish culture. The show, filmed in Scotland even in later seasons when the action moved to America, follows the story of headstrong 1940s nurse Claire Randall (Caitríona Balfe). While visiting the Highlands on her post-war honeymoon with husband Frank (Tobias Menzies), she comes across a circle of standing stones and hears a strange buzzing sound that draws her towards them. The stone circle transports her back in time to 1743, and while trying to protect herself from a violent English captain named Black Jack Randall (an ancestor of her husband’s, brilliantly played by Menzies), she falls in with a passing group of Scots from the Clan MacKenzie. Among them is young Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), and while Claire initially tries to resist his charms and find a way to return to her time, she eventually realises that the devoted attentions of the hunky highlander make the prospect of life in a century without flushable toilets oddly appealing. Read…

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TV shows returning after a long hiatus are often disappointing, but this is why Doctor Foster has all the ingredients to work
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creator: Jo Berry
subject: App
subject: App features
description: The Suranne Jones-starring series is about to start filming a third instalment.
encoded: Add Doctor Foster to your watchlist Nine years after the second season aired, it has been announced that a third season of Doctor Foster is about to start production. Fans of the BBC twisty revenge series are right to be thrilled, but after such a long wait between seasons, should they be nervous as well? There are certainly more than a handful of shows that have excited us by coming back following a long hiatus, only to leave audiences crushingly disappointed when the return finally airs. One of the best – or should that be worst – examples is Sex and the City and its sequel, And Just Like That…, which arrived on our screens 17 years after the original series finished and 11 years after the second Sex and the City movie (which wasn’t exactly a success either). And Just Like That… fell into every pitfall of a series reboot you can possibly imagine, so the makers of Doctor Foster part III would be wise to use that as an example of what not to do. First, the show killed off a major character (Chris Noth’s Mr Big), turning life-loving lead Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) into a widow and thus dramatically changing the show’s tone and alienating fans who had tuned in hoping for more Sex and the City fun. Then, they seemingly forgot the quirky characteristics of the SATC women (Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda and Kristin Davis’s Charlotte) that made us love the original series. During the hiatus, skilled, on-the-ball lawyer Miranda somehow turned into an out of touch, bumbling fool and, even worse, in the sequel Charlotte become the butt of every joke, and suddenly had debilitating vertigo that had never once been mentioned in the 100+ episodes of SATC and And Just Like That…. Of course, And Just Like That…’s biggest sin was removing one of the core SATC characters completely – Kim Cattrall’s Samantha – which meant that the sequel show could not equal, and certainly never eclipse, the original. While her absence was reportedly due to Cattrall not wanting to return, it did leave th…

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Shows returning after a long hiatus are often disappointing, but this is why Doctor Foster has all the ingredients to work
type: item
date: 2026-02-27T10:36:56.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: Comment
description: The Suranne Jones-starring series is about to start filming a third instalment.
encoded: Nine years after the second season aired, it has been announced that a third season of Doctor Foster is about to start production. Fans of the BBC twisty revenge series are right to be thrilled, but after such a long wait between seasons, should they be nervous as well? There are certainly more than a handful of shows that have excited us by coming back following a long hiatus, only to leave audiences crushingly disappointed when the return finally airs. One of the best – or should that be worst – examples is Sex and the City and its sequel, And Just Like That…, which arrived on our screens 17 years after the original series finished and 11 years after the second Sex and the City movie (which wasn’t exactly a success either). And Just Like That… fell into every pitfall of a series reboot you can possibly imagine, so the makers of Doctor Foster part III would be wise to use that as an example of what not to do. First, the show killed off a major character (Chris Noth’s Mr Big), turning life-loving lead Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) into a widow and thus dramatically changing the show’s tone and alienating fans who had tuned in hoping for more Sex and the City fun. Then, they seemingly forgot the quirky characteristics of the SATC women (Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda and Kristin Davis’s Charlotte) that made us love the original series. During the hiatus, skilled, on-the-ball lawyer Miranda somehow turned into an out of touch, bumbling fool and, even worse, in the sequel Charlotte become the butt of every joke, and suddenly had debilitating vertigo that had never once been mentioned in the 100+ episodes of SATC and And Just Like That…. Of course, And Just Like That…’s biggest sin was removing one of the core SATC characters completely – Kim Cattrall’s Samantha – which meant that the sequel show could not equal, and certainly never eclipse, the original. While her absence was reportedly due to Cattrall not wanting to return, it did leave the show devoid of the sexy joy Samant…

Why weren't three major Brassic stars in the show's finale?
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date: 2025-11-03T16:20:45.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Sky Comedy
description: Brassic has come to an end after seven seasons, but some fan favourite characters didn’t make it to the final episode.
encoded: Hit Sky comedy series Brassic has come to an end after seven seasons of mayhem from the Hawley gang of amateur thieves led by Joe Gilgun’s Vinnie O’Neill. The final episode left some questions unanswered, such as who fired the shot in the woods that injured Vinnie, but the biggest mystery for many fans is why fan favourites Carol, Cardi and Erin weren’t in the finale at all. The reason Michelle Keegan, who plays Erin, was absent for much of the season is that she was pregnant during production in late 2024 and early 2025. She filmed some early scenes – in the school reunion episode you can see she is wearing a big coat to hide her pregnancy bump – and then returned after giving birth to daughter Palma to make her final appearance. Erin isn’t in the finale, but in the penultimate episode, she calls Vinnie and has a heartfelt chat with him when she gets stuck in a lift, leaving fans with a long awaited romantic moment between the pair, even if it is over the phone. And while Keegan has other projects in the pipeline, including ITV crime drama The Blame, she doesn’t rule out a return for Erin in the future. “I love this show and for me it’s felt like home,” she said before filming the final episodes of Brassic. “Every year, I’d go off and do other projects and then I’d come back home to Brassic as it was always at the same time every year. "It was the nicest job to do because it was like seeing all your mates again. It’s going to hit me more this year when it’s not coming back, but part of me believes it is still coming back again.” Also absent from the finale are Cardi and Carol (played by Tom Hanson and Bronagh Gallagher) and in fact they barely feature in the final season at all, and don’t reappear for the last episode. It is explained via a video call early on that they are in Ireland, working on their marriage, and the couple aren’t seen again. Part of the reason for their absence is that both Hanson and Gallagher were committed to other projects that clashed with…

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Brassic alternate ending revealed by star as closing scenes sparked big debate
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date: 2025-10-31T18:00:18.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: NOW
description: Tommo star Ryan Sampson talks to RadioTimes.com about the Brassic finale.**CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE BRASSIC FINALE**
encoded: **Warning: Major Brassic finale spoilers ahead.** Sky TV’s hugely popular comedy series Brassic has ended with a literal bang, but actor Ryan Sampson, who plays Tommo, has revealed the final scene could have been very different. Episode 6 of Brassic’s final season has Vinnie (Joe Gilgun), Tommo and the gang meeting rival criminals Davey MacDonagh (Neil Ashton) and Joey Kittens (Dylan Baldwin) for lunch at a remote countryside pub in the snow. Before they arrived, Davey removed the staff and placed his own cousins behind the bar. He also shot Joey, and once everyone is settled in for the meal, he holds them all hostage. Trying to save his friends, Vinnie goes with an unhinged (and armed) Davey into the woods, and after the rest of the gang overpower Davey’s cousins, they head off to find him. Unfortunately, Joey’s niece Fay, who also has a rifle, finds her uncle’s body in the snow and blames Vinnie, aiming the gun at him and then at Davey. Vinnie pulls out the vintage gun he found in the pub, and a stand-off follows when Davey refuses to put his gun down. The search party then hear a gunshot echo through the trees, and viewers see Vinnie lying in the snow, with blood by his side. As the camera draws close, we see flashbacks to Vinnie’s life with his friends, and his love for Erin (Michelle Keegan) and their son Tyler, before he sits up and the end credits roll. “There was a lot of debate over what the exact last second should be,” Sampson confessed in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com. “Should he sit up? Should he have the flashbacks? Should someone else? Was it someone else who was going to get shot at one point? It went round in the drafts we had," he explained. "There were so many, and I think they wanted to leave it open, just in case they want to do more Brassic later. So that's why Vinnie opens his eyes and stuff and sits up.” Read more: Brassic future teased by star Ryan Sampson as series comes to a close Farewell to Brassic – one of the funniest and …

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Brassic future teased by star Ryan Sampson as series comes to a close
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date: 2025-10-30T08:00:00.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: NOW
description: The Mr Bigstuff creator and star has played Tommo since 2019. ***Major Brassic finale spoilers ahead***
encoded: **Warning: Major Brassic finale spoilers ahead.** After seven seasons of friendship, mad heists, exploding bodies and the bonkers monologues of Farmer Jim, Sky’s hit comedy series Brassic has come to an end. The final episode leaves the fate of Vinnie (Joe Gilgun), Ash (Aaron Heffernan), Tommo (Ryan Sampson) and the rest of the Hawley band of amateur thieves up in the air. All of the main cast survive a trip to a remote pub, despite a few fraught moments and a gunshot heard before the end credits. In an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com, Ryan Sampson told us that while the finale is definitely the end of the series, it may not be the last we see of the Brassic gang. “I would have been a fan of killing us all off, because I just think, if you're gonna do it, do it,” he said. “But I think there's a sneaky idea that Danny’s [writer Danny Brocklehurst] mentioned that he'd kind of like to write a film of it at some point. So who knows if that will happen? I don't know, but it's obviously in the back of his head.” “Would I want it to happen? I can't really add anything, because we've done a lot, you know? I don't think there's any stones that we haven't turned, so I'm kind of happy with it.” However, Sampson doesn’t rule out returning to the role of Rat & Cutter pub manager Tommo, although he wouldn’t want to leave it too long. “Maybe we’ll see Tommo again, but maybe not. I don't know. I think sometimes it's quite good to leave everything when they're quite youthful characters. I can't really see them in their fifties. Tommo with mortgages and gambling debts. Yeah, that might be a bit sad.” The 39-year-old star, who is currently writing the third season of his comedy series Mr Bigstuff, revealed that he’s really going to miss filming the Yorkshire-set series and hanging out with the cast, who have all become close friends during Brassic’s six-year run. “I sort of wish Tommo was real because I'm gonna miss this character that we've made over the years,” he said. “It'…

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Jodie Whittaker gives update on Attack the Block sequel - and whether she would be part of it
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date: 2025-10-15T16:37:15.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Movies
subject: Sci-fi
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
description: Years before she was the Doctor, Whittaker starred in another hit sci-fi project.
encoded: Pretty much ever since it was released to rave reviews all the way back in 2011, there have been rumours that Joe Cornish could return to make a sequel to his south London-set sci-fi Attack the Block. Those rumours went up a notch in 2021, when it appeared to be confirmed that John Boyega would be reprising his role as Moses in a follow-up, and then again earlier this year, when the star explained that he had read Cornish's "phenomenal" draft for the sequel (via Happy Sad Confused with Josh Horowitz). So when RadioTimes.com recently spoke to Jodie Whittaker for a Big RT Interview about her new ITV drama Frauds, we couldn't help but ask if she'd heard any more news on a timeline for a new film – and if she would be back in her role as Samantha Adams. "There’s been talk of it for years, and I know no more than last time," was her answer. "Which is, is there going to be one? When is it shooting?" She added: "Absolutely I would do it. I think something like Attack the Block, there's always that chat. So hopefully that continues. I need to organise myself, send a self tape to Joe Cornish. I can definitely pop up again – maybe I should send him an aggressive email!" Speaking more generally about her experience making that first film, she described it as one of her "happiest times". "As a kid, I was hugely influenced by all the '80s creature features, the '90s adventure films," she said. "I was in our version of that, and I adored it." Back in 2023, Boyega told RadioTimes.com that the idea of coming back to London to shoot a sequel and revisit his character "just fills me with joy". He added: "It just feels like a treat, a nice treat for myself. Like honestly, sometimes I like to see actors where they've revisited a story because it's something that they hold dear in their heart. "And it's good to know that we have an audience out there that is waiting for this as well, and a new audience that is going to be exposed to all the madness. And I just can't wait to be a Brit in…

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Outlander: Blood of my Blood cast tease season 2 – and say fans will "lose their minds"
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date: 2025-10-11T07:00:58.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: On demand
subject: Video
description: "There’s some wild, wild stuff."
encoded: The first season of Outlander prequel Blood of My Blood may have just come to an end, but the cast, including Harriet Slater (Ellen), Jamie Roy (Brian), Jeremy Irvine (Henry) and Hermione Corfield (Julia) are already back in Scotland and well under way filming the second season of the period fantasy drama. Season 1 ended with Ellen and Brian together at last, on the run from her family (including volatile Mackenzie brothers Dougal and Colum) and the Grants. The show’s other couple, time travelling husband and wife Julia and Henry, meanwhile, were reunited and, with baby William in tow, ended the episode standing at the Craig Na Dun stones, hoping to travel back to the 20th century. While any season 2 plot twists are very carefully guarded secrets, the four stars of the series hinted in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com what fans may expect to happen when the show returns for a second season next year. “I can tell you this, season 2 starts in a place that even I couldn’t figure out how that character had got there,” teased Irvine. Corfield added: “We’re now filming episode seven of season 2, and I could not tell you what is about to happen to Julia. I’ve got no idea myself!” Read more: Outlander: Blood of My Blood showrunner teases potential future spin-offs Outlander: Blood of my Blood cast react to "shocking" season 1 finale: 'Nobody saw that one coming' While Irvine joked that “what I’ve learned from this show is no one is safe — are we going to get killed off?,” he also noted that season 2 promises to be even better than season 1. “What you have with season one is you’re setting up all these characters, so a lot of it is about a person and their bit of backstory. So we really get free rein in season 2. "There are some days on set where I just went, ‘where did they get the budget for this?’ This season, it’s gone up a level, and there’s some wild, wild stuff. And I’ve really enjoyed filming this season. I think it’s going to be very exciting.” For the sho…

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Jodie Whittaker reveals new drama Frauds includes moments you never usually see on TV
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date: 2025-10-10T09:00:40.000Z
creator: David Craig
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
description: The actor spoke to RadioTimes.com about the drama's unusual central dynamic.
encoded: Frauds star Jodie Whittaker has praised the ITV thriller for including moments that women often don't get to perform in mainstream dramas. The Doctor Who alum plays Sam in the new series, a British expat and retired con artist living in Spain, whose former partner-in-crime is released from prison on compassionate grounds. Sam and Bert (Suranne Jones) haven't spoken in years, partly due to the latter being a tremendously reckless influence; naturally, she's looking to pull off one more epic heist before succumbing to a terminal illness. Frauds explores the volatile relationship between these two women, which at times escalates beyond vicious words to physical violence, such as a swimming pool scrap that Whittaker recalled in a chat with RadioTimes.com. "The idea of them is always more fun than the reality," she said of on-screen fights, "but I suppose that [pool] scene made me want to take the job, in a way, because you don't see that. "You don't see women of that age having that kind of response to each other – that response is as normal as crying and cuddling each other, but we only see the crying and the cuddling." Whittaker recalled that shooting the suspenseful sequence – in which Sam holds Bert's head under the water, causing her to struggle desperately and cough up blood – took several hours, with "a massive amount of choreography". "It feels really satisfying, because it becomes this rhythmical dance between the two of you," she explained. "And once you've got that down, then you can add all the elements of the dramatisation, the tension, and the humour. "That's one thing I love about every scene [in Frauds]. There was always something in it that kind of had that tone, where you sit in what you think it is, and then the tone slightly shifts, and it's something completely different." Previously, Whittaker and co-star Jones reflected on how rare it is to see women leading the typically male-dominated heist genre, with the former particularly relishing showing a…

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Outlander: Blood of My Blood cast react to "shocking" season 1 finale: "Nobody saw that coming"
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date: 2025-10-10T07:01:59.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: On demand
description: "I honestly think it is going to split fans."
encoded: Warning: contains major spoilers for the Outlander: Blood of My Blood season 1 finale. The first season of Blood of My Blood has come to an end in typically jaw-dropping Outlander fashion, with the prequel series boasting a time-travelling cliffhanger and a shocking death. While most fans expected that the series’ two romantic pairs – 18th century Highlanders Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie, and 20th century English married couple Julia and Henry Beauchamp – would be reunited by the finale (at least for the time being), there was one plot twist that surprised even the cast when they were first given the scripts. In the first season of Outlander, Jamie Fraser told his new wife Claire how his parents, Brian and Ellen, had escaped Castle Leoch, saying: “They slipped out of the castle, right under the noses of three hundred clansmen!” And in the first season finale of Blood of My Blood, viewers finally saw that happen, as Brian came to spirit Ellen away before her wedding to Malcolm Grant could take place. Unfortunately, Malcolm discovered them in a Leoch hallway and refused to let Ellen go without a fight, resulting in a violent and bloody confrontation between Malcolm and Brian that ended in Malcolm’s death. Speaking about the shock scene, Harriet Slater, who plays Ellen, told RadioTimes.com exclusively: “Everything to do with Malcolm was a huge surprise. Nobody saw that coming. So when we all read that, it was like, ‘What? Sweet, sweet Malc!’ “It’s so satisfying because I feel like we’ve waited for it. We’ve waited 10 whole episodes for them to finally be free and have each other, and for Ellen to be free of that betrothal that she never wanted in the first place. I think killing Malcolm was the only way they were ever going to get out of that.” She continued: “They didn’t want to kill him. Brian says a couple of times, ‘Please don’t do this,’ because he knows how it’s going to end. They give him opportunities to back down but he’s hell bent on revenge instilled in …

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Jodie Whittaker reveals the iconic TV role she would have shaved her head for
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date: 2025-10-09T05:00:50.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
encoded: Currently starring in Frauds on ITV, and having had many notable roles in series including Toxic Town, Time, Broadchurch and Doctor Who, there is still one part that Jodie Whittaker has revealed she wished she had gotten to play. Speaking with RadioTimes.com for The Big RT Interview, Whittaker has said that she would have happily shaved her head, if she had been able to play Eleven in the first season of Stranger Things. She said: "I would have loved to have been Eleven in Stranger Things. I would have loved to have been a kid with a shaved head!” "When I saw the first series I thought, 'Oh my God, to be Millie Bobby Brown right now, what a part,'" Whittaker continued. "The first season of that show was incredible. It homages everything I adore, and that part is incredible. If I could have been a child with a skinhead, that would be the role for me, but I don’t think I was in the running." Whittaker laughed as she said: "So, no animosity to Millie Bobby Brown," before suggesting that "Maybe if I had tried a little bit of sellotape to make me look a bit younger?" Stranger Things fans are currently waiting for the show's fifth and final season, which will be released in three parts starting later this year, while Whittaker can currently be seen playing con-woman Sam in ITV's Frauds, opposite Suranne Jones. Explaining what drew her to Frauds, Whittaker previously said: "When I read it, I was just blown away by how different these characters felt [and] this particular relationship, and the world that we were in… but it still felt authentic. I felt like I knew these people. "As extreme as some of the characters are – we're all pretty heightened – but there's some kind of familiarity with it, and within this specific friendship." She also made a return to her role as the Doctor on Doctor Who earlier this year, for a cameo appearance in Ncuti Gatwa's final episode, and has said she "wouldn't hesitate" to come back again in future. "It’s just my absolute happiness, Doctor W…

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Jodie Whittaker on forgiving Suranne Jones, keeping Doctor Who secrets and the role she would have loved to play
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date: 2025-10-05T06:00:29.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: ITV
subject: The Big RT Interview
description: Three years on from Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker swaps the TARDIS for Tenerife in ITV’s darkly comic heist drama Frauds, a tale of friendship, betrayal – and a few bruising fight scenes.
encoded: In the three years since she retired her sonic screwdriver in Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker has tackled serious roles in gritty Australian drama One Night, Jimmy McGovern’s acclaimed prison series Time and the fact-based miniseries Toxic Town. Jodie’s latest role, however, gives her the chance to mix the dark scenes she often plays with funnier ones as she teams up with Suranne Jones to play Sam and Bert, two old friends and former partners in crime who embark on one last money-making heist together in ITV’s Frauds. Co-created by Jones (who plays Bert) and writer Anne-Marie O’Connor, the project appealed to Jodie, 43, because it was so different from anything she had done before. “I think what is amazing about Frauds is having Suranne as one of the creators and she’s telling stories that she doesn’t feel that she’s been a part of before,” Jodie says, speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com. Filmed in Tenerife (doubling for mainland Spain), the series begins with the pair reconnecting when Bert is released from prison after serving time for a crime they were both involved in. While Sam is pleased to see her friend, she is also wary of their relationship (which Jodie describes as “toxic”), especially when Bert uses devious means to convince her to commit a dangerous robbery. “Sam is such a different kind of role for me to play within this dynamic,” Jodie explains. “It was a wonderful challenge to have that kind of repressed rage that she has, and also there’s such a complicated back story between them, and having the moments where it flashes. It’s like someone trying to contain this, and contain Bert, but also themselves. "I’m used to playing a lot of different types of roles, but I would say that a lot of the time I play people where their emotions are quite quick to the surface, and Sam is the opposite of that.” The role of Sam is also quite physical, with Jodie and Suranne’s characters having a play fight in a bull ring in the first episode that involved Suranne wield…

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Jodie Whittaker on forgiving Suranne Jones, Doctor Who secrets and the role she wishes she'd played
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creator: Jo Berry
subject: App
subject: App features
description: Three years on from Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker swaps the TARDIS for Tenerife in ITV’s darkly comic heist drama Frauds, a tale of friendship, betrayal – and a few bruising fight scenes.
encoded: Add Frauds to your watchlist In the three years since she retired her sonic screwdriver in Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker has tackled serious roles in gritty Australian drama One Night, Jimmy McGovern’s acclaimed prison series Time and the fact-based miniseries Toxic Town. Jodie’s latest role, however, gives her the chance to mix the dark scenes she often plays with funnier ones as she teams up with Suranne Jones to play Sam and Bert, two old friends and former partners in crime who embark on one last money-making heist together in ITV’s Frauds. Co-created by Jones (who plays Bert) and writer Anne-Marie O’Connor, the project appealed to Jodie, 43, because it was so different from anything she had done before. “I think what is amazing about Frauds is having Suranne as one of the creators and she’s telling stories that she doesn’t feel that she’s been a part of before,” Jodie says, speaking exclusively to RT. View Green Video on the source website Filmed in Tenerife (doubling for mainland Spain), the series begins with the pair reconnecting when Bert is released from prison after serving time for a crime they were both involved in. While Sam is pleased to see her friend, she is also wary of their relationship (which Jodie describes as “toxic”), especially when Bert uses devious means to convince her to commit a dangerous robbery. “Sam is such a different kind of role for me to play within this dynamic,” Jodie explains. “It was a wonderful challenge to have that kind of repressed rage that she has, and also there’s such a complicated back story between them, and having the moments where it flashes. It’s like someone trying to contain this, and contain Bert, but also themselves. "I’m used to playing a lot of different types of roles, but I would say that a lot of the time I play people where their emotions are quite quick to the surface, and Sam is the opposite of that.” The role of Sam is also quite physical, with Jodie and Suranne’s characters having a play fight in a bu…

Farewell to Brassic – one of TV's funniest and rudest shows
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creator: Jo Berry
subject: App
subject: App features
description: After seven seasons, the Sky series created by Joe Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst is coming to an end.
encoded: Add season seven of Brassic to your watchlist After seven gloriously debauched seasons, it is time to say goodbye to Sky TV’s hit comedy crime series Brassic. Created by Shameless and Fool Me Once writer Danny Brocklehurst and This Is England and Misfits star Joe Gilgun, Brassic has followed the lives of Vinnie O’Neill (Gilgun) and his band of friends/petty thieves who live in the fictional northern town of Hawley where they all scrape together a living by growing weed and stealing everything from a prize Shetland pony to an entire wedding. While their capers – which usually go hilariously wrong – are a highlight of each episode, the heart of the series belongs to the characters themselves, each brought to glorious and sweary life by the show’s stars. There is single mum Erin (Michelle Keegan), whom Vinnie has always adored, Vinnie’s childhood best friend Dylan (Damien Molony, who left in series four to go and be Bergerac), gentle and sweet Cardi (Tom Hanson) and his fiery wife Carol (Bronagh Gallagher), Irish amateur boxer Ash (Aaron Heffernan), mechanic and podcast obsessive JJ (Parth Thakerar), Erin’s best friend Sugar (Joanna Higson), and entrepreneur Tommo (Ryan Sampson), whose various business enterprises have included local nightclub/sex den The Rat & Cutter and a van he converted into an "erotic love bus" that is so iconic to Brassic fans that it’s now available to rent via Airbnb. The core cast are backed up by some cracking supporting players. Steve Evets, who is best known for his lead role in the Ken Loach movie Looking For Eric, turned what started out as a minor role as grumpy Farmer Jim into a shabbily-dressed, foul-mouthed legend of the show, most memorably in a scene where he offensively rants about a rave (“who wants a disco biscuit?” is the only line we can share, but check out season 2 episode 5 and you won’t regret it). There’s also Ramon Tikaram (as Terence McCann), Neil Ashton (as Davey MacDonagh) and Rachid Sabitri (as Manolito), who have all…

Farewell to Brassic – one of the funniest and rudest shows on TV
type: item
date: 2025-09-25T07:00:00.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Comedy
subject: TV
subject: Comment
subject: NOW
subject: On demand
subject: Sky Comedy
description: After seven seasons, the Sky series created by Joe Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst is coming to an end.
encoded: After seven gloriously debauched seasons, it is time to say goodbye to Sky TV’s hit comedy crime series Brassic. Created by Shameless and Fool Me Once writer Danny Brocklehurst and This Is England and Misfits star Joe Gilgun, Brassic has followed the lives of Vinnie O’Neill (Gilgun) and his band of friends/petty thieves who live in the fictional northern town of Hawley where they all scrape together a living by growing weed and stealing everything from a prize Shetland pony to an entire wedding. While their capers – which usually go hilariously wrong – are a highlight of each episode, the heart of the series belongs to the characters themselves, each brought to glorious and sweary life by the show’s stars. There is single mum Erin (Michelle Keegan), whom Vinnie has always adored, Vinnie’s childhood best friend Dylan (Damien Molony, who left in series four to go and be Bergerac), gentle and sweet Cardi (Tom Hanson) and his fiery wife Carol (Bronagh Gallagher), Irish amateur boxer Ash (Aaron Heffernan), mechanic and podcast obsessive JJ (Parth Thakerar), Erin’s best friend Sugar (Joanna Higson), and entrepreneur Tommo (Ryan Sampson), whose various business enterprises have included local nightclub/sex den The Rat & Cutter and a van he converted into an ‘erotic love bus’ that is so iconic to Brassic fans that it’s now available to rent via Airbnb. The core cast are backed up by some cracking supporting players. Steve Evets, who is best known for his lead role in the Ken Loach movie Looking For Eric, turned what started out as a minor role as grumpy Farmer Jim into a shabbily-dressed, foul-mouthed legend of the show, most memorably in a scene where he offensively rants about a rave (“who wants a disco biscuit?” is the only line we can share, but check out season 2 episode 5 and you won’t regret it). There’s also Ramon Tikaram (as Terence McCann), Neil Ashton (as Davey MacDonagh) and Rachid Sabitri (as Manolito), who have all delivered their own quirky slices of menace a…

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Ridley's Adrian Dunbar reveals how a friend's tragedy is at the heart of police drama
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date: 2025-08-04T14:49:43.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: ITV
subject: ITVX
subject: News
description: The actor spoke to RadioTimes.com as the ITV detective series returns.
encoded: Adrian Dunbar is back on our screens as a no-nonsense policeman, but this time he’s not playing Line of Duty’s iconic Ted Hastings. Instead, Dunbar has returned to the role of retired detective turned police consultant (and jazz club owner and singer) Alex Ridley in four new feature-length episodes of ITV’s north of England-set crime drama Ridley. Set two years after the original 2022 season, the new episodes follow Alex as he works with his former protégée DI Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh), while still coping with his grief following the death of his wife and adult daughter four years before — a grief that causes him to imagine his daughter is still alive when he sees a woman who looks similar to her. That heartbreaking scene in the first episode is directly inspired by one of Dunbar’s friends. "I remembered there was someone I knew, whose daughter had died tragically in a car crash, and he never quite got over it," Dunbar said in an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com. "He never got over it to the extent that he didn’t quite believe that she was dead, and that somehow he would turn a corner and she'd be there. It’s a kind of strange reluctance of the mind to accept something. "So I thought, when a young girl shows up at the start [of the first episode], why don't we try and let Ridley immediately project onto her? Because I know this person did this, he would meet a young woman who was so close to the attributes of his daughter and it was almost like she had shown up." "These things can be disturbing. So I thought, let’s use that element. I didn’t want to leave his grief behind," explained Dunbar. "The first series was set two years beyond that moment [when his wife and daughter died], and then at the start of the second series it is another two years along, but that particular incident of losing his wife and daughter, that is the noise in the background for the rest of his life, and so it’s never going to leave him. "At the same time, I think it’s important for…

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How TV classic Poldark paved the way for Bridgerton and Rivals
type: item
date: 2025-07-16T09:43:06.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: RT Rewind
description: The Aidan Turner-led series is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary.
encoded: Ten years ago, a new adaptation of Winston Graham’s historical Poldark novels arrived on our screens. The books had previously been made into a beloved TV series in the 1970s, but the new version offered more than just dreamy images of the Cornish coastline and the twisting tale of a British army captain who returns home from the American Revolutionary War to find the woman he loves is to marry his cousin, and his father has left the family estate in ruins. As tousle-haired star Aidan Turner skinny-dipped in the second episode and waved around his manly scythe while bare-chested in episode 3, it was clear that the BBC had finally discovered that prime time period dramas didn’t have to be prim and proper literature adaptations — they could be sexy, and just a little bit trashy too. While some viewers’ hearts may have skipped a beat when Colin Firth emerged from a lake in a wet shirt a decade before in 1995’s Pride & Prejudice, prior to Poldark most mainstream period dramas on terrestrial TV were stuffy adaptations in which the only chests on display were the ones spilling out of the heroine’s corsets. (Sorry, Downton Abbey fans - that show, which debuted in 2010, is utterly lovely, but it will never, ever be sexy.) Poldark changed all that. It doesn’t actually have explicit sex scenes — the show was on BBC One on Sunday evenings, and we wouldn’t want granny to pass out from shock in front of the TV — but it does have sexiness at every turn. It’s most obvious in the budding romance between Turner’s Ross Poldark and his kitchen maid Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson), and also in the smouldering looks between Ross and his former love Elizabeth (Heida Reed), but flirtatious plots involving villainous George Warleggan (Jack Farthing), Dr Dwight Enys (Luke Norris) and Caroline Penvenen (Gabriella Wilde) all contribute to the general feeling that the county of Cornwall is far steamier than any travel show would have you believe. Of course, the BBC’s delicious historical romp was …

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Call the Midwife isn't ending yet – but should it end soon?
type: item
date: 2025-07-04T12:33:25.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
subject: Comment
description: Creator Heidi Thomas has no plans to stop anytime soon, but is that the right call?
encoded: At the end of last month, Call the Midwife fans were hit with the upsetting news that the 15th season, due in early 2026, could be the last full run of the beloved period drama, which has been a mainstay of the BBC schedule since 2012. The broadcaster was quick to dispel the rumours, however, confirming that viewers could look forward to "two Christmas specials, a new series, a film and prequel series, before a 16th series in due course. Call the Midwife isn’t going anywhere". That’s great news, of course, but with the 15th instalment being set in 1971 and the spin-off film following some of the characters on an overseas break from Poplar in 1972, the nostalgic nursing drama is already a long way from its late 1950s origins. During its impressive 13-year run, the show has already had to adapt to explore advances in NHS care and changes in attitudes to parenthood, relationships and the roles of nuns and midwives across the various decades, but if the show wades further into the 1970s, there will more sizeable developments on the cards, which could alter the tone of the show and subsequently turn it into something else entirely. So — as much as we love Call the Midwife — would it be better for the original series to come to an end sooner rather than later, before it becomes too modern? Should the now-confirmed 16th season, which will presumably be set in 1972 or 1973, be the final goodbye to the midwives at Nonnatus House? For those who loved the historic charm of the earlier seasons, the answer is yes. If the series carries on (and on), future storylines could include maternity breakthroughs such as IVF (the first test tube baby was born in 1978), the rise of doulas and the routine use of ultrasound tests in pregnancy. And as it moves towards later decades, when many more audience members would have been alive, it may feel less like a warm period drama and more like Casualty, which confusingly now has ex-Call the Midwife star Olly Rix among its cast. Moving further i…

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Why Selwyn's Death in Paradise departure isn't as disappointing as it initially appeared
type: item
date: 2025-03-28T22:30:39.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: Comment
description: Commissioner Selwyn Patterson quietly left Saint Marie in the season finale, but that's exactly how it should have been.
encoded: Detective inspectors may come and go in Saint Marie, but if there was one constant Death in Paradise viewers could count on, it was the larger-than-life presence of the island’s Commissioner Selwyn Patterson. His wise words, sly moments and grumpy demeanour, superbly brought to life by actor Don Warrington, have been one of the true joys of the murder mystery series since it first began airing in 2011. So, when it was rumoured that Selwyn would be departing the island this year, presumably moving somewhere with fewer murders, it was naturally assumed that the character would get a big on-screen send-off. However, Selwyn's departure in the season 14 finale didn’t involve a party, a big speech, or even a goodbye cake. There were no former detective inspectors returning to bid him a fond farewell either, as much as we may have wanted to see Kris Marshall, Ardal O’Hanlon and Ralf Little together on-screen with newbie Don Gilet (sorry, Ben Miller, but one downside to your character being killed off is you don’t get to pop up at Saint Marie reunions). Instead, it was all surprisingly low-key. Selwyn, whose Commissioner position has been hanging in the balance all season, finally got his job back... and then decided not to take it. He also kept his big decision pretty quiet, only telling Catherine of his plans to leave Saint Marie when he turned up at her bar for one last chat while everyone else was off celebrating solving another case. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/03/death-in-paradise-selwyn-patterson-don-warrington-97c8076.jpg" width="1605" height="1070" alt="Don Warrington as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson, wearing a bright blue shirt with orange foliage design. There are palm trees in the background and he is looking at the camera scowling." title="Don Warrington as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in Death in Paradise" /> After she asked why he had decided to turn down his boss's offer, he told her: “I don’t know, but it felt …

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Blue Bloods season 14: Release date, cast and latest news
type: item
date: 2024-12-13T13:25:52.000Z
creator: Jo Berry
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: NOW
subject: Sky
description: Everything you need to know about the long-running police drama.
encoded: It's a bittersweet time for fans of Blue Bloods - while new episodes have been airing weekly on both sides of the pond, the show is coming to an end, with the series finale about to arrive in the US. UK fans have a couple more weeks to prepare themselves for the series's climax on Sky Witness and NOW, but it's a major moment, as it brings the show to a close after 14 years on air. The long-running procedural stars Tom Selleck as a police commissioner and patriarch of the Reagan family, who have a long history of working in the police force, while other stars include Bridget Moynahan and Donnie Wahlberg. The cast and crew have teased an emotional send-off (and have made clear that they're not entirely happy with the series being brought to an end by broadcaster CBS. But how will it all turn out for the Reagans and what do we know about the show's final episodes? Read on for everything you need to know about Blue Bloods season 14. Will Blue Bloods season 14 be the show's final season? Sadly, it will. It has already been announced that the 14th season of the long-running series will be its last. Tom Selleck said: "For the past 13 years it has been an honour and a privilege to work on a show that not only celebrates the men and women who protect and serve in New York City, but also displayed the importance of family. "Working alongside these incredible actors, writers, producers, directors and crew has been a dream come true and I'm grateful to have been a part of this extraordinary group for over 275 episodes. "Thank you to CBS Studios and CBS Network for their steadfast support, and we offer heartfelt gratitude to the fans who gathered with us for dinner every Friday night." Selleck later went on to admit he was "kind of frustrated" by CBS's decision to end the series, saying: "My frustration is the show was always taken for granted because it performed from the get-go. So how do I feel? It’s going to take a long time to sort all of this out. "I remember after the wee…

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