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items: Beef season 2 unveils first-look trailer as award-winning series returns with A-list Hollywood stars
items: Black Doves star joins new haunting BBC drama from 2:22 A Ghost Story writer – and it's inspired by real-life events
items: Gavin & Stacey legend confirmed for brand-new "witty, twisty" BBC crime series
items: Will there be an XO, Kitty season 4?
items: Weapons' Aunt Gladys prequel moves ahead with major update following Amy Madigan’s Oscar win
items: Gwyneth Paltrow's much-anticipated new TV adaptation of best-selling memoir gets home with streaming giant
items: How do Stu, Dewey, Roman and Mrs Loomis return in Scream 7?
items: Will there be a Scream 8? Latest news and cast speculation
items: Who dies in Scream 7? Ending explained as Ghostface revealed
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Beef season 2 unveils first-look trailer as award-winning series returns with A-list Hollywood stars
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date: 2026-04-02T17:15:50.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: News
subject: TV
subject: Contains Trailer
subject: Netflix
description: This time two couples are going to war – with a fancy country club being the battleground.
encoded: Two married couples are going to war – and it's going to get messy as Beef returns to Netflix for season 2. In another round of characters going to extreme lengths to come out the victor, a super-rich country club run by a Korean billionaire becomes a battleground as relationships are tested. But who ends up on top when everyone is miserable? After Steven Yeun and Ali Wong led the first season, season 2 has Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac leading an all-star cast as an unhappily married couple whose relationship is hanging on by a thread. In Netflix's new trailer for the season, Joshua Martín (Isaac) and Lindsay Crane-Martín (Mulligan) may look perfect to those who don't know them, but neither is where – or who – they want to be in life. View Green Video on the source website Meanwhile at the country club Joshua manages, Lindsay vents her frustrations to the newly engaged Ashley Miller (Cailee Spaeny), admitting she believes she married the wrong person. But her bonding moment is ruined when, one evening, Ashley and her fiancé Austin Davis (Charles Melton) – both low-level staff members at the club – witness a vicious altercation between Lindsay and Joshua. Knowing they've been seen, Lindsay and Joshua pull Ashley and Austin into the orbit of their rapidly collapsing marriage, and soon both sides are dealing in favours and coercion as tensions fray. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/04/BEEFnS2E100032017-8e329d9-e1775149823625.jpg" width="2700" height="1800" alt="A young couple are close and looking lovingly at each other. The man, with shaggy hair on the left of the picture, is holding a ring for his girlfriend on the right. Both are wearing emerald green country club uniforms" title="BEEF_n_S2_E1_00_03_20_17" /> So when the country club's owner Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung), who is trying to handle her own marriage scandal to second husband Doctor Kim (Song Kang-ho), makes an appearance, both couples are soon trying to win h…

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Black Doves star joins new haunting BBC drama from 2:22 A Ghost Story writer – and it's inspired by real-life events
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date: 2026-04-02T15:02:38.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: News
description: This chilling tale follows a couple whose lives are changed forever by a ghost story deep in the heart of Wales.
encoded: Eerie ghost story The Witch Farm is being brought to the screen by the BBC – with two familiar faces leading the cast. Black Doves star Gabrielle Creevy and Showtrial’s Michael Socha are teaming up to star in the new four-part drama, which follows a young couple whose move to their “dream home” in rural Wales turns into a nightmare. The story of Witch Farm first found fame as a podcast by paranormal investigator Danny Robins, whose previous work includes smash-hit West End show, 2:22 A Ghost Story, and podcast series Uncanny. Set in 1989, The Witch Farm follows Bill and Liz Rich who, with a baby on the way, decide to leave London for a fresh start in rural Wales. But once they move into Heol Fanog, a farmhouse in the foothills of Brecon Beacons, things soon begin to feel a little off… and when Liz becomes convinced she saw a spirit while giving birth at home, fear quickly sets in. As more strange and unexplainable things begin to happen around the house, Liz and Bill get the sense that they’re not alone – and begin to dig to learn the secrets of their home. Soon their marriage, and everything they choose to believe, is put to the ultimate test. To make the story even spookier, this story is inspired by real events. While certain elements have been tweaked for dramatic purposes, the Rich family suffered seven years of strange goings on at their farm– with their house becoming “the most exorcised home in British history”. Their story was brought to prominence thanks to Danny Robins's Witch Farm podcast, which offers first hand accounts from those who saw the unexplainable themselves, and a myth-steeped history of the area. Robins has now adapted the tale for the screen, and is the writer of the series. Speaking of the project, he said: “Making the original podcast series of The Witch Farm was an exciting, thrill-ride in itself – finding a real-life case that, just maybe, comes close to answering that biggest of all questions, ‘do ghosts exist?’. “Now things are gettin…

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Gavin & Stacey legend confirmed for brand-new "witty, twisty" BBC crime series
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date: 2026-04-02T14:13:43.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: News
subject: TV
subject: BBC
subject: BBC iPlayer
description: The star will be teaming up with another familiar Welsh face for this twisted thriller
encoded: Gavin & Stacey legend Steffan Rhodri has been confirmed to lead the cast of a new BBC crime drama set along the Welsh coastline. The actor, famed for playing Dave Coaches in the beloved BBC sitcom, will be joining forces with Baby Reindeer and Gangs of London star Mark Lewis Jones for “witty and twisty” new series, Old Town Murders. The duo star in the six-part drama as DI Glyn Walsh and DS Sion Dearden – two detectives nearing the end of their careers. When Walsh makes an unexpected early return to work after taking time off for bereavement leave, he teams up with Dearden on the case of a murdered university professor. While most detectives their age would be winding down their case load, Walsh and Dearden instead find new purpose in their lives when they move in together and work on a series of murders across the seaside town of Tenby. Soon living and working together, the pair must navigate their new home/work dynamic while dealing with a string of bizarre cases – including the poisoning of a headteacher who drowns wild swimming, to a triathlon that results in a case of mistaken identity. The BBC have noted the show is “a story of friendship, secrets and second chances”. Joining them in the cast are The Red King’s James Bamford as DC Neil Miller, The Guest’s Bethan Mary-James as DC Remy Jones and Keeping Faith’s Catherine Ayers as Chief Superintendent Melanie Morris. Shetland star Julie Graham will also be helping their investigations as forensic biologist Pamela Thomas. The show will be filmed across Wales, with planned production dates in Tenby, Cardiff and the South Wales coastline, and a base in Bridgend. Matthew Berry, the show’s writer and executive producer, said of the new series: “Old Town Murders is more than a crime drama; at its heart, it’s about friendship, reinvention and the courage to begin again later in life. “After working together on Men Up, I wrote this series for Mark and Steffan, and I can’t wait for them, alongside the rest of our incredib…

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Will there be an XO, Kitty season 4?
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date: 2026-04-02T13:31:42.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Netflix
description: Will Kitty finish her final year at KISS with a clear mind? Or are things only set to get more complicated?
encoded: **Warning: XO, Kitty season 3 spoilers ahead.** Kitty Song-Covey has grown up a lot since we first met her as Lara-Jean's meddling little sister in the To All the Boys... movies. And in XO, Kitty season 3, she finally gets a love story moment of her own. Just in time too – as she's now halfway through her final year at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS), and things are far more complicated than she could have ever imagined. Throughout the latest episodes, Kitty was on a mission to complete her Sunset List: a collection of "perfect" final year things to do before her time in Korea is over and she heads back to the States. Among her hopes is cementing her relationship with Min Ho. They've been a little unbalanced, to say the least. It goes from bad to worse when a miscommunication makes Kitty thinks Min Ho has got schoolmate Eunice pregnant. But just when she's ready to give up, he delivers the perfect romcom declaration of love: a song written about her AND a last-minute rush through the airport. But will we get to see her get her fairytale ending as she graduates? Here's everything you need to know about what lies ahead for Kitty and her KISS pals. Will XO, Kitty return for season 4? Currently there is no news on whether XO, Kitty will return for a fourth season. In some ways, Kitty has her fairytale ending, flying business class into the sunset with Min Ho back home. But then again, there is still some time left at KISS before she graduates, so there's definitely room for a return! Who could star in a potential XO, Kitty season 4? XO, Kitty just wouldn't work without the lead star – so actress Anna Cathcart will certainly return if the show is given the go-ahead. Sang Heon Lee, who plays Kitty's beau Min Ho Moon will also be a certainty to return. At the end of the season, Min Ho ran to join Kitty at the airport, with the pair flying off to her hometown of Portland, Oregon for the school break. As a result, it's also likely we could see other faces from …

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Weapons' Aunt Gladys prequel moves ahead with major update following Amy Madigan’s Oscar win
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date: 2026-04-02T11:25:18.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Movies
subject: Oscars
description: After the runaway success of the horror movie, its stand-out character is taking centre stage.
encoded: After becoming one of cinema's biggest talking points in 2025, horror movie Weapons will be getting a prequel film charting the origins of stand-out character Aunt Gladys. The genre-bender, which tells the story of a strange mystery when a group of schoolchildren all go missing in the dead of night, became a hit upon release, raking in just shy of $270million at the worldwide box office. Aunt Gladys, played by Amy Madigan, proved an instant fan favourite, thanks to her eccentric make-up and stand-out colourful wigs. A sinister figure from the very beginning, Gladys pulls the strings from behind the scenes, but, even still, there's no predicting just how influential she would be on the film's dramatic, and surprisingly hilarious, finale. During awards season this year, Madigan took home an Oscar for her portrayal of the already iconic horror villain – and now fans are set to find out more about the character. View Green Video on the source website According to Deadline, the new movie, tentatively titled Gladys, will be written by Zach Cregger and Zach Shields. Cregger wrote and directed the first Weapons film following the success of his 2022 horror movie, Barbarian. He will be joined on the new project by Shields, whose credits include Krampus Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Madigan is set to reprise her role in the upcoming film. At this year’s Academy Awards, Madigan took home her first Oscar, beating out Teyana Taylor for One Battle After Another, Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners, and Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, both for Sentimental Value. When she took to the stage, she let out a Gladys-like cackle before declaring: "This is great!" <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2026/04/GettyImages-2266299282-f633bb3.jpg" width="5776" height="3853" alt="Amy Gladigan wears a black and gold outfit with sunglasses as she smiles while holding her Oscar statue. Her eyes are hidden by her sunglasses, and her hair is pulled back, with two st…

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Gwyneth Paltrow's much-anticipated new TV adaptation of best-selling memoir gets home with streaming giant
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date: 2026-04-02T10:23:49.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Netflix
description: The new project will follow a privileged woman whose husband of 20 years suddenly decides to leave her.
encoded: Gwyneth Paltrow is set to star in a massive new series based on a best-selling memoir – with Netflix landing the rights to the series. The streaming service won a bidding war for the upcoming project, which will tell the story written in Strangers: A Memoir of a Marriage by Belle Burden. According to Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has agreed to a reported seven-figure deal to secure the screen rights to the story. Oscar-winning actress Paltrow, who was most recently seen alongside Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme, has agreed to come on board as both the lead star of the project and the executive producer. Strangers: A Memoir of a Marriage follows the story of Burden, whose privileged life was shattered when, just a week into the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, her husband of 20 years announced he was leaving her. A successful lawyer, born and raised in New York by a wealthy family, Burden believed she had a happy marriage with her husband — that was until he suddenly asked for a divorce. Coming to terms with the sudden departure of her husband, Burden had to start a new life as a single mum-of-three. In 2023, she published an essay about her divorce, titled ‘Was I Married to a Stranger?’, for New York Times, which was later adapted into an episode of the column's podcast. Burden's full-length memoir later followed. When Strangers: A Memoir of a Marriage was released in January this year, it hit the top of the New York Times bestseller list, and launched tense negotiations for a screen adaptation. Netflix won the bidding war for the project ahead of A24, Warner, Sony and Amazon, who were all reportedly in the running. It is not known when filming is set to begin, or when the project will be released. On top of Paltrow’s involvement, the script will be written by playwright Heidi Schreck, with Stacey Sher – whose previous work includes Erin Brockovich, Matilda and Pulp Fiction – on board as producer. Check out more of our Drama coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming G…

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How do Stu, Dewey, Roman and Mrs Loomis return in Scream 7?
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date: 2026-03-04T17:45:43.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
description: Sidney Prescott was forced to face her past in the new Scream movie – literally.
encoded: **Warning: Spoilers for Scream 7 ahead.** Ahead of Scream 7’s return, fans were desperate to know one major thing: how were seemingly dead characters from previous instalments suddenly back with a vengeance against Final Girl Sidney Prescott? Long-time Scream lovers were excited, if not surprised, when Matthew Lillard and Scott Foley – who played killers Stu Macher and Roman Bridger from Screams 1 and 3 respectively – were confirmed to be returning to the world in January 2025. Then two months later, it was reported that Deputy Dewey Riley (David Arquette) – the bumbling but well-loved detective and long-term survivor who met his maker in 2022's Scream – would be back too. With speculation abuzz, Laurie Metcalf, who played Scream 2 killer Nancy Loomis – mother of original Ghostface Billy Loomis – admitted during a red carpet chat with Entertainment Tonight that she would “be open” to making a comeback too. As it turns out, she was the best at keeping a secret. In Scream 7, Stu, Roman, Mrs Loomis and Dewey all made new appearances to taunt the last two original survivors Sidney (Neve Campbell) and Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox). So how exactly did it all work out, and how were they all involved? Here’s what you need to know. How did Stu, Mrs Loomis, Roman and Dewey all return for Scream 7? Now, Stu Macher has been central to a long-held fan theory that he may have survived the original 1996 movie – despite being stabbed and electrocuted after getting a television dropped on his head. So seeing Stu video-call Sidney, sporting bad facial burns and noticeably older, standing outside her daughter Tatum’s high school gym, gave some viewers pause. After all, it could just be the “truth” finally coming out. But saying that, the other deaths were much more finite. Dewey was literally gutted in front of Sidney and ex-wife Gale in 2022's Scream, while both Mrs Loomis and Roman took deadly bullets once their Ghostface crimes were revealed. So were they alive and well in Scream 7…

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Will there be a Scream 8? Latest news and cast speculation
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date: 2026-03-04T12:18:50.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
description: Will Ghostface be back to fight another day after his latest showdown with Sidney Prescott?
encoded: Scream 7 stormed the box office on its release, as Sidney Prescott once again went head-to-head with a crazed killer hidden under a Ghostface mask. With this latest killer even bringing back the dead in order to torment poor Sid, the stakes have never been higher for the ultimate Final Girl, with teen daughter Tatum being dragged into the killer’s crosshairs this time as well. But while both Sidney, Tatum, and “more lives than a cat” reporter Gale Weathers live to fight another day, will there be more deadly enemies intent on finishing what Billy Loomis and Stu Macher started all the way back in 1996’s first Scream? Here’s what the future holds for the franchise… Will Scream return for an 8th instalment? Scream 8 is not currently confirmed – but it does seem likely that Ghostface will be back to slash another day. On its opening weekend, Scream 7 reached the top of the box office in territories including the US, the UK, Australia, Italy and Greece. In that time, it earned a total of $64.1 million domestically (within the US) and $97.2 million worldwide, according to Deadline. It makes Scream 7 the most lucrative opening in the history of the entire Scream franchise, and Paramount’s biggest ever opening for a horror movie, despite it also being the least critically acclaimed (on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, it only has a 31 per cent score at the time of writing – the lowest of the entire series by a 14 per cent margin.) View Green Video on the source website With a proven love of the franchise being shown in the amount of money it's raking in, it’s unlikely the studio will turn down the opportunity to make more. According to Variety, insiders have “suggested plans are already in place” for a Scream 8, although this is yet to be officially confirmed by Paramount (the studio that releases the franchise) or Spyglass Media Group, the production company that makes it. Variety later backed up the claim with creator Kevin Williamson, who told them in an interview …

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Who dies in Scream 7? Ending explained as Ghostface revealed
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date: 2026-03-04T11:09:45.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Movies
subject: Contains Trailer
description: There were some brutal deaths in the latest entry – but who made it out alive?
encoded: **Warning: Spoilers for Scream 7 ahead.** Sidney Prescott must have the worst luck imaginable when it comes to running into serial killers – with Scream 7 seeing her face off against yet another Ghostface. This time though, the Ghostface at play has some tricks up their sleeves. Moving onwards and upwards with the times, this killer is intent on taunting her not with phone calls, but with those who have died in her 20-year streak as a survivor. Naturally, Sidney – now a married mother-of-three and running a coffee shop – is ready to come at them and fight. What she wasn’t counting on was the killer turning their attention to her teenage daughter, Tatum (Isabel May), or that they’d take the shape of Stu Macher (Matthew Lillard) – one of the first two Ghostfaces who kicked off her two-decade-long streak dealing with psychopaths. With the sudden arrival of her on/off best mate Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), as well as her newest journalists-in-training Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) and Chad Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding) following their survival of the Scream 6 Ghostfaces in New York, Sidney is now ready for a showdown. But who makes it out alive, and who was behind it all? Here’s everything you need to know. Scream 7 ending explained: How many people die? Naturally when it comes to this slasher, there are going to be some casualties, and a grand total of nine people are lights out by the end of the movie. First off, in the traditional killer opening shocker sequence, we meet and quickly say goodbye to Scott (Jimmy Tatro) and Madison (Michelle Randolph). They had Airbnb’ed the famous house once owned by Stu Macher’s parents in Scream 1, and later home to Scream 5 killer Amber (Mikey Madison), as it’s been turned into a macabre shrine to the murders. Hannah (Mckenna Grace), a high school pal of Tatum, was next to go, and got a suitably theatrical death in the auditorium while rehearsing the school’s play. We actually get an early Ghostface death thanks to Gale Weathers, who …

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Lucifer at 10: Tom Ellis breaks down beloved show's devoted fanbase, survival skills, and enduring legacy
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date: 2026-01-29T14:57:09.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Interview
description: Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes for the show’s 10th anniversary, Tom Ellis opens up about the show’s survival instincts – and the role he almost played instead.
encoded: “Heeeeeeellllo…. Tell me, what is it you truly desire?” With a devilish grin and twinkle in his eye, the world was introduced to Lucifer back in January 2016. Missing the horns, fire and brimstone typically associated with the ruler of Hell, this devil came immaculately dressed in a razor-sharp suit, soundtracked to Cage the Elephant’s Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked, while speeding through Los Angeles in a slick, 1962 Chevrolet Corvette. In less than a minute, Tom Ellis, who plays the titular character, establishes this version of the Devil as fun and mischievous, with viewers in for a good time. 10 years on, Lucifer Morningstar has become the most defining character of Ellis’s career, and he holds it like a badge of honour, with the show’s apt enduring legacy becoming that of the power of a devoted fanbase, having a little faith, and resurrection. “I can't believe it,” he says. “I mean, it feels like it's been around forever, and at the same time, I can't believe it's only 10 years since we started. I remember the whole experience pretty vividly.” The Devil’s In The Details Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Ellis acknowledges Lucifer was an opportunity that almost passed him by. Before being cast, his heart’s desire was somewhere else entirely. “I’d read this Sarah Silverman pilot HBO was doing, and I was dead set: That's what I wanted to do,” he explains. “I remember they'd told me I was a bit young for it, but I was like, ‘just get me in a room with Sarah’. “I flew to New York, met Sarah, went through this whole audition process with her, had a great time… then I got a call later, saying she thinks you're too young for it.” “At the airport I had several scripts to look at for the next potential thing, and I pulled this script out with ‘Lucifer’ on the front,” he adds. “I thought, ‘Jesus, here we go, what's this load of old rubbish I'm about to open?’ “But by about the third page I'd laughed out loud several times, and was like, ‘Oh my God, I think this might …

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Girl Taken: Who stars in the Paramount Plus thriller?
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date: 2026-01-10T12:39:31.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: On demand
subject: Paramount Plus
description: A living nightmare takes hold in a small English town – where it seems you can trust no one. Meet the cast and characters of Paramount+’s latest twisted tale.
encoded: New Paramount Plus drama Girl Taken sees the abuse and manipulation wrought by a twisted psychopath forever change the fortunes of a local family. Based on Hollie Overton's novel Baby Doll, Girl Taken starts off in a small town, with popular teen Lily Riser goes missing on the eve of finishing school. Held captive by teacher Rick Hansen for a gruelling seven years, she is kept imprisoned mere minutes away from her twin sister Abby and mother Eve, both of whom are torn apart by her disappearance. But upon finally escaping, Lily's nightmare is far from over, with Mr Hansen – to most, a beloved member of the community – dead set on staying out of prison. Read on for the full cast of Girl Taken and the characters they play. Girl Taken cast The main cast list for Girl Taken is: Alfie Allen is Rick Hansen Jill Halfpenny is Eve Riser Tallulah Evans is Lily Riser Delphi Evans is Abby Riser Vikash Bhai is DS Tommy Shah Niamh Walsh is Zoe Hansen Levi Brown is Wes Bartlett Victoria Ekanoye is DS Rachel Brenton Here’s what you need to know about each character and who plays them. Alfie Allen plays Rick Hansen Who is Rick Hansen? Rick is the cool teacher at Lily and Abby’s school – and beloved by students and parents alike. Making himself an essential part of the local community, his perfectly curated mask slips when he’s revealed as Lily’s kidnapper. But Rick is a master manipulator who isn’t willing to go down quietly, so will stop at nothing to maintain his freedom. Who is Alfie Allen? Alfie Allen is a British actor who is best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones. The role earned him an Emmy nomination in 2019. Since then, he has appeared in Jojo Rabbit, BBC’s Harlots, ITV’s White House Farm, BBC’S SAS: Rogue Heroes and, most recently, Sky’s Atomic. In 2022, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Martin McDonagh’s Broadway play, Hangmen. Jill Halfpenny plays Eve Riser Who is Eve Riser? As Lily and Abby’s mother, Eve dealt with every parent’s worst ni…

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Girl Taken ending explained: Does Rick face justice for what happened to Lily?
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date: 2026-01-09T11:55:04.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: On demand
subject: Paramount Plus
description: Let's break it down.
encoded: **Warning: Contains spoilers for the final episode of Girl Taken.** This article contains discussion of child abduction and abuse that some may find upsetting. Forget the Alfie Allen you might have known from HBO's Game of Thrones, in Paramount's latest thriller Girl Taken, he plays the sinister Rick Hansen, a school teacher who kidnaps one of his pupils, sparking a manhunt in a quiet English town. The pupil, Lily Riser (Tallulah Evans) suffers nothing short of a five-year nightmare at the hands of Rick – and even getting home doesn’t stop the trauma. While Rick is quickly apprehended and taken to prison (even getting a much-needed beating from his fellow inmates), Lily was left to deal with the fallout of returning home. A lot changes in five years, and her family – who were once so tight – are hanging on by a thread. Her mother, Eve (Jill Halfpenny), is now an alcoholic, seeking comfort at the bottom of a bottle while finding solace in a new complex relationship with the main detective investigating the case, Tommy Shah (Vikash Bhai). She’s also fallen out with Lily’s twin sister, Abby (Delphi Evans) – who incidentally is now in a relationship with Lily’s ex, Wes (Levi Brown). As Lily returns home, she’s forced to grieve what she’s been through and the life that she’s missed out on, all whilst adjusting to her new family dynamic. Despite everything, Abby and Eve are both there for her, but stunted Lily is so traumatised by the horrors she faced at the hands of Rick in the cabin, she struggles to do anything but blame herself and try to relive being the 17-year-old she was before she was taken. With Rick facing court, things reach a head as the former ‘pillar of the community’ faces the stand. Here’s how everything played out. Girl Taken ending explained What happened to Rick as the net closed in? Rick is an evil person, but definitely resourceful. Before being captured, he burned down the cottage he held Lily in to destroy any evidence, and while in prison, he use…

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The Imposter ending explained: Who dies as the truth of Amanda’s lies are exposed?
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date: 2025-12-18T22:00:29.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Channel 5
description: Let's break it down.
encoded: It could have been the perfect reunion – but after four episodes, a chancer pushing her luck, and a multi-million dollar business deal hanging over the O’Riley family’s head, things took a deadly turn as The Imposter went into the finale. We’ve known from the start that 'Amanda' (Kym Marsh) isn’t who she said she was (the clue was in the title), but no one, especially the O’Riley family, were prepared for the chaos that ensued once she arrived in their little corner of Melbourne. After a chance encounter in England, a receptionist/con-woman called Claire seized an opportunity presented to her by Simon O’Riley – head to Australia and pretend to be his mother's long-lost daughter. Simon and Claire’s plan is simple: divide the family, and conquer the family business for themselves, before selling it for millions. Their plan got off to a great start too, with Helen being so happy to reunite with the daughter she gave up for adoption that she never questioned her true identity. Simon’s other siblings, Kate and Ian, weren’t so impressed though, especially as the scheme saw them cast in a bad light, making them out to be gold diggers in the eyes of their usually iron-fisted mother. They were even made out to be overmedicating their mother to kill her off quicker. Soon, the pair’s husbands, Todd and Lee, were dragged into the mess too. With bodies piling up, secrets spilling out, and the real Amanda nowhere to be seen, things just kept getting messier. Here’s how the show reached its gripping conclusion. The Imposter Ending Explained Who is the real Amanda? Realising the 'Amanda' she knew was playing her, Kate began to do some digging of her own, reaching out to Bill – the real Amanda’s biological father. The initial hope is that Bill could tempt 'Amanda' away from her mum for a bit, allowing Kate time to heal their now fractured relationship. Instead, she triggers a dramatic chain of events. It turns out Bill had already been in contact with Amanda (the real one), and was …

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The Imposter cast: Who stars in the 5 thriller?
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date: 2025-12-18T19:30:42.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: Channel 5
description: Family can be a killer – especially when you don’t know who to trust. Meet the cast and characters of this gripping new Channel 5 drama.
encoded: A seaside hotel is at the centre of a bitter family battle in 5's The Imposter, as matriarch Helen clashes with her three grown-up children – Simon, Kate and Ian – over whether to sell. The siblings are ready to sign on the dotted line, but Helen won't budge, even as her health begins to fail. Then there's the secret she's kept for decades: an older child, Amanda, whom she gave up for adoption in the UK before the others were born. So when Amanda suddenly appears out of the blue, Helen embraces her, convinced she's the lifeline she’s been waiting for. Only… is Amanda really who she claims to be? With a fortune at stake and the hotel up for grabs, suspicion creeps in and loyalties fracture as the fight for control tips into betrayal and, ultimately, murder. "I just knew this was going to be fun to play," said Kym Marsh of her character, 'Amanda'. "There is so much depth to her. Clearly, bad things have happened in her life to make her the way that she is. What I really loved is that the script wasn't that typical moustache-twirling, Scooby-Doo-esque villain. She is much more complex than that." Dannii Minogue – who plays a woman also claiming to be the real Amanda ≠ described the episodes as "jam packed with clues to a sexy drama that is deadly," adding: "Get to know the characters, then get to know what they are up to!" So, who else joins Marsh and Minogue in this tale of murder and betrayal? Meet the cast of The Imposter and find out more about the characters they play… The Imposter cast Here’s the main cast list for The Imposter: Jackie Woodburne is Helen Kym Marsh is ‘Amanda’ Dannii Minogue is Amanda Don Hany is Simon Jane Harber is Kate Charlie Clausen is Todd Jackson Gallagher is Ian Kabir Singh is Lee Here’s what you need to know about each character and who plays them. Jackie Woodburne plays Helen Who is Helen?: Helen’s life is not how she once imagined it would be. Now in her late sixties, she’s married to Reg and has three adult children in Simon, Kate and …

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The Revenge Club ending explained: Who is the twisted killer among the group?
type: item
date: 2025-12-14T08:00:05.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: On demand
subject: Paramount Plus
description: What started off as harmless fun has turned deadly, but who’s behind it all?
encoded: The Revenge Club started out as a divorce support group – but Rachel, Emily, Mina, Calum, Steven and Tej channelled their grief into something far more fun when they decided to get their vengeance on the exes that wronged them. It wasn’t set to last though, and while deep-faking pictures of a wild night in Ibiza is fun enough, or even freaking out an ex-best friend as she moves into the home once shared with a cheating spouse, murder takes things to a whole new level. As romance blossomed between Emily and Calum, and friendships grew tighter, it seemed someone had only revenge on their mind – and it turned deadly. Soon the body count was well and truly growing. First to go was Jack – the emotionally and financially abusive 'entrepreneur bro' husband of Rachel (who, it turned out, hadn’t even officially left him). Found dead in his own pool after a wild party, with a deadly mix of ketamine, cocaine and alcohol in his system, Jack’s death seemed like an accident. That is, until Emily’s husband Dan is found dead at the bottom of his staircase with a major head wound shortly afterwards. Now with two bodies attached to this club, and police realising some of the divorce club were present at the party Dan died at, suspicions began to grow. But the wheels truly came off when Steven’s wife Sue is found dead after someone let loose a jar of wasps in her car, prompting a fatal allergic reaction. What a way to go. Read more: The Last of Us star features in moody first look at "unmissable, atmospheric" new thriller series Jill Halfpenny's "gripping" new psychological drama gets its release date confirmed with tense first look To top it off, Rita – who only joined the club to get close to its leader, Malcolm, after discovering he’s the son she gave up for adoption in the 80s – is left fighting for her life after being attacked at the rec centre the group meet at. With everyone left now a suspect and panic setting in, here’s who was behind it all, and what happened when they felt…

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The Revenge Club cast: Who stars in the Paramount Plus thriller?
type: item
date: 2025-12-12T08:00:36.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: On demand
subject: Paramount Plus
description: Revenge is a dish best served cold… or with a group of friends. Meet the characters ready to get their vengeance.
encoded: Sometimes when you’re going through something tough, you need some support – but this group takes things to the next level in The Revenge Club. Based on the novel The Othello Club by J.D. Pennington, The Revenge Club follows six lonely hearts who find solace in each other thanks to a divorce support group. But then they decide getting their own back could be the key to them truly moving on, and things quickly begin to escalate. All burned by their former relationships, the group are soon tackling petty pranks and schemes to make their ex pay, but it’s only a matter of time before it all goes terribly wrong. So who exactly are these hapless but lovable people ready to get even? Read more: Martin Compston talks new show The Revenge Club: "I think we've all got little revenge fantasies" Meet the cast of The Revenge Club and find out more about the characters they play… The Revenge Club cast Here’s the main cast list for The Revenge Club: Aimée-Ffion Edwards is Emily Martin Compston is Calum Meera Syal is Rita Sharon Rooney is Rachel Douglas Henshall is Steve Chaneil Kular is Tej Amit Shah is Malcolm Here’s what you need to know about each character and who plays them. Aimée-Ffion Edwards plays Emily Who is Emily?: Emily is a high-flying business woman who thought she had it all – until she was betrayed. Joining the divorce group for some support, she instead finds herself a new group of friends that help her rediscover her confidence, and even a little romance too. But as the team’s actions see major consequences, she needs to decide what her future looks like. Who is Aimée-Ffion Edwards? Aimée-Ffion Edwards is a Welsh actress who first appeared on screens as Sketch in Channel 4 drama, Skins. Since then, she has appeared as Esmé Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Sophie in The Detectorists, and Madlen in Keeping Faith. Currently, she can be seen as Shirley Dander in Apple TV+’s Slow Horses. Martin Compston plays Calum <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile…

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Stranger Things season 4 recap: What to remember ahead of season 5
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date: 2025-11-26T15:34:04.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Netflix
description: The final instalment is almost here.
encoded: Stranger Things is entering its endgame – and there’s a lot of lore to remember before we enter the gang’s final fight against Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) in the Upside Down in season 5. The show has spanned almost a decade, and it's time for creators, the Duffer Brothers, to (hopefully) wrap this beast up in style. Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, the show's creators, the Duffer Brothers, opened up about the show's ending, saying: "There's a sense of inevitability. When you're looking at shows that don't work, or the endings that don't work, it is when it feels like sometimes the shows are trying too hard to surprise fans or do something different. "So we want it to feel very much in line with the show and the endings for each of the characters to feel inevitable. That's what we're striving for." But, before we head into the endgame of season 5, here's everything you need to remember from season 4. Stranger Things season 4 recap: What happened ahead of the final season Across season 4, our gang is divided and the story is split into four main factions – 1979, California, Hawkins and Russia. The story of 1979, told through flashbacks, shows what happened during a massacre at Hawkins Lab, where Eleven was the only survivor. In present day (well, 1986), Joyce has moved a now powerless Eleven (El), Will and Jonathan to California for a life away from the supernatural goings on of Hawkins. However, when she gets word via a creepy Russian doll that Hopper is still alive, Joyce heads to Russia with Murray to retrieve him. In Hawkins, the gang have started to grow apart. Lucas is now a member of the basketball team with little time to hang out with Mike and Dustin, who have joined DnD-playing social group The Hellfire Club, led by metalhead drug dealer Eddie Munson. Max has split from Lucas and, after the death of brother Billy in season 3, has become introverted, spending her days with her headphones on and ignoring the world. At least Steve and Robin are still be…

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Riot Women locations: Where was Sally Wainwright's BBC drama filmed?
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date: 2025-10-15T12:05:05.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: TV
subject: BBC
description: Here’s where the new BBC drama is set – and how it has a connection to Happy Valley...
encoded: In the BBC’s new drama Riot Women, a local community becomes the centrepiece of a musical revolution, thanks to five women who form a punk rock band. Tired of living as “women of a certain age”, and driven by a bubbling mix of rage and disdain born from their simultaneously manic and mundane lives, the band becomes a life raft for everyone involved – giving them a renewed sense of self they haven’t felt in years. But not everyone is on board. Loved ones and fellow locals are divided, with some baffled and others firmly opposed to their new hobby – and their unexpected lifeline. "It's very personal for me, this," creator, writer and lead director Sally Wainwright told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. "It's a lot about what I was going through at what [actress] Tamsin [Greig] very eloquently called 'the middle squeeze'." She added: "It's just about midlife – menopause is just an aspect of that – and I wanted to find a way of writing about this part of your life in a way that was uplifting and engaging and interesting. "It's about women who find something very creative and very engaging to do together and how it changes their lives." Read more: Sally Wainwright's Riot Women is a gloriously feminist anthem Riot Women's Rosalie Craig on potential season 2: 'It definitely doesn't feel final' Wainwright echoed those thoughts in a first-person piece for Vogue. "The show celebrates women who deal with life's slings and arrows, and who’ve found a way to get through by writing and performing songs that leave you in no doubt about how they feel," she wrote. "Punk is rebellion. Anger. Taking the piss. That's what these women realise they can do, having started the band for a laugh to enter a local talent contest to raise money for charity – and through rehearsing an ABBA song badly, they start to find a voice." As is often the case with many of Wainwright's dramas, the setting plays a key role in establishing the feel and tone of the piece. Here’s everything you need to know about wh…

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Riot Women cast: Who stars in Sally Wainwright's BBC drama?
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date: 2025-10-15T11:35:49.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
description: Get ready to rock as this new punk rock group gets set to take on their little corner of the world with rage.
encoded: Sally Wainwright's latest work, Riot Women, revolves around five menopausal women who decide to form a punk rock band. "I had the idea for the series about 10 years ago," said the writer. "It was about finding a life-affirming way to talk about the menopause – and I've always wanted to write about a rock band, so it was just putting those two things together." At first, the Riot Women, as they call themselves, do it to take part in a local talent contest, but very quickly, they discover that "they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined". "It made me believe in the participation of the creative arts," Joanna Scanlan, who plays Beth, one of the Riot Women, told RadioTimes.com. "I know that sounds a bit highfalutin, but I just think: yes, be in a band. Yes, sing. Yes, write music. Yes, paint paintings. No matter how bad they are, it doesn't matter. Creative expression is a great antidote to a lot of modern ills, and I think that's one of the things Sally's saying here. She's saying just do it – not Nike, but in the punk spirit. "You don't have to be good, you just have to do it. And by doing it, you benefit as a person, and you're benefiting others because you're allowing them to hear you in your rawest sense of self. And then that makes a kind of togetherness with other people. "It's an antidote to loneliness. It's an antidote to isolation. And it's an antidote to feeling unheard or invisible." Rosalie Craig, who plays Kitty – a character with whom Beth shares a connection that is even more extraordinary than either of them realise when they first meet – also praised another uplifting aspect of the drama. "Somehow life seems to stop [for women], apparently, when you're 30 plus, and this is an example – and it was an example every day – that it absolutely doesn't. Also, that you still have so much to live for," she explained. "You've got so much to give life. "And picking up instruments for the first time, or starting a new friendship in your 60s – why …

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Riot Women soundtrack: Every song featured in Sally Wainwright's new drama
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date: 2025-10-12T05:01:04.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: BBC
description: This band know how to rock – and so does all the music that appears in the new series by Sally Wainwright
encoded: Riot Women may have a jam-packed cast and a gripping story — but music is the glue that holds it all together. Whether it’s rock classics or original songs created especially for the six episodes, it’ll be hard to deny your inner punk rocker wanting to mosh along. Here’s the complete guide to everything you need to know about the Riot Women soundtrack. Riot Women soundtrack Who created the original songs? While the series features some familiar beats, its new songs were created by ARXX — a rock-alternative duo from Brighton, consisting of musicians Hanni Pidduck and Clara Townsend — who were brought on board on the recommendation of rock journalist Amy Raphael. “We gave them some ideas for a song called Seeing Red and asked a few people to look at it,” said show creator Sally Wainwright. “ARXX came back with by far the best version. They put so much into it and really made it their own. It’s catchy and fabulous. “They wrote the music and lyrics, though we also contributed bits — for example, our police advisor, Lisa, came up with the first line: ‘I’m so depressed, I can’t get dressed.’ ARXX transformed it, bringing their fabulous energy to the track.” Ultimately, ARXX created three original songs for the show: Seeing Red, S**ting Pineapples*, and Just Like Your Mother. In the world of the show, these songs are credited to band members Kitty and Beth. What is the Riot Women theme song? While the series has its own brief intro, the recurring theme song throughout the show is Violet by Hole, covered by the band. The song appears at the end of every episode and tells the story of a woman being stripped of her feelings and autonomy in a toxic relationship. Its chorus repeats the words: “Go on, take everything.” The track’s name, Violet, is believed to be inspired by a violet sky, a symbol of self-discovery and new beginnings. Written by Courtney Love in 1991, Violet was partly inspired by her relationship with Billy Corgan, lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins, though it…

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Taylor Swift albums in order – Taylor's Versions and first albums
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date: 2025-10-04T18:24:30.000Z
creator: Lidia Molina-Whyte
subject: audio
subject: Music
description: Take a deep dive into every era that turned Taylor Swift into a megastar.
encoded: The Life of a Showgirl is finally here! The highly-anticipated 12th studio album has arrived, with Swifties worldwide sharing their thoughts. The album, which features 12 tracks and a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter, has been described by Swift as her "secret passion project". "This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner-life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant," she said. "I’m so proud of it. And it comes from the most infectiously joyful, wild, dramatic place I was in in my life, so that effervescence has come through on this record. So as you said, bangers." Over the years, Taylor Swift has pivoted from a bright-eyed country singer to a global pop music superstar, breaking countless records and winning numerous awards, including 14 Grammys. Looking to revisit her previous albums? Read on for the singer's full discography in chronological order. Get Disney Plus from £4.99 per month Taylor Swift's full album list – including Taylor's Versions re-releases To date, Taylor Swift's albums are: Taylor Swift/Debut (2006) Fearless (2008) - Taylor's Version released in 2021 Speak Now (2010) - Taylor's Version released in 2023 Red (2012) - Taylor's Version released in 2021 1989 (2014) - Taylor's Version released in 2023 Reputation (2017) Lover (2019) Folklore (2020) Evermore (2020) Midnights (2022) The Tortured Poets Department (2024) The Life of a Showgirl (2025) Swift also released the following official live albums: Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011) Live from Clear Channel Stripped 2008 (2020) Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, from the Disney+ Special (2020) Lover (Live from Paris) (2023) What are 'Taylor's Versions' of albums and why were they released? To date, Taylor Swift has created 11 studio albums – but has re-recorded and re-released four of them. These releases, known as "Taylor's Versions", were a direct response to a fight for creative rights and control of her songs from her old record label, …

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Coldwater location guide: Where was the ITV thriller filmed?
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date: 2025-09-28T11:35:11.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: ITVX
subject: On demand
description: Anxiety reins supreme as John explores masculinity and loyalty in this quaint Scottish town.
encoded: ITV's gripping new thriller, Coldwater, is set in an idyllic looking town but there is much more to it than meets the eye – something John (Andrew Lincoln) realises before it's all too late. The series follows John and wife Fiona (Indira Varma), who move to Coldwater from London, after a fresh start somewhere quiet and safe with their two children. While it seems they have hit the jackpot, John soon finds himself entangled in a series of horrific acts that he can't get himself out of. But the events are made all the more worse by the feel of the warm and inviting village and their friendly locals. With such an impressive backdrop and so much chaos, just where did all the action take place? Here's what you need to know about where Coldwater was filmed. Where was Coldwater filmed? All the major locations Thankfully, Coldwater is a fictional Scottish town, created just for the show. The location was therefore a composite of areas in and around Glasgow. Speaking of the decision to set the story there, Ireland explained: “I’ve always loved small towns in Scotland and I’ve always wanted to live in one but never had the chance to. “I love a lot of small towns in Northern Ireland so Coldwater is my little fantasy. You’ve got the beautiful Church, beautiful coffee shops… it's an idealised version of rural Scotland. “Everybody is friendly, and a little bit strange. Everyone knows your business and people don’t seem to judge you, but maybe they do. “My life bringing up a family in Scotland, I was trying to get away from writing about violence, tribalism and identity and all the issues in my other work, but I couldn’t escape it,” he added. Eve Myles, who plays John and Fiona's neighbour Rebecca, also discussed how the setting ties into Ireland's narrative (via The Mirror). "I think the lay of the land and the precinct is incredibly important to this because the character John runs away from the hustle and bustle of London and is running away from his problems only to land in th…

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The Rumour ending explained: Who is Sally McGowan revealed to be?
type: item
date: 2025-09-18T21:01:28.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
description: It’s time for the truth to come out as 5's drama reaches its climax.
encoded: Ever since The Rumour's Joanna (Rachel Shenton) arrived in Flinstead, her world has been consumed by one major question: Who exactly is Sally McGowan? After reading on a website that McGowan – who at aged 10 killed five-year-old boy Robbie Harris – was now living under an assumed name in the town, Joanna has become obsessed with finding out the truth. Spreading the gossip to the ultimate rumour mill (the schoolyard mums), things quickly spiralled out of control – with murders, vandalism and kidnapping taking over. So, what is the truth? Here’s what you need to know as The Rumour comes to a dramatic end. The Rumour ending explained: Who was Sally McGowan? When the rumour began to spread, the first major suspect to be Sally McGowan was Sonia, Joanna’s stand-offish next door neighbour. Joanna fuelled this by sharing Sonia had a tattoo, and her last known address was a rehab. Things get so intense that Sonia’s shop is vandalised, prompting Sonia to viciously blame Joanna for spreading the rumour (though notably, not denying it). When a reporter breaks the news, a mob turns up at her door. However, suspicion on Sonia is stopped quickly when she’s found dead on Halloween by Alfie while trick or treating with his mates. While it’s initially believed to be a suicide, things spiral out of control when police confirm they’re treating it as a murder. But this does nothing but grow Joanna’s obsession with finding Sally’s identity, moving her focus to Kay, another woman in town, even cornering her with allegations – but she also isn’t Sally, and is almost killed as well. Even when Joanna’s faced with threatening messages, and being fired from her job, she continues to dig. Ex Michael (Samuel Anderson) and mum Bea (Joanne Whalley) try to stop her, but it falls on deaf ears. Next suspect is her mum’s partner, Liz (Ellie Haddington), after finding out about a prison painting that’s similar in style to her work as an artist. Believing the painting holds the answers, she tries to tra…

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Coldwater ending explained: What happens to John and Tommy?
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date: 2025-09-16T09:55:32.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
description: An exhilarating finale leaves the door open for a continuation... **CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR COLDWATER**
encoded: **Warning: Major spoilers for Coldwater ahead.** Andrew Lincoln’s John had no idea what he was letting himself in for when he decided to move his family from London to the quiet Scottish town of Coldwater – but it’s pretty safe to say he grew to regret it. Within days of arriving, he was suddenly covering up a murder with the help of his new friend and next door neighbour Tommy (Ewen Bremner). Whacking the violent Angus Gillespie over the head with a brick when he attacked him in the woods, John believed he'd killed him – and Tommy was fine to let him believe that. But as tension between the two men continues to reach a boiling point, it’s only a matter of time before secrets, truth and violence bubbles over in spectacular fashion. Here’s how the Coldwater ending plays out – and how it sets the stage for a potential second season. Coldwater ending explained – Was John able to expose Tommy? John’s biggest problem with Tommy is not what he knows, it’s getting others to believe him. After all, who would believe the new guy when he says a beloved member of the community – a bible study leader with a pastor wife in Rebecca (Eve Myles), no less – is actually a serial killer who had been evading justice for years? It doesn’t help that Rebecca, who is all-too-aware and even encouraging of husband Tommy’s extra-curricular killer pursuits, has started planting the idea that John is behind the murders in the town in resident’s heads, using the local gossip mill to make him sound like a psychopath who fled London because he beat up a woman. But John gets a lifeline when Tommy’s adopted adult daughter Moira-Jane shows him and wife Fiona (Indira Varma) evidence – a box of trophies including those he’s killed since knowing John. Among the items is a cross chain Angus wore, a ring worn by Angus’s father, Nathan, and even the collar of poor cat Harlequin, who Tommy strangled and left as a warning to John on his bins. Realising this means he didn’t kill Angus as initially thought, Jo…

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Coldwater review: Andrew Lincoln-led psychological thriller will make you choke
type: item
date: 2025-09-14T21:00:04.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: ITVX
subject: On demand
description: Is the new ITV drama worth the watch?
encoded: It’s hard to imagine a character that elicits such a pathetic feeling more than Andrew Lincoln’s John after the first episode of Coldwater. A socially anxious and withdrawn father-of-two, he seems to attract bad men into his orbit like a magnet. While he wants to keep his head down, stay out of trouble and muddle through life while his successful wife Fiona (Indira Varma) brings home the bacon. Life has a different plan though, with other men seemingly smelling the weakness in him, and making it their mission to make his life miserable. When John’s fight or flight response is triggered in a park, he runs for it, leaving a poor woman – and his own child, for that matter – in his dust as he belts it down the road. While he does later return to retrieve his daughter, the shock of the whole thing sparks him to keep running… all the way to rural Scotland. With his family moving to the quaint and quiet village of Coldwater, it feels like a fresh start. Bible-bashing neighbours Tommy (Ewen Bremner) and Rebecca (Eve Myles) welcome them into their home and the community. While his sex life with Fiona has still hit a road block, it’s a start. But then he runs into a local yob in an off-licence, and it all goes wrong again. No escaping the bad guys for John – they’re everywhere. When said local yob, Angus, later turns violent with John during a run-in on a late-night jog, a chain of events leaves Angus dead, John a shrivelling wreck, and new best mate Tommy his guardian angel. At least, that’s what he thinks. Turns out his scariest bad guy comes with a wide grin, a woollen jumper, and a more-than-slight obsession with serial killers. The incident triggers something in both Tommy and John alike, and soon the pair are in a battle of wits for control over the other. As Tommy, Ewan Bremner is deliciously creepy – played perfectly as the women around him pick up on it immediately, but with enough subtlety that men dismiss it as “just what he’s like”. On the flip side, Andrew Lincol…

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Coldwater's Indira Varma on dangerous masculinity of thriller's leading men
type: item
date: 2025-09-13T10:24:05.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
subject: News
description: The Obi-Wan Kenobi alum teases what lies ahead in the new psychological thriller, co-starring Andrew Lincoln and Ewen Bremner.
encoded: Coldwater star Indira Varma has teased the twisted tale that lies ahead in ITV’s new psychological thriller. The Game of Thrones actress stars in the series as Fiona, the long-standing wife of leading man, John (Andrew Lincoln). As the breadwinner of the house with a successful writing career, Fiona uproots her life in London when John witnesses a horrific attack in a park – and decides to move the family, completed by two daughters, for a fresh start in the village of Coldwater, rural Scotland. Turns out it’s just the start of their terror, as their next door neighbours Tommy (Ewan Bremner) and wife Fiona (Eve Myles) are harbouring dark secrets behind their position as pillars of the community. Speaking to RadioTimes.com about the battle that ensues, Varma teased: "John is completely beguiled by this charismatic man who he thinks represents true manhood, you know, which is what he's kind of clawing his way back to. "Fiona, she gets a nose for it, and she sniffs [Tommy] out immediately, and I think when you've got a really good friendship or relationship, and one of you likes one person and the other one doesn't trust them, that creates a really difficult dynamic." As a stay-at-home dad, John is already feeling at a bit of a loss when the story begins – with his marriage loving, but struggling with Fiona. "I think this is a theme that David looks at, which is masculinity in today's society, and the idea of the wife, Fiona, in this case, being the successful breadwinner," she explained. "It’s sort of slightly emasculating for John, them having two young kids and being a slightly reluctant stay-at-home dad in a very still predominantly female world." While John is immediately taken with Tommy – a bible study leader and ‘Alpha Male’ type with a penchant for true crime stories – Fiona is not so keen, sensing something dark in him that leaves her uneasy. The feeling quickly becomes mutual as the twisted story unfolds. "I think the relationship between Tommy and Fiona is,…

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The Rumour cast: Full guide to actors in 5's twisted new drama
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date: 2025-09-10T08:49:35.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Drama
subject: TV
description: Gossip can be dangerous in this new thriller – meet the women whose smalltalk changes everything.
encoded: In the fictional world of Flinstead, gossip can be a real killer as The Rumour kicks off on 5. For mum Joanna (Rachel Shenton), who has just moved to the area, overhearing a rumour about a killer in the town seems just what she needs to get into the playground mum-clique. But instead it opens up a can of worms that could tear the entire town apart. As paranoia and suspicion takes over, things take a sinister turn, and soon it's hard to know who around her she can trust. But all roads lead back to the mums and what they think they know. Want to meet them? Read on for your guide to the cast of The Rumour and the characters they play in this twisted tale. The Rumour cast: Who plays who in the 5 drama? Here’s the main cast list for The Rumour – read on for more detailed profiles on each character and the actor playing them, including where you might have seen them before. Rachel Shenton as Joanna Joanne Whalley as Bea Emily Atack as Debbie Samuel Anderson as Michael Ellie Haddington as Liz Carryl Thomas as Fatima Lucy Speed as Rachel Rachel Shenton plays Joanna Who is Joanna? Joanna is a loving mum who moves from London to Flinstead with her young son, Alfie, in the hopes of a new life. An anxious person by nature, she has a tendency to overthink things. But her attempts to bond with her fellow school mums result in her spreading a rumour that triggers a dangerous spiral. Who is Rachel Shenton? Rachel Shenton is an English actress, writer and Oscar-winning director. She first rose to prominence as Mitzeee Minniver on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks between 2010 and 2013. After leaving the soap, she appeared in acclaimed TV dramas including Switched at Birth, White Gold and For Her Sins. She won her Academy award for best short film in 2018, having created The Silent Child, a movie that tells the story of a six-year-old who learns to use sign language. Shenton can currently be seen on screen as Helen Alderson in the 5 reboot of period drama All Creatures Great and Small, and has b…

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Wednesday season 2 ending explained: Every death, twist, and reveal broken down
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date: 2025-09-09T16:19:54.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Netflix
description: In this world of vengeance and woe, can Wednesday save Nevermore once again?
encoded: ***Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Wednesday season 2*** Wednesday season 2 has come to a chaotic ending on Netflix, raising a host of questions that even Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) and her physic powers can't answer and introducing new mysteries for season 3. The second part of the new season picked up right where we left off, with Hyde Tyler (Hunter Doohan) on the loose, a killer zombie in town, and Wednesday in the hospital and more determined than ever to uncover the truth behind the LOIS experiments, Nevermore's various mysteries, and the fate of her Aunt Ophelia. Worst of all, the dead Principal Weems (Gwendoline Christie) is back in her life as her new spirit guide – and still as acidic as ever. Wondering how the series came to a close? Here’s how Wednesday season 2 part 2 ended – and what it means for the future. Did Wednesday save Enid? Yes and no. The prophetic vision Wednesday had of Enid’s death was successfully stopped – thanks to a delightfully wicked body swap trick courtesy of Rosaline Rotwood (Lady Gaga). Living in each other’s shoes for a day allowed them to appreciate the pressure each was under, with Wednesday discovering Enid is not only a werewolf, but an Alpha – which history dictates could mean she ends up alone, and stuck in wolf form forever. <img src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2025/08/WEDNESDAY205Unit00882RC-8b98423.jpg" width="3600" height="2400" alt="Noah B. Taylor as Bruno, Emma Myers as Enid, Joy Sunday as Bianca, Oliver Watson as Kent, Georgie Farmer as Ajax in Wednesday season 2" title="Noah B. Taylor as Bruno, Emma Myers as Enid, Joy Sunday as Bianca, Oliver Watson as Kent, Georgie Farmer as Ajax in Wednesday season 2" /> Ms Capri (Billie Piper) tries to help Enid control her powers, but when Wednesday is later in trouble, Enid changes to gain the strength to save her. Now stuck, she fled Nevermore to be alone and to ensure she doesn’t hurt anyone. What happened to Principal Dort in Wednesday …

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Wednesday season 2 star reveals Tyler’s future – and explains why he was saved
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date: 2025-09-08T10:09:41.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
subject: Video
description: With our favourite Hyde’s future uncertain, here’s what actor Hunter Doohan hopes will come of him in season 3…
encoded: ***Warning: Spoilers for Wednesday season 2 part 2 ahead*** Wednesday star Hunter Doohan has opened up on what lies ahead for Tyler in season 3 after Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) decided to let him go.. In the season 2 finale, Tyler was tricked by his mother Francoise (Frances O’Connor) into a dangerous procedure by his uncle Isaac (Owen Painter) that would rid him of his Hyde powers – with Pugsley (Isaac Ordonez) a sacrifice in the electrifying operation. When Wednesday came to save her brother, she saw the opportunity to finally kill Tyler, who had been tormenting her friends and promising to kill her – but instead, she cuts him loose with a swing of an axe, telling him simply: "I missed." Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Hunter explained its emblematic of the relationship Tyler and Wednesday have – which started with a ‘will they/won’t they’ romance back in season 1 before developing into a rivalry. “Their dynamic throughout the whole show, and the fact that, when it comes to it, instead of killing him and kind of ending it all she frees him, they actually help each other out,” he said. “You know, she's freeing him of his Masters again, and he's helping in that moment with her [by fighting Francoise].” “Jenna came up with that last line, which was so cool to witness her kind of improving and coming up with that,” he added. “She ​​came in with so many great ideas. It was really incredible to watch.” Unfortunately for Tyler, his freedom comes with a catch. According to the lore of the show, Hydes cannot survive without a master commanding him – and now his master Francoise is dead, he’s living on borrowed time. But he’s given a lifeline when Isadora Capri (Billie Piper) tells him about a pack of Hydes that live together and, as a united force, have no need for a master to survive, and the pair were last seen heading off to a mystery location together to track the pack down. Speaking about what this means for season 3, Hunter said: “I want Tyler to find… I mean, …

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Wednesday stars explain Enid and Agnes dynamic and tease future after season finale
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date: 2025-09-07T07:00:57.000Z
creator: Tilly Pearce
subject: Fantasy
subject: TV
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
description: From a bitter rivalry came a surprise friendship – but what lies ahead for Enid and Agnes going forward? **CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR WEDNESDAY SEASON 2**
encoded: **Warning: Spoilers for Wednesday Season 2 Part 2 ahead** In Netflix’s Wednesday, our leading lady was always fiercely supported by her werewolf best friend, Enid (Emma Myers). So naturally, she got pretty territorial in season 2 when Wednesday’s stalker was revealed to be Agnes (Evie Templeton), a young student at the school who was obsessed with making Wednesday her best friend. Rude and cruel to each other, the pair were quick to pick fights in an attempt to become Wednesday’s favourite right hand woman – but when the Teen of Woe is in trouble, Enid and Agnes prove to be a formidable force, working together and learning to be better versions of themselves in the process. By the end of the season, they were stealing the show with a dance routine to Lady Gaga’s Dead Dance, providing the perfect distraction to take down Principal Dort (Steve Buscemi) and save Nevermore. Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Myers and Templeton shared their relief at finally being able to develop a friendship on screen – and how they hope it continues in the future. “I loved that we could be friends. I know, finally! Because Enid just argues with everybody. She's just always arguing with somebody,” said Myers. “I'm so glad that by the end of it, we're not at each other's throats, and we can be genuine friends.” “I was a huge fan of the first season, so to get to go from being a fan to getting to be a part of the show that you love was amazing,” added Templeton. “And I'd really love to see how their trio dynamic progresses with Enid and Wednesday and Agnes. “I think that would be really cool to see how their friendship develops.” It didn’t take long for Agnes to make an impression on Wednesday and Enid in season 2 – becoming a helpful right hand woman when it came to gathering intel on those Wednesday suspected were up to no good thanks to her invisibility powers. It didn’t sit well with Enid, who had worked hard to crack the unshakeable Wednesday, fearing her position as her best f…

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