SEE FIRST LOOK AT BENJAMIN WAINWRIGHT AS THE NEW MAIGRET IN THE PBS REBOOT OF THE FAMOUS PARIS DETECTIVE SERIES

    NEW MAIGRET SERIES   

FIRST LOOK AT BENJAMIN WAINWRIGHT

PBS Masterpiece has released first image of Benjamin Wainwright in MAIGRET series as Chief Inspector Jules Maigret! Paris set series takes us from the glitzy upper-class world of luxury hotels and mansions to local bourgeois bistros and bars and the underground haunts of the professionally criminal. Maigret is an unconventional young detective with something to prove the Police Judiciaire, relentless in his investigations, with a matchless knowledge of Paris and its inhabitants. Faithfully and lovingly married to Madame Maigret (Stefanie Martini), Maigret heads the elite police unit known as La Crim, responsible for investigating all serious crime in and around Paris. Blake Harrison, Reda Elazouar, Kerrie Hayes, Shaniqua Okwok and Rob Kazinsky make up the “Les Maigrets,” Maigret’s loyal team of detectives, with Nathalie Armin as Prosecutor Mathilde Kernavel.

DISNEY + SERIES SUSPECT: THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES CASTS RUSSELL TOVEY, EMILY MORTIMER, ALEX JENNINGS, CONLETH HILL, DANIEL MAYS, EDISON ALCAIDE

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DISNEY PLUS NEW SERIES SUSPECT: THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES

As Deadline reports, our dearest Russell Tovey has joined the cast of Disney Plus new true story series SUSPECT: THE SHOOTING OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES which describes the tragic shooting of an innocent man mistaken for a terrorist in London bombings twenty years ago. Edison Alcaide will play De Menezes whose death happened around two weeks after 7/7 following a second set of planned attacks, which failed but set off a manhunt. The Brazilian electrician was mistakenly shot by police at a London underground station, leading to protests, introspection over shoot-to-kill policies and fierce criticism of the Metropolitan Police. Russell Tovey will also star alongside Conleth Hill, Max Beesley, Emily Mortimer, Daniel Mays, Laura Aikman and Alex Jennings. Mortimer and Hill will play police chiefs.

DOCTORS ARE FACING WITH A HURRICANE IN NEW NETFLIX MEDICAL SERIES PULSE! SEE THE FIRST IMAGES WITH COLIN WOODELL

   FIRST PULSE SERIES  

IMAGES FROM NETFLIX MEDICAL DRAMA

If you are looking for a new medical drama to watch Netflix has set April 3rd launch date for ten episode series PULSE from Carlton Cuse. The new series starts at a moment when a hurricane is bearing down on Miami’s top trauma center and third-year resident Dr. Danny Simms (Willa Fitzgerald) is thrust into a leadership role when Chief Resident Dr. Xander Phillips (Colin Woodell) is suspended. As the storm intensifies and the ER locks down, Danny and Phillips must navigate both a flood of trauma cases and the fallout of their secret romance. Meanwhile, their colleagues juggle personal and professional challenges, where saving lives is often easier than managing their own. Justina Machado stars as Dr. Natalie Cruz, a politically savvy doctor who oversees both administration and medicine as the Chair of Surgery and Emergency Medicine.

DISNEY PLUS AND HULU VICTORIAN LONDON SET DRAMA SERIES A THOUSAND BLOWS RENEWED FOR SEASON 2 AHEAD OF SEASON 1

   A THOUSAND BLOWS  

PERIOD SET SERIES RENEWED FOR SEASON 2

The series will also stream on Stan in Australia

Even before hitting Disney Plus and Hulu with six episodes this Friday, February 21st their new period series  A THOUSAND BLOWS has been renewed for a second season!

 

THE SERIES FOLLOWS  

Malachi Kirby's Hezekiah Moscow, who finds himself plunged into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London's East End from Jamaica. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene, he meets Mary Carr, (Erin Doherty), leader of The Forty Elephants, the

The series arrives next February to Hulu

notorious all-female London gang, as they battle for survival on the streets. As Hezekiah sharpens his new skills, he comes up against Sugar Goodson (Stephen Graham), a seasoned and dangerous boxer, and the two  are soon locked into an intense rivalry that spills out way beyond the ring. Steven Knight's drama also stars Francis Lovehall as Hezekiah's best  friend Alec Munroe, Jason Tobin as Mr Lao and James Nelson-Joyce as Edward 'Treacle' Goodson. Daniel Mays stars as William 'Punch' Lewis,  Adam Nagaitis as the Earl of Lonsdale, Gary Lewis as Jack Mac, Tom Davis as Charlie Mitchell and Robert Glenister as Indigo Jeremy. 

TIMOTHY SPALL, HELEN MIRREN, TONI COLLETTE, JOHNNY FLYNN TO STAR IN KATE WINSLET DIRECTORIAL DEBUT GOODBYE JUNE AT NETFLIX

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FROM KATE WINSLET ADS A STELLAR CAST

After exercising nepotism by starring in a film with her daughter and thus launching her career, Kate Winslet will continue with nepotism and will now direct a film written by her own son. GOODBYE JUNE already has quite a stellar cast and we will see Toni Collette, Helen Mirren, Timothy Spall, Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough staring in Kate's directorial debut over at Netflix. As Screen Daily reports, the film in which she will also star is a contemporary fictional drama about a fractured group of siblings who pull together under sudden and trying circumstances.

SEE TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR BBC'S PERIOD SET MINI TV SERIES DOPE GIRLS

  DOPE GIRLS TV SERIES  

BBC UNVEILS TRAILER AND AIR DATE

Well, I cannot say I find this one at least remotely interesting, but BBC has announced February 22nd air date for their new period set drama DOPE GIRLS which looks rather depressive. New six episode series will bring 1918 Soho to life according to BBC, although they don't really look lively to me in the images nor the trailer.

 

IT IS THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE
As Britain celebrates the Armistice on the streets of London, men return from the front expecting to rejoin society and pick up where they left off - but a newly empowered generation of women are loath to simply return to the kitchen. Using Soho’s expanding illicit underground clubland scene as their playground, women explore previously unimaginable opportunities on either side of the law. DOPE GIRLS depicts in visceral detail the birth of the modern nightlife industry guided and gilded by female endeavour. 

 

WHO IS IN THE GANG?

Julianne Nicholson leads as Kate Galloway, a single mother who establishes a nightclub amidst the hedonistic uproar of post-World War One London, embracing a life of criminal activities with the dedicated aim of providing for her daughter Evie (Eilidh Fisher). Eliza Scanlen plays Violet Davies, one of the first wave of female officers, who is assigned to go undercover and investigate the illicit world of underground Soho nightclubs. This is where we find Billie Cassidy (Umi Myers), a bohemian dancer, whose life is irrevocably changed by Kate’s arrival. Also starring are Michael Duke, Ian Bonar, Dustin Demri-Burns, Geraldine James, Nabhaan Rizwan, Priya Kansara, Jordan Kouamé, Will Keen and Sebastian Croft and our dear Rory Fleck Byrne as the brother in the family.

 

SEE TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR NEW FEAR THRILLER MINI TV SERIES WITH MARTIN COMPSTON, SOLLY MCLEOD, JAMES COSMO

   FEAR TRAILER   

FOR NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER SERIES

Three episodes of a new psychological thriller series are coming soon to Prime Video! We shall watch Martin Compston, Solly McLeod and James Cosmo in FEAR from March 4th in UK and parts of Europe. It is a small screen adaptation of a book by Dirk Kurbjuweit directed by Shardlake's Justin Chadwick.

WHAT IS THE SERIES ABOUT? 

 Excited to make a fresh start away from London, Martyn (Martin Compston) and Rebecca (Anjli Mohindra) move into a beautiful house in Glasgow with their two young children. At first the new home seems idyllic, but when their neighbour Jan (Solly McLeod) makes unnerving comments to Rebecca it turns out to be the start of something far more intimidating. Facing accusations that are every parent's worst nightmare, and with the authorities refusing to step in, Martyn and Rebecca feel they have nowhere to turn to for help. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

CATHERINE ZETA JONES TO LEAD ACTION PACKED KILL JACKIE REVENGE THRILLER TV SERIES AT PRIME VIDEO

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TO LEAD KILL JACKIE TV SERIES

Oscar winner Catherine Zeta Jones has scored a lead role in Prime Video's eight part thriller KILL JACKIE based on The Price You Pay book by Aidan Truhen. She plays Jackie Price who has been living a wealthy, luxurious existence for the last

Catherine Zeta Jones will take the lead role

twenty years – travelling the world, selling fine art using sophisticated tax loopholes and trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. As life starts to feel a little boring, it takes a sudden lethal turn when she discovers The Seven Demons, a squad of hitmen, have been hired to kill her. Assuming someone from her past is behind it, Jackie unleashes her old instincts and embarks on a plan to take down The Demons one by one before they kill her. However, she soon realises her own demons are much more terrifying than the ruthless killers on her trail and her buried secrets ultimately lead her much closer to home, with surprising consequences.

IMELDA STAUNTON, DOMINIC WEST, GEORGE MACKAY, JOHNNY FLYNN JOIN BILL NIGHY IN & SONS MOVIE ADAPTATION

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ADS IMELDA STAUNTON, DOMINIC WEST

And not just them, Bill Nighy's movie adaptation of David Gilbert's novel & SONS has added Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Johnny Flynn, Noah Jupe and George MacKay. Nighy plays Andrew, or A.N. Dyer, as he is known to the world — a famous novelist whose first novel became an instant classic and created a cult following around its elusive author. One morning, Dyer wakes up convinced he must mend the broken relationships in his life and summons his sons (Flynn, Jupe and MacKay) to be with him. It has been nearly 20 years since an incident tore apart the family. When the sons arrive, each burdened with their own struggles, Andrew reveals something so astonishing it couldn’t possibly be true — or could it?

PRIME VIDEO RENEWS THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER EPIC SERIES FOR THIRD SEASON

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EPIC SERIES RENEWED FOR SEASON 3

Although, to be honest, the second season was unwatchable to me, Prime Video has renewed THE RINGS OF POWER epic series for season three which will jump forward several years from the events of season 2 with the story taking place at the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron, as the Dark Lord seeks to craft the One Ring that will give him the edge he needs to win the war and conquer all Middle-earth at last. Acclaimed directors Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri, and Stefan Schwartz are set for upcoming season. Filming will begin in UK this spring.