DANNY DYER, DAVID MORRISEY, GWILYM LEE, ALEX JENNINGS, MARK BONNAR, SEAN PERTWEE TO LEAD THE SIEGE IRANIAN EMBASSY SET SERIES AT CHANNEL 4

    THE SIEGE SERIES   

CHANNEL 4 UNVEILS A STELLAR CAST 

Beside Complicit which I presented you yesterday, there is another new drama coming to Channel 4 with a stellar cast led by Danny Dyer and David Morrissey! New six-part series THE SIEGE based on Ben Macintyre’s bestselling book will take us back to April 1980, when six armed

Gwilym Lee, Danny Dyer, David Morrisey will star

 Iranian separatists entered the Iranian Embassy in London and took 26 people hostage, beginning a six-day siege watched around the world. The ensemble cast will also include Kevin Doyle, Alex Jennings and Omid

Sean Pertwee, Mark Bonnar, Alex Jennings will also star

 Djalili, Sean Pertwee, Mark Bonnar and our dearest Gwilym Lee. New series will explore what happened inside the embassy as well as the police response and the plans being made by the SAS, giving us a closer look at the people caught up in those extraordinary six days. 

SEE FIRST IMAGES WITH MICHAEL SOCHA AND EDWARD HOLCROFT IN BBC'S THE WITCH FARM NEW GHOST STORY TV SERIES

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1ST IMAGES FROM MICHAEL SOCHA SERIES

Straight from Wales come first images from BBC's new spooky series THE WITCH FARM a ghost story and mystery set in the Welsh countryside based on real events and starring Gabrielle Creevy, Michael Socha and our dearest Edward Holcroft. The series will arrive soon to BBC One. 

THE STORY IS SET IN

 South Wales, 1989. Bill (Socha), Liz (Creevy) and their teenage son Jonathan (Lewin Lloyd) leave London for Heol Fanog, a remote modern farmhouse in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons, determined to make a fresh start. At first, the isolation feels like freedom. But when frightening, inexplicable things begin to happen around the house and a strange figure begins to appear, the family starts to feel increasingly scared. What follows is a steady escalation ofthe chillingly uncanny - unexplained disturbances and an unsettling sense that they are not alone. As Bill and Liz begin to investigate, the house draws them deeper into a history that refuses to stay buried. And as the land yields its secrets, so too does their marriage - testing the limits of trust, belief, and what they’re willing to deny in order to survive.

 

CHANNEL 4 ANNOUNCES NEW MURDER MYSTERY MINI TV SERIES COMPLICIT WITH CLAIRE GOOSE AND JASON O'MARA

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A NEW CHANNEL 4 MINI TV SERIES

Channel 4 has announced a compelling new six-part murder mystery COMPLICIT with Claire Goose leading the cast as Jen Molloy, alongside Moe Dunford who plays Jen’s lover, Damian Barr, and Jason O’Mara as her husband, Chris Molloy.When Jen Molloy slips back home after a night of passion with a man who isn’t her husband, she has no idea how devastating the consequences will be. When a death follows, one split-second lie threatens to destroy everything she holds dear. If protecting your family meant allowing a killer to walk free… what choice would you make? Complicit explores the terrifying ripples of a single untruth and the contradictions of how far we will go to protect everything we love whilst fighting an insatiable pull towards something more dangerous. Secrets are only secrets if they stay hidden…

UPLIFTING SUMMER BESTSELLER DOLLY ALL THE TIME BY ANNABEL MONAGHAN TO BE ADAPTED INTO A MOVIE

   DOLLY ALL THE TIME  

GETTING A MOVIE ADAPTATION

According to Deadline a current summer bestseller will be turned into a movie as Sony has got rights on DOLLY ALL THE TIME by

The book  was published this summer

 Annabel Monaghan. Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was 12, and not at 39 when she moves with her son back to Whitfield, RI for the summer to keep her dad and brother from losing the family home. So when she comes across Stewart Whitfield — annoyingly handsome scion of the Whitfield family — with a flat tire and at the wrong end of a very public breakup, it’s in her nature to help. She comes away with an offer he suggests, which has her posing as his girlfriend. It ends up being more than either of them bargained for, because as public dinners and high society benefits turn into sunset boat rides and kisses, real sparks commence.

SEE THE FINAL YEARS OF RUSSIAN IMPERIAL FAMILY IN THE ROMANOVS: LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL GLORIOUS MOVIE TRAILER

   THE ROMANOVS TRAILER  

LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL EPIC MOVIE

The final years of the life of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his family, and loved ones are described in new movie THE ROMANOVS: 

The movie is out this September in Russia

LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL which will hit Russian cinemas September 24th and today you can check out the glorious trailer for it. The cast is led by Vitaly Kishchenko, Ksenia Kutepova, Denis Propalov, Maria Maslova, Daria Pokhilo! 

 

THE STORY

 of the final years of the last Russian Emperor, Nicholas II; his loving wife, Empress Alexandra; his son, Tsarevich Alexei; his daughters — Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia; and his brother, Mikhail Alexandrovich. The love and devotion of his loved ones sustained Nicholas through his most grueling trials, yet they could not shield him from betrayal. The treachery and cowardice of his Romanov relatives, politicians of every stripe, and generals who had sworn allegiance to the throne led to the collapse of the empire.

 

BLOODAXE PRIME VIDEO'S NEW VIKING EPIC TV SERIES ADS NEW CAST MEMBERS FOR SEASON TWO INCLUDING KIERAN BEW AND GEORGE BURGESS

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ADS NEW CAST FOR SECOND SEASON

Even though the first season is yet to air in early 2027, Prime Video is already gathering cast for the second season of BLOODAXE historical series which started production over in Ireland. Coming from Tudors and Vikings creator Michael Hirst and his son Horatio it follows the rise of Norse raider

George Burgess, Kieran Bew and Gard Lokke join the cast

 Erik Bloodaxe (Xavier Molyneux) and his wife, Gunnhild (Jessica Madsen), the Mother of Kings. Gard Løkke will be new series regular, while Melina Åkerman, our dearest Kieran Bew, Sebastian Bull and George Burgess will appear in recurring roles.

STREAM DATE AND NEW IMAGES WITH CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT, FLORENCE PUGH AND MIKE FAIST IN NETFLIX MINI TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF EAST OF EDEN

   EAST OF EDEN   

The series will hit Netflix October 1st

NEW TV SERIES ADAPTATION IMAGES FROM NETFLIX

With Florence Pugh and Christopher Abbott in the lead roles, Netflix has announced October 1st as the streaming date for their new  EAST OF EDEN mini series adaptation of Steinbeck's classic novel produced by Zoe Kazan, whose grandad Elia directed the original film! Also starring in the new series adaptation are Ciaran Hinds, Mike Faist (in the role originally played by James Dean) and Hoon Lee. 

WHAT IS THE SERIES ABOUT?

 Set in California’s Salinas Valley over a period that stretches from the Civil War to the end of World War I, the epic novel tells the interconnected stories of the Hamilton family, an Irish immigrant family with nine children, and the Trask family, lead by the wealthy Adam Trask (to be played by Abbott in the seven part series). The story eventually narrows its focus to center around the Trask family and the drama surrounding Adam, his wife Cathy and their sons Cal and Aron. Beside the new images from the series you can also check out the rather epic teaser trailer below and tell us what you think, will you watch?

 

LEAD CAST SET FOR BBC'S TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF POPULAR SF NOVEL MINISTRY OF TIME

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SERIES SETS CAST OVER AT BBC

More than two years ago I told you that BBC is turning Kaliane Bradley's popular sf novel MINISTRY OF TIME into a six part TV series and now we have the cast: Aoife Hinds (the nepochild of Ciaran Hinds) will star as Sophy and Billy Howle as Commander Graham Gore. The Ministry of time is a newly established government department gathering

The series will have six episodes

‘expats’ from across history in an experiment to test the viability of time-travel. Our heroine Sophy achieves a hard fought promotion in the civil service, only to learn that her role is to help a time traveller acclimatise to the modern world as part of a top secret Ministry programme. Commander Graham Gore is a Victorian polar explorer and one of several ‘expats’ from history who are now part of the Ministry’s extraordinary experiment. The professional friendship between Sophy and Graham develops into an intense forbidden romance that reveals the transporting power of love across centuries, just as the sinister nature of the Ministry’s true intentions increasingly puts them in danger.

ANNE HATHAWAY, JOSH HARTNETT, DAKOTA JOHNSON IN NEW SUPER SCARY VERITY TRAILER FOR A MOVIE BASED ON A COLLEEN HOOVER BOOK

  NEW VERITY MOVIE TRAILER  

WITH ANNE HATHAWAY AND JOSH HARTNETT

New trailer has been released for a big screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover's book VERITY which is out this October starring Anne Hathaway, Josh Harnett and Dakota Johnson. The psychological thriller follows Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson), a struggling writer who is hired to complete a successful book series after its author, Verity Crawford (Hathaway), is incapacitated. Once inside the Crawford home, Lowen  becomes entangled with Verity’s husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett) and uncovers an unfinished manuscript that may reveal disturbing truths about the author. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

SEE PATRICK BRAMMALL SEARCH FOR HIS MISSING DAUGHTER IN LAST SEEN NEW APPLE TV SERIES TRAILER

    LAST SEEN TRAILER   

FOR NEW TV SERIES FROM APPLE TV

New series starts September 9th

Come this September, Apple TV + is ready to serve us a new six part TV series LAST SEEN with Patrick Brammall in the lead role. Out September 9th with a two episode premiere, it will see him play police detective Ian Ridley whose life fell apart 11 years ago when his young daughter, Maggie, disappeared without a trace. Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever. When he receives a distress call from a teenage girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family, whatever the cost. Maxine Peake, Daniel Henshall, Brendan Cowell also star.