CAST AND FIRST IMAGES REVEALED FOR CHANNEL 5 AND PBS MASTERPIECE NEW HUMOROUS FAMILY TV REIMAGINING OF MONARCH OF THE GLEN SERIES

   MONARCH OF THE GLEN  

TV SERIES RE-IMAGINING AT CHANNEL 5

Beside The Hardacres and All Creatures Great And Small, I told you back in May, that we are getting another warm new show at Channel 5 as they have started shooting a new TV series re-imagining of classic series MONARCH OF THE GLEN from Jeremy Brock! Today I have the first

Julia Brown takes the female lead

 images and the cast unveiled for you! 

 

 WHAT IS THE STORY?

 When high-flying London lawyer Isla Campbell (Julia Brown) finds herself back at her family's crumbling Highland estate for her estranged father's funeral, she expects to be gone in days. Instead, she discovers she has inherited a million-pound debt, a bank closing in, and a brother (Chris Fulton) who refuses to let go of their ancestral home. Under the same roof for the first time in years, brother and sister will have to find a way to save the struggling estate before time runs out and they lose it for good. The show will transport us to the stunning Scottish Highlands each week while introducing a rich ensemble of unforgettable new characters. This six part family saga promises heart, humour and romance – bound together by breathtaking landscapes, roaring hearths, and the people who call this wild corner of the world home.

 WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?

Ewan Miller plays gamekeeper and family friend Ewan, and Rishi Nair is businessman Daniel. Phyllis Logan stars as Morag, with John Gordon Sinclair as longtime family lawyer Fergus and Gordon Kennedy as stockman Angus. The series will air on PBS Masterpiece for the viewers in America.

SEE DOMINIC WEST AND SIENNA MILLER LEAD LEGAL BATTLE IN THE TRAILER FOR SKY AND HBO ELITE LONDON WORLD DIVORCE CASE TV DRAMA WAR

 THE WAR SERIES TRAILER 

WITH DOMINIC WEST AND SIENNA MILLER

British Sky has shared a trailer for their new six part thriller TV series WAR with Dominic West as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Sienna Miller as his estranged wife in a series that follows two of London’s most prestigious rival firms, Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne, as they go head-to-head in the divorce case of the century. Each side is certain they’ll win. But as the case spirals and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone’s  playing to win. Joining West and Miller are Phoebe Fox and James McArdle as legal partners Serena Byrne and Nicholas Taylor, who represent Carla. In Morgan's corner is Beatrice Ubosi (Nina Sosanya) and St John Smallwood (Pip Torrens). Archie Renaux plays a young lawyer caught between them and Celia Imrie also stars. This is just the beginning as the series has been ordered for two seasons - season one’s explosive case is the first in an anthology of headline-making legal battles. Sky will air the series October 2nd in UK, while HBO will air it over in America. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

RICHARD MADDEN TO FACE MEDICAL HOSTAGE SITUATION IN TRAUMA TV SERIES AT PARAMOUNT

     RICHARD MADDEN    

Richard Madden will take the lead

TO LEAD TRAUMA HOSTAGE TV SERIES

Well, we do like it when he gets the lead roles: Paramount + has set Richard Madden as the lead of their new thriller TV series TRAUMA from Geoff Bussetil. In the new series, when terrorists seize a busy London Hospital and take the Prime Minister hostage during surgery, former Royal Marines medic turned ER doctor Jim Marchant (Madden) must fight his way through the building to save everyone inside. As he takes the hospital floor by floor, the balance of power shifts and the building becomes a deadly battle of strategy, nerve and survival.

SEE NEW IMAGES WITH CATHERINE ZETA JONES IN ACTION PACKED KILL JACKIE REVENGE THRILLER TV SERIES AT PRIME VIDEO

  CATHERINE ZETA JONES  

NEW KILL JACKIE TV SERIES IMAGES

Oscar winner Catherine Zeta Jones is leading Prime Video's eight part thriller KILL JACKIE and we have new images with her as Jackie Price who has been living a wealthy, luxurious existence for the last 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! The series which will arrive this Autumn also stars Ron Perlman and Daniel Ings and will stream on AMC+ in USA.

PRIME VIDEO ORDERS NEW MULTICAMERA SITCOM DINKS FROM THE CREATOR OF FRIENDS

    DINKS SITCOM   

ORDERED OVER AT PRIME VIDEO

Well, we do not have enough of multicamera sitcoms on the telly so it comes as a lovely news that Prime Video has ordered a pilot for DINKS comedy series from Friends co creator Marta Kauffman! As Deadline reports, the improvised multi-camera sitcom follows Josh (Paul Scheer) and

Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael have kids together in real life

 Charlie (June Diane Raphael), a couple who, in the absence of a marriage or kids, decide to literally build a life together by renovating their nightmare of a dream house. Jon Gabrus will join Scheer and Raphel, who are married in real life as well, in the cast.

THE POISON DAUGHTER HIT ROMANTASY NOVEL TO BE TURNED INTO AN EPIC TV SERIES BY HULU

  THE POISON DAUGHTER  

ROMANTASY NOVEL TO BECOME TV SERIES

The book was released this April

As Deadline reports Hulu is planning to develop an epic TV series out of Sheila Masterson's romantasy saga THE POISON DAUGHTER with her as the executive producer. The novel, which is currently being translated into more than 20 languages around the world has the following plot: every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die. Worse, her invincible partner in passion is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life.

ENJOY SOME ROMANCE ON HALLMARK THIS AUGUST WITH LOVE FINDS YOU, ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU AND AUSSIE AT HEART ROMANTIC MOVIES

   AUGUST ON HALLMARK  

ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU

Absolutely Devoted to You is on this weekend

A short spotlight on brand new movies premiering Saturday nights over at Hallmark this August if you are in the mood for some sweet summer romance. ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU will be aired to the audience for the first time ever August 8th with our dear Jesse Metcalfe in the lead role. Kimberley Sustad takes the female lead as a television producer with a plan that leads her down a road she never expected. Planning an annual summer bash, she comes up with an idea to reunite a beloved 90s boyband, but when she falls for the singer, things go in a different direction than she had anticipated. See trailer below the post.

 

 LOVE FINDS YOU WITH DELIVERY DRIVER

Meanwhile,closing the romance summer nights this August is LOVE FINDS YOU which we be ready for your watching August 22nd. Aimee Teegarden stars together with Chris McNally in this romantic movie. Receiving a mislabeled package that leads her to believe she’s found her dream guy, Alex teams up with Jack, a delivery driver, in an unexpected adventure throughout their city. 

 

  

AUSSIE AT HEART TAKES US DOWN UNDER

Aussie At Heart is on August 15th

Since Hallmark often likes to take us to exotic destinations during summer, this year we are going to Australia on August 15th in romantic movie AUSSIE AT HEART. Rhiannon Fish and Daniel Lissing take the lead roles in this fun flick set Down Under. Fish stars as Samara, a former lawyer who now makes her living as an event planner. When planning an anniversary for a couple in Queensland, she’s reunited with an old co-worker who used to be her rival. As they work together yet again, the tensions of their past slip away as they fall for one another. All three movies will be available for streaming the day after on Hallmark + streamer.

Preview trailer for Absolutely Devoted To You starring Kimberley Sustad and Jesse Metcalfe premiering August 8th on Hallmark Channel! 🎤 🩷🧡

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BERGERAC SERIES RENEWED FOR THIRD SEASON, JASON FLEMYNG, LEE INGLEBY JOIN DAMIEN MOLONY IN THE CAST

   BERGERAC TV SERIES  

RENEWED FOR A THIRD SEASON

Free streamer U has ordered a third season of their popular detective series BERGERAC which will return next year with Damien Molony in the lead and Jason Flemyng, Tessa Peake Jones, Lee Ingleby and Georgia Tennant joining the cast. Bergerac embarks upon his most shocking case yet, when his only significant lead in a suspicious death is a DNA match to Jersey's most notorious unsolved case - the Devil's Hole murder. To solve the case in the present, Bergerac must dig deep into the past as he uncovers evidence of a satanic cabal that goes right to the heart of Jersey society. Meanwhile, with daughter Kim away at college, could Jim have finally met his perfect match when he meets down-to-earth physiotherapist, Laura (Tennant), whilst Charlie's life falls apart when she confronts a home intruder with devastating consequences. In USA season one will hit PBS August 16th.

WATCH GUGU MBATHA RAW IN THE SCORCHING HOT JAMAICA IN SKY'S MINI TV SERIES POSSESSION WITH JONNY LEE MILLER WHICH STARTS THIS WEEK

   POSSESSION SERIES   

YOU CANNOT OUTRUN YOUR ROOTS

Sky is ready to show us Gugu Mbatha Raw in their scorching hot, tropical five part mini series POSSESSION previously known as Inheritance. It will hit the small screens August 6th! She plays Claudia, an ambitious young bi‑racial lawyer who travels to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim made by a local man, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. But the case takes an unsettling turn when Claudia discovers that the disputed estate is the very place that has haunted her nightmares: Hope Hill, the Connaught family’s former plantation. As Claudia and Oliver dig deeper, they uncover a disturbing link between the plantation’s brutal past and the injustices still shaping the present. Bel Powley stars in the period set scenes in the series will go into the past.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM THE EPIC TV SERIES ADAPTATION OF PUSHKIN'S LEGENDARY NOVEL THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER

  THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER  

FIRST EPIC TV SERIES IMAGES ARE HERE

Most of you know that I pretty much raised myself as a child reading famous classics, and Russian ones were among my favourites, especially Pushkin! His legendary and only completed novel THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER (Капитанская дочка) is being adapted into an eight part series and today I have the first images from the sets for you! The series will stream on Russian streamer Kion and will have its linear TV premiere on their national broadcaster Rossiya 1!

 WHAT IS THE STORY?

By the decision of his father, the sixteen-year-old nobleman Peter Grinev (Oleg Savostyuk) instead in the capital's guard goes to serve in theBelogorsk fortress. On the way during a fierce blizzard, he meets an unfamiliar Cossack - Emelian Pugachev (Evgeny Tkachuk) Not knowing who it is, Grinev, touched by pity and simplicity of the heart, shares with him his oath to elope. Arriving in the fortress, Peter falls in love with the daughter of commandant Masha (Evgenia Leonov) His feeling turns out to be mutual. However, Petya has a rival – Alexey Schwabrin (Yegor Koreshkov), a lieutenant, decorated and exiled to the Belogorsk because of a duel. From jealousy, Schwabrin tries to harm Grinev with all his might. Meanwhile, Pugachev declares himself Emperor Peter the Third, miraculously saved from death, and gathers a motley army. The Pugachev uprising is rapidly gaining strength, the rebels take one fortress after another. The capture of the Belogorsk fortress by the army of Pugachev will turn the fate of Grinev and Masha. They must chose between honor or life, bitter adulthood and sacrifice for the sake love. Our dear Sergey Bezrukov plays the role of Grinev's father.