ITV's is ready to launch their new high end espionage series SECRET SERVICE over at the small screens tomorrow evening Monday April 27th with Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall as leads alongside Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston and below you can also check out the trailer for the new drama.
THE STORY OF THIS FIVE PART DRAMA FOLLOWS
senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson(Gemma Arterton). On the surface, her life appears ordinary, a civil servant married to Stuart (Rafe Spall)
with two teenage children. However, to those who don’t know her well,
Kate’s true role is heading the Russia Desk at the Secret Intelligence
Service.
When her undercover operations reveal alarming evidence that a
high-ranking UK politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in
a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder
thrusts her team into the spotlight, Kate must navigate the dangerous
world of
espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her
reputation.
Back in December we had first teaser for ITV's new high end espionage series SECRET SERVICE which is coming soon to the small screens with Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall as leads alongside Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston and now we have a proper long trailer for the 2026 new drama. This five part drama follows senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson (Gemma Arterton). On the surface, her life appears ordinary, a civil servant married to Stuart (Rafe Spall)
with two teenage children. However, to those who don’t know her well,
Kate’s true role is heading the Russia Desk at the Secret Intelligence
Service.
When her undercover operations reveal alarming evidence that a
high-ranking UK politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in
a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder thrusts
her team into the spotlight, Kate must navigate the dangerous world of
espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her
reputation.
I informed you back in April that ITV has gathered quite an interesting cast for their new high end espionage series SECRET SERVICE with Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall leading the cast alongside Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston and now we have a first teaser clip from the 2026 new drama. This five part drama follows senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson (Gemma Arterton). On the surface, her life appears ordinary, a civil servant married to Stuart (Rafe Spall)
with two teenage children. However, to those who don’t know her well,
Kate’s true role is heading the Russia Desk at the Secret Intelligence
Service.
When her undercover operations reveal alarming evidence that a
high-ranking UK politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in
a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder thrusts
her team into the spotlight, Kate must navigate the dangerous world of
espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her
reputation. The series will air sometime next year.
I informed you just a few weeks ago that ITV has gathered quite an interesting cast for their new high end espionage series SECRET SERVICE with Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall leading the cast alongside Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston and now we already have first images from the new drama. This five part drama follows senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson (Gemma Arterton). On the surface, her life appears ordinary, a civil servant married to Stuart (Rafe Spall)
with two teenage children. However, to those who don’t know her well,
Kate’s true role is heading the Russia Desk at the Secret Intelligence
Service.
When her undercover operations reveal alarming evidence that a
high-ranking UK politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in
a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder thrusts
her team into the spotlight, Kate must navigate the dangerous world of
espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her
reputation. The series will air sometime next year.
ITV has set quite an interesting cast for their new high end espionage series SECRET SERVICE with Gemma Arterton and Rafe Spall leading the cast alongside Mark Stanley, Alex Kingston. This five part drama The drama follows senior MI6 officer Kate Henderson (Gemma Arterton). On the surface, her life appears ordinary, a civil servant married to Stuart (Rafe Spall) with two teenage children. However, to those who don’t know her well, Kate’s true role is heading the Russia Desk at the Secret Intelligence Service.
When her undercover operations reveal alarming evidence that a high-ranking UK politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder thrusts her team into the spotlight, Kate must navigate the dangerous world of espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her reputation.
ITVX has released first trailer from their surprising comedy series DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED which focuses on the cancel culture. Hugh Bonneville plays a middle aged and widely-respected news anchor called Douglas Bellowes while Karen Gillan stars as his canny sidekick Madeline. Ben Miles, Alex Kingston and Simon Russell Beale also star. The four part series will hit ITV and ITVX later this month.
DOUGLAS LIVES A PERFECT LIFE
He enjoys his privileged status as
national treasure and host of current affairs show “Live at Six” while
off-air he shares a harmonious home with wife Sheila, a newspaper
editor.
But their world is turned upside down when, at a family wedding, he’s
overheard making an “ill-advised joke.” As a guest threatens to expose
Douglas on social media the rumor mill goes into overdrive and sparks
off a digital storm that quickly upends his life and career. With her 2
million social media followers, tech-savvy co-anchor Madeline could
throw Douglas a lifeline by posting in his defense … but will she?
COMEDY SERIES WITH HUGH BONNEVILLE AND KAREN GILLAN
ITVX has released first images from their surprising comedy series DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED which focuses on the cancel culture. Hugh Bonneville plays a middle aged and widely-respected news anchor called Douglas Bellowes while Karen Gillan stars as his canny sidekick Madeline. Ben Miles, Alex Kingston and Simon Russell Beale also star.
DOUGLAS LIVES A PERFECT LIFE
He enjoys his privileged status as
national treasure and host of current affairs show “Live at Six” while
off-air he shares a harmonious home with wife Sheila, a newspaper
editor.
But their world is turned upside down when, at a family wedding, he’s
overheard making an “ill-advised joke.” As a guest threatens to expose
Douglas on social media the rumor mill goes into overdrive and sparks
off a digital storm that quickly upends his life and career. With her 2
million social media followers, tech-savvy co-anchor Madeline could
throw Douglas a lifeline by posting in his defense … but will she?
Thinking of making soon a list of epic shows we can expect in 2021, I, sadly, realised there isn't much to expect. The only series we have
A Discovery of Witches arrives January 8th
currently scheduled for January is the second season of A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES which will be more epic as the characters witch Diana (atrociously horrible Teresa Palmer) and vampire Matthew (Matthew Goode) have jumped over to the 1590 London in order to protect her and for her to develop her powers in Elizabethan England. The ten episode second run will start on Sky and Now TV January 8th and then January 9th in USA on AMC's streamers Sundance Now and Shudder. Steven Cree joins them as Matthew's nephew Gallowglass De Clermont, a vampire and soldier of fortune, while
The second season is also based on Deborah Harkness' books
James Purefoy will be Matthew's stepfather Philippe De Clermont, commander of the Knights of
Lazarus. Barbara Marten will play a very
Show will air a day after over in USA
angry Queen Elizabeth and Tom Hughes is playwright Kit Marlowe. Sheila Hancock will be elder witch Goody Alsop, with Paul Rhys as Andrew Hubbard, the vampire ruler of London. Michael Lindall is Sir Walter Raleigh!
In Eliza- bethanLondon
Matthew
and Diana's romance faces a barrage of new threats. Diana's unleashed
magic takes a dark and frightening turn, while Matthew struggles to
re-inhabit the dangerous life he led over four centuries ago. They must
overcome deep personal fears and jealousies, baring
Steven Cree as Gallowglass, a vampire soldier, Matthew's nephew!
their darkest
secrets to one another if they are to stay alive, stay together and find
a way back to present day.
While Matthew and Diana hide out in Elizabethan London, back in present
day, Diana's beloved aunts, Sarah (Alex
James Purefoy (right) will be Matthew's stepfather Philippe
Kingston) and Em (Valarie
Pettiford), must take shelter with Matthew's mother notorious witch
hunter Ysabeau de Clermont (Lindsay Duncan) at her ancestral home,
Sept-Tours. Meanwhile, in Oxford, Marcus (Edward
Tom Hughes (right) is famous playwright Kit Marlowe
Bluemel) and Miriam
(Aiysha Hart) take on Matthew's mantle to protect daemons Nathaniel
(Daniel Ezra) and Sophie (Aisling Loftus), whose pregnancy is advancing.
And Gerbert (Trevor Eve), Knox (Owen Teale),
The 10episode season airs next year on Sky with the 3rd season already ordered
Satu (Malin Buska) and
Domenico (Gregg Chillin) are determined to hunt down every clue they can
to Diana's and Matthew's disappearance, and the secrets their allies
are keeping from them.
Apple TV has unveiled a trailer for their magical Irish animated tale WOLF WALKERS coming from the authors of Song of the Sea and Secretof Kells. Before it hits Apple TV + December 11th it will play in selected theatres from November 13th!
WOLF WALKERS takes place in a time of superstition and magic and centres
on a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe. She heads to Ireland
with her father to take out the last wolf pack. Robyn is exploring the
forbidden lands outside the city walls and makes friends with a free
spirited girl, Mebh. This girl is a member of a mysterious tribe rumored
to have the ability to transform into wolves at night. As they
Wolfwalkers will air globally on Apple TV + in December
search
for Mebh's missing mother, Robyn discovers a secret that takes her deep
into the world of these Wolfwalkers, putting her at risk of turning into
the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.
DISCOVERY OF WITCHES
SEASON TWO TRAILER!
Sky has revealed the first trailer at the second season of their popular series A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES which will hit the small screens January 8th in UK, and later that month on Sundance Now in USA! The first season
The second season will hit the small screens in January
followed a witch Diana (atrociously bad Teresa Palmer) and vampire Matthew (Matthew Goode) who jumped over to the 1590 London in order to protect her and for her to develop her powers in Elizabethan
The 10episode season airs next year on Sky with the 3rd season already ordered
England. Steven Cree joins them as Matthew's nephew Gallowglass De Clermont, a vampire and soldier of fortune, while James Purefoy will be Matthew's stepfather Philippe De Clermont, commander of the Knights of
Steven Cree as Gallowglass, a vampire soldier, Matthew's nephew!
Lazarus. Barbara Marten will play Queen Elizabeth and Tom Hughes is playwright Kit Marlowe. Sheila Hancock will be elder witch Goody Alsop, with Paul Rhys as Andrew Hubbard, the vampire ruler of London. Michael Lindall is Sir Walter Raleigh!
IN SEASON 2 OF THE SERIES
Diana's beloved aunts, Sarah and Em (Alex Kingston
and Valarie Pettiford), must take shelter with notorious witch hunter
Ysabeau de
Most of the second season takes place in Elizabethan England
Clermont (Lindsay Duncan) at her ancestral home Sept-Tours, while in Oxford,
Marcus and Miriam take on Matthew's mantle to protect daemons Nathaniel
and Sophie, whose pregnancy is advancing. And Gerbert, Knox,
Season two will air on Sky in UK and Sundance in USA
Satu and
Domenico are determined to hunt down every clue they can to Diana's and
Matthew's disappearance, and the secrets their allies are keeping from
them.
Sky has revealed the first look at the second season of their popular series A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES together with the names of new cast members! The first season followed a witch Diana (atrociously bad Teresa Palmer) and vampire Matthew (Matthew Goode) who jumped over to the 1590 London in order to protect her and for her to develop her powers in Elizabethan
The 10episode season airs next year on Sky with the 3rd season already ordered
England. Steven Cree joins them as Matthew's nephew Gallowglass De Clermont, a vampire and soldier of fortune, while James Purefoy will be Matthew's stepfather Philippe De Clermont, commander of the Knights of
Steven Cree as Gallowglass, a vampire soldier, Matthew's nephew!
Lazarus. Barbara Marten will play Queen Elizabeth and Tom Hughes is playwright Kit Marlowe. Sheila Hancock will be elder witch Goody Alsop, with Paul Rhys as Andrew Hubbard, the vampire ruler of London. Michael Lindall is Sir Walter Raleigh!
IN SEASON 2 OF THE SERIES
Diana's beloved aunts, Sarah and Em (Alex Kingston
and Valarie Pettiford), must take shelter with notorious witch hunter
Ysabeau de Clermont (Lindsay Duncan) at her ancestral home Sept-Tours, while in
The second season is based on Deborah Harkness Shadow of Night novel
Oxford,
Marcus and Miriam take on Matthew's mantle to protect daemons Nathaniel
and Sophie, whose pregnancy is advancing. And Gerbert, Knox, Satu and
Domenico are determined to hunt down every clue they can to Diana's and
Matthew's disappearance, and the secrets their allies are keeping from
them.
After their epic dramas Jamestown and Britannia, British Sky is ready to present us with their new fantasy series A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES which hits small screens Friday September 14th and will air on Sundance
A Discovery of Witches starts next week September 14th
in USA (I think it will also hit HBO cable channels around the world this month). The eight episode adaptation of Deborah Harkness All Souls
The scenes are shoot in the replica of famous Oxford Bodleian Library
trilogy will see Matthew Goode playing a vampire (that goes to church and does not have fangs and is planning to go to Scotland to feed on deer instead of humans) and Teresa Palmer as an unsuspecting witch.
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES
follows American academic and
reluctant witch Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer), who’s in denial about her
magical heritage until her discovery in
Teresa
Palmer is Diana Bishop who discovers she is a witch when the Ashmole
782 flies into her hand and the magic runs down from it into her body.
Oxford’s Bodleian Library of
Ashmole 782, an ancient mystical manuscript which all the supernatural
beings want to get their hands on. This throws her into the heart of a
dangerous mystery – and into the path of the vampire
Matthew Goode is vampire Clairmont who is trying not to drink human blood which gives him blood rage and makes him go wild.
professor. Despite
an ancient distrust between witches and vampires (who all live around us and look like regular people who go to work), she seeks the help of
Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode) who is, in fact, a geneticist trying
Trevor Eve plays evil vampire Gerbert who is based on Sylvester II, who was Pope from the year 999 to his death in 1003 and faced accusations of sorcery!
to uncover why his vampire species is dying out.
Together they face a barrage of supernatural threats as they probe the
book’s secrets, while a forbidden romance blossoms between them.
WHO ELSE IS IN THE CAST?
The cast also includes Alex Kingston as Diana’s witch aunt and guardian Sarah Bishop, while Valarie Pettiford is Sarah’s lesbian partner Emily.
Alex Kingston is a powerful witch, Diana's lesbian aunt
Lindsay Duncan appears as Clairmont’s mother Ysabeau, a vampire who really cannot stand witches, and Trevor Eve is evil 1,000 year old vampire
Lindsay Duncan is a powerful vampire, Clairmont's mother who hates witches
Gerbert d’Aurillac who also happens to be a former pope. Nothing strange there, right? He will try to destroy the relationship between Diana and Clairmont.
WITCHES AND VAMPIRES IN SKY'S EPIC SHOW FIRST TRAILER It's love and also war between vampires and witches in the television series adaptation of Deborah Harkness fantasy novel A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES which just got its first full length trailer below! British Sky will air
Alex Kingston plays one of Teresa Palmer's aunts in the new series
the series in UK this Autumn with Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer leading the cast! She will be Diane Bishop, and
he will play vampire Matthew Clairmont! Alex Kingston and Valarie Pettiford play her aunts, Alex will be the lesbian one. A lesbian witch indeed!
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES
follows a
science historian who also just happens to be a witch with a troubling
past that has led her to suppress her magical tendencies. When her
research
The series will air at Sky this Fall in United Kingdom. No US broadcaster yet
leads her to uncover a mysterious missing manuscript in
Oxford’s Bodleian Library, she sets in motion a series of events that
will lead her on an adventure across time and continents to discover the
secrets of her past and the truth
Matthew Goode plays charming vampire scientist Clairmont
about the origin of magical beings
(which includes
witches, vampires, and demons). Along the way, Diana
also encounters and falls in love with Matthew
The series is a small screen adaptation of Deborah Harkness novel
Clairmont, a scientist
and vampire with a murky past of his own.Lindsay Duncan will play Ysabeau de Clermont, the vampire mother of Matthew Clairmont who hates all witches.
politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in
a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder
thrusts her team into the spotlight,
Kate must navigate the dangerous
world of
espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her
reputation. 
politician may be a Russian asset, Kate finds herself in
a desperate race to uncover their identity. As a brutal murder
thrusts her team into the spotlight,
Kate must navigate the dangerous
world of
espionage while trying to hold her family together and protect her
reputation. 
