GWILYM LEE JOINS HULU'S
CATHERINE THE GREAT SAGA
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| Gwilym Lee joins the series as Grigor |
He was definitely our favourite guy in Sky's epic saga
Jamestown and I bet you love him currently as Brian May in
Bohemian Rhapsody, and now our dear
Gwilym Lee is joining Hulu's
THE GREAT mini series in which
Elle Fanning is playing young Russian empress Catherine II. Gwilym will play Grigor, the best friend and confidant of Russian emperor Peter to be played by
Nicholas Hoult in the series which is currently shooting in UK and will depict Catherine the Great’s rise to power and her explosive relationship with husband Peter whom she overthrew from the throne with the help of her lovers from the imperial guard only to become Russia's longest ruling tzarina who will widen its territory and population.
Phoebe Fox, Sacha Dhawan and
Charity Wakefield will also star in the mini series.
CLAES BANG TO LEAD
BBC'S DRACULA MINI SERIES
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| Claes Bang will play famous Vlad Tepes |
Over at BBC, they have found a lead actor for
Steven Moffat and
Mark Gatiss written
DRACULA series! Based partially on Bram Stoker's famous horror novel, it will see Danish actor
Claes Bang putting on some fang as Lord Drac himself! The duo that brought you Sherlock series will also write and produce this one set in Transylvania in 1897, where the blood drinking Count Vlad is drawing his plans against Victorian London. As the producers say, hell has a new boss! Netflix will air the three 90 minute episode saga around the world with BBC airing it in UK and Ireland!
SEAN BEAN JOINS
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| Blake Harrison has joined the cast |
WORLD ON FIRE WW2 SERIES
BBC is also casting new faces for their ambitious new WW2 series WORLD ON FIRE which already has Lesley Manville, Jonah Hauer King, Helen Hunt and Julia Brown! Joining them now are Sean Bean, Last Kingdom's and Halcyon's Ewan Mitchell, Blake Harrison and Yrsa Daley Ward!
The ensemble series will follow different characters, from Harry, a
young English translator in Warsaw caught up in negotiations with the
Nazis and trying to smuggle his Polish lover Kasia out of the country,
to Lois, the girl who is waiting for him at home, a young Mancunian
factory worker who will come to take all the opportunities the war can
offer to live a different kind of life. To Nancy, a female US war
correspondent who can't find peace unless her life is at risk, to the
Rossler family in Berlin, worried for their
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| Sean Bean has also joined the seven episode WW2 series |
soldier son and willing to
do anything to protect their disabled daughter from the attentions of
the ruling Nazi regime.
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.
renewed for a second season to arrive next year. Set in 1946
LondonBOOKISH will
see him play the erudite and unconventional Gabriel
Book, who helps the
police to solve a variety of mysterious crimes from hisantiquarian
bookshop. With three main cases in the brand new series starting this July, each storyline spans two episodes.
that line the shelves of his shop provide
him with all the knowledge he needs.
Bookhas gathered around him a host of lovable, damaged misfits whom he
informally protects, cajoles, and mentors. 
Richardson, Daniel Mays, Jonas Nay, Connor Finch, Elliot Leveyand Buket Kömür also star.
Blake Harrison joins the returning
core cast members as Sergeant Morris, with Rosie Cavaliero, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd,Tom Forbes, Amanda Drew, Luke Norris, Ella Bruccoleri and Michael Workéyè. Check out the first trailer below:
BOOKISH will
see him play the erudite and unconventional Gabriel Book, who helps the
police to solve a variety of mysterious crimes from his
antiquarian
bookshop. With three main cases in the brand new series starting this July, each storyline spans two episodes.
appointed consultant detective to the local
police. The thousands of books that line the shelves of his shop provide
him with all the knowledge he needs.
Book
has gathered around him a host of lovable, damaged misfits whom he
informally protects, cajoles, and mentors. 
Book’s sexual orientation in a time when it was
illegal to be gay.
Joely Richardson, Daniel Mays, Jonas Nay, Connor Finch, Elliot Levey 
and Buket Kömür also star.
Blake Harrison joins the returning core cast members as Sergeant Morris, with Rosie Cavaliero, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, 
Tom Forbes, Amanda Drew, Luke Norris, Ella Bruccoleri and Michael Workéyè. Check out the first clip below:
Tom Forbes, Amanda Drew, Luke Norris, Ella Bruccoleri and Michael Workéyè. Hope we get some kind of trailer or a clip soon, so stay tuned. 
His wife Trottie (Polly Walker) runs the wallpaper shop next door. Blake Harrison joins the returning core cast members as Sergeant Morris, with Rosie Cavaliero, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Tom Forbes, Amanda Drew, Luke Norris, Ella Bruccoleri and Michael Workéyè. 
