SKY SETS SUMMER RETURN DATE FOR SEASON 3 OF DAVID MORRISSEY'S BRITANNIA EPIC TV SERIES SET IN THE WORLD OF WARRING CELTIC TRIBES AND ROMAN INVADERS

   BRITANNIA SEASON 3   

ARRIVING TO SKY THIS AUGUST

Fresh today over from Sky is the release date for the third season of their epic series BRITANNIA. All eight episodes will be available from August 23rd on Sky Atlantic and their streamer NOW. Set in the world of Celtic tribes and evil Romans, series three sees a radical transformation in Cait’s

The third season will arrive late this August to Sky

(Eleanor Worthington Cox) journey as the Chosen One with a decision that will tie her to the future of her war-torn people and their ravaged land. Aulus (David Morrissey) comes under pressure from a new and dark force – otherwise known as his wife (Sophie Okonedo), whilst Amena finds

Sophie Okonedo joins the cast as the wife of Aulus

herself in a lethal Ménage à trois with both of them. Divis (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) gets a new job which he despises, and Veran (Mackenzie Crook) goes to the underworld and sees the future. Julian Rhind Tutt and Zoë Wanamaker also return.

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON ROMAN ERA EPIC TV SERIES BRITANNIA SEASON 2 WITH DAVID MORRISSEY, ELEANOR WORTHINGTON COX, MACKENZIE CROOK

  'BRITANNIA' EPIC TV SERIES

The new season starts November 7th

2ND SEASON CHARA- CTER PHOTOS

I'm sure that most of you will agree with me that the first season definitely was not what we expected we would see when they told us we were getting a new historical series about the Roman invasion of Great Britain. We expected to see mighty legions, brave Celtic queens and warriors in chariots, but instead we got crazed mystics, psychotic generals, a couple of weed smoking Roman junkies and the only even remotely likeable character dead right after she finally became the Celtic

David Morrissey returns as evil Roman general Aulus Plautius

queen. But it still was one of Sky's most watchable series last year (not that they have a lot of them) and the second season of BRITANNIA is ready to

Eleanor Worthington Cox returns as Celtic hope Cait

launch its brand new ten episodes November 7th and today you can feast your eyes on the crazy character photos (I did tell you most of the show seemed like

Nikolaj Lie Kass is again the crazy Divis aka The Outcast

it was written on tons of weed, so thus the psychedelic photos in the character photo gallery) and a new trailer which promises more action than the first season had.

  The Story Of The Second Season
Two years after arriving in Britannia, General Aulus Plautius (David Morrissey) is Romanising willing Celt tribes with the help of the new Celtic

Liana Cornel will play a character named Ania in the new season

Queen Amena (Annabel Scholey), and crushing those who try to resist. But Aulus looks to have a hidden agenda that makes him an increasing threat to

Julian Rhind Tutt is cowardly Celtic prince Phelan

the Celts’ religious leaders the Druids. The only hope for the Druids and the resisting Celts is Cait (Eleanor Worthington Cox), a young girl being

Mackenzie  Crook plays both Veran and Harka in the series

trained by outcast Divis (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) to fulfil a prophecy set to save Britannia from the Romans. But when Druid leader Veran’s brother Harka

Gershwyn Eustache returns as troubled legionary Vitus

(Mackenzie Crook plays both of them), “the dead man”, wakes, the pair begin an epic battle of wills that divides the Druids and puts the prophecy in jeopardy.

ULTIMATE GUIDE THROUGH AUTUMN 2019 EPIC AND PERIOD SET TV SERIES: CATHERINE THE GREAT, MEDICI POWER AND BEAUTY, WORLD ON FIRE, HIS DARK MATERIALS, SEE, WITCHER, BRITANNIA, WAR OF THE WORLDS!

  AUTUMN 2019 EPIC TV SERIES

 Medici: The Power And The Beauty

A guide through all the epic dramas you need to see this autumn today from your spy! The first season Masters of Florence was out standing, the

Stay tuned for the first trailer and spotlight!

second season The Magni- ficent was a disapp- ointment filled with lazy writing and some really bad acting and casting, so the third season MEDICI: THE POWER AND THE BEAUTY will be the final one, ending the Italian series for good. We don't know the exact date, but we know it will air on RAI really soon bringing the story of the final end of the famous Italian noble family. Beside Daniel Sharman in the lead role, the final season will bring Rose Williams to the cast too. Spy more here.

 Catherine The Great
October 3rd is the date when Sky Atlantic is bringing us their four part epic saga on CATHERINE THE GREAT in which Helen Mirren is playing the most famous of all Russian tzarinas in her late years, with Jason Clarke as her lover Potemkin. The series which also stars Joseph Quinn, Gina McKee, Rory Kinnear, and Richard Roxburgh, will also start airing on HBO from October 21st! Spy more here.

World On Fire

BBC has scheduled September 29th as the start date for their World War II series WORLD ON FIRE . The seven episode saga will also air on Masterpiece in USA later on starring Jonah Hauer King, Sean Bean, Lesley Manville, Blake Harrison, Arthur Darvill, Brian J. Smith, Max Riemelt, and Helen Hunt. From the siege of Warsaw, to Dunkirk, the fall of Paris and the battle of Britain, the series will be covering the first year of the war spanning four different nations. Spy more here.

 His Dark Materials
BBC has, on the other hand, set the airing date for their epic adaptation of HIS DARK MATERIALS: 3. November in UK, and then 4. November in USA at HBO. Based on the books by Philip Pullman and starring Dafne Keen and James McAvoy, the series follows little Lyra who embarks on a magical adventure through parallel universes. You can spy more about the eight part drama here.

See With Jason Momoa

Apple's new streaming service is starting November 1st and its tentpole series is epic fantasy adventure SEE starring Jason Momoa as Baba Voss, the father of twins born centuries later with the mythic ability to see, and he must protect his tribe against a powerful yet desperate queen who believes it’s witchcraft and wants them destroyed. You can spy more about the ten episode series here.

The Witcher
Rival Netflix also has its epic fantasy series, probably the most anticipated series of the whole season. THE WITCHER starts December 12th (not confirmed) starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Spy more on the eight part small screen adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's classic epic novels here.

Britannia Season Two

After Catherine the Great, Sky Atlantic will launch the second season of their Roman series BRITANNIA from November 7th! Let us hope that the second season of the series which follows Roman invasion of ancient Britain under David Morrissey’s General Aulus, will prove more watchable than the monotonous first one. Eleanor Worthington Cox returns as Cait – the young woman prophesied to be the saviour of Britannia from the invaders! Spy more here.

War Of The Worlds
BBC has first announced this one for Autumn and now we don't see it in their schedule, so I cannot give you the exact date, but it is the most postponed series we've ever seen on BBC (which does not bode good). WAR OF THE WORLDS stars Rafe Spall, Greg Kinnear and Eleanor Tomlinson in a story set in London during the Edwardian era, where George and Amy's attempt to start a life together is interrupted by a Martian invasion of Earth!

FIRST TRAILER FOR BBC PERIOD SET THRILLER SUMMER OF ROCKETS WITH KEELEY HAWES, TOBY STEPHENS, TIMOTHY SPALL! BRITANNIA ROMAN AGE SAGA SEASON 2 TRAILER WITH DAVID MORRISSEY!

'SUMMER OF ROCKETS'

FIRST TRAILER IS HERE!

Summer of Rockets starts this spring on BBC2

First trailer has been released for BBC's new six part series SUMMER OF ROCKETS which, set in the tumultuous year of 1957, follows a Russian Jewish family living in Britain amid the fear and excitement of the nation’s first Hydrogen Bomb test. The cast includes Keeley Hawes,Toby Stephens, Timothy Spall (as lord Arthur Wallington), Linus Roache (who plays an MP, the husband of Keeley's character)! Toby Stephens leads the cast as Samuel, a 40-year-old Russian Jewish émigré, inventor and designer of hearing aids whose clients include the former Prime

The story of the new series is set at the end of the 1950s!

Minister Sir Winston Churchill. He is approached by MI5 to demonstrate his work but they actually want him to spy on his new friends played by Keeley and Linus. The series should start May22nd on BBC2.

'BRITANNIA' EPIC SERIES

SEASON TWO TRAILER IS HERE

Sky Atlantic has released the first trailer for the second season of their Roman age series BRITANNIA which returns this Autumn. As you can see from the trailer there will be lots of new characters in the new season! Two

Britannia is arriving this Autumn instead of Spring

years on from invading Britannia, General Aulus (David Morrissey) is romanising willing Celt tribes with the help of Celtic Queen Amena (Annabel Scholey), and crushing those who try to resist. Aulus's behaviour raises

Eleanor Worthington Cox is playing Cait of the Celts!

suspicions that he has another agenda; one that raises ghosts in Amena's past and makes his threat to the Druids ever more critical. The only form of hope for the Druids and Celts is Cait (Eleanor Worthington Cox), a young girl being trained by outcast Druid Divis (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), to fulfil a prophecy

The second season is bringing a bunch of new characters!

that would save Britannia from the Romans. But when the dead man wakes, two Druid brothers – Veran (Mackenzie Crook) and Harka (Mackenzie Crook) begin an epic battle of wills that divides the Druids and puts the prophecy in jeopardy.

COLIN FARRELL TO LEAD BBC'S ARCTIC SET 19TH CENTURY MINI SERIES THE NORTH WATER! 1ST PHOTOS FROM ANCIENT ROME SERIES BRITANNIA 2ND SEASON WITH DAVID MORRISSEY

COLIN FARRELL TO LEAD

Colin Farrell will play the psychopath Drax

THE NORTH WATER EPIC DRAMA

Well, I don't think we've ever seen him in a BBC project, but now Colin Farrell will lead BBC 2's new  three part epic series THE NORTH WATER! Based on a novel by Ian McGuire, it will be set in the UK and the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, following the story of Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax (Colin Farrell), the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland. Andrew Haigh is directing for See Saw Films.

'BRITANNIA' SEASON 2

HAIL THE FIRST PHOTOS!

Speaking of epic series, Sky Atlantic has released first photos from the second season of their Roman era series BRITANNIA which did not really amaze

David Morissey returns as super evil Roman general Aulus.

anyone last year but it still had viewership strong enough to give them another run which will probably happen sometime this spring. 

CONQUER THE CELTS!
In the show that follows Roman conquest of Britain, Eleanor Worthington Cox returns as now more grown Cait, who is being prepared by outcast Druid Divis (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) to fulfil the prophecy in a world where the gods

Eleanor Worthington Cox is developing her powers as Cait

hold power over everyone, so the question remains how much freedom does anyone have over their own actions? David Morrissey is returning as evil General Aulus who will be romanising willing Celt tribes with the help of Celtic Queen Amena (Annabel Scholey), and crushing those who try to resist!

Mackenzie Crook will play both Veran and his brother Harka

Mackenzie Crook will both play evil sorcerer Veran and his brother Harka, who is apparently even more evil. They will have an epic battle of wills that puts in jeopardy a prophecy that would save Britannia from the Romans.

SKY'S NEW EPIC DRAMA 'BRITANNIA' STARTS AIRING THIS WEEK IN EUROPE, 'JAMESTOWN' SEASON 2 NEXT MONTH! RUTH WILSON TO PORTRAY HER OWN GRANDMOTHER IN BBC'S NEW SERIES 'MRS. WILSON'

  SKY'S EPIC TV DRAMAS

JAMESTOWN RETURNS FEBRUARY

In honour of the start of a new year, British Sky is treating us with two epic dramas! They've just announced today that the 2nd season of their popular historical series JAMESTOWN will start airing Friday, February 9th! You

Jamestown returns with the second season next month!

can read more about the saga that follows first settlers in the 17th century America in our spotlight and the spy will bring u new photos as soon as they arrive!

'BRITANNIA' AIRS TOMORROW 
Their other historical drama BRITANNIA starts tomorrow in UK and then Friday, January 26th on Amazon Prime worldwide!  It is set in 43AD as the Roman Imperial Army, determined and terrified in equal measure, returns to

Kelly Reilly and David Morrisey lead the cast!

crush the Celtic heart of Britannia, a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior women and powerful Druids who can channel the powerful forces of the

Britannia starts airing this and next week around Europe!

underworld. It also airs in Italy this month, and in Serbia, Spain and Scandinavia on HBO from Friday or next week (and in many other European countries as well).

  BBC'S 'MRS. WILSON' 

RUTH WILSON TO PLAY HER VERY OWN GRANDMOTHER

Ruth Wilson will play her own grandmother

Meanwhile, their rival BBC is turning Alison Wilson memoirs into a three part period set mini television series MRS. WILSON which will see her very own granddaughter Ruth Wilson playing her. To be aired by Masterpiece in USA, it is set in 1940s, 1960s London and 1930s India, and follows Alison Wilson, who is happily married to her husband, a mystery writer. When he dies a woman shows up at her door, claiming that she too is Mrs. Wilson and was married to her husband. Turns out that other Mrs. Wilson wasn’t the only “other” Mrs. Wilson and in addition to learning about his multiple wives, Ruth Wilson’s grandmother learns her husband was also a spy!

NEW PERIOD SET & EPIC TV SHOWS COMING TO AMAZON IN 2018: BRITANNIA, KING LEAR, VANITY FAIR & PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK!

AMAZON'S 2018 EPIC DELIGHTS

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK!

This 6 episode series will air on Foxtel in Australia and then on Amazon. Starring Natalie Dormer PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK  will plunge viewers into the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one

Picnic at Hanging Rock is based on Joan Lindsay novel

teacher on Valentine’s Day 1900, taking the audience on a new journey into the revered Australian novel from Joan Lindsay.

NEW 'VANITY FAIR'!
The 7 part adaptation of Thackeray’s classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows modern heroine Becky Sharp (Olivia Cooke) as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English

Vanity Fair will first air on ITV in UK, probably this spring

Society. Her story of takes her all the way to the court of King George IV, via the Battle of Waterloo, breaking hearts and losing fortunes as she goes. VANITY FAIR also stars Tom Bateman and Charlie Rowe!

STAR STUDDED 'KING LEAR'

David Morrissey Once a governor always a governor!

Set in the fictional present, with Anthony Hopkins as the king, presiding over a totalitarian military dictatorship in England KING LEAR will first air on BBC 2 and then on Amazon. Emma Thompson is his eldest daughter Goneril, Emily Watson middle daughter Regan, Florence Pugh Cordelia, the youngest one. Jim Broadbent is the Earl of Gloucester, Andrew Scott his loyal son Edgar and John Macmillan his bastard son Edmund. Jim Carter, Christopher Eccleston, Tobias Menzies also star! It will be a one hour TV film.

BRAVE CELTIC BRITANNIA
Starring Kelly Reilly and David Morrissey, this ten part saga will start airing January 18th on Sky in the United Kingdom and on Amazon around the world. BRITANNIA is set in 43 AD as the Roman Imperial Army, determined and terrified in equal measure, returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia, a mysterious land ruled by wild warrior

Britannia will start its rule in less than a month from now

women and powerful Druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld. Zoe Wanamaker and Steven Weber also star in the epic adventure series.

'BRITANNIA' ROMAN AGE EPIC SERIES AIR DATE AND NEW TRAILER WITH KELLY REILLY, DAVID MORRISSEY! 1ST CAST PHOTOS FOR BBC'S 'MINIATURIST' 17TH CENTURY MINI SERIES

BRITANNIA RENEWED FOR 2ND SEASON IN MARCH 2018

 

 SKY'S 'BRITANNIA' 

EPIC SERIES TO AIR JANUARY!

Britannia will start January 18th!

Sky Atlantic has finally revealed the date when their new Roman Age set epic series BRITAN- NIA will start airing - January 18th next year! The series will have eight hour long episodes with the 90 minute opening one!

DRUIDS VS ROME
When the Romans invade Britain in 43AD, Kerra (Kelly Reilly), daughter of the King of the Cantii, is forced to put her differences aside with arch rival Queen Antedia

Kerra leads her warriors into battle against Romans

(Zoe Wanamaker) to face their invaders. The Romans, led by General Aulus Plautius (David Morrissey), are determined to succeed where Julius Caesar

Kelly Reilly and David Morrisson lead the cast

failed and conquer this mythical land at the far edge of the Roman Empire. Aulus is a strong and resilient leader, but harbours a deep secret that

Stanley Weber also stars in Britannia

threatens his mission. As tribes and Druids unite to fight the Romans, Kerra is thrust into the most important role of her life as she spearheads the resistance against the might of the Roman army.

I hear that the above trailer is geoblocked which means you cannot watch it in North America, if that is the case with you check out this one below:

BBC'S 'THE MINIATURIST'

1ST PERIOD SET DRAMA PHOTOS

Meanwhile, Sky's rival BBC has unveiled first photos presenting the characters from their new three episode period set drama THE

MINIATURIST which will, I'm guessing, probably start airing in two weeks when Howards End finishes, so we can probably expect a trailer and more photos soon!

 BASED ON JESSIE BURTON BOOK
Set in 1686, it follows 18 year old Nella Oortman (Anya Taylor Joy) who knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam.

Anya Taylor Joy is Nella Oortman

Full of hopes and dreams, she has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of wealthy merchant, Johannes (Alex Hassell) Brandt. But instead

Alex Hassell is Johannes in the series

of Johannes, she’s met by his cold sister Marin (Romola Garai) and quickly realises that nothing is as it seems in the Brandt household. When Johannes

Romola Garai and Anya Taylor Joy

finally appears he presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a doll’s house replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist,

The series will probably start airing in December

whose tiny creations mirror what is happening within the house in unexpected ways and seem to be predicting and unravelling the future with unsettling accuracy.

SPOTLIGHT ON 'BRITANNIA' EPIC TV SERIES WITH KELLY REILLY, DAVID MORRISSEY AND STANLEY WEBER WITH FIRST TRAILER

FIRST 'BRITANNIA' TRAILER

FOR THE NEW EPIC TV SERIES

Something epic for you today: Sky Vision has finally released the first trailer for their upcoming historical ten part series BRITANNIA and I cannot say I'm thrilled by it, I wasn't amazed by the camera angles in it, it is confusing and chaotic, lacks in visual attractiveness and casting Zoe Wanamaker in a Roman Era set series is still ridiculous to me, but I'm willing to give it a go! To air sometime this year is stars Kelly Reilly as Celtic Princess Kerra, the fearless and strong minded daughter of Pellenor, King of the Cantii. Her independent streak puts her at odds with her family, but when the Romans invade, she will have to choose between her own feelings, her tribal duty and the demands of the druids.

CELTIC QUEENS AND DRUIDS
Sky's most ambitious drama ever, it's packed with action and emotion and is set in 43AD, when BRITANNIA was a country ruled by powerful Druids and warrior queens, it follows the reluctant rise to power of Kerra (Kelly Reilly), the daughter of the King of the Cantii. When the Romans invade Britannia, she and her arch-rival Queen Antedia (Zoe Wanamaker) are forced to put their differences aside to face their invaders. Meanwhile, rogue Druid Divis (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), the only one who foresaw the Roman invasion, finds an unlikely ally in 12-year-old Cantii girl Cait (Eleanor Worthington Cox) in his quest to defeat Rome.The Romans are led by General Aulus Plautius (David Morrissey), who is determined to succeed where Julius Caesar failed and conquer this mythical land at the far edge of the Roman Empire. He is a strong and resilient leader, however, he is harbouring a deep secret. During the series, he will have to take on the dangerous Celts, hold together his fearful and reluctant army, and confront his own personal demons. As tribes and Druids unite to fight the Romans, Kerra is thrust into the most important role of her life as she spearheads the resistance against the might of the Roman army. Also starring: Hugo Speer, Annabel Scholey, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Ian McDiarmid and Stanley Weber.