JASON WATKINS, ROBSON GREEN TO LEAD CAT AND MOUSE CATCH YOU LATER THRILLER TV SERIES

  CATCH YOU LATER SERIES  

CASTS JASON WATKINS AND ROBSON GREEN

Channel 5 has cast Jason Watkins and Robson Green in their new series CATCH YOU LATER with Watkins as Huw Miller, a detective haunted by a stalker who taunted his town, mercilessly toying with his victims before eventually killing them. As Huw attempts to settle into retirement, the case is never far from his mind – and when new neighbor, Patrick Harbottle (Green) moves in and utters the chilling phrase ‘catch you later’ – the sign off the stalker used to taunt Huw during the investigation – Huw is determined he’s finally got his man.

PHYLLIS LOGAN TO LEAD COMPELLING COSY MYSTERY SERIES THE PUZZLE LADY AT CHANNEL 5 BASED ON THE POPULAR NOVELS

 PHYLLIS LOGAN TO LEAD 

THE PUZZLE LADY SERIES AT CHANNEL 5

Channel 5 is going to turn Parnell Hall's twenty book series The Puzzle Lady Mysteries into THE PUZZLE LADY cosy mystery series with Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan set as the lead. The story will begin with a strange murder that shakes the sleepy market town of Bakerbury. The local police are baffled by a crossword puzzle left on the body. With their case going nowhere, they turn reluctantly to Cora Felton [Logan], a recent arrival in Bakerbury who has a certain level of "fame" as the so-called "Puzzle Lady", which gives hope to the detectives that she might be able to crack the first ever murder to take place in their quiet hometown. But the eccentric Cora isn’t who she claims to be, and as she throws herself into a murder case that has the town’s residents baffled, she starts to gather allies and enemies in equal measure.

TRAILER AND AIRING TIME FOR THE HARDACRES HEARTWARMING 19TH CENTURY TV SERIES AIRING THIS AUTUMN AT CHANNEL 5

   THE HARDACRES   

A TRAILER FOR THE PERIOD SET SERIES 

 Channel 5 has sent us a delightful trailer for their new series coming up this Autumn THE HARDACRES, a sweeping rags to riches story that follows the lives, loves and fortunes of the working class Hardacre family as they move from a grimy fish dock to a vast country estate in 1890’s Yorkshire. The six episode costume drama will hit the British channel Monday, October 7th! Coming from the creators of All Creatures Great and Small it aims to bring the same heartwarming feel and family fun. Check out the trailer below.

A SMALL SCREEN ADAPTATION OF

CL Skelton’s best-selling series of novels it follows the family of a loving married couple Mary and Sam Hardacre (Claire Cooper and Liam McMahon), who land on hard times following an accident at work on the docks, which leaves them unemployed and broke. With Julie Graham as Mary’s wily mother, Ma, and their three kids, Joe, Liza, and Harry (Adam Little, Shannon Lavelle and Zak Ford-Williams), the family band together to think fast with a business venture that will free them from their humble existence on the North Yorkshire Coast and catapult them into high society. Holly Sturton stars as Adella, Cathy Belton as Emma and Owen Roe as George, from the well to do Fitzherbert Family and new neighbours of The Hardacres. Ingrid Craigie is housekeeper Mrs Dryden, with Siobhan O’Kelly as Lena and Taheen Modak as Saunders. 

 

DAVID SUCHET JOINED BY VIRGINIE LEDOYEN IN CHANNEL 5'S THRILLER MINI TV SERIES THE AU PAIR

   THE AU PAIR SERIES  

ADS MORE CAST NEXT TO DAVID SUCHET

Earlier this summer I told you that Channel 5 is preparing new mini series THE AU PAIR with David Suchet and now we have the rest of the cast. The story follows Zoe Dalton (Sally Bretton), who seems to have it all, including successful husband Chris (Kenny Doughty). When she hires an au

Virginie Ledoyen, Kenny Doughty, David Suchet will star in the series

pair, Sandrine (Ludmilla Makowski), the beguiling young French woman triggers an unsettling shift in the household as instincts and suspicions arise, hinting at hidden agendas. Virginie Ledoyen will play a whistleblower, whose pivotal role kicks off in the opening scene and spans the rest of the show. Suchet plays George, Zoe’s diabetic father who moves next door.

SEE AIRING DATE AND TRAILER FOR ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL PERIOD SET SERIES SEASON 5

ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL

SEASON FIVE TRAILER AND AIRING DATE

What would the last quarter of the year be without Channel 5's tentpole series ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, right? It is returning with the fifth season, with the sixth already ordered, September 19th with six new episodes and the seventh festive one airing later on at Christmas. The series will also return with the new season to PBS Masterpiece for the viewers in United States January 12th and will air on Sunday nights.

 

IT IS NOW SPRING OF 1941

and we return to Darrowby to find young baby Jimmy keeping everyone in Skeldale House on their toes. Helen is getting the hang of motherhood with James away at RAF Abingdon, Mrs. Hall and Siegfried are enjoying having a little one around and Carmody is now a full-fledged member of the Skeldale family. With World War II now fully underway, Siegfried is taking up the slack at the surgery, Mrs. Hall and Helen are considering their contribution within the community, and Carmody is eager to step up. Siegfried is keen to have everyone back, but Tristan’s surprise return won’t be quite as straightforward as he hoped. 

 

 WHO IS BACK IN THE NEW SEASON?

The series returns to Yorkshire Dales in the 1940s with Nicholas Ralph as vet James Herriot, and Samuel West as his mercurial mentor Siegfried Farnon. Anna Madeley returns as the matriarch of Skeldale House, Mrs Hall along with Rachel Shenton as James' wife Helen Herriot. James Anthony-Rose returns as Richard Carmody, Patricia Hodge as the rich Mrs Pumphrey, owner of the well pampered Pekingese Tricki. Callum Woodhouse is back as Tristan Farnon, Siegfried’s mischievous brother who has been serving in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, when he makes an unexpected return later in the series. 

CHANNEL 5 SETS AIRING DATES FOR THE FIFTH SEASON OF ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL AND THE WIVES SERIES

 CHANNEL 5 AUTUMN SCHEDULE 

FIRST AIRING DATES REVEALED

Aiming to take the lead in UK viewership this season, Channel 5 has set an ambitious slate of series for this Autumn, and with THE TEACHER season two launching September 9th, we now also have the September 19th return date for the fifth season of their tentpole series ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL with six new episodes airing on Thursday nights and I will post the trailer for it as soon as they release it. Meanwhile new thriller series THE WIVES which follows three sisters-in-law trying to solve a mystery that shook their family to its core will start Monday September 16th and will air each night till Wednesday as a three day event. Until we get a trailer for that one, you can check out a trailer for all Channel 5's Autumn shows, including period set drama THE HARDACRES which will also launch till the end of the year. 

CHANNEL 5 REVEALS TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR THE TEACHER ANTHOLOGY SERIES SEASON 2 WITH WILL MELLOR, EMMETT SCANLAN

  THE TEACHER SERIES 

CHANNEL 5 SETS AIR DATE FOR SEASON 2

Today we have the trailer and start date for the second season of Channel 5's THE TEACHER which will, as an anthology series not follow Sheridan Smith's character from the first season, but  Dani (Kara Tointon), a teacher who loves her job. She’s a real mentor and inspiration to her students, but what she lacks is a properly functioning marriage with real intimacy and mutual desire. This leads her into an impulsive affair with a fellow colleague that at first answers all her needs, but soon spirals out of control. When a pupil goes missing on a school trip, Dani rightly blames herself for being too easily distracted. When things start to take a sinister turn she is forced to lie, and quickly finds her life falling to pieces. She risks everything to right the wrongs that she has, in part, been responsible for. Will Mellor and Emmett Scanlan will play her husband and her lover in the four parter which starts September 9th.

 

1ST IMAGES FROM CHANNEL 5'S THE TEACHER SERIES SEASON 2 WITH WILL MELLOR, EMMETT SCANLAN, THE WIVES SERIES WITH JAMIE BAMBER

  FIRST CHANNEL 5 IMAGES  

FROM THE TEACHER SERIES SEASON 2

After the ones from The Hardacre period set series, we have the first images from the second season of Channel 5's THE TEACHER which will, as an anthology series not follow Sheridan Smith's character from the first season, but  Dani (Kara Tointon), a teacher who loves her job. She’s a real mentor and inspiration to her students, but what she lacks is a properly functioning marriage with real intimacy and mutual desire. This leads her into an impulsive affair with a fellow colleague that at first answers all her needs, but soon spirals out of control. When a pupil goes missing on a school trip, Dani rightly blames herself for being too easily distracted. When things start to take a sinister turn she is forced to lie, and quickly finds her life falling to pieces. She risks everything to right the wrongs that she has, in part, been responsible for. Will Mellor and Emmett Scanlan will play her husband and her lover in the four parter.

 

FROM THE WIVES NEW TV SERIES 

We also have first images from their new 6 part thriller THE WIVES. Last year, four sisters-in-law and their families escaped to their Maltese holiday apartments, as they’ve done every summer for 15 years. Sylvie Morgan (Tamzin Outhwaite), was happily married, Natasha Morgan (Angela Griffin), was swimming in wealth, and Beth Morgan (Jo Joyner) and Annabelle Morgan (Christine Bottomley), were thick as thieves. But this year, as they come together again, everything is different. Sylvie’s now single and loving life, Natasha’s hiding a desperate financial situation, Beth is barely keeping her life together and Annabelle is, well... dead. When Annabelle’s widower Charlie (Jamie Bamber), arrives with a new woman in tow, Beth tries to be happy for them, but something doesn’t sit right. Charlie’s new girlfriend Jade (Katie Clarkson-Hill), looks exactly like Annabelle. Beth’s plans to have a great summer are quickly scuppered by Charlie’s odd behaviour, and her suspicion that there is more to Annabelle’s death is heightened. With lies coming to light and evidence building, the women work together and against each other to unravel the mystery and bring the culprit to justice. But with corrupt officials, drug cartels and career criminals closer to home than ever expected, have they bitten off more than they can chew? Ben Willbond stars as the eldest Morgan brother and Beth’s husband Frankie, Jonathan Forbes as Natasha’s husband Sean, Catriona Chandler as Annabelle, Louis Boyer as local businessman Luca Vella and Ajay Chhabra as consulate official Vinay Taneja.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM THE HARDACRES 19TH CENTURY TV SERIES AIRING THIS AUTUMN AT CHANNEL 5

   THE HARDACRES   

1ST IMAGES FROM THE PERIOD SET SERIES 

 Channel 5 has unveiled a batch of first images from their new series coming up this Autumn (come by tomorrow for the rest), including THE HARDACRES, a sweeping rags to riches story that follows the lives, loves and fortunes of the working class Hardacre family as they move from a grimy fish dock to a vast country estate in 1890’s Yorkshire.

 

A SMALL SCREEN ADAPTATION OF

CL Skelton’s best-selling series of novels it follows the family of a loving married couple Mary and Sam Hardacre (Claire Cooper and Liam McMahon), who land on hard times following an accident at work on the docks, which leaves them unemployed and broke. With Julie Graham as Mary’s wily mother, Ma, and their three kids, Joe, Liza, and Harry (Adam Little, Shannon Lavelle and Zak Ford-Williams), the family band together to think fast with a business venture that will free them from their humble existence on the North Yorkshire Coast and catapult them into high society. Holly Sturton stars as Adella, Cathy Belton as Emma and Owen Roe as George, from the well to do Fitzherbert Family and new neighbours of The Hardacres. Ingrid Craigie is housekeeper Mrs Dryden, with Siobhan O’Kelly as Lena and Taheen Modak as Saunders. 

 

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON CHANNEL 5'S TENSE NEW THRILLER TV SERIES THE NIGHT CALLER

   THE NIGHT CALLER  

NEW TV SERIES FROM CHANNEL 5

This one somehow escaped my radar, but new four part thriller mini series THE NIGHT CALLER will start on Channel 5 on Sunday July 7th and will air each evening till Wednesday. If I got it right it is already available over on Acorn TV channel on Prime Video.

  THE NIGHT CALLER FOLLOWS  

Tony (Robert Glenister), a 50-something, lonely Liverpudlian taxi driver who used to be a respected teacher but lost his job, his marriage and his confidence. His only lifelines are Rosa (Suzanne Packer), a café worker, and a late-night talk show he listens to as he drives his customers around. The show is fronted by DJ Lawrence (Sean Pertwee) and one day Tony finds the courage to call in. He becomes a ‘friend of the show’ which gives him a sense of identity for the first time in years. But eventually he starts to interpret Lawrence’s views in dangerous ways and becomes obsessed with their relationship. Then, Tony realises Lawrence isn’t the man he pretends to be. 

 

Welcome to #NightTalk…

Brand-new drama #TheNightCaller starts Sunday 9pm on @channel5_tv pic.twitter.com/kbXAEcqz6Q

— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) July 1, 2024

DAVID SUCHET RETURNS TO TELEVISION IN CHANNEL 5'S TV SERIES THE AU PAIR. SEE THE WHOLE CAST

 CHANNEL 5'S THE AU PAIR 

BRINGS BACK DAVID SUCHET TO TV

He hasn't been on the telly for more than half a decade but David Suchet will now star in Channel 5's six episode series THE AU PAIR. He will play George, a diabetic father who moves next door to daughter Zoe Dalton (Sally

Kenny Doughty and David Suchet will take part in the series

Bretton). Zoe seems to have it all, including successful husband Chris (Kenny Doughty), but when she hires an au pair, Sandrine (Ludmilla Makowski), the beguiling young French woman triggers an unsettling shift

Ludmilla Makowski and Sally Bretton will take the female leads

in the household as instincts and suspicions arise, hinting at hidden agendas! The series delves deep into the complexities of family, trust and hidden truths, against the backdrop of the picturesque British countryside! Canal + will air it in France.

FIRST IMAGES OF RUPERT PENRY JONES AND JILL HALFPENNY IN CHANNEL 5'S NEW THRILLER MINI TV SERIES THE FEUD

  THE FEUD TV SERIES  

FIRST RUPERT PENRY JONES AND JILL HALFPENNY IMAGES FROM CHANNEL 5

Channel 5 has sent us first images from their new six part thriller mini TV series THE FEUD that is currently shooting with the aim to air next year. THE FEUD introduces Emma and John Barnett

Rupert Penry Jones and Jill Halfpenny

(Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones) who, along with their teenage daughter Beth (Megan Trower), appear to live an idyllic life on Shelbury Drive. They’re close friends with their neighbours, Sonia and Alan (Amy Nuttall and Ray Fearon) and despite their foibles, are also fond of older couple, Derek and Barbara (James Fleet and Tessa Peake-Jones). The close friendships in this seemingly peaceful street prove to be not quite as harmonious as they seem. When Emma and John decide to add a kitchen extension to their house, things quickly start to spin drastically out of control. As objections to the plans are raised, unexpected skeletons and life-threatening secrets begin to rise to the surface. Laced with menace, The Feud reveals how Emma’s aspirational dream turns sharply into obsession, paranoia, and fear. One decision sets in motion events that have unforeseeable consequences for both her and the people living on her street.

START DATE REVEALED FOR CHANNEL 5'S NEW THRILLER MINI TV SERIES THE CUCKOO WITH JILL HALFPENNY AND LEE INGLEBY

   THE CUCKOO TV SERIES   

WITH JILL HALFPENNY AND LEE INGLEBY

Channel 5 has announced start date for their new four part thriller series THE CUCKOO which stars Monday April 8th and will air every evening till Thursday. It follows Sian (Jill Halfpenny), a lodger who is taken in by Nick (Lee Ingleby) and Jessica (Claire Goose). They have just bought the house of their dreams, a grand doer-upper in the countryside town that Jessica grew up in. However, as the financial crisis hits the family fall on tough times and suddenly their home is on the line. They are forced to pull their adopted teenage daughter Alice (Freya Hannan-Mills) out of her private school and into the local comprehensive. Nick finds another job, but it’s still not enough to make ends meet. With no other choice, Jessica decides they need to take in Sian as a lodger to help. Sian is beautiful, flirty, and mysterious and immediately begins sowing discord within the family – acting too familiar with Nick, borrowing Jessica’s clothes, and building an increasingly inappropriate rapport with Alice. Jessica begins to question if Sian is really who she claims to be? Quickly she realises something more insidious and twisted is going on and Jessica, Nick and Alice will be forced to fight for each other and their own lives. 

 

WILL MELLOR, EMMETT SCANLAN, KARA TOINTON TO LEAD CHANNEL 5'S THE TEACHER SERIES SECOND SEASON WITH A NEW STORY

  THE TEACHER SEASON TWO 

TO STAR WILL MELLOR AND EMMETT SCANLAN

After the first season with Sheridan Smith as a wanton teacher, Channel 5 is doing the second season of THE TEACHER series but with a new story which will now follow Dani (Kara Tointon), a teacher who loves her job. She’s a real mentor and inspiration to her students, but what she lacks is a properly functioning marriage with real intimacy and mutual desire. This leads her into an impulsive affair with a fellow colleague that at first answers all her needs, but soon spirals out of control. When a pupil goes missing on a school trip, Dani rightly blames herself for being too easily distracted. When things start to take a sinister turn she is forced to lie, and quickly finds her life falling to pieces. She risks everything to right the wrongs that she has, in part, been responsible for. Will Mellor and Emmett Scanlan will play her husband and her lover in the four parter.

SEE FIRST IMAGES WITH JASON WATKINS, JONAS ARMSTRONG FROM NEW CHANNEL 5 MINI TV SERIES COMA

  1ST COMA SERIES IMAGES 

WITH JASON WATKINS AND JONAS ARMSTRONG

Channel 5 has sent us the first images from their new mini series COMA which delves into the consequences of one fateful decision and the unforeseen chaos that ensues. In it, Simon (Jason Watkins), a devoted family man, finds himself at a breaking point as his neighbourhood falls victim to the terrorising antics of a group of teenagers, led by the menacing 17-year-old Jordan Franklin (Joe Barber), and his questionable companions. Simon and his wife, Beth (Claire Skinner), are desperate to move their young daughter to a safer area away from the threatening atmosphere. When Simon's frustration reaches its peak and he confronts Jordan outside his own home, a split-second decision changes everything. Airing this month it also stars David Bradley as Simon’s quiet grumpy neighbour Harry, Jonas Armstrong as Jordan’s dangerous father Paul, Kayla Meikle as determined DS Kelly, and David Mumeni as Simon’s untrustworthy boss Jimmy. The series will officially start March 18th!