FIRST TRAILER IS HERE FOR CHANNEL 5 SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER MINI TV SERIES NUMBER ONE FAN WITH JILL HALFPENNY

  NUMBER ONE FAN  

FIRST TRAILER FOR  CHANNEL 5 TV SERIES

The series starts May 4th

Channel 5 has released first trailer for their new series NUMBER ONE FAN a suspenseful thriller set in the world of daytime TV following morning show presenter Lucy, who is saved from an attack by a strange woman named Donna who claims to be her “number one fan”. Lucy’s gratitude quickly sours when Donna’s fandom turns into a darker obsession infiltrating Lucy’s career, family and friends. However to her horror Lucy comes to realise that Donna has a link to a hidden secret in her past which threatens to derail the career she has so carefully curated. Sally Lindsay and Jill Halfpenny take the leads in the series that is coming up from 4th of May with episodes airing every evening that week. 

 

FIRST IMAGE IS HERE FROM CHANNEL 5 SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER MINI TV SERIES NUMBER ONE FAN WITH JILL HALFPENNY

  NUMBER ONE FAN  

FIRST IMAGE FROM CHANNEL 5 TV SERIES

Channel 5 has sent us first image from their new series NUMBER ONE FAN a suspenseful thriller set in the world of daytime TV following morning show presenter Lucy, who is saved from an attack by a strange woman named Donna who claims to be her “number one fan”. Lucy’s gratitude quickly sours when Donna’s fandom turns into a darker obsession infiltrating Lucy’s career, family and friends. However to her horror Lucy comes to realise that Donna has a link to a hidden secret in her past which threatens to derail the career she has so carefully curated. Sally Lindsay and Jill Halfpenny will take the leads in the series that is coming up soon. 

JILL HALFPENNY TO LEAD NEW CHANNEL 5 SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER MINI TV SERIES NUMBER ONE FAN

   NEW FROM CHANNEL 5  

NUMBER ONE FAN MINI TV SERIES

Channel 5 has announced a couple of new series including NUMBER ONE FAN a suspenseful thriller set in the world of daytime TV following morning show presenter Lucy, who is saved from an attack by a strange woman named Donna who claims to be her “number one fan”. Lucy’s gratitude quickly sours when Donna’s fandom turns into a darker obsession infiltrating Lucy’s career, family and friends. However to her horror Lucy comes to realise that Donna has a link to a hidden secret in her past which threatens to derail the career she has so carefully curated. Sally Lindsay and Jill Halfpenny will take the leads. 

PARAMOUNT + UK'S TRAILER FOR THRILLER TV SERIES GIRL TAKEN WITH ALFIE ALLEN AND JILL HALFPENNY

   GIRL TAKEN SERIES  

ALFIE ALLEN AND JILL HALFPENNY TRAILER

The series starts January 8th on Paramount UK

Last summer you trusted spy told you that Paramount + UK is turning Hollie Overton's book into a thriller TV series. BABY DOLL and now we have a trailer and posters. With the title changed into GIRL TAKEN it will follow twin sisters Lily and Abby (Talalah and Delphie Evans), whose lives are shattered when Lily is abducted from their quiet rural English town by beloved local teacher Rick Hansen (Alfie Allen). After years of abuse in captivity, Lily escapes only to discover that freedom brings its own challenges. The world she longed to return to has moved on without her. As Abby, Lily and their mother Eve (Jill Halfpenny) struggle to rebuild their family, they must confront the lasting damage and the terrifying reality that Rick is still out there, determined to control the narrative and evade justice. Niamh Walsh will also star. The six-part series will debut on 8th January 2026!

 

PARAMOUNT + UK'S FIRST IMAGES FROM THRILLER TV SERIES GIRL TAKEN WITH ALFIE ALLEN AND JILL HALFPENNY

   GIRL TAKEN SERIES  

ALFIE ALLEN AND JILL HALFPENNY IMAGES

Last summer you trusted spy told you that Paramount + UK is turning Hollie Overton's book into a thriller TV series. BABY DOLL and now we have the first images from it. With the title changed into GIRL TAKEN it will follow twin sisters Lily and Abby (Talalah and Delphie Evans), whose lives are shattered when Lily is abducted from their quiet rural English town by beloved local teacher Rick Hansen (Alfie Allen). After years of abuse in captivity, Lily escapes only to discover that freedom brings its own challenges. The world she longed to return to has moved on without her. As Abby, Lily and their mother Eve (Jill Halfpenny) struggle to rebuild their family, they must confront the lasting damage and the terrifying reality that Rick is still out there, determined to control the narrative and evade justice. Niamh Walsh will also star. The six-part series will debut on 8th January 2026!

PARAMOUNT + UK SETS BABY DOLL THRILLER TV SERIES WITH ALFIE ALLEN AND JILL HALFPENNY

   BABY DOLL SERIES  

ALFIE ALLEN AND JILL HALFPENNY TO STAR

Paramount + UK is turning Hollie Overton's book into a thriller TV series. BABY DOLL will follow twin sisters Lily and Abby (Talalah and Delphie Evans), whose lives are shattered when Lily is abducted from their quiet rural English town by beloved local teacher Rick Hansen (Alfie Allen). After years of abuse in captivity, Lily escapes only to discover that freedom brings its own challenges. The world she longed to return to has moved on without her. As Abby, Lily and their mother Eve (Jill Halfpenny) struggle to rebuild their family, they must confront the lasting damage and the terrifying reality that Rick is still out there, determined to control the narrative and evade justice. Niamh Walsh will also star.

AIR DATE AND TRAILER WITH 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 TRAILER  FROM CHANNEL 5

Channel 5 has sent us first trailer for their new six part thriller mini TV series THE FEUD which will star airing Monday April 14th. THE FEUD introduces Emma and John Barnett(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

Rupert Penry Jones and Jill Halfpenny

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. Check out the short teaser trailer below and tell us what you think, would you watch?

As tensions rise between the neighbours of Shelbury Drive, secrets begin to surface 👀
The Feud starts Monday 14th April. Watch | Stream on 5#TheFeud pic.twitter.com/jLRGMzpZNM

— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) April 10, 2025

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. 

 

CHANNEL 5 SETS THE CUCKOO THRILLER SERIES WITH JILL HALFPENNY AND LEE INGLEBY

   THE CUCKOO TV SERIES   

CASTS JILL HALFPENNY AND LEE INGLEBY IN THE LEADS

Channel 5 has announced work on their new four part thriller series THE CUCKOO set to air in 2025. It will follow 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.

1ST THE LONG SHADOW TRUE CRIME SERIES IMAGES WITH TOBY JONES, DAVID MORRISSEY! FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE BASED ON A PACK OF LIES BBC THRILLER SERIES TEASER

    THE LONG SHADOW   

1ST IMAGES FROM THE SERIES

We are going British today, starting with the first images from THE LONG SHADOW true crime drama which is coming to ITV and ITVX next month! The seven part series depicts the desperate five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, sensitively focussing on the lives of the victims who crossed his path and those of the officers at the heart of the police investigation. With the victims, their families and the survivors at the heart of this series, we get a new perspective to a well-documented story. Meticulously researched and drawing upon the most extensive archive of the investigation, comprising of hundreds of case files, interview transcripts and police reports, the series stars Toby Jones as DCS Dennis Hoban, who initially led the enquiry, with David Morrissey taking the role of DCS George Oldfield, who famously took on the investigation. Lee Ingleby is DCS Jim Hobson, whilst Katherine Kelly plays Emily Jackson with Daniel Mays as her husband, Sydney Jackson. Jill Halfpenny plays Doreen Hill, with Shaun Dooley as DCS Chris Gregg. 

 

  FIRST BBC TEASER FOR  

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE BASED ON A PACK OF LIES SERIES

Starting as soon as August 29th on BBC One and also on iPlayer, is new thriller series THE FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE BASED ON A PACK OF LIES. This is the story of two very different women (Alice Newman and Cheryl Harker) and the conman Dr Rob Chance they have in common; a dark, funny, and unpredictable thriller about three remarkable characters trapped in a tangled triangle of complexly layered half-truths and lies of epic proportions. Cheryl is a bestselling fantasy fiction author who, recently bereaved, now lives alone with her poodle, Goblin. Alice is a formidable but long-underestimated PA who lives in a bungalow with her young son, magician partner. Rob (Alistair Petrie) is an eccentric and celebrated ecopreneur (allegedly). Three apparent strangers with nothing in common... except Rob’s dupes, deceptions and delusions. This is a story about lies and artifice, about our weakness for self-deception, and about the rapid ascent of the modern fraudster. It is the story of an unexpected friendship between two very different women and the power they’ll discover when theyraise their voices in joyous rage. As they finally find the courage and self-belief to take charge, the con is on to try and take a sociopathic predator down. Derek Jacobi also stars!

MATTHEW MACFADYEN, KEELEY HAWES TO LEAD STONEHOUSE TV SERIES AT ITV AS A MARRIED COUPLE! SEE CHANNEL 5 THE HOLIDAY SERIES TRAILER WITH JILL HALFPENNY!

  STONEHOUSE ITV SERIES  

KEELEY HAWES AND MATTHEW MACFADYEN TO LEAD

Reallife couple Keeley Hawes and Matthew MacFadyen will lead together new ITV series STONEHOUSE! The three part series will tell the life and times of disgraced Labour minister John Stonehouse. It will depict

Keeley Hawes and Matthew McFadyen will lead the cast

how Stonehouse, a high flying member of Harold Wilson’s (Kevin R McNally) Government, vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in Florida in November 1974, leaving a neatly folded pile of clothes as he swam

Exclusive first look at Matthew as Stonehouse

into the sea, intent on faking his own death. He apparently wanted to start a new life in Australia under a fake name. Keeley will play his wife Barbara with Emer Heatley as his mistress Sheila Buckley!

   THE HOLIDAY SERIES   

STARTS MARCH AT CHANNEL 5

Channel 5 has released a trailer for their new four part series THE HOLIDAY based on T.M. Logan's book which arrives March 1st in a four day event! The story follows what appears to be a perfect family holiday until

The Holiday will air next week from Tuesday till Friday

Kate (Jill Halfpenny) discovers that her husband (Owen McDonnell) is having an affair with one of her best friends. One of these women is willing to sacrifice years of friendship and destroy her family. But which one? As Kate

Jill Halfpenny is leading the cast of The Holiday

closes in on the truth in the stifling Mediterranean heat, she realises too late that the stakes are far higher than she ever imagined! The cast also includes Lara McDonnell and Aidan McCann as the couple's children, Liv

First look at the whole cast of The Holiday four part series

Mjones and Siobhan Hewlett as Kate's friends and Aidan McArdle and Andrew Macklin as their respective husbands. Also on the cast are Molly McCann, Cat Simmons and Shaun O’Callaghan Wade as Jake.

Based on the best-selling novel, #TheHoliday starts 1st March on @channel5_tv @halfpennyjill pic.twitter.com/F9EW0KCMA5

— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) February 23, 2022

CATE BLANCHETT UNVEILED AS INTERGALACTIC OUTLAW LILITH IN BORDERLANDS SF EPIC ADVENTURE! CHANNEL 5 UNVEILS FIRST PICS FROM SHERIDAN SMITH'S THE TEACHER, JILL HALFPENNY'S THE HOLIDAY MINI SERIES

  CATE BLANCHETT UNVEILED  

AS INTERGALACTIC OUTLAW LILITH IN BORDERLANDS MOVIE

First, rather mysterious, image has been unveiled today of Cate Blanchett as the lead character in sf movie BORDERLANDS based on the popular game. She is Lilith, an infamous outlaw with a mysterious past, who

Eli Roth is directing Cate in this one

reluctantly returns to her home planet of Pandora to find the missing daughter of the universe's most powerful S.O.B., Atlas (Édgar Ramírez). Lilith soon forms an alliance with an unexpected team - Roland (Kevin Hart), a former elite mercenary, now desperate for redemption; Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Florian Munteanu), Tina's musclebound, rhetorically challenged protector; Tannis (Jamie Lee Curtis), the scientist with a tenuous grip on sanity; and Claptrap (Jack Black), a persistently wiseass robot. These unlikely heroes must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find and protect the missing girl, who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe could be in their hands - but they'll be fighting for something more: each other.

  1ST PHOTOS FOR CHANNEL 5'S 

THE TEACHER & THE HOLIDAY

Channel 5 has unveiled first photos from some of their upcoming new series, among them THE TEACHER, which will star Sheridan Smith as Jenna, a teacher who finds herself accused of a drunken sexual encounter with

Sheridan Smith is a naughty teacher in the new Channel 5 series

one of her pupils and THE HOLIDAY starring Jill Halfpenny in a series based on TM Logan’s novel of the same name. During the holiday in the stifling Mediterranean heat, her character Kate uncovers a secret: her husband

First look at the friends in The Holiday TV series

is having an affair. The dream holiday quickly becomes a nightmare when she suspects the other woman is one of her best friends. As Kate closes in on the truth, she realises too late that the stakes are far higher than she ever imagined!

📺 ✨New Drama coming to @channel5_tv #TheTeacher#LieWithMe#MadameBlanc#TheHoliday#Dalgliesh #Channel5 @Sheridansmith1 @CharlieBrooks0 @sally_lindsay @halfpennyjill @bertiecarvel pic.twitter.com/dmoEALyJjf

— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) June 3, 2021

MICHIEL HUISMAN JOINS LUKE EVANS IN ECHO 3 THRILLER TV SERIES! DREAM VACATION TURNS INTO NIGHTMARE FOR JILL HALFPENNY AS THE LEAD OF CHANNEL 5'S THE HOLIDAY THRILLER SERIES!

 

  MICHIEL HUISMAN JOINS  

LUKE EVANS IN ECHO 3 SERIES

What a hunkfest will that be! I already told you that Luke Evans will lead ECHO 3 thriller series at Apple and now he is joined by another of our crushes Michiel Huisman. This ten part drama is set in South America and follows Amber Chesborough, a brilliant young scientist, who is the emotional

Luke Evans and Michiel Huisman will lead the series

center of a small American family. When she goes missing along the Colombia-Venezuela border, her brother (Luke Evans) and her husband (Michiel Huisman), two men with deep military experience and complicated pasts, struggle to find her in a layered, personal drama, set against the explosive backdrop of a secret war.

 

 THE HOLIDAY THRILLER SERIES

CHANNEL 5 SETS LEAD CAST

Channel 5 has been probably the only British channel to give us something to watch during the corona year, and now they have set the cast for

Jill Halfpenny will take the lead role

THE HOLIDAY thriller series, an adaptation of TM Logan's popular novel which I announced last year. Jill Halfpenny who lead their Drowning this spring, will also lead this one as Kate, a woman who discovers that her husband is having an affair during a luxurious holiday somewhere in the Mediterranean. The troubled couple are sharing a villa with four of Kate’s closest friends, one of which is the adulterous partner, but she doesn’t realise that the guilty party could be prepared to kill in order to keep their secret safe. The four part series will also star Owen McDonnell as Kate’s cheating husband Sean, while Lara McDonnell and Aidan McCann play their children, Lucy and Daniel. Liv

Aidan McCardle and Andrew Macklin will also star in the series

Mjones and Siobhan Hewlett play friends Jenny and Rowan, with Aidan McCardle and Andrew Macklin as their respective husbands, Alistair and Russ. The supporting cast will also include Molly McCann, Cat Simmons and newcomer Shaun O’Callaghan Wade.