THE SPANISH PRINCESS EPIC TV SERIES TEASER IS HERE WITH YOUNG CATHERINE OF ARAGON! MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE TV SERIES ON LONDON'S FIRST 19TH CENTURY FEMALE DETECTIVE!

 1ST 'THE SPANISH PRINCESS'

TEASER HAS BEEN REVEALED

A special treat comes from Starz today, they gave us a trailer Royals on Starz, which does not just show us their old series White Queen and White

The Spanish Princess will air sometime next year on Starz

 Princess, but also tease the upcoming THE SPANISH PRINCESS with a few exciting glimpses into the 2019 series which is, technically speaking, a sort of a prequel to famous The Tudors!

THE SPANISH PRINCESS
will see Charlotte Hope playing the young princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. She arrives in rain lashed England with her glorious court. She is Princess of Wales now, but when her husband

First look at Charlotte Hope as The Spanish Princess

Prince Arthur (Angus Imrie) dies suddenly, the throne seems lost to Catherine. Until she claims her marriage was never consummated and that as a virgin she may set her sights on the new heir, the charismatic and

The series is based on Philippa Gregory book!

headstrong Prince Harry (Ruairi O'Connor) who will one day rule as King Henry VIII. The cast will also include Elliot Cowan as Henry VII of England, Alexandra Moen as his wife Elizabeth of York, Olly Rix, Laura Carmichael, Philip Cumbus and others.

  'MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE'

NEW 19TH CENTURY TV SERIES

A+E Networks will produce a series on the first ever female detective in 19th century London. MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE will star Kate Phillips as Eliza Scarlet whose father dies and leaves her penniless in a time where marriage is her only option for financial security. But the headstrong

First look at Kate Phillips in Miss Scarlett and the Duke

Eliza is determined to find another way and takes over his private detective agency. But she needs a partner, so she hires detective Inspector William Wellington of Scotland Yard, who is also known as The Duke, a drinker, gambler and womanizer. Eliza and Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship and team up to solve crime in 1880’s London.

STARZ REVEALS 'SPANISH PRINCESS' EPIC TV SERIES FULL CAST LED BY CHARLOTTE HOPE, ELLIOT COWAN, OLLY RIX, ALEXANDRA MOEN!

 'THE SPANISH PRINCESS'

STARZ REVEALS FULL CAST!

Charlotte Hope will be Catherine of Aragon!

I've already told you before that after the success of The White Princess, which was probably one of the best epic series last year, Starz is making THE SPANISH PRINCESS sequel series also based on Philippa Gregory's books, and now they've announced the cast too led by Charlotte Hope and our dear Elliot Cowan!

THE TUDOR SAGA
Continuing the saga of the Tudor dynasty, it will be a powerful, epic story that not only returns the audience to the world of royal court intrigue as seen

Alicia Boracherro, Elliot Cowan and Alexandra Moen will rule the courts

uniquely through the perspective of the women, but also sheds light on a previously untold corner of history – the lives of people of colour, living and working in 16th century London.

ELLIOT COWAN RULES THE COURT

In the focus of it all is Charlotte Hope as young Catherine of Aragon! Promised in marriage to the future King of England Prince Arthur (Angus Imrie), Catherine is the source of curiosity, resentment and suspicion among

Olly Rix, Richard Pepper and Philip Cumbus will hunk up the cast!

her new family; the formidable Margaret Beaufort (Harriet Walter), Arthur’s guardian Margaret (Maggie) Pole (Laura Carmichael),   Arthur’s charismatic brother Prince Harry who will become King Henry VIII (Ruairi O’Connor), his sister Margaret (Meg) Tudor (Georgie Henley), their father

Alan McKenna, Jordan Renzo and Aaron Cobham!

King Henry Tudor (Elliot Cowan) and mother Queen Elizabeth (Alexandra Moen). Philip Cumbus will play famous Thomas Wolsey. When Prince Arthur dies shortly after their wedding, Catherine finds her future as Queen in question and at the mercy of a divided Tudor court under the threat of

Angus Imrie, Laura Carmichael and Georgie Henley!

enemies both abroad and closer to home. Catherine's ladies will be played by Nadia Parkes, as Rosa, and Stephanie Levi John, as Lina de Cardonnes! Aaron Cobham will play a young soldier of the Spanish court, Oviedo. Alan McKenna will be Tudor noble Richard Pole with Richard Pepper as Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire! Our dear Olly Rix will play Edward Stafford and

Stephanie Levi John, Ruairi O'Connor and Harriet Walter.

Jordan Renzo will be Charlie Brandon. Daniel Cerqueira will be De Fuensalida, ambassador to England and loyal servant of Spanish Queen Isabella, played by Spanish star Alicia Borrachero! PS in other news from the period set TV series front, The Durrells is getting the fourth season, and there are rumours that Lord of the Rings series at Amazon might focus on young Aragorn, prince of Gondor!

STARZ ORDERS 'SPANISH PRINCESS' WHITE QUEEN & WHITE PRINCESS FOLLOW UP EPIC SERIES! 'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' TRAILER WITH BILL NIGHY, MATTHEW GOODE, ELEANOR TOMLINSON! 'YOUNG & HUNGRY' CANCELLED EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' SITCOM! TONE BELL, NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM

  'THE SPANISH PRINCESS' 

STARZ ORDERS NEW EPIC SAGA

TV day today, starting with an amazing piece of news for all of you who loved Starz' brilliant epic series White Princess last year! The follow up to

This will be third series based on Gregory's books

BBC's White Queen will now get its own follow up in THE SPANISH PRINCESS based on Philippa Gregory’s best selling books The Constant Princess and The King’s Curse.

THE SPANISH PRINCESS will follow Catherine of Aragon, the beautiful young princess of Spain who was promised the English throne since she was a child. She arrives in a grey, rain lashed England with her glorious and diverse court including her lady in waiting Lina – an African Moor. She is Princess of Wales now, but when her husband Prince Arthur dies suddenly, the throne seems lost to Catherine. Until she claims her marriage was never consummated and that as a virgin she may set her sights on the new heir, the charismatic and headstrong Prince Harry who will one day rule as King Henry VIII.

  MULTICAM SITCOM PILOTS 

EMILY OSMENT TO LEAD '25' 

Emily Osment is moving to 25 at CBS

Good and bad news from the TV comedy world. Sad news is that Freeform is ending its sitcom Young and Hungry with the remaining ten episodes of the fifth season which will air from June 20th. The good news is that its star Emily Osment has booked a lead role in new CBS multicam sitcom pilot 25 which follows twenty something Kyle (Matt Shively), who comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend from camp, Kate (Osment), that they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle’s surprise, even though he came to town looking for “the one,” he might end up with much more than that.

TONE BELL AND NINA DOBREV TO LEAD 'FAM' SITCOM AT CBS
Another of our favourite comedians Tone Bell, whose Disjointed has just been cancelled, will take the lead in CBS multicam sitcom FAM next to Nina

Tone Bell also starred in Truth Be Told sitcom

Dobrev who plays a woman whose dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé, Jay (Tone Bell), and his upstanding family are dashed when her train wreck younger half sister (Odessa Adlon) comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father. Bell's Jay is a sophisticated NYU history professor who comes from old money but is refreshingly unaffected and down-to-earth despite his refined background. Deeply in love with Clem (Dobrev), he proposes to her — much to the delight of his parents, Walt (Brian Stokes Mitchell) and Rose (Sheryl

Nina Dobrev will take the female lead in Fam CBS sitcom pilot

Lee Ralph), who think Clem is a real catch. But he learns that Clem has not been completely honest about a few key elements in her life: For example, her father isn’t actually dead — and it drives a wedge of mistrust between them that might not be easily mended.

  'ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE' 

BBC MINI SERIES TRAILER!

Over across the pond, BBC has released trailer for Agatha Christie's ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE three part mini series which was postponed so that Edd Westwick's scenes could be reshot with Christian Cooke! Also

Click on the photo to see the whole cast in bigger size

starring Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode, Eleanor Tomlinson, Luke Treadaway, it is set at Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll is

Bill Nighy leads the stellar cast in the new mini series

arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. The mysterious Dr Arthur Calgary returns from a trip to the Arctic claiming he has proof Jack is innocent. And if Jack was not the killer, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point. But who?

MOST ANTICIPATED 2017 NEW EPIC TV SERIES BRIEF OVERVIEW: BRITANNIA, JAMESTOWN, WHITE PRINCESS, VERSAILLES, KNIGHTFALL, WILL, TROY FALL OF A CITY, STILL STAR CROSSED

  'BRITANNIA' 

To air sometime this year on Sky One (probably September), the ten episode epic series is set in 43AD as the Roman Imperial Army returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld. Spy More

  'JAMESTOWN' 

Also airing this year on Sky One (May 5th), the eight part saga is set in the early 17th Century, following three courageous women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America. Spy More

  'WHITE PRINCESS' 

To start airing its eight episode season from April 16th on Starz it will bring the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII from the Tudor dynasty. Spy More

'VERSAILLES' 

Already airing in France, the second season of the lavish saga about famous Sun King who is building his court at Versailles, will air in UK from April 21st, Germany from May, Canada June and in USA on Ovation from Autumn. Spy More

'KNIGHTFALL' 

Telling the story of the final days of Knights Templar during the 14th century it will air later this year in ten episodes on History Channel, A+E with the cast lead by Tom Cullen! Spy More

  'WILL' 

A drama about the lost years of young William Shakespeare after his arrival to London in 1589 when theatre was like rock and roll and ayoung man with a dream changed the world with his words.Ten episode saga starts this summer on TNT. Spy More

  'TROY: FALL OF A CITY'

Retelling the legendary story of the 10 year old siege of Troy, which occurred in the 12 or 13th century BC, this BBC and Netflix eight part series will air later this year. Spy More

'STILL STAR CROSSED' 

Eight part period drama that picks up where the famous story of Romeo and Juliet leaves off, charting the treachery, palace intrigue, and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets will start airing on ABC Monday May 29th. Spy More

HOT FROM THE SPYLINE

 POLDARK third season starts on BBC in June - THE DURRELLS second season starts on ITV this month, third season has been ordered too - VICTORIA second season starts on ITV this Autumn will have Christmas Special - MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE second season shoots in September, sadly, won't have Richard Madden as it will focus on Cosimo's grandson Lorenzo Medici. THE LAST KINGDOM season 2 already airs in UK, will hit Neftlix from May. THE CROWN season 2 will have young Camila Parker Bowles

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON 'THE WHITE PRINCESS' EPIC TV SERIES ON WAR OF ROSES WITH NEW CAST PHOTOS AND TRAILER!

'WHITE PRINCESS' EPIC SERIES

NEW CAST PHOTOS AND TRAILER

Are you ready for new court intrigues and fights for throne and power at the British isles? Starz is ready to start airing its new epic TV series WHITE PRINCESS April 16th! The ten part historical drama will chart the 15th century War of Roses in which Henry Tudor gets on the throne and princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry him in order to end the rival conflicts. Newly crowned Queen of England, Elizabeth finds herself torn between loyalty to her blood relatives, placating her husband and his icy mother and establishing herself as a key player within the court's intricate politics.

QUEEN ELIZABETH OF YORK
Is played by Jodie Comer. Daughter of the late King Edward IV and The White Queen herself, gets her life transformed when she gets married to Henry VII the new king thanks to the plots of her mother.She is kind, warm and publicly loyal to her husband but privately she hates him and plots against him. Their hatred could not only destroy them but England as well.

HENRY VII KING OF ENGLAND

Is played by Jacob Collins Levy. After living in exile for most of his youth in France, he returned to England to regain the crown from the Yorkists. He is mistrustful of women, has a strict and obsessive mother and a new wife he does not love. He finds himself torn between the two women who use him as their battleground. They both want to win his favour.

LADY MARGARET BEAUFORT
The queen mother is played by Michelle Fairley. She has sacrificed her whole life to get her son to the throne but now he is sitting on it she realizes she barely knows him. Desperate to get closer to him she puts herself in the role of his advisor.

DOWAGER QUEEN ELIZABETH

The new queen's mother is played by Essie Davis. She will do whatever it takes to ensure her children survive the war between the Yorks and Lancasters. It was through her betrayal of her late husband's brother, King Richard III, that the Lancaster family retook control over the English crown — with the condition that her daughter Elizabeth be made Queen consort.

JASPER TUDOR
The King's uncle is played by Vincent Regan. He is his right hand, his general and brilliant battle commander, utterly loyal to his nephew. He has always been secretly in love with his mother Lady Margaret.

MARGARET PLANTAGENET

Is the queen's cousin played by Rebecca Benson. She is shy and wants to be invisible, but her brother is a York heir and they are both in danger in this Tudor world. She is the queen's close friend as well.

PRINCE RICHARD OF YORK
Played by Patrick Gibson is 'a boy' who appears at court claiming he is Queen Elizabeth's long lost brother Prince Richard of York. He has a very strong claim to the throne and a support among the Yorkists.

PRINCESS CECILY OF YOURK

Elizabeth's younger sister is played by Suki Waterhouse. She always feels she is in a shadow and wants to marry the king herself. Battling for survival and better position she may become a turncoat!

THE DUCHESS OF BURGUNDY
Is played by Joanne Whalley! Aunt to the queen, sister of her dead father and uncle, whom she lost in the War together with her father and husband. She wants peace but the Tudors have taken all she's ever got. She rules her own very fashionable and light court.

EPIC THURSDAY: OFFICIAL POSTER & TRAILER FOR 'WHITE PRINCESS' EPIC TV SERIES! 'THE BEGUILED' 19TH CENTURY THRILLER TRAILER WITH NICOLE KIDMAN, COLIN FARRELL, KIRSTEN DUNST

'WHITE PRINCESS' GETS

OFFICIAL EPIC TV SERIES TRAILER!

Starz has revealed today the first official poster and trailer for their THE WHITE PRINCESS series scheduled for April 16th! The historical drama is told from the perspective of the women waging the ongoing battle for the English throne: Lizzie (Jodie Comer), Lady Margaret Beaufort (Michelle Fairley) and Dowager Queen Elizabeth Woodville (Essie Davis).

The story begins as one of England’s most politically turbulent times, The War of the Roses, is coming to an end. An uneasy peace is achieved when former King Richard III is defeated at the Battle of Bosworth, and the victor, Henry Tudor, future King Henry VII (Jacob Collins Levy), is married to Lizzie, a princess from a rival house and Richard III’s former lover.

'THE BEGUILED' TRAILER

 NICOLE KIDMAN & COLIN FARRELL

Another costume delight for you today is exquisitely atmospheric first trailer and photos from Sofia Coppola's new period set drama THE BEGUILED,  an unusual 19th century set thriller with the ensemble cast lead by Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning and Colin Farrell. To arrive into cinemas at the end of June, the movie is the big screen adaptation of Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name which already had its adaptations.

THE STORY OF THE BEGUILED
is set at a Virginia girls’ school in 1864 during the Civil War, The Miss Martha (Nicole Kidman) Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies, which has been sheltered from the outside world... that is until the day they discover a wounded Union soldier (Colin Farrell) and take it upon themselves to show him some real southern hospitality!  While imprisoned in the Confederate girls' boarding school, the injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.

'WHITE PRINCESS' EPIC TV SERIES LAVISH CAST PHOTOS WITH JODIE COMER, JACOB COLLINS LEVY, MICHELLE FAIRLEY! 'REIGN' EPIC TV SERIES FINAL SEASON TRAILER IS HERE!

'WHITE PRINCESS' EPIC SERIES

 LAVISH CAST PHOTOS ARE HERE!

Tons of costume drama delight today, my spylings, as we have first photos and teasers for upcoming new period set TV shows! A few weeks ago I showed you the first teaser for THE WHITE PRINCESS series, a sequel to The White Queen but this time produced only by Starz without a help from BBC, and today you can feast your eyes on the lavish new cast photo shoot photos from the eight episode saga which will start its rule this April! As the photos show it will obviously have much better costumes than the first season which was largely criticised for historical inaccuracies and lack of any splendour.

YORKS VS TUDORS  
The story begins in the aftermath of the 1485 battle of Bosworth, the final conflict in England's War of the Roses, where Henry Tudor (Jacob Collins Levy) unexpectedly defeated King Richard III to become King Henry VII. Elizabeth of York (Jodie Comer), the niece and former lover of Richard, is forced to marry Henry to unite their warring families, but the two can barely contain their disdain for one another. Newly crowned Queen of England, Elizabeth finds herself torn between loyalty to her blood relatives, placating her husband and his icy mother (Michelle Fairley) and establishing herself as a key player within the court's intricate politics.

PREDOMINANTLY FEMALE CAST

Other stars in the cast include Essie Davis as Elizabeth's mother, previous queen Elizabeth, Joanne Whalley will be Duchesss of Burgundy her aunt, and sister to dead kings Richard III and Edward IV of England, with Michelle Fairley as Margaret Beaufort, the king's mother and the calculating mastermind behind Henry's ascent to the Throne, and Suki Waterhouse as Cecily of York, jealous younger sister to Princess Elizabeth! Amy Manson is going to portray Lady Catherine Gordon, cousin to King James IV of Scotland and the love interest of “The Boy” who claims to be Prince Richard of York, rightful heir to the throne and Elizabeth’s long lost brother played by Patrick Gibson! Andrew Whipp will play Richard Pole, supporter and former soldier of Henry VII, whose marriage to Elizabeth’s cousin Margaret Plantagenet (Rebecca Benson) reinforces the alliance between the Houses of York and Lancaster under Tudor rule. Kenneth Cranham is Bishop Morton and Vincent Regan is Jasper Tudor.

'REIGN' EPIC SERIES

FINAL SEASON TRAILER!

Meanwhile, over at CW all is set for the fourth and final season of their popular historical saga REIGN which will bring Mary Queen of Scots' reign to end starting February 10th! You can check out the first trailer below announcing the ending run which will have 16 episodes following Mary's settling in Scotland, fight with Queen Elizabeth and her new marriages. Adelaide Kane returns as Mary, Queen of Scots, Megan Follows as French queen Catherine de' Medici, Rachel Skarsten as Elizabeth I of England, Charlie Carrick as her lover Robert Dudley, Ben Geurens as Mary's ex lover Gideon Blackburn, Spencer MacPherson as Charles IX of France with Will Kemp arriving as one of Mary's new husbands Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and Adam Croasdell as Bothwell! 

STARZ RELEASES FIRST 'THE WHITE PRINCESS' EPIC TV SERIES TEASER WITH JODIE COMER, JACOB COLLINS LEVY

'WHITE PRINCESS' EPIC SERIES

 FIRST TEASER RELEASED!

After a rather long wait Starz has released the first teaser for their THE WHITE PRINCESS epic series, a sequel to The White Queen that they did with BBC a few years ago. It doesn't reveal much, but it gives you a look on Jodie Comer in the lead role in the adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novel.

YORKS VS TUDORS
To air sometime this year, the eight episodes will be set in the 15th century England ostensibly united by the marriage of Elizabeth of York and King Henry VII (Jacob Collins Levy), but their personal and political rift runs deep and the war that rages between them threatens to tear the kingdom apart once again. THE WHITE PRINCESS brings a tale of power, family, love, betrayal and death, which charts one of the most tumultuous times in British history uniquely from the point of view of the women waging the ongoing battle for the English throne.You can check out who else is in the cast in our previous post on the series!