Whitechapel returns for a second series

ITV has recommissioned the Rupert Penry-Jones drama Whitechapel for a second, three-part run. The second series deals looks at the brutality of the Krays and the the faded glamour of the East End during their reign.

Spall to star as The Fattest Man in Britain

Timothy Spall is to star as Georgie Godwin, The Fattest Man in Britain, in a new one-off ITV comedy drama which also stars Bobby Ball as his agent and sidekick, responsible for making sure George retains his title.
It’s 23 years since Georgie left his house and he relies on Morris and neighbour Janice (Frances Barber) [...]

The Elgin Marbles, they’re incomplete so not really worth anything…

One of my guilty TV pleasure’s is ITV’s Dickinson’s Real Deal, a sort of Antiques Roadshow meets Cash in the Attic where members of the pubic queue up to sell their family heirlooms for a few quid to dealers or, in the case of the wary and greedy, in a local auction.

Wild at Heart returns for 5th series

ITV has confirmed that Wild at Heart, which stars Stephen Tompkinson as a vet working in South Africa, is to return for a fifth series. The series, on which Tompkinson also serves as co-executive producer, has been recommissioned for a further ten episodes after this year’s series averaged nearly eight million viewers.

Identity – ITV announces new six-part crime drama

Aidan Gillen and Keeley Hawes play police officers heading up an elite unit formed to combat the explosion of identity-related crime in Identity, a new six part ITV drama currently filming in London.

Freeman stars in body-swap drama

Martin Freeman stars as Danny Reed who wakes up after an accident to find he’s a gorgeous woman in her early 30s in Boy Meets Girl, a new 4 part drama from ITV which airs next month.

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