BBC
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Christopher Eccleston cast in new BBC One drama series
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Set and filmed in Northern Ireland, the series is being produced by RED Production Company – makers of Queer as Folk, Our Friends in the North, Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax – and was written by Danny Brocklehust.
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Ben Whishaw joins cast of BBC One and Russell T Davies’ Jeremy Thorpe drama
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The three-part A Very English Scandal is based on the bestselling book by the author and former Arts Editor of the Evening Standard and Sunday Telegraph John Preston.
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BBC Two bags rights to Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
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The follow-up to the Bafta-winning The People Vs O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which aired on BBC Two last year – will be shown by the channel in 2018.
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Sharon Gless to join the cast of BBC One’s Casualty
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Gless, who also starred in the US remake of Queer As Folk, will play Zsa Zsa Harper-Jenkinson, a maestro of surgery and former mentor to the ED’s Dylan Keogh (Will Beck).
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Jodi Whittaker’s new BBC One thriller to air this August
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Cath Hardacre (Whittaker) is a good nurse. Caring and hard-working, she does her best for everyone in the cardiology ward she works on. However, when she raises her concerns about the standards slipping at the hospital her world takes a turn for the worse.
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BBC brings iPlayer live restart to Freesat EPG
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Live restart is ready available on iPlayer versions for browsers, mobile apps and connected TVs but Freesat users will be the first to be able to use feature from the EPG, allowing them to start watching without having to open the iPlayer app first.