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BBC Four acquires Witnesses: A Frozen Death, a new French drama starring Spiral’s Audrey Fleurot
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The French series, which also stars Marie Dompnier (The Tunnel), was created by Hervé Hadmar and Marc Herpoux and will air on BBC Four later this year.
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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.