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On Tuesday 27 August 2024, BBC One broadcasts Doctors!

Ashes to Ashes Season 24 Episode 230 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Doctors,” titled “Ashes to Ashes,” promises to bring a mix of drama and emotion to BBC One. In this episode, Zara steps up to take control of a challenging situation. Her determination and leadership will be put to the test as she navigates the complexities of her role.

Meanwhile, Graham makes his presence felt in the clinic. His character often adds a layer of tension and intensity, and this episode looks to be no different. Viewers can expect him to shake things up, possibly leading to some unexpected developments for the team.

In a more personal storyline, Sid encounters a woman with a unique way of dealing with grief. This meeting could open up new perspectives on loss and healing, highlighting the different ways people cope with their emotions. Sid’s interaction...

On Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 2:00 Pm, BBC One airs another gripping episode of “Doctors.” Titled “Ashes to Ashes,” Season 24, Episode 230 brings viewers deeper into the lives of Letherbridge’s medical professionals as they navigate both personal and professional challenges.

In this episode, Zara is determined to take control of a situation that seems to be spiraling out of hand. Her strong-willed nature is put to the test as she faces unexpected obstacles that could have significant consequences. Meanwhile, Graham makes his presence felt, hinting at potential conflicts or revelations that may shake up the usual dynamics at the practice.

Adding another layer to the storyline, Sid encounters a woman who has a rather unusual approach to grief. This meeting not only provides a touching moment but also raises questions about how people cope with loss in their own unique ways. As always, “Doctors” blends emotional depth with everyday drama, making...

On Saturday July 6 2024, Oxygen broadcasts Accident, Suicide, or Murder!

Ashes to Ashes Season 5 Episode 8 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Accident, Suicide, or Murder” titled “Ashes to Ashes,” viewers will be on the edge of their seats as a chilling case unfolds. When a man is discovered burned to death in his home workshop, the shocking accusation of murder falls upon his wife. As the investigation delves deeper into the tragic incident, unexpected twists and turns emerge, leaving everyone questioning the truth behind the devastating event.

The gripping storyline takes a surprising turn as the arson investigation takes a new direction, leading the authorities down a path filled with unexpected revelations. Secrets unravel, motives are uncovered, and suspicions run high as the truth slowly unravels in this intense episode. With each clue uncovered, the case becomes more complex, leaving viewers guessing until the very end.

Tune in to witness the...

In the latest episode of Accident, Suicide or Murder, titled “Ashes to Ashes,” a man is found burned to death in his home workshop, leading to an intense investigation. The episode airs on Oxygen on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. The man’s wife is initially charged with murder, but as the arson investigation […]

Accident, Suicide or Murder: Ashes to Ashes...

Get ready for an intense episode of “Accident, Suicide, or Murder” titled “Ashes to Ashes,” airing at 8:00 Pm on Saturday, July 6, 2024, on Oxygen. This gripping true-crime series explores the tragic and mysterious death of a man discovered burned to death in his own home workshop, sparking a complex investigation that challenges initial assumptions.

The episode follows the chilling aftermath as suspicion falls on the victim’s wife, who faces charges of murder in the wake of the devastating incident. However, as investigators delve deeper into the circumstances surrounding the arson, a shift in focus reveals new leads and twists that suggest the truth might be far more elusive than anticipated.

Through expert analysis, forensic examinations, and emotional interviews, “Ashes to Ashes” unravels the layers of this perplexing case, exploring whether the fire was a deliberate act, a tragic accident, or the result of unforeseen circumstances. Viewers are drawn into...

Special effects master and creature creator Stan Winston is best known for making the monsters seen in such hit films as "The Terminator," "Invaders from Mars," "Aliens," "Alien Nation," "Predator," "Jurassic Park," "Congo," and "The Relic." He also provided makeup and other eerie beings for "The Thing," "Starman," "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman Returns," and "The Island of Dr. Moreau." He received an Oscar nomination in 1982 for his work on the robot comedy "Heartbeeps." His monsters indelibly changed genre cinema for decades, and his death in 2008 was an immeasurable loss. 

Winston also directed a few notable projects. He directed the music videos for Guns N' Roses and Michael Jackson. Winston also helmed the amusement parks-only 3-D "Terminator" interquel "T2 3-D: Battle Across Time" in '96. Winston only ever directed two feature films: the very, very, very odd cop-teams-up-with-a-gnome comedy "A Gnome Named Gnorm" in 1990, and the horrifying monster revenge thriller "Pumpkinhead" in 1988. 

"Pumpkinhead,...

Comedian Mike Bubbins co-writes and stars in sitcom Mammoth, which is heading to the BBC: here’s the trailer.

Where Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes created drama from people who went back in time from the present day to the 1970s, Mammoth examines what might happen if someone from the 1970s found themselves in the present day.

Comedian Mike Bubbins co-writes and stars in the sitcom, which comes to BBC Two and iPlayer on 17th April. The BBC have released a trailer, alongside interviews with the cast, which you can find here.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Mammoth is a comedy show about the life of Pe teacher Tony Mammoth. Mammoth is a man literally out of time. In 1979 he was a happy-go-lucky Pe teacher, leading a school skiing trip to the French Alps. Life was good. Right up until an avalanche decided to ruin his day...

The 21st century is when everything changes.

British science fiction has been a lot of things. It was both cheesier and campier than its American counterpart, and yet also darker, grittier, and less afraid to tackle grown-up themes and bleaker outcomes. It had been a joke, and critically acclaimed, and it had all but died off except for some under-the-radar contenders.

And then something major happened: Doctor Who came back. It was always going to happen eventually – just look how many times The Tomorrow People has been remade. But Doctor Who didn’t just come back, it came back and became the biggest show in the country, on purpose.

Suddenly, the people in charge thought that maybe TV shows about ideas, and technology, and realities ahead of and besides our own could draw an audience, only this time they were taking it seriously and spending actual money on it. And...

Hey, "Magnum P.I." fans. We're back in your faces to let you know that you're going to get not one, but two new episodes of Magnum Pi tonight, January 3, 2024. That's right, guys. NBC is going to air the next, new episodes 19 and 20 of Magnum Pi's current season 5 back-to-back tonight. Episode 20 will be the season 5 finale episode. We've some new spoiler scoops for both of these installments. NBC served up an official press release for both of these episodes. So, we will certainly dig into those for this spoiler session, starting with the episode 19 press release. Let's get to it. To start, we've got an official title for episode 19 of Magnum Pi season 5. The writers decided to name this one, "Ashes To Ashes." It sounds like episode 19 will feature some very interesting, intense, scandalous, possible action-filled, suspenseful and emotional scenes as fatal arson tragedy gets investigated. Kumu and Rick do some important work and more.

This Wednesday at 9:00 Pm on NBC, “Magnum P.I.” delivers another gripping episode with Season 5 Episode 19, titled “Ashes to Ashes.” The dynamic duo of Magnum and Higgins takes center stage as they reexamine a fatal arson investigation at the urging of Tc and Mahina. The plot thickens as their investigation leads to a sinister discovery, promising an episode filled with suspense and intrigue.

Meanwhile, Kumu joins forces with Rick in a meaningful subplot, volunteering at a veterans’ crisis call center. This touching side story adds a layer of depth to the episode, exploring themes of service, compassion, and the challenges faced by veterans.

Tune in for an evening of mystery, teamwork, and emotional resonance as “Magnum P.I.” continues to captivate viewers with its compelling storytelling and charismatic characters. “Ashes to Ashes” ensures a well-rounded and engaging episode that keeps fans hooked on the thrilling adventures of Magnum and the team on NBC this Wednesday.

NBC’s Magnum Pi season five episode 20, both the season and series finale, finds Magnum working on a murder case. Episode 20, “The Big Squeeze,” will air on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 10pm Et/Pt, immediately following episode 19.

Jay Hernandez leads the cast as Thomas Magnum, Perdita Weeks is Juliet Higgins, Zachary Knighton stars as Orville ‘Rick’ Wright, Stephen Hill is Theodore ‘Tc’ Calvin, Amy Hill is Kumu, and Tim Kang plays Det. Gordon Katsumoto.

“The Big Squeeze” Plot: After a high-stakes homicide case falls apart at trial, Katsumoto asks Magnum to help him stop a killer from walking free. Higgins helps Jin Jeong with a mystery of his own.

Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum and Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins in ‘Magnum Pi’ season 5 episode 20 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)

The Season 5 Plot, Courtesy of NBC:

Magnum P.I. is a modern take on the classic series centering on Thomas Magnum,...

All good things must end and that includes NBC’s Magnum Pi. The series is coming to a close with a two-hour season/series finale airing on January 3, 2024. Season five episode 19, “Ashes to Ashes,” will air at 9pm Et/Pt. Episode 20, “The Big Squeeze,” follows at 10pm Et/Pt.

Jay Hernandez leads the cast as Thomas Magnum, Perdita Weeks is Juliet Higgins, Zachary Knighton stars as Orville ‘Rick’ Wright, Stephen Hill is Theodore ‘Tc’ Calvin, Amy Hill is Kumu, and Tim Kang plays Det. Gordon Katsumoto.

“Ashes to Ashes” Plot: Magnum and Higgins re-examine a fatal arson investigation at the request of Tc and Mahina, leading to a sinister discovery. Kumu volunteers with Rick at a veterans’ crisis call center.

Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum and Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins in ‘Magnum Pi’ season 5 episode 19 (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)

The Season 5 Plot, Courtesy of NBC:

Magnum P.I.

Magnum P.I. fans, we now know — definitively! — when exactly you will have to say a very sad aloha to Thomas, Juliet et al.

Although a promo that aired this week indicated that Magnum P.I. will return from the holiday break on Jan. 3, 2024 with but a singular episode, TVLine can confirm — double-secret officially! — that the island drama will in fact come to an end that Wednesday night, with a double-episode finale airing 9 to 11 pm Et.

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Studiocanal has named Patrick Schweitzer as CEO of its UK-based It’s a Sin and Years and Years producer Red Production Company. An industry veteran, Schweitzer has worked across high-end television drama for 30 years. Prior to joining Red, he spent five years at Tall Story Pictures and executive produced such series as ITV’S Grace, Redemption, Bancroft season 2 and The Bay.

Previously, Schweitzer was producer in development on Sky’s Gangs of London, having also produced Sky’s Save Me, the BBC’s Ssgb, The Interceptor, Doctor Who and the final season of ITV’s Whitechapel.

Other credits include working as a location manager, then line producer. He was involved in launching such returning TV series as Ashes to Ashes, Spooks, Hustle, The Hour, Blackpool and Call the Midwife.

On Red’s upcoming slate is Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys in co-production with Endor for delivery to Prime Video...

Life on Mars will not have another sequel series after all. The creators of the UK series have announced that the planned spin-off, titled Lazarus, will not be happening, per Deadline.

The original Life on Mars series aired for two seasons on BBC One between 2006 and 2007. Starring John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews, and Marshall Lancaster, the sci-fi series follows a cop (Simm) from 2006 who finds himself thrown back in time to 1970s Manchester.

A spin-off series titled Ashes to Ashes, featuring Keeley Hawes as a police officer who is shot in 2008 and wakes up in 1981, ran for three seasons in the UK. ABC ran its own version of Life on Mars starring Jason O'Mara and Harvey Keitel. It was cancelled after one season but viewers still...

There’s an elite tier of TV dramas that stay with you, vividly, for decades after they air, and seventies-set sci-fi crime drama Life on Mars was the perfect example. So fervent was the show’s fanbase, that even 15 years after it aired – introducing us to detective Sam Tyler (Grace’s John Simm), who has a car crash in 2006 and wakes up mysteriously trapped in 1973 – the news of a planned revival during a lockdown live tweet-along in 2020 was enthusiastically received.

This revival was later fittingly dubbed Lazarus – once again named after a David Bowie song, like Life on Mars and its sequel Ashes to Ashes – but we’ve now received the sad confirmation from the show’s creators that the reboot won’t be going ahead after all:

It is with a heavy heart that the creators of #LifeOnMars have confirmed that the highly anticipated revival show, #Lazarus, will no longer be moving forward.

Life on Mars was one of the UK’s most popular dramas when it aired a decade and a half ago, and its many fans were geared up for the highly anticipated revival show Lazarus.

However, the show’s creators Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah have announced this will no longer be happening. The team took to social media on Saturday to report to fans:

It is with a heavy heart that the creators of #LifeOnMars have confirmed that the highly anticipated revival show, #Lazarus, will no longer be moving forward.

Many thanks to Matthew Graham & Ashley Pharoah for these past 3 years in your efforts to reunite Sam Tyler & Gene Hunt...

In 1973, the killer of Welsh teenagers Sandra Newton, Pauline Flynn and Gwendoline Hughes was not caught, despite a high-profile and widespread investigation by South Wales Police. The girls’ families spent the next three decades not knowing who was responsible for brutally taking the lives of their loved ones, or whether he still lived alongside them in the local Neath and Port Talbot communities.

In 2002, a development in forensics changed everything. The cold case was reopened with much pared-down resources, and crime scene DNA was successfully used to identify Wales’ first recorded serial killer. Steeltown Murders is the story of the loss, guilt and suspicion that followed the 1970s murders, and of the perseverance of the officers who were eventually able to provide the victims’ families with the answers they’d been denied years before.

Here are the actors making up the cast behind Steeltown Murders‘ dramatisation of real-life figures and events.

From Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga, many musicians have tried their hand at acting. David Bowie was no exception. Known for his iconic music career, Bowie was also a talented actor who left his mark on both the big and small screens. As it turns out, the “Ashes to Ashes” singer’s love forThe Office U.K. opened the door for him to take on a guest role on a different TV show.

David Bowie appeared on an episode of Ricky Gervais’ Hollywood satire ‘Extras’ David Bowie | Theo Wargo/WireImage

Extras was a comedy television series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The show follows the life of Andy Millman, played by Gervais, a struggling actor who works as an extra in various film and television productions. In 2006, Bowie appeared as himself on an episode of Extras, delivering one of his most memorable television appearances.

In the scene, Gervais’ character,...

This list applies to UK streaming services

When I find myself in times of trouble/Streaming channels come to me/Speaking words of wisdom/ Watch TV/Watch TV-eeee/Watch TV-eeee/There will be an answer: watch TV (repeat to fade).

Go on, do it, it’s good advice – we all need a bit of escapism now and then. All of the below are British dramas currently available on UK streaming services, some free-to-air, some subscriber-only, some short, some long, some old favourites and some new arrivals, all in pleasing alphabetical order.

We’ll keep this list updated as new series are added and taken away. If you’ve children to entertain, then here’s our list of the top kids’ shows currently available on UK streaming services, and if you’re in need of a laugh, here’s our collection of the best British comedy TV shows. Sorted.

A Discovery of Witches...

Five years after the release of David Bowie’s first masterpiece, Hunky Dory — which replaced the perception of Bowie as a one-hit space oddity with the idea Bowie as an ever-ch-ch-changing moon-age messiah — he offered up some characteristic mythmaking. In a 1976 Melody Maker interview, Bowie claimed Hunky Dory‘s “Song for Bob Dylan,” a piss-take extraordinaire that Bowie had shrugged off by saying it was how “some” people saw Dylan, in fact, “laid out what I wanted to do in rock.” “It was at that period that I said, ‘Ok,...

Brett Morgen’s “Moonage Daydream,” a freewheeling documentary about David Bowie, doesn’t offer a chronology of the life of the late pop icon. Rather it provides a fever dream of sound and vision, with songs torn apart, reimagined and reassembled in ways that reflect its subject’s chameleonic music and art.

The doc, out now in IMAX theaters, was a labor of love for Morgen that took four years to assemble and edit. It was another 18 months constructing the ambitious soundtrack, which required the talents of the Oscar-winning “Bohemian Rhapsody” team of Ventura, Calif.-based rerecording mixer Paul Massey (with David Giammarco); London-based supervising sound and music editor John Warhurst and supervising sound editor Nina Hartstone; and Dolby Atmos Music Studios.

Veteran mixer Massey recommended Warhurst and Hartstone to Morgen. “We know instinctively what each other is about to do,” Massey explains.

One of the challenges for Massey was...

As much as the original "Orphan Black" series relied on the multifaceted talent of star Tatiana Maslany, the series was never just a one-woman show. While the current "She-Hulk" actor was doing her thing and embodying multiple different characters with widely divergent personalities, she was assisted by a strong supporting cast made up of the likes of Jordan Gavaris' Felix and especially Maria Doyle Kennedy's mother figure, Siobhan. The previously announced spinoff series, titled "Orphan Black: Echoes," appears to be taking this to heart and is off to a strong start with its newest casting.

Deadline reports that British actor Keeley Hawes, known for her performances in the 2018 miniseries "Bodyguard" as well as "Line of Duty," has joined the cast of "Echoes" in a co-lead capacity opposite Krysten Ritter. Although plot details remain under tight wraps, the report indicates that her character will be "a perceptive but sensitive scientist...

Ahead of the release of the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream, details of the film’s soundtrack have been revealed, with the companion collection boasting unreleased live versions, album cuts, interview excerpts, orchestral performances, and film-specific remixes of classic Bowie tracks.

As a preview of the soundtrack’s exclusive “Moonage Daydream” mixes, the Bowie estate shared the version of “Modern Love” that features in director Brett Morgen’s doc:

“This version is a unique mix starting with the isolated piano motif from the track, building up into the chorus before...

Apple TV+ has given an eight-episode series order to a one-hour drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel The Buccaneers, with Kristine Froseth (The Assistant), Alisha Boe (When You Finish Saving The World), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell), Aubri Ibrag (Dive Club), Imogen Waterhouse (The Outpost) and Mia Threapleton (Shadows) cast as the buccaneers.

Written by series creator Katherine Jakeways and directed by BAFTA winner Susanna White, the as-yet untitled series is currently in production in Scotland.

The official logline: Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition.

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Ziggy might not have played board games, but now David Bowie fans have their very own edition dedicated to the rock and roll legend himself with Monopoly’s latest release.

The Monopoly: David Bowie board game celebrates the Thin White Duke, just in time for the 50th anniversary of the icon’s classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.

And if you...

Tony Walton, one of the most prolific, honored and celebrated designers of sets and costumes on Broadway and in Hollywood, died yesterday from complications of a stroke. He was 87.

His death was announced on Facebook by stepdaughter Bridget LeRoy, who wrote, “A fond and loving farewell to the most fabulous stepdad and human being in the world. Love you forever, Tony Walton. Have a great trip.”

A three-time Tony Award winner for set, and an Oscar winner for the art and set decoration of 1980’s All That Jazz, Walton was among the most prolific designers of his generation. Among his 20 film credits are the 1964 Disney classic Mary Poppins, The Wiz, Murder on the Orient Express, Fahrenheit 451, The Boy Friend, All That Jazz, Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, Regarding Henry, and Deathtrap.

Broadway credits include Chicago, Grand Hotel, The Real Thing,...

Chicago – As a TV and Movie Star, Sally Kellerman may not be a household name, but as an influencer in the “New American Cinema” of the 1970s she was everywhere. In addition, her TV appearances in the 1960s featured a variety of roles in many of the iconic series of the era, including the original “Star Trek.” She’s probably best known for her movie role as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in ‘Mash’ (1970), for which she scored an Oscar nomination. Kellerman died on February 24th, 2022, at age 84.

Sally Claire Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California, and attended Hollywood High School, where her singing voice got noticed by Verve Records … but at the time she was too shy to take the offer. She took on acting classes from noted instructor Jeff Corey in Los Angeles, with classmates like Jack Nicholson and Dean Stockwell. Her first film role was in...

David Bowie’s catalog has been acquired by Warner Chappell Music, extending a recent string of high-profile music rights deals.

Financial terms were not officially disclosed, but press reports pegged the value at more than $250 million. The rise of streaming as an economic engine, along with the mushrooming array of content into which music can be incorporated, has pushed catalog prices higher. Recent deals have been sewn up by Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and the estate of James Brown, among many other artists.

This agreement follows one reached last year between Warner Music Group (parent of Warner Chappell) and the Bowie estate. Under that 2021 deal, Warner Music has licensed worldwide rights to Bowie’s recorded music catalog from 1968.

The global rights deal covers the entire body of work of Bowie, who died of liver cancer in 2016. The catalog includes songs like “Space Oddity,” “Changes,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Starman,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Fame,...

Gaumont U.K. has swooped on rights for Greg Buchanan’s debut literary thriller “Sixteen Horses” after a bidding war, and will develop the novel as a drama series.

The studio pursued the book for two years after being snared by the first chapter in 2018. “Sixteen Horses” is published by Mantle Books/Pan Macmillan and set for release in the U.K. on April 29 and July 20 in the U.S. via Flatiron Books. It is already generating buzz, having been picked as one of the literary titles to be covered in BBC Two’s next series of “Between The Covers.”

“Sixteen Horses” is set in a small British seaside community the rest of the world has left behind. Following the discovery of sixteen horses’ heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun, the local police detective and forensic veterinarian soon uncover evidence of...

Legendary Entertainment has teamed with veteran TV writers/showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, The White Queen, The Spanish Princess, Doctor Who, The Man In The High Castle) on new U.K. joint venture Watford & Essex.

The drama production company, to be based in Bristol, England with Frost and Graham serving as joint CEOs and Christine Healy joining from New Pictures as COO, already has a slate of 10 projects in development.

Its projects include:

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea – a futuristic underwater adventure series based upon the classic Irwin Allen television series from the 1960’s. Developed and ...

Legendary Entertainment has teamed with veteran TV writers/showrunners Emma Frost and Matthew Graham (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, The White Queen, The Spanish Princess, Doctor Who, The Man In The High Castle) on new U.K. joint venture Watford & Essex.

The drama production company, to be based in Bristol, England with Frost and Graham serving as joint CEOs and Christine Healy joining from New Pictures as COO, already has a slate of 10 projects in development.

Its projects include:

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea – a futuristic underwater adventure series based upon the classic Irwin Allen television series from the 1960’s. Developed and ...

The first look image of the upcoming series ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ starring David Tennant has been unveiled.

Tennant fronts the hour-long 8 episode drama that follows an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to report on this extraordinary story.

Joining Tennant to complete the valiant trio are rising French star, Ibrahim Koma, who takes on the role of the mercurial Passepartout; an irrepressible chancer who falls into the role of Fogg’s ‘valet’, little knowing it will change his life forever; and Leonie Benesch playing Abigail Fix, the young journalist determined to make her mark in a man’s world and emerge from the long shadow of her British establishment father.

Released Wednesday 16th September at Festival de la Fiction de la Rochelle – Paris, France.

We're back with another round of Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have release details for Before the Fire and Nothing but the Blood, the trailer for Game of Death, details on the Dracula 2000 soundtrack release, and more:

Before The Fire Release Details: "Dark Sky Films is proud to announce that the pandemic thriller Before The Fire will be available in virtual cinemas and on digital platforms/VOD on August 14th."

Synopsis - "As a global pandemic engulfs Los Angeles, rising TV star Ava Boone (SAG Award nominee Jenna Lyng Adams) is forced to flee the mounting chaos and return to her rural hometown. As she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past - threatening both her and the family that serves as her only sanctuary.

Brimming with tension and paranoia, and featuring a tough-as-nails performance from its lead actress,...

Exclusive: Asa Butterfield should have been shooting Season 3 of Sex Education when he sat down with Deadline last month, but like so many other things, the Netflix hit series has been put on ice by coronavirus. His loss was our gain.

Netflix has a hopeful August shoot date, but in the meantime, London-based Butterfield has been occupying himself reading scripts, building a videogame, devouring Mad Men, and writing his first TV script. Perhaps it’s no surprise that a man who has been busy all of his life has remained productive during lockdown.

Butterfield has been on our screens since he was eight years old, starting out on British TV shows like Ashes To Ashes, he soon found himself leading two features in the shape of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. Since then, he has worked with the likes of Harrison Ford on Ender’s Game...

Producer Gareth Neame and writer Julian Fellowes struck Emmy gold with their last collaboration, “Downton Abbey.” That historical drama ran for six seasons and spawned a hit movie in 2019. The pair have reunited for “Belgravia,” a limited series based on Fellowes’ serialized novel of the same name that is airing on Epix.

Neame, who is the managing director of the production company Carnival Films, was delighted to get the chance to work again with Fellowes. But unlike “Downton Abbey,” where he had the idea and approached the Oscar-winning screenwriter (“Gosford Park), it was Fellowes who came up with this story. “Julian said I won’t show it to anyone else until you’ve read the book. It is a fun, accessible read with brilliantly drawn characters. It is dramatically different from ‘Downton’ but it has the comedy of manners and social observation that Julian does so brilliantly.”

While “Downton Abbey...

Fresh from the success of the “Downton Abbey” film, Oscar and Emmy winner Julian Fellowes returns with “Belgravia,” a new limited series on Epix that he’s adapted from his 2016 best-selling novel. Set in the well-heeled London neighborhood in the 1840s, the story chronicles the lives of the aristocratic Bellasise family and the upwardly mobile Trenchards.

Epix is rolling out this six-parter weekly with a new episode debuting every Sunday night. But Emmy voters don’t have to wait to see how the story unfolds – they can visit the Epix Fyc site to watch all six episodes now. “Belgravia” was directed by two-time BAFTA nominee John Alexander. With just one helmer for all the episodes, “Belgravia” has the feel of a film. That feeling is underscored by composer John Lunn, who won two Emmys for his work on “Downton Abbey.”

Period pieces like “Belgravia,” with their lavish attention to detail,...

Back in February (remember February? Pubs and high streets and butterflying blithely in and out of shops and cafes as carefree as a 19th century Parisian flaneur? I digress), Den of Geek ran an interview with Life on Mars co-creator Matthew Graham.

Speaking with us to mark the forthcoming tenth anniversary of the Ashes to Ashes finale, Graham revisited his and Ashley Pharoah’s cult BBC sci-fi crime shows, and bemoaned the lack of a proper ending for John Simm’s character Di Sam Tyler.

“We never got to tie up John,” said Graham, referencing John Simm’s premature exit from the role after two series.

A revival idea however, that would give Di Sam Tyler a final exit and close the Life on Mars door for good, was in the works.

During a Twitter watch-along of Life on Mars’ first episode by Graham and Pharoah held last night at...

Fresh from the success of the “Downton Abbey” film, Oscar and Emmy winner Julian Fellowes returns with “Belgravia,” a new limited series on Epix that he’s adapted from his 2016 best-selling novel. Watch the teaser trailer above for a taste of the fun to come in 2020.

Set in the well-heeled London neighborhood in the 1840s, the story chronicles the lives of the aristocratic Bellasise family and the upwardly mobile Trenchards. The plot pivots on one eventful night a quarter-century prior when, on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, British society gathered in Brussels for the Duchess of Richmond’s ball (Thackeray set the climax of his classic novel “Vanity Fair” there as well.)

For Sophia Trenchard (Emily Reid), daughter of the chief supplier to the British Army, this one night changes her destiny. Her fate becomes intertwined with that of the Bellasise brood, much as Matthew’s did with the Crawley clan in “Downton.

Debra Richards.

Newly-anointed Netflix director production policy for the Apac region Debra Richards will be joining New Zealand’s Spada (Screen Production and Development Association of New Zealand) conference in November.

Spada 2019 will be held at Auckland’s Aotea Centre across November 20-21 and will be officially opened by New Zealand’s Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media, the Hon Kris Faafoiand.

Richards, a veteran of the Australian screen industry will bring her 30 year experience working with Ausfilm, Astra and the ABC to the conference. The event will mark the former Ausfilm CEO’s first public New Zealand address since joining Netflix in early September.

Special international speaker Simon Crawford Collins, the founder of UK drama production house Slim Film & TV will also take stage, joining the international guest speaker list led by headliner, Orange is the New Black showrunner Jenji Kohan.

Slim Film & TV is currently working with...

Jenny Hval explores the meaning of motherhood in the surreal new video for “Accident.” The track is the third single off Hval’s upcoming LP The Practice of Love, out September 13th via Sacred Bones Records.

Directed by Hval’s longtime collaborator Zia Anger, the video stars Anger’s mother Barbara acting out the lyrics to the song. “Once she was a mystery of life,” Hval sings. “Now she is skyping with her friend/They are both childless/It rings a hollow tone: childless…she found stretch mark cream in an Airbnb bathroom.

The current season of The 100 wouldn't be as memorable if it wasn't for a character like Josephine Lightbourne, hallowed be her name, defining it.

The twist though came from all the different takes that the audience got on the character, with multiple actors taking on that role.

But it was the original scene-stealing actress, Sara Thompson, who first introduced the ruthless and fascinating Josephine that would inflict total chaos on our favorite female lead.

Sara managed to intrigue us with a simple flashback, and from then on we got the privilege of seeing her grace our screens in a unique portrayal of Josephine in her shared mind-space with Clarke Griffin.

And while Josephine was killed by the joint effort of Clarke and Bellamy (and Gabriel) during The 100 Season 6 Episode 10, her legacy still likes on and so does the hope that we will see her again.

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Norwegian avant-pop artist Jenny Hval released a new song on Wednesday, titled “Ashes to Ashes.” It is the lead single off her upcoming seventh studio album, The Practice of Love, due out September 13th on Sacred Bones Records.

In comparison to its sinister 2016 precursor, Blood Bitch — fantastical thesis on vampires and menstruation — The Practice of Love sees Hval take a quiet cruise through the rugged landscape of her interior world, where she reconciles dreams of love and intimacy with her corporeal reality. In “Ashes to Ashes,” Hval pairs a straightforward,...

Happy birthday to Stevie Nicks’ best song ever, “Ooh My Love.” It’s a buried treasure in her legendary career — never a hit, not even a single. She’s never sung it live. Just a deep cut from her most tragically underrated solo album, The Other Side of the Mirror, released 30 years ago, in the last days of May 1989. The album fell through the cracks — nobody was really checking for solo Stevie in the late Eighties. But it’s prized by hardcore Stevie freaks, especially “Ooh My Love.” For some of us,...

(L-r) Ashley Pharoah, Ahmed Sylla and Simon Crawford Collins.

The Seven Network and three European public broadcasters have commissioned a big budgeted, eight-part re-imagining of the Jules Verne classic Around the World in 80 Days.

A co-production between Seven West Media’s London-based Slim Film + Television and Paris-based Federation Entertainment, the series will be filmed around the world, budgeted at about €3 million ($4.7 million) per episode.

A leading British actor yet to be announced will play Phileas Fogg, a rich but solitary gentleman who sets off in 1872 to circumnavigate the world in 80 days to win a £20,000 bet with fellow members of the Reform Club.

French actor Ahmed Sylla will play Passepartout, his valet who accompanies him on the adventure of a lifetime. The lead female role, newspaper reporter Abigail Fix, who joins the travellers in an attempt to make her mark in a man’s world and to emerge from...

The eagerly-anticipated fifth season of hit British crime drama “Line of Duty” will bow on the Acorn TV streaming service in the U.S. The cop series was created by Jed Mercurio and is produced by World Productions – the same team behind the recent U.K. smash ratings hit “Bodyguard,” which is now on Netflix in the U.S. and international markets.

“Line of Duty” has previously premiered on Hulu in the U.S., but Acorn TV has snagged the rights to launch the new season. It also has the first 3 seasons of the show on its streaming platform and will add season 4 on Nov. 26. The 6-episode fifth season is currently in production in the U.K. It will bow on Acorn TV in 2019 and likely go out a day after the U.K. transmission on the BBC.

Each season of “Line of Duty” follows a new case for the...

David Bowie’s legendary headlining set at Glastonbury 2000 will be released in full for the first time November 30th via Parlophone Records, BBC Studios and Glastonbury Festivals.

The box set will feature an audio version of the full 21-song setlist and a film of the entire show. Previously, only 30 minutes of Bowie’s performance had ever been aired on broadcast television. Bowie’s Glastonbury set notably includes a rendition of “‘Heroes'” that was featured prominently in the acclaimed exhibit, “David Bowie Is…”

The Glastonbury box set will also include...

David Bowie‘s mid-Eighties career will be explored in the new box set Loving the Alien (1983-1988), a massive collection that gathers the late icon’s albums, live LPs and more from the era.

The 11-cd or 15-lp Loving the Alien, due out October 12th, features three Bowie studio albums – 1983’s Let’s Dance, 1984’s Tonight and 1987’s Never Let Me Down – alongside a pair of first-time-on-vinyl live albums – Serious Moonlight (Live ’83) and Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) – and the newly assembled compilation Dance, which collects 12 contemporaneous remixes from the era.

Channel 4 is looking for a new drama chief after Beth Willis joined British production company The Forge.

Willis is to become a partner at the company, which produces series such as National Treasure and Kiri. Willis, who became Head of Drama at the UK network in June 2016 following the departure of Piers Wenger to the BBC, was responsible for commissioning National Treasure and Kiri as well as Netflix co-pro The End of the Fxxking World and soap Ackley Bridge.

Prior to joining Channel 4, Willis worked at the BBC as co-executive producer on the re-launch of Doctor Who and also worked with Jane Featherstone at Kudos, producing the first two series of Ashes to Ashes for the BBC.

Willis said, “The last six years at Channel 4 have truly been a privilege – I will miss the people and culture enormously – it’s a very special place. But when George Faber asked...