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Star City, the upcoming Soviet-era spin-off set in the universe of For All Mankind, is almost finished filming — and co-creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi say the end is finally in sight. The cast of the series includes Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey, Alice Englert, Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, and Priya Kansara.

“We’re very close to the end of the production process and getting into the editing and visual effects,” Wolpert told Collider's Steve Weintraub in an exclusive Sdcc interview. When pressed about a possible release window, Nedivi added, “It’ll be next year, for sure.”

That lines up with current expectations for the Star City rollout, which seems on track for late 2026. “It’s sort of in that ballpark probably,” Wolpert said. “That could be 12 months, could be 18. So, it's just a question of where it fits.”

Filming took place in Lithuania,...

In an era where television often serves as a comforting escape, Unforgivable arrives like a bucket of ice water to the face. If you were looking for a feel-good binge, you’ve made a spectacularly wrong turn. This is a story that begins after the bomb has already gone off.

We are dropped into a working-class Liverpool family shattered from within by a sexual abuse crime. The story sidesteps the act itself to focus entirely on its toxic, sprawling aftermath. At the center is Anna, a mother played by Anna Friel with the brittle energy of someone running on pure rage.

Her son, Tom, has retreated into a fortress of silence following the abuse. And the cause of it all, Anna’s brother Joe, is about to be released from prison. His return isn’t just a plot point; it’s a lit fuse brought back to a house full of gunpowder.

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Ballard is a police procedural crime drama series developed by Michael Alaimo and Kendall Sherwood. Based on Michael Connelly‘s Renée Ballard novel series, the Prime Video series serves as a spin-off to Amazon Freevee’s Bosch: Legacy series. It follows LAPD Detective Renée Ballard as she is put in charge of a cold case unit and discovers an unsolved serial killer case. Ballard stars Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor, Michael Mosley, Rebecca Field, Victoria Moroles, Amy Hill, and John Carroll Lynch. So, if you loved the investigative drama, complex mystery, and compelling characters in Ballard, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Dept Q. is a Scottish crime thriller drama series developed by Scott Frank and Chandni Lakhani. Based on the Department Q book series by author Jussi Adler-Olsen, the Netflix series follows Carl Mørck,...

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The Sandman is a fantasy drama series developed by Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg. Based on the comic book of the same name by Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg, the Netflix series follows Lord Morpheus, aka Dream, one of the Endless and the ruler of the Dreaming, who returns to his kingdom after a century of captivity and tries to rebuild it. The Sandman stars Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Vivienne Acheampong, and Patton Oswalt. So, if you loved the immersive fantasy world, adventurous story, and compelling characters in The Sandman, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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American Gods is a fantasy drama series co-created by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green. Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman, the Starz series follows Shadow,...

Fans of British crime dramas, there's another upcoming project you'll want to add to your watch list. Another in a long line of BBC crime series, the upcoming Unforgivable, set to debut on BBC Two and iPlayer later this year, is ready to explore another pressing topic as it explores how grooming and sexual abuse affect not just the victim but the lives of their family as well. Ahead of the show's release, first-look images of a selection of the cast have been released via Radio Times and are available below.

The series is the next project from Jimmy McGovern, best known for penning the huge global hit Time, which starred Game of Thrones' Sean Bean in its first season, and The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey in its second. The series boasts a cast of eye-catching performers, led by Marcella's Anna Friel, Line of Duty's Anna Maxwell Martin,...

Liverpool’s BBC Two schedule gained fresh momentum yesterday when the corporation unveiled first-look images from Unforgivable, a 90-minute drama written by Jimmy McGovern and fronted by Anna Friel and Anna Maxwell Martin.

Shot last summer amid Liverpool’s terraced streets and the lunar-like quarries of the Wirral, the film follows the Mitchell family as they navigate the fallout from abuse perpetrated by son Joe, newly released from prison and played by Bobby Schofield. Director Julia Ford frames Joe’s uneasy rehabilitation at St Maura’s halfway house while ex-nun Katherine (Maxwell Martin) guides him through therapy sessions that force the family to confront long-buried guilt.

McGovern developed the screenplay after consulting Merseyside support charities, aiming to dramatise “the ripple effect of grooming on every person in the room,” according to producer Donna Molloy of LA Productions.

Executive producer Colin McKeown called the subject matter “profoundly challenging but urgently necessary...

First Look At Anna Maxwell-Martin In Jimmy McGovern’s ‘Unforgivable’

Here’s a first look at prolific British scribe Jimmy McGovern’s latest BBC sexual abuse drama, Unforgivable. The images, more of which can be seen below, show Emmy winner Anna Friel (Marcella), Bobby Schofield (Time), Anna Maxwell-Martin (Motherland), David Threlfall (Shameless) and Austin Haynes (Adolescence) in character. The show, filmed and set in Liverpool, follows Schofield’s Joe, who arrives at an institution offering him a home and rehab after he finishes a prison sentence. He begins therapy sessions with ex-nun Katherine (Maxwell-Martin), while his sister, Anna (Friel), deals with the enormous impact his crime has had on her family. Time and Cracker writer McGovern wrote the scripts, with LA Productions producing the BBC Two and BBC iPlayer drama. Julia Ford is the director and Donna Molloy the producer. McGovern and Colin McKeown from LA Productions are exec...

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Bosch is a police procedural detective crime thriller drama series developed by Eric Overmyer. Based on the Harry Bosch novel series by Michael Connelly, the Prime Video series is set in Los Angeles and it follows Harry Bosch, a former Army Special Forces operator turned LAPD homicide detective as he investigates dangerous criminals to keep the people of his city safe. Bosch stars Titus Welliver, Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Lance Reddick, Annie Wersching, Sarah Chalke, Jason Gedrick, Madison Lintz, Jeri Ryan, Bren Sexton, Mimi Rogers, and Paul Calderón. So, if you loved the thrilling mysteries, intense story, and compelling characters in Bosch, here are some similarly thrilling shows you should check out next.

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Bosch: Legacy is a police procedural crime thriller drama series developed by Michael Connelly, Tom Bernardo, and Eric Overmyer.

Everyone loves a good whodunnit. After all, these types of murder mysteries have been all the rage since the mainstream popularity of the detective mystery genre in the 1900s, where the term was first used in a 1930 novel review. Genre authors like Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton, and Nicholas Blake (among many others) helped establish the conventional traits of a whodunnit, such as the clever placement of red herrings and the use of specific settings (like an island or mansion) to heighten the stakes.

Christie's oeuvre is a special one, and her whodunnit mysteries hold value and appeal to this day; one only has to look at the string of Kenneth Branagh-helmed adaptations, including the fairly recent "A Haunting in Venice," to see that adaptations are still being made. An astute fictional detective like Hercule Poirot makes for an intriguing addition to a case that's tough to crack, as he...

Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee is set to direct an adaptation of Keith Gessen’s novel “A Terrible Country,” marking his English-language debut and first British film.

Shubham Saraf will star in the lead role, with Jonathan Reiman producing through his Fast Forward International banner. Dhruv Sehgal, writer-creator of Netflix’s “Little Things,” will co-write the screenplay with Banerjee.

The India-based adaptation follows a failing British-Indian academic who relocates from London to Delhi to care for his ailing grandmother. Through navigating family demands, ideology and desire, he discovers the true cost of idealism in a country he doesn’t fully understand.

Banerjee, whose credits include “Shanghai” (which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival), “Bombay Talkies” (Cannes premiere) the festival favorite “LSD,” and International Emmy-nominated “Lust Stories,” most recently released “LSD2” on Netflix. His film “Tees” awaits release.

Saraf recently wrapped filming on the “Cliffhanger” reboot opposite Pierce Brosnan, Lily James and Franz Rogowski,...

Mr Loverman and Mr Bates vs the Post Office were key winners at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards, which were handed out in London on Sunday evening. Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer, which had led the nominations with eight, followed by Disney+ series Rivals, AppleTV+ hit Slow Horses and ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office with six each, earned one honor on Sunday.

Other shows earning trophies include The Traitors, Industry, Gavin & Stacey: The Finale, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light and Shrinking.xxx

In the performance categories, 21 of the 44 nominees had received their first BAFTA TV Awards nomination, including Nicola Coughlan (Big Mood), Bilal Hasna (Extraordinary), Christopher Chung and Jonathan Pryce (Slow Horses), Jessica Gunning, Richard Gadd and Nava Mau (Baby Reindeer), Lolly Adefope (The Franchise), Marisa Abela (Industry), Mckinley Belcher III (Eric), Nabhaan Rizwan (Kaos) and Ariyon Bakare and Sharon D Clarke (Mr Loverman).

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With awards season all but done and dusted, Oscars. Golden Globes, SAGs, and BAFTAs all having been dutifully doled out over the past few months, this evening saw the BAFTA TV Awards 2025 — hosted by Avengers: Doomsday's Alan Cumming and held at London's Royal Festival Hall — take centre stage for a night of red carpet walking and shiny statue giving. And during a telecast in which the two most nominated shows — Netflix stalker thriller Baby Reindeer and ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office — took home one award apiece, the likes of Mr Loverman, Shōgun, and Blue Lights all scored big wins in major categories.

On the night, Baby Reindeer's sole win saw Jessica Gunning's turn as Richard Gadd's crazed stalker Martha recognised in the Supporting Actress race, while Mr Bates Vs Post Office, which was elsewhere nominated in both Lead acting categories, took home the coveted accolade for Limited Drama.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Mr Loverman were the big victors at the BAFTA TV Awards, meaning Baby Reindeer did not continue its dominant winning streak.

Hosted by The Traitors star Alan Cumming, the BAFTA ceremony took place in sparkling spring sunshine on the banks of the River Thames at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

The prizes were fairly evenly shared, but perhaps unsurprisingly, it was a notable night for Mr Bates vs The Post Office, the ITV series that dominated the UK ratings last year and fuelled a national conversation about injustices faced by innocent British postmasters, who were convicted of theft, fraud, and false accounting.

The series won Best Limited Drama, beating Baby Reindeer, which has been a darling of the awards season after cleaning up at the Emmys and Golden Globes. Jessica Gunning did, however, take home the prize for Best Supporting Actress for Baby Reindeer,...

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented its 2025 TV Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London, with a wide spectrum of talent recognized across drama, comedy, factual, and children’s programming. Hosted by Alan Cumming, the event was broadcast on BBC One domestically and streamed on BritBox in the United States, continuing the Academy’s emphasis on broad accessibility for international audiences.

This year’s selections showcased both returning series and first-time contenders. Several winners have already seen cultural ripple effects across the UK media landscape. ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office stood out not only for winning Limited Drama but also for earning the Special Award, recognizing ITV’s role in commissioning a project that helped catalyze national discussion. Based on a real-life miscarriage of justice, the series dramatized the experiences of sub-postmasters wrongly accused of theft and fraud, spurring public and political attention.

The full list of 2025 BAFTA TV Awards winners is in!

This year’s ceremony celebrating all things television was held at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (May 11) in London, England.

BAFTA previously announced that ITV won the Special Award for commissioning Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Kirsty Wark, the former BBC Newsnight presenter, won the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy’s top accolade.

The BAFTA TV Awards were hosted by Alan Cumming, who currently hosts The Traitors on Peacock.

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2025 BAFTA TV Awards

Drama Series

Blue Lights (BBC) - Winner

Sherwood (BBC)

Supacell (Netflix)

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC)

Limited Drama

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Lost Boys and Fairies (BBC One)

Mr Bates vs the Post Office (ITV) - Winner

One Day (Netflix)

International

After The Party (Channel 4...

Mr Bates vs. the Post Office pulled off a victory over Netflix's Emmy-winning Baby Reindeer at the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday. The ITV drama that dominated U.K. ratings last year tells the story of hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses who were wrongly accused of theft, fraud, and false accounting due to a defective It system.

However, it wasn't all bad news for Baby Reindeer. Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award winner Jessica Gunning continued her impressive awards streak, scoring Best Supporting Actress, and bringing the limited series’ total to three wins, including writing and directing victories from the BAFTA TV Craft Awards on April 27.

Lennie James beat out the likes of Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer) and Gary Oldman (Slow Horses) to win Best Actor for Mr Loverman, in which he plays an exuberant, closeted family man who wants to end his marriage and live with his best friend.

The great and the good of the U.K. TV industry have descended on London’s Royal Festival Hall for the British small screen’s biggest night of the year, the BAFTA TV Awards.

Among the shows up for awards are Netflix’s smash hit “Baby Reindeer,” Apple TV+’s acclaimed spy series “Slow Horses,” HBO/BBC financial series “Industry,” Disney+’s raunchy comedy “Rivals” and its Ira drama “Say Nothing” and the ITV drama “Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office.” On the performance front, the likes of Gary Oldman, David Tennant, Richard Gadd, Marisa Abela, Nicola Coughlan and Danny Dyer are nominated.

Hosted by Alan Cumming, the ceremony began with “Baby Reindeer,” “Slow Horses” and “Rivals” already leading the pack with two awards each from the BAFTA TV Craft awards held two weeks earlier.

See the list of winners as they’re updated below.

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While many were occupied by the usual suspects, 2024 was a treat for TV lovers who were paying attention. Yeah, we could have kept rewatching that one show for the ‘tenth-teenth’ time, but suffice it to say, it meant missing out on the next one. Comedy? There was plenty of that this year. Thrillers also found their place. Even a vampire mockumentary died down without proper credit.

These 30 underrated shows from 2024 deserve way more love, and frankly, it’s low-key saddening they didn’t get it. This is why FandomWire has collected them in one place, where readers can choose the genre they can relate to or are in the mood to indulge in. But rest assured that all the shows in the list have the capacity to give you a good time; you just have to make the first plunge.

30. Big Mood

Big Mood stars Maggie, a struggling playwright with bipolar disorder,...

Apple TV+ is taking a bold leap into uncharted territory with a gallant spinoff of its highly praised alternate-history show For All Mankind. Ronald D. Moore, the executive producer, has described the project as a daring attempt, pointing to the risks and realism entrenched in the Soviet space program.

The original show is already a concept rarely showcased in Western media. Now, with the new courageous narrative shift, audiences can expect to view the Cold War’s space race from a fresh lens, diving deep into the lives of Russian engineers, cosmonauts, and intelligence officers.

Star City might be a gritty shift from For All Mankind

Star City will transport viewers into the secret world of the Russian space program, based in the concealed city near Moscow known as Star City. The series will portray the immense pressures of pushing humanity forward under the vigilant eye of the Kgb. Talking...

BBC Studios has announced the titles coming to BritBox in May 2025, which include everything from new BritBox Originals to classic British fare. BritBox is a digital video subscription service offering the largest collection of British TV in the U.S. and Canada.

The May lineup includes the six-party mystery series Death Valley, starring BAFTA-winner Timothy Spall (The Sixth Commandment) and Gwyneth Keyworth (Lost Boys & Fairies), the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards hosted by Alan Cumming, all three seasons of Motherland, and more.

Death Valley

BritBox is the leading streaming destination for the best of British television and culture, offering the most comprehensive, must-see collection of British entertainment all in one place. The service provides a pipeline of exceptional storytelling and showcases the depth and breadth of British creativity from across the UK.

BritBox curates a quality selection of classic titles and original commissions across various genres, including dramas, comedies, documentaries, and lifestyle programming.

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Nancy Drew is a teen mystery thriller drama series created by Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz, and Stephanie Savage. Based on the novel series by Edward Stratemeyer, the CW series follows Nancy Drew, a young girl who puts off going to college when she becomes involved in what looks like a supernatural murder mystery. Nancy Drew stars Kennedy McMann, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim, Alex Saxon, Alvina August, Riley Smith, and Scott Wolf. So, if you loved the thrilling mysteries, entertaining teen drama, and compelling characters in Nancy Drew, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is a British teen mystery thriller drama series created by Poppy Cogan. Based on the novel series of the same name by Holly Jackson,...

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards have been announced!

The annual awards event recognizes the excellence in British television of 2024.

Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs The Post Office led the nominations this year with four each followed by Say Nothing, Rivals, Slow Horses, Mr Loverman, and The Traitors, all with three each.

The 2025 BAFTA TV Awards are scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 11 at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England and will air live on BBC.

Keep reading to find out more…Keep scrolling to read the full list of nominations…

Best Drama Series

Blue Lights (BBC One)

Sherwood (BBC One)

Supacell (Netflix)

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (BBC One)

Best Scripted Comedy

Alma’s Not Normal (BBC Two)

Brassic (Sky Max)

G’wed (ITV2)

Ludwig (BBC One)

Best Limited Drama

Baby Reindeer (Netflix)

Lost Boys and Fairies (BBC One)

Mr Bates vs The Post Office...

The Oscars are over. The Golden Globes have all been handed out. And the BAFTAs are but a swiftly fading, "Did David Tennant really sing 500 Miles with James McAvoy and Anna Kendrick?" memory now. But the BAFTA TV awards are very much still on the horizon, and as the celebration of the small screen gears up for its 11 May telecast, today we've learned who the nominees are that'll be vying for those precious golden statues. Leading the way with a solid eight nominations is Richard Gadd's Netflix stalker drama Baby Reindeer, while racy Disney+ show Rivals, Apple TV+ Slough House spies joint Slow Horses, and ITV's incendiary Mr Bates Vs The Post Office all follow close behind with an impressive six nominations each.

Among Baby Reindeer's many nods are noms for Richard Gadd in Leading Actor and Writer, Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau in Supporting Actress...

Netflix's Emmy Award-winning Baby Reindeer led the 2025 BAFTA TV and Craft Awards nominations on Thursday with eight bids, including Best Limited Drama, a lead actor nomination for creator and star Richard Gadd, and two supporting actress nominations for Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau. The limited series won several honors last year and through the winter, including Emmy Award wins for Gadd and Gunning, and a Screen Actors Guild Award victory for Gunning.

Three shows tied for second behind Baby Reindeer with six nominations: ITV's Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office, Disney+'s Rivals, and Apple TV+'s spy show and Emmy winner Slow Horses.

Other nominations of note, particularly for this current Emmys cycle, include four bids for FX's limited series Say Nothing and two mentions for Industry. The latter includes a lead actress nomination for star Marisa Abela, who shined during the show's breakout third season last year,...

Baby Reindeer has received the most nominations across the Bafta TV and Television Craft Awards, scoring eight nods including limited drama.

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The Clerkenwell Films-produced Netflix hit, which is created by and stars Richard Gadd, is up for leading actor, limited drama and supporting actress (for Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau) in the TV awards, and director – fiction, editing – fiction, sound – fiction and writer – drama in the TV Craft Awards.

It will compete against ITV1’s drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office (ITV Studios and Little Gem Media), Disney+’s Rivals (Happy Prince) and...

The BAFTA Television Awards nominations have landed and, as always, there were a few eyebrow raisers from jury members.

The likes of Baby Reindeer and Mr Bates vs The Post Office were expected to do well, and both series duly delivered with eight and six nominations respectively.

Baby Reindeer has been a darling of the season, and the BAFTA TV Awards will be the big crescendo to its campaign. The beloved Jessica Gunning and creator Richard Gadd both compete for prizes, while the series — which remains the subject of a massive U.S. lawsuit from Fiona Harvey — will compete in the Limited Drama category.

There was also good news for Slow Horses, which bagged six nominations for Apple TV+, including the notable return of Gary Oldman in the Leading Actor category after he missed out in 2024.

Where there is good news, there is also bad news, with a few notable...

Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer is leading the nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards and the BAFTA Television Craft Awards, unveiled on Thursday, just a little more than a month following the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony. It earned eight noms, followed by Disney+ series Rivals, AppleTV+ hit Slow Horses and ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office with six each.

Baby Reindeer earned nominations in the categories of limited drama, leading actor, supporting actress, director fiction, editing fiction, sound fiction and writer: drama.

Other shows earning nominations include The Traitors, Industry, Gavin & Stacey: The Finale, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light and Shrinking.

In the performance categories, 21 of the 44 nominees received their first BAFTA TV Awards nomination, including Nicola Coughlan (Big Mood), Bilal Hasna (Extraordinary), Christopher Chung and Jonathan Pryce (Slow Horses), Jessica Gunning, Richard Gadd and Nava Mau (Baby Reindeer), Lolly Adefope (The Franchise), Marisa Abela (Industry...

After winning six Emmy Awards last year, “Baby Reindeer” is looking to dominate on home soil with eight nominations at the BAFTA TV and Craft Awards.

The hit Netflix series emerged at the top of the pack, landing nods for limited drama, leading actor for Richard Gadd and supporting actress for both Jessica Gunning and Nava Mau. With her nomination, Mau becomes the first openly transgender BAFTA TV Award nominee.

Further down, there was a three-way tie for second place, with ITV’s “Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office,” Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation “Rivals” and Apple TV+’s spy series “Slow Horses” earning six nominations each. Disney+ also earned four nominations for Ira drama “Say Nothing,” as did the BBC documentary “Life and Death in Gaza.”

“Baby Reindeer” stars Gadd and Gunning were among 21 of 44 performance nominees to land their first BAFTA TV award nomination. Other first-timers include Jonathan Pryce...

Rivals, Industry and Alma’s Not Normal were among the winners at the U.K.’s Royal Television Society Program Awards Tuesday night.

Across the 29 competitive categories, the BBC led with 16 wins, including for Sophie Willan’s sitcom Alma’s Not Normal and Steven Knight’s musical This Town, which took home the newly combined award for limited series and single drama.

Elsewhere, Danny Dyer took best supporting actor — male for his outing in Disney+’s hit drama Rivals, which also earned Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade the writing prize for drama as judges assessed the Jilly Cooper adaptation as “bold and totally assured in its very distinctive tone and style.”

Continuing to impress is Richard Gadd’s Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer as Golden Globe winner Jessica Gunning won the Rts Programme Award in the best supporting actor — female category.

James Coren and Ruth Jones, creators of the hugely popular hit Gavin & Stacey,...

Rivals, the Disney+ series about sex and scandal in the British television industry in the 1980s, was one of the big winners at the Royal Television Society (Rts) Progamme Awards.

At a ceremony in London on Tuesday, Danny Dyer took home Supporting Actor – Male for his role as electronics businessman Freddie Jones in the Jilly Cooper adaptation. It is his second prize in the space of a week after he won Best Actor at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.

Rivals writers Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade won best Writer – Drama at the Rts awards, with judges praising the show’s “very distinctive tone and style.”

Elsewhere, HBO/BBC show Industry won best Drama Series in its third season. “A series with feature film production values and brilliant performances in which every story detail had a purpose,” judges said.

In other performance categories, Jessica Gunning continues her awards hot streak for Baby Reindeer,...

David Mitchell is brilliant — no, not the Cloud Atlas author, but the equally British talent known for his great comedic work with Robert Webb, as William Shakespeare (Upstart Crow), and as a team captain of arguably the funniest British panel show of the past decade and more (Would I Lie to You?). Even those unforgettable series haven't made the popular dent that his latest show, Ludwig, has. The crime dramedy became the BBC's most-watched new scripted show since 2022, with the second episode bringing in 9.5 million views.

The delightful series stars Mitchell as John, a hermetic puzzle-maker whose twin brother, detective James Taylor, goes missing. When his sister-in-law (the wonderful Anna Maxwell Martin) asks him for help, John impersonates his twin in order to sneak into his office, grab some information, and leave without anyone noticing. Things get, well, a bit more complicated than that. Mitchell recently spoke with MovieWeb...

David Mitchell is causing double the trouble in Ludwig, the latest British television hit to make its way to U.S. audiences via BritBox. Ludwig sees the star of Peep Show playing John "Ludwig" Taylor, a reclusive puzzle creator who is asked to impersonate his detective brother James, in hopes of finding out where his brother vanished to. It's one-part detective drama and one-part workplace comedy, and it's been a smash hit with audiences.

In an interview with Cbr, Mitchell spoke about how his love of detective dramas motivated him to add Ludwig to his already lengthy resume. He discussed the process of having to portray John playing James, and working alongside Line of Duty alum Anna Maxwell Martin. Plus, he teased what he's looking forward to in Ludwig Series 2.

Cbr: The British detective drama has become a staple in television around the world. What motivated you to want to...

The following contains light spoilers for Ludwig Series 1, Episode 1, now streaming on BritBox.

David Mitchell has carved out his space in British television by playing charmingly strange characters, and that trend continues with Ludwig, the new detective comedy-drama coming to BritBox after its successful outing on BBC One. Mitchell is neither creator nor writer on Ludwig -- that would be Mark Brotherhood -- but the show feels like it was tailored to him. It's a mystery series, but at its heart, it's a workplace comedy that's just got some dead bodies in it.

Ludwig is titled after the nickname of John Taylor, a reclusive character who crafts newspaper puzzles. But when John's straight-laced twin brother James goes missing, his wife Lucy recruits John to pose as James and look for clues about his disappearance. Naturally, this half-cocked scheme spins out of control, and what follows will be immediately addictive to...

David Mitchell stars as John “Ludwig” Taylor, a reclusive but brilliant puzzle maker who’s facing one big conundrum in the cozy BritBox comedy Ludwig (premiering with two episodes on March 20 in the U.S.). When his semi-estranged twin brother, a detective, goes missing, he agrees to step into his shoes as a one-time favor for his beloved sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin)… and winds up having to solve a murder. Thankfully, Ludwig’s puzzle-solving brain makes him a whiz, Mitchell tells TV Insider, adding that the premise is a physical comedy gold mine. “The thing that first drew me to the project, comically, is that once you accept the premise that he absolutely looks identical to his brother, that there is no one who will not accept that he’s his brother, that just frees it up for so much comedy.” Ludwig can “fail to such a greater extent...

The stars of big streaming hits Rivals and Baby Reindeer have scooped gongs at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (Bpg) Awards.

Danny Dyer, previously better known for soaps and soccer movies, won Best Actor for his role as Freddie Jones in Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals, beating off competition from big stars Lennie James (Mr Loverman), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Eddie Redmayne (Day of the Jackal) and Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall). Bella Maclean, who played ‘Taggie’ in Rivals, also conquered tough competition in the form of Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd to win the Bpg Breakthrough Award.

Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning, who has won plaudits worldwide for her role in Gadd’s Netflix show and took home an Emmy last year, won Best Actress ahead of another Rivals star, Katherine Parkinson, Ambika Mod (One Day), Monica Dolan (Mr Bates vs the Post Office...

David Mitchell is a little coy while discussing how he onboarded Ludwig. “As far as I know,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter, “it was thought up with me in mind!”

The actor and comedian is beloved in the U.K. for his starring role in Peep Show and on the British panel show Would I Lie to You?, so it was a no-brainer for creator Mark Brotherhood when he got wind that Mitchell, inspired by his own love of crime and mystery shows, was looking for a detective role.

“I grew up with Inspector Morse and Miss Marple and Poirot and all that,” Mitchell says. “It’s a kind of television I love watching so I’ve long wanted to be in one.” Fast forward a few years and his latest dry-humored, endearingly grumpy success has come in the form of John “Ludwig” Taylor, the titular character of the BBC...

Nicola Coughlan will be honored at this year’s Canneseries festival with the Konbini Commitment Award. The Bridgerton and Derry Girls star will participate in an interview before receiving the award at the Lumiere Theater in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on April 28.

The award, presented by French media group Konbini, recognizes talent whose work has artistic impact or social significance. Previous recipients include Sex Education creator Laurie Nunn, American Horror Story actress Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, and Transparent showrunner Joey Soloway.

Coughlan gained recognition for her role in Derry Girls, a comedy set in 1990s Northern Ireland. The series won best comedy at the 2023 BAFTAs and the International Emmy Awards. She later gained international fame as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton, earning a Screen Actors Guild nomination for best female actor in a drama series.

She also appeared as Diplomat Barbie in Barbie, starred alongside Lydia West in Big Mood, and featured...

‘Bridgerton’ & ‘Derry Girls’ Star Nicola Coughlan Set For Canneseries

Nicola Coughlan will be feted at Canneseries. The Derry Girls and Bridgerton star will receive the Konbini Commitment Award at the event, which takes place on the Cote d’Azur in late April. Coughlan will take part in a sit-down interview and then receive her accolade in the iconic Lumiere Theater in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals. Coughlan’s recent work includes a role in the Doctor Who Christmas special. She will next be seen as Silky the woodland fairy in the upcoming adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree alongside Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.

‘Shin Chan’ Movies Set For India

A pair of films from TV Asahi’s Shin Chan franchise will be released in India. Shin Chan Our Dinosaur Diary and Shin Chan The Spicy Kasukabe Dancers In India will released locally through multiplex operator PVR Inox Pictures.

Side Quest is set to launch on March 26 on Apple TV+. It’s a new series that expands on the world of Mythic Quest, the comedy about a video game studio making an Mmorpg. This spin-off, originally called Mere Mortals, will have all four of its episodes released on the same day as the Mythic Quest season four finale.

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The show will take on an anthology format, with different actors starring in each episode. It’s created by the writers of Mythic Quest—Ashly Burch, John Howell Harris, and Katie McElhenney—who are also executive producers.

If you’re familiar with the original show, Burch plays Rachel. The show’s creators, Charlie Day, Megan Ganz, and Rob McElhenney, also executive produce this spin-off. Lionsgate, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Ubisoft are the companies behind the production.

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A new two-part documentary, Number One on the Call Sheet, will showcase the achievements of Black artists in Hollywood. The doc features a powerful lineup of stars, including Angela Bassett, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Will Smith, Cynthia Erivo, Michael B. Jordan, and John Boyega, and more.

The series will dive into the personal stories of these talented actors, shedding light on their journeys and the barriers they’ve overcome in the industry. It’s set to give us an inside look at what it means to be a Black artist in Hollywood today.

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You’ll hear directly from the stars as they discuss their careers and the challenges they face. The documentary also explores how they’ve influenced the entertainment world and opened doors for future generations.

This two-part special will hit Apple TV+ on March 28th,...

Danny Dyer is on the awards trail for his turn in Disney+ series Rivals.

The EastEnders actor will compete for Best Actor at the Broadcasting Press Guild (Bpg) Awards, which is voted on by British television and media journalists.

Dyer starred as electronics businessman Freddie Jones in Disney’s series about sex and skulduggery in the British television business in the 1980s.

To win the Bpg prize, he will have to fend off competition from Lennie James (Mr Loverman), Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Eddie Redmayne (Day of the Jackal), and Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall).

Rivals, based on Jilly Cooper’s novels, will do battle for Best Drama Series alongside Baby Reindeer, Day of the Jackal, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, and Wolf Hall.

Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning, a darling of the awards season, has been nominated for Best Actress, where her competition includes Monica Dolan...

The “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City” has made three new additions to its main cast, Variety has learned.

Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies, and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis have all joined the upcoming Apple TV+ alt-history drama.

The trio will appear alongside previously announced cast members Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey and Alice Englert.

The show was originally announced in April 2024. As previously reported, the series will tell the story the alternative history of the space race like “For All Mankind,” but this time from the Soviet Union perspective.

The official description for the show says it is “a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts,...

Adam Nagaitis, Josef Davies and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis are set as series regulars in Star City, rounding out the cast of Apple’s upcoming For All Mankind spinoff. They join previously announced Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin, Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey and Alice Englert.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

Nagaitis will play Valya, a highly respected cosmonaut within the Soviet Space program.

Davies portrays Sergei,...

The “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City” is building out its cast with the addition of three new series regulars.

Variety has learned that Solly McLeod, Agnes O’Casey, and Alice Englert have all signed on to the alt-history drama.

They will appear alongside previously announced cast members Rhys Ifans and Anna Maxwell Martin.

The show was originally announced in April 2024. As previously reported, the series will tell the story the alternative history of the space race like “For All Mankind,” but this time from the Soviet Union perspective.

The official description for the show says it is “a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts,...

Solly McLeod (House of the Dragon), Agnes O’Casey (Black Doves) & Alice Englert (Bad Behaviour) have joined the cast of Star City, Apple TV+’s upcoming spinoff from the streamer’s space drama For All Mankind. They join previously announced Rhys Ifans and Anna Maxwell Martin.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

McLeod will play Sasha, a reckless cosmonaut who has yet to live up to his potential.

O’Casey will portray Irina, a recent addition to the surveillance department at Star City.

Scary good news: Shudder has renewed the horror series The Creep Tapes for a six-episode Season 2, debuting later this year on Shudder and AMC+.

Written and executive-produced by Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, The Creep Tapes‘ first episode was the most watched Shudder show of all time on AMC+.

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“Season 2 will continue to unravel the mind of this secluded serial killer (Duplass) who...

Apple TV+ is expanding its For All Mankind universe with a new series, Star City, and has cast BAFTA-winning actress Anna Maxwell Martin in a key role. The upcoming show will take a fresh look at the space race, but this time from the perspective of the Soviet Union.

Star City is a spinoff of For All Mankind, an alternate-history drama that imagines what would have happened if the Soviet Union had beaten the United States to the moon. While the original series explored the American side of events, Star City shifts the focus behind the Iron Curtain, offering a glimpse into the lives of Soviet cosmonauts, scientists, and intelligence officers. The series will highlight the struggles, sacrifices, and risks they faced in pushing space exploration forward.

Anna Maxwell Martin, known for her standout performances in Motherland, Bleak House, and Line of Duty, will take on the role of Lyudmilla,...

Anna Maxwell Martin is the latest addition to the cast of the “For All Mankind” spinoff “Star City,” Variety has learned.

Martin joins previously announced cast member Rhys Ifans in the alt-history drama, which was originally announced in April 2024.

As previously reported, the series will tell the story the alternative history of the space race like “For All Mankind,” but this time from the Soviet Union perspective.

The official description for the show describes it as “a propulsive, paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

BAFTA Award-winner Anna Maxwell Martin (Motherland) is set as a lead opposite Rhys Ifans in Apple TV+‘s upcoming series Star City, a spinoff from the streamer’s space race drama For All Mankind.

Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, Star City is another alt-history retelling of the space race – when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humanity forward.

English actress Martin will play Lyudmilla, the head of the Kgb surveillance department at Star City. Ifans stars as the Chief Designer.

Wolpert and Nedivi serve as showrunners and executive produce alongside Moore and Maril Davis of Tall Ship Productions...

Today, in celebration of National Puzzle Day, BritBox debuted the official trailer for its Original detective comedy Ludwig, which will premiere with two episodes on Thursday, March 20 followed by one new episode weekly through the April 17 finale.

The detective show broke viewership records in the UK, with more than 9.5 million viewers and a second season already confirmed.

In the series, puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a quest to track James down and bring him home, Ludwig assumes his brother’s identity – but by taking over every aspect of James’s life, Ludwig is forced to confront his issues.

Unlike Ludwig, James is no hermit. Far from it, in fact. He’s a family man who also just happens to be the Dci of a busy inner-city major crimes team.

For Ludwig,...