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Streamer BritBox has extended its production partnership with the Agatha Christie estate.

BritBox, which is jointly owned by BBC Studios and ITV, has signed on for three more productions with Agatha Christie Limited and Mamoth Screen.

The trio have already collaborated on an adaptation of Christie’s novel “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” (pictured above) starring Emma Thompson and Will Poulter, which will premiere on the platform in April.

BritBox have not yet confirmed which of the author’s prolific output they will be working on next but they have said each of the three adaptations will be “steered by a distinctive voice – a director, a writer or auteur – bringing an entirely new perspective and style to Agatha Christie’s novels.”

BritBox was set to make the announcement Wednesday during its portion of the Television Critics Association winter virtual press tour. As part of the announcement, Emily Powers, head of BritBox North America,...

Exclusive: ITV has set the cast for its upcoming adaptation of Sara Collins’ period drama The Confessions of Frannie Langton.

Karla-Simone Spence, who starred in Paramount Pictures’ feature Blue Story as well as BBC series Wannabe and Gold Digger, leads the cast as Frannie Langton.

Langton is the young protagonist born into a life of slavery who is fighting to tell her own story.

She is joined by Sophie Cookson, who has starred in Kingsman: The Secret Service and The Trial of Christine Keeler, and Patrick Martins, who has starred in Blasts From The Past and Redemption.

Cookson plays Madame Marguerite Benham and Martins stars as Laddie Lightning in the murder mystery. Stephen Campbell Moore (War of The Worlds) also features as renowned scientist and husband to Madame, George Benham, alongside Steven MacIntosh (Rocketman) as John Langton and Henry Pettigrew (The Danish Girl) as William Pettigrew.

The four-part British drama,...

As The Voice dropped the curtain on Season 18’s Battle Monday nights, the fates of a whopping 16 singers were decided. Which contestants inspired Blake Shelton and Nick Jonas to use their Steals? Who’d Kelly Carlson turn out to be holding onto her Save for? And which wannabes wound up being given — all together now — “the dreaded montage treatment”? Read on and find out!

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Blind auditions for Season 18 of “The Voice” concluded on Monday, March 17, and three-time winning coach Kelly Clarkson was the second to fill her team of 10 artists. Although they vary in sound, Team Kelly is comprised of nine women and just one male vocalist. Below is our power ranking of these 10 artists based on their likelihood of advancing to the Knockouts. Do You agree with our power rankings? Sound off in the comments and let us know which artist is your favorite from Team Kelly.

Click through our photo gallery above for photos and bios for each team member. And enjoy revisiting our live blogs from each of the blind audition episodes from the past few weeks:

Monday, February 24

Tuesday, February 25

Monday, March 2

Monday, March 9.

Monday, March 16

The Battle Rounds will begin on Monday, March 23, with teammates facing off in hopes of advancing to the Knockouts. Advisors for the coaches this...

Just one season after winning “The Voice” with country artist Jake Hoot, coach Kelly Clarkson is having a heck of a time convincing any male artists to join her Season 18 team. In fact, after four blind audition episodes Kelly has acquired only eight female artists with two spots still to be filled. (See Kelly’s Season 18 team.) “I have all girls,” Kelly declared about her artists during Monday’s fourth episode. Fellow coaches Blake Shelton, John Legend and Nick Jonas have teams made up of both genders, with John earning his first female artist (Zan Fiskum) this week.

The fact that Kelly is a three-time “Voice” champion makes her difficulties in convincing guys to join her team even more of a head-scratcher. She’s only been a coach on NBC’s reality TV show for four previous cycles, and she prevailed with Brynn Cartelli (Season 14), Chevel Shepherd (Season 15) and Jake...

We’re halfway through “The Voice” Season 18 blind auditions, with each coach coming closer and closer to completing their teams. As of this writing, Blake Shelton has 6 of his 10 artists, while Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Nick Jonas currently have 5 of 10. Yep, you read that right. As Kelly explained during Monday’s episode, this season the coaches’ teams will consist of 10 contestants apiece as opposed to the normal 12. With all four Blocks being utilized already, that means “The Voice” judges will have to rely on their savvy pitches in order to convince the remaining artists to join them.

How many artists does each “The Voice” coach still need to complete their Season 18 teams? We’ll be updating this page after every blind audition episode airs on NBC, so keep checking back.

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The forecast for Monday’s episode of The Voice called for a thunderstorm — make that a Thunderstorm Artis, the memorably-monikered contestant whose impeccably-polished vocals made Blake Shelton remark that his Blind Audition “sounded like it was prerecorded.” Kelly Clarkson didn’t even think that there was anything the coaches could teach him. “We’re just gonna be your cheerleaders,” she said. Read on, and we’ll not only review our new frontrunner’s Beatles cover, we’ll discuss all of the evening’s tryouts, from the “meh” to the “amazing.”

Allegra Miles (Team Nick), “Use Somebody” — Grade: A- | A human...

It’s been all the way back to Season 13 since Blake Shelton was the coaching champ on “The Voice.” With the exceptional team he is assembling now in Season 18, could this be his big comeback to win a seventh championship? He is up against three-time winner Kelly Clarkson, one-time champ John Legend and newcomer Nick Jonas.

Blind Auditions began last week with NBC episodes on Monday, February 24, and Tuesday, February 25. Reach the full recaps by clicking on those dates. Follow along with our updating live blog throughout the season as we provide instant commentary about each performer and song.

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When battle rounds start later in March, look for the following special advisors for each coach:

Team Blake (Bebe Rexha)

Team Kelly (Dua Lipa)

Team Legend (Ella Mai)

Team Nick (Jonas Brothers)

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