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Exclusive: Tom Bradby, the man most likely to host election night coverage for ITV, is also working with the UK commercial broadcaster to adapt his book Secret Service.

The ITV News anchor has teamed with The Last King of Scotland producer Potboiler Productions to reimagine his 2019 espionage thriller. Bradby and screenwriter Jemma Kennedy (Captain Webb) are writing the five-part series.

Secret Service delves into the long-standing tensions between Russia and the UK, examining Kremlin interference in British politics. The story follows Kate Henderson, head of the Russia desk for British intelligence service MI6, who gathers evidence that a UK politician is possibly a Kremlin asset.

When a young woman is brutally murdered with an election looming, Kate races against time to discover the identity of the politician. Her reputation and family are on the line as the clock is ticking.

Gail Egan and Andrea Calderwood executive produce Secret Service for Potboiler.

The line between animation and live action is brilliantly blurred in “Blue Eye Samurai,” the 2D/3D hybrid animated action series set during Edo-period Japan. It’s “Mulan” meets “Game of Thrones,” in which Mizu (voiced by Maya Erskine) — a mixed-race, lone-wolf warrior — lives in disguise seeking revenge on the four white men who made her a “creature of shame”.

“Blue Eye Samurai” represents a bold, cinematic leap in TV adult animation that’s driven by the period-authentic scope and spectacle. All eight episodes are treated as a different genre, and the graphic violence and sex are enhanced by the stylistic poetry of the animated form (the characters are inspired by Bunraku puppets and the visual style by ukiyo-e woodblock prints). Crucially, though, its exploration of race and gender through the dark lens of anti-hero Mizu is refreshing and relatable.

The series was created by the married team of Amber Noizumi...

Exclusive: Former Lodge 49 star Sonya Cassidy is set as a series regular opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in The Man Who Fell to Earth drama series on Showtime.

Based on the Walter Tevis novel and the iconic 1976 film that starred David Bowie, The Man Who Fell to Earth will follow a new alien character (Ejiofor) who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.

Cassidy will play Edie Flood, CEO of OriGen Industries, and a woman driven to her protect family’s prominent tech company at any cost.

Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet are writing and executive producing the series, which recently moved from CBS All Access/Paramount+ to Showtime, and will serve as showrunners along with executive producer John Hlavin. Kurtzman also will direct multiple episodes. Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly and Heather Kadin also are executive producing,...

Helen Garner.

Aurora Films’ Ákos Armont and Antony Waddington plan to turn Helen Garner’s novel The Spare Room, a drama about a woman who cares for her cancer-stricken friend, into a feature film.

Eamon Flack, the artistic director of Sydney’s Belvoir, will make his screen directing debut on the project.

Published in 2008, the novel follows the relationship between two women, Nicola, who has advanced bowel cancer, and her friend Helen.

When Sydney-based Nicola goes to Melbourne for the treatment she hopes will cure her, Helen becomes her nurse, protector, guardian angel and judge.

Garner’s literary agent sent the tome to Waddington in 2009 when he was raising the finance for Fred Schepisi’s The Eye of the Storm and he has wanted to turn it into a film ever since.

Last year the producers met the author and optioned the screen rights. “We are both enormously encouraged that...

In the words of artist Amy Sherald, "Producing this image keeps Breonna alive forever." The image the painter is referring to is that of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Emt who was fatally shot by police inside her Kentucky home in March, and the one commissioned by Vanity Fair for the monumental cover of its September issue, which is titled "The Great Fire."  Revealed on Monday, Aug. 24, the issue's cover features Sherald's painting of Taylor, in which she is standing alone with one hand on her hip and donning a blue dress against a blue backdrop. As Sherald explains to Vanity Fair, the shade is inspired by aquamarine, the birthstone for March. Around her neck...

The HBO Max pilot “Gumshoe” has added five series regulars to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively.

Sonya Cassidy and Miles J. Harvey will play the lead roles in the comedy, with Carla Jimenez, Max Casella, and Phillipa Soo also cast. The project follows sweet, optimistic young cop Cassie (Cassidy) and creepy, crime-obsessed teenager Eamon (Harvey) who secretly team up to solve a murder.

Harvey recently recurred on the second season of “American Vandal” and also appeared in the 2017 film “The Babysitter.” He will next be seen in the film “SuperCool.” He is repped by Buchwald and Shirley Grant Management.

Cassidy most recently starred in the AMC series “Lodge 49.” Her other TV credits include “The Great Fire,” “Vera,” and “Olympus.” She is repped by UTA in the U.S., Independent Talent Group in the U.K., and Stone Genow.

Jimenez will play Henrietta, a medical examiner who has strange...

“The Haunting of Hill House” alum Oliver Jackson-Cohen has joined “The Haunting of Bly Manor” in a leading role, TheWrap has learned exclusively.

Jackson-Cohen — who played Luke Crain on “Hill House” and is the second Season 1 star to join Season 2 of the Netflix horror anthology series, following Victoria Pedretti’s casting — will play Peter, described simply as “a charming fellow.”

Additional character details are being kept under wraps, but TheWrap has learned Jackson-Cohen’s character will, of course, interact with Pedretti’s, a governess named Dani “who takes care of two very unusual children.”

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Now dubbed the “Haunting” anthology, the show’s 10-episode first season, “Hill House,” launched last October and centered around the Crain family: father Hugh, mother Olivia (Carla Gugino), and their children, Steve (Michiel Huisman), Shirley (Elizabeth Reaser), Theo (Kate Siegel), Luke (Jackson-Cohen...

Eleven years ago, Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn teamed up with a few friends to make an album called The Good, the Bad & The Queen. It’s a lovely set of downbeat ballads about life in London, but after that lone 2007 LP, the impromptu supergroup’s members — Albarn, Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Verve guitarist Simon Tong and legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen — went their separate ways.

Now they’ve rejoined for a new album called Merrie Land, due out November 16th. Longtime David Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti produced the LP...

Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie is set to return to one of her earliest roles and bring back the character of Gwen Dawson on Downton Abbey.

Following on from Sunday's (October 4) happy episode, which saw Charles Carson and Elsie Hughes finally walk down the aisle, next week will see Gwen Dawson return to Downton a transformed woman.

Last seen in the show's first season, Gwen served as a housemaid who ultimately left the Abbey to take a job as a secretary. Little is known of her life since, although it was mentioned in season four that Gwen had recently been married.

Leslie is not the only familiar face making another appearance on Downton as Allen Leech's Tom Branson shocked the Crawley family with his own surprise return at the end of Sunday's instalment.

Since leaving the period drama, Leslie has gone on to star in Utopia, The Great Fire and Blandings,...

For many actors, Downton Abbey was their first big break in television.

But not everyone can be a Lord Grantham or a Carson. For many - whether they chose to leave or were written out - their fortunes changed after exiting the ITV drama.

So after the news that Dan Stevens has joined Beauty and the Beast, Digital Spy looks at the careers (so far!) of 9 actors who have bowed out of Highclere Castle...

1. Ed Speleers

After starring in series three, four and five of Downton, Ed Speleers left Jimmy Kent behind for another role in a big budget British TV drama.

We most recently saw him in the part of Edward Seymour in Wolf Hall, and he will also star in upcoming films Remainder and Howl. Most prominently, he's been cast alongside Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter in Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass.

2. Amy Nuttall...

Arrow: Sky1, 8pm

The third season of Sky1's superhero smash continues tonight, as the hunt for Sara's killer begins in earnest.

Simon Lacroix - the hitman Komodo - becomes Oliver's chief suspect, but is there more to The Canary's murder than our hero suspects?

Peaky Blinders: BBC Two, 9pm

Series two of BBC Two's moody and magnificent period thriller draws to a close as events come to a head at the Epsom Derby.

In tonight's finale, Tommy (Cillian Murphy) plans to strike a blow against Sabini (Noah Taylor) but the arrival of some shocking news changes everything for the mob boss.

The Great Fire: ITV, 9pm

Another series ender as ITV's ambitious period piece starring Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays airs its fourth and final instalment.

In the final chapter, Sarah (Rose Leslie) is captured and with Lord Denton (Charles Dance) levelling accusations of treason, it...

Peaky Blinders: BBC Two, 9pm

This historical gang drama - based on the exploits of the real-life Peaky Blinders - depicts the expansion of the Blinders' territory and Tommy Shelby's (Cillian Murphy) dangerous ambitions.

After Tommy's life-threatening beating, he sets his sights on taking control of the southern racecourses and gaining the favour of aristocrat May Carleton. However, danger lurks in the form of Major Campbell (Sam Neill) and Darby Sabini (Noah Taylor).

The Great Fire: ITV, 9pm

This brand new drama consists of four episodes charting the destructive repercussions of the famous Great Fire of London in 1666, and the role of baker Thomas Farriner (Andrew Buchan) in the incident.

Also starring Game of Thrones cast members Rose Leslie and Charles Dance, tonight's episode introduces Farriner and focuses on the outbreak of the Great Fire, setting up the heart-breaking stories that follow.

Suburgatory: E4, 9pm

Suburgatory draws to a close tonight,...

Get an explosive first look at ITV's new drama The Great Fire on Digital Spy.

The red-hot new series is based on the true events of 1666's Great Fire of London.

On set, Andrew Buchan (who plays Thomas Farriner) and Daniel Mays (Samuel Pepys) talked DS through what to expect - beyond the pyrotechnics!

Game of Thrones veterans Charles Dance and Rose Leslie also appear in the series, alongside Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Dracula).

The Great Fire begins this Thursday (October 16) at 9pm on ITV.

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The Great Fire ITV

Charles Dance, Andrew Buchan and Daniel Mays lead an all-star cast in ITV’s new historical drama The Great Fire. The four part series debuts on Wednesday 16 October at 9 pm. Set in the summer of 1666, it begins as Thomas Farriner — the King’s baker — prepares some dough in his Pudding Lane store. Elsewhere in the city, the King’s wild escapades are temporarily disrupted by an assassination attempt, while Navy secretary Samuel Pepys busily tries to balance the nation’s budget. As night descends, a mishap at the bakery sparks an event that will change the nation’s capital forever. Click below for a preview.

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The evenings are getting shorter, you've already seen the first festive cards for sale at your local supermarket and The X Factor is back on Saturday nights. To borrow a phrase - winter is coming.

But don't despair, because there is much more to autumn TV in 2014 than Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell bickering over a bunch of karaoke singers. Don't believe us? Check out our list of 17 must-watch shows, which mean that you might as well cancel your plans until Christmas.

1. Glue - E4

A bloke from Rizzle Kicks, a writer from This Is England and lots of horses. It doesn't sound like an obvious hit, but Glue is most definitely worth getting excited about.

Skins crossed with Midsomer Murders and an added sinister, bleak edge, is probably the best description for this eight-parter, which will have you hooked from its full-on (and full frontal) opening sequence.

2. The Apprentice...

What if the catacombs segment in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the setup for a horror movie, rather than an adventure film set piece? Ben Feldman (Mad Men), Perdita Weeks (The Great Fire), and Edwin Hodge (The Purge: Anarchy) star in As Above So Below as a crew of budding urban archaeologists who […]

The post ‘As Above So Below’ Extended Red-Band Trailer Is Full of Blood and Secrets appeared first on /Film.

ITV has released a first-look at its ambitious new drama The Great Fire.

Game of Thrones veterans Charles Dance and Rose Leslie appear in the quick-fire promo for the four-part serial.

Also starring are Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Dracula) and Daniel Mays, playing famed diarist Samuel Pepys.

Novelist Tom Bradby is on scripting duties for the drama, based on the true events of 1666's Great Fire of London.

"It's a fascinating premise for a drama and creates the perfect backdrop for Tom Bradby to be at his most creative," said executive producer Douglas Rae.

The Great Fire will launch on ITV later in 2014.

Alex Kingston, Noel Clarke in first trailer for ITV's Chasing Shadows

ITV to rest Law & Order: UK as Bradley Walsh quits...

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Sunday’s Game of Thrones…

She lived by the arrow and died by the arrow: Ygritte (Rose Leslie) met her demise on Sunday’s Game of Thrones after once again being unable to bring herself to kill her former lover, Jon Snow (Kit Harington). During the Battle of Castle Black, the touched-by-fire Wildling had Jon dead in her sights, but couldn’t let that arrow fly — so she was quickly brought down by Jon’s young protegee whose family she killed in an earlier episode. Ygritte died in Jon’s arms as the battle raged around them.