Glenda Jackson, who won two Oscars for her performances in 1970's Women in Love and 1973's A Touch of Class, is front BBC drama Elizabeth Is Missing. Jackson will star in BBC One's adaptation of Emma Healey's novel, marking her return to the screen after 25 years, where she became a British politician as well as…

The second season of Killing Eve finally launched in the UK and it was worth the wait as the Phoebe Waller-Bridge created series scored 3.5M viewers on BBC One. It was the most-watched show across all channels on Saturday. The first episode peaked with an audience of 3.7M and scored a 21% audience share. The full…

Pirates of the Caribbean star Mackenzie Crook is writing, directing and starring in an adaptation of classic British scarecrow story Worzel Gummidge. Crook, who made his name in the BBC comedy The Office and created The Detectorists, is adapting Barbara Euphan Todd into two-hour long films. He will star as Gummidge, a…

The BBC is climbing The Wall with star Danny Dyer to host the local adaptation of the NBC format. The British public broadcaster has ordered six episodes from Endemol Shine UK's Remarkable Television and will air it in a Saturday primetime slot. This comes after the BBC piloted the format earlier this year.  The show…

James Corden and Ruth Jones are bringing back their classic British comedy Gavin & Stacey for a one-off Christmas special. The Late Late Show host made his name by writing and performing in the BBC One sitcom. The full cast, including leads Mathew Horne and Joanna Page, and the supporting cast including Rob Brydon…

Gentleman Jack has become the BBC's biggest new drama launch of the year and the British broadcaster most successful new scripted series since Jenna Coleman-fronted psychological thriller The Cry. The HBO co-production, which stars Suranne Jones, scored an average of 5.1M viewers with a peak of 5.6M on Sunday night in…

BBC cop drama Line of Duty has scored its highest ever opening ratings – was the Jed Mercurio-created series helped by the Bodyguard effect? The fifth season launched with 7.8M overnight viewers on BBC One, scoring a 38% share. This trumped the 5M for its fourth season launch, which was its first since moving from BBC…

Hellboy’s Ron Perlman and X-Men star Famke Janssen are to star in BBC One spy drama The Capture. The Hollywood actors are the latest A-list names to join a British drama. They will star alongside the previously announced Callum Turner (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) and Holliday Grainger (Strike) in the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Crown's John Heffernan and Doll & Em's Dolly Wells have joined the cast of BBC and Netflix drama Dracula. The pair will star in the spooky series alongside The Girl in the Spider's Web's Claes Bang, who appears as Dracula. The trio will star alongside No Offence's Joanna Scanlan, His Dark Materials and P…

The Office co-creator and Hello Ladies star Stephen Merchant will topline British crime drama The Barking Murders. Merchant, who is also starring in forthcoming wrestling feature Fighting with My Family, will star alongside The Huntsman: Winter's War and Cleaning Up star Sheridan Smith and Donkey Punch star Jaime Winst…

BBC is bringing back war drama Our Girl, starring Michelle Keegan, for a fourth season. The drama, which is produced by BBC Studios, is returning to BBC One for a six-part series. Keegan stars as Georgie Lane and takes place one year on from her last tour in Bangladesh. Having been promoted to Sergeant, and now…

Idris Elba returned to his iconic role as the titular detective in BBC One crime drama Luther on Tuesday night. The kick-off of the next chapter in the Neil Cross created show averaged 5.6M viewers in the overnights, peaking at 5.9M, and was the most-watched program of New Year’s Day in the UK. A 25.7 share is the…