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Trainspotting and Broadwalk Empire actress Kelly Macdonald is to play the police officer suspected of corruption in season six of BBC One’s smash-hit crime drama Line Of Duty. Macdonald will star as Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson, who draws the attention of anti-corruption unit AC-12 for her unconventional…

James Nesbitt has been cast as the lead in new BBC One detective drama Bloodlands, which represents the first commission for Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio’s production company. Dubbed an “Irish noir,” Nesbitt will play Northern Irish police detective Tom Brannick who connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case…

Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio is the latest high-profile name to sign up to Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's Quibi. Mercurio, who also created BBC's hit police drama Line of Duty, is developing science fiction thriller Transmissions for the short-form service. The show is set at a remote radio observatory where a…

This time last year, Richard Madden was best known for his brutal death in the Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones. But after the first episode of Jed Mercurio's six-part action drama Bodyguard aired, the Scottish actor became a household name practically overnight as David Budd, the buttoned-down personal…

Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio has lifted the lid on the future of the BBC/Netflix drama as well as possible future opportunities with U.S. broadcasters and how his own production company is getting on. Mercurio was speaking with Deadline at the Banff World Media Festival, said that he was "going through the…

Bodyguard and Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio is to give a keynote session at the Banff World Media Festival in June. The British writer and producer will take part in an exclusive In Conversation With address as the Rocky Mountains-set conference celebrates its 40th anniversary. Mercurio will speak on Monday June…

Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio is "optimistic" that there will be a second season of the breakout British terror drama. The British writer revealed that he is hopeful of a return to the BBC drama, which was a huge ratings hit in the UK and aired on Netflix around the world. He revealed that he was currently in talks…

Amazon's European originals chief Georgia Brown and Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio are among the A-list names added to Keshet's INTV conference. Ari Greenburg, President of WME, Steve Golin, founder and CEO of Anonymous Content and COO Matthew Velkes, Erin Keating, Senior Development Manager of Snap Originals, Liza…

U.S. streaming service Acorn TV has nabbed the fifth season of British cop drama Line of Duty, created and written by Bodyguard's Jed Mercurio. Previous seasons of the BBC drama have premiered on Hulu in the U.S. The SVOD platform will have the exclusive premiere of the six-part series after striking a deal with…

Richard Madden might be best known in the US as Robb Stark, the ill-fated king-in-waiting of Game of Thrones‘ first three seasons. But that may be about to change with the arrival a week ago on Netflix of Jed Mercurio’s Bodyguard, the BBC hit action drama, which became a national sensation on its release in August…

BBC terror thriller Bodyguard has become the biggest new drama launch in the UK in a decade. The first episode of the drama, created by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio, consolidated with 10.4 million viewers and a 40.9% share, after launching with 6.7M overnight viewers last Sunday night. The show saw an increase of 3.6M…

Jed Mercurio, creator of BBC breakout drama Bodyguard, is eyeing a second season of the terror thriller after stellar opening ratings and an endorsement from former Home Secretary Amber Rudd. The six-part drama, which stars Game Of Thrones alum Richard Madden and Line Of Duty's Keeley Hawes, opened with 6.7M (35%)…