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British crime drama series Bloodlands, which stars James Nesbitt and comes from Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio, has been renewed for a second season by the BBC. This comes after the four-part show became the British public broadcaster's biggest drama launch ever in Northern Ireland. It launched in the UK with 8.2M…

Now we’re sucking on diesel! The BBC has just released the first full trailer for Season 6 of its hit police corruption drama Line Of Duty. As usual, it looks like AC-12 will be involved in plenty of thrills, spills, and all-important interrogation interviews as they are drafted into action for a specially-extended…

EXCLUSIVE: Line of Duty and This Is England star Vicky McClure is to front a bomb squad drama for ITV, produced by HTM Television, the production company set up by Line of Duty and Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio. Trigger Point is a six-part thriller, written by new writer Daniel Brierley, that follows counter…

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…