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Lost alum Matthew Fox is set to star alongside Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) in Peacock’s Last Light, a series adaptation based on Alex Scarrow's bestselling apocalyptic thriller novel. Fox also will executive produce the series from MGM International TV Productions in association with Nordic Entertainment Group’s…

Charter Communications’ Spectrum Originals and ITV are co-producing a Hitchcockian psychological thriller in which Golden Globe-winning Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt will play a victim of domestic abuse. Produced by Fleabag maker Two Brothers Pictures, the six-part series features Froggatt as Angela Black, a…

Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt is to front a Hitchcockian thriller for Spectrum Originals and ITV. The two networks have ordered Angela Black from Fleabag producer Two Brothers Pictures. The six-part drama, which marks the L.A.'s Finest broadcaster's first international co-production, was written by Two Brothers…

Fremantle’s scripted podcast producer Storyglass is to be spun out into a standalone company within the Bertelsmann Group, and will now make shows across a variety of genres including scripted, documentary, true crime, lifestyle and music. Storyglass previously sat in Fremantle’s drama unit, but will become a…

Golden Globe-winning Downton Abbey actress Joanne Froggatt is to turn her hand to podcasting by starring in supernatural thriller The Harrowing from Fremantle podcast label Storyglass. Froggatt will feature as Sergeant Jackie O'Hara in the show, which will be available on Apple Podcasts from June 25. It tells the…

Sundance TV’s psychological thriller Liar starring Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four) has been renewed for a second season. The news was announced at TCA today. Executive producers and series creators Jack Williams and Harry Williams of Two Brothers Pictures (The Missing, Fleabag) will…

UPDATED with new premiere date: The big smiles on the pretty faces of Ioan Gruffudd and Joanne Froggatt all but promise some pending danger in this first official full trailer from SundanceTV’s upcoming Liar, a six-part series from the creators of The Missing. Liar stars Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and Gruffudd (Fantastic…

There are two sides to every story, and that's what Sundance's Liar leans upon. Downton Abbey favorite Joanne Froggatt plays Laura, a teacher who goes on an ill-fated date with Andrew (Ioan Grufford). When the date ends with Laura making a terrible allegation against renowned surgeon Andrew, we must try to decide who…

Ildiko Enyedi's On Body and Soul swooped up the Sydney Film Prize at the 2017 Sydney Film Festival on Sunday. The win follows up the Hungarian director's Berlin Golden Bear win for the title in February earlier this year. The $60,000 cash prize for the "audacious, cutting-edge and courageous" film was awarded to…

Downton Abbey alumna Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four) are set to star in Liar, Sundance TV’s new six-part thriller series from Fleabag producer Two Brothers Pictures. The series is being produced in conjunction with ITV in the UK. Created and written by BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated producers and…

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Riley and Joanne Froggatt have boarded British indie feature Starfish, which has now started principal photography. Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons) and Froggatt (Downton Abbey) star in the true life story of Tom and Nicola Ray, whose lives changed overnight when Tom contracted a rare and life-threatening…

When Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt comes to LA, it's invariably to either pick up an award or be nominated for one–the actress collected a Golden Globe this year, SAG awards in both 2013 and 2015, and is on her third Emmy nom for her work on the much-loved UK period drama. Froggatt plays lady's maid Anna Bates, and…