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The miniseries known as the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is expected to wrap up on or near the Presidents' Day holiday, but there are plenty of other timely offering this Valentine's weekend on the small screen. Each moving in their own way, one is the show that you have to watch this week – a heart-shaped…

Winners for the 2020 New Zealand Television Awards were announced today, with the event becoming of the few physical screen award ceremonies to be held during the pandemic. The Luminaries, produced by Southern Light Films and Working Title TV, was the big winner in the drama craft categories with multiple wins…

Eva Green watched Once Upon A Time In The West while filming The Luminaries in New Zealand, and although she was seven thousand miles away from Utah, she need only have stepped out on-set to feel like she was entering a world similar to the one created by the great Sergio Leone. The Working Title Television adaptation…

International TV event Series Mania has unveiled its 2020 lineup, which boasts world premieres for dramas including The Luminaries, Little Birds and Adult Material. The event is staged in Lille, northern France, between March 20-28, and is becoming an increasingly prominent part of the international TV calendar…

Sin City star Eva Green and The Knick's Eve Hewson are to star in BBC Two adaptation of The Luminaries. The pair will star in the six-part drama, produced by Working Title Television alongside New Zealand actor Marton Csokas, who starred in Lord of the Rings. Green plays Lydia Wells, while Hewson stars as Anna…

Working Title Television has set a six-part drama series based on 2013 Man Booker Prize winner The Luminaries at BBC Two. Author Eleanor Catton will adapt her own novel. The period tale of adventure and mystery is set on the Wild West Coast of New Zealand's South Island in the boom years of the 1860s gold rush. It’s…