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© Michael Wharley A 'profoundly serious' detective thriller
09/09/2025 … Netflix has announced the new Charlie Brooker project a crime thriller series starring Paddy Considine, Georgina Campbell And Lena Headey.
© Ian West/PA News/Alamy 09/09/2025 … Ruth Jones and James Corden have announced three extra ‘in conversation’ dates to talk about Gavin And Stacey.
© Channel 4 09/09/2025 … Jon Richardson’s efforts to restore a rural Yorkshire pub are to be captured in a new series for More 4.
After admitting she was 'a little bit bored' after retiring to the Cotswolds
08/09/2025 … Ellen DeGeneres is to perform a series of ‘in conversation with’ events – all relatively close to her Cotswolds home.
08/09/2025 … Work is set to start on Graham Linehan’s next comedy project within weeks, despite his legal woes.
© Ian West/PA News/Alamy Pair will play siblings in show called The Choir
08/09/2025 … James Corden and Ruth Jones’s new Apple TV show is to be called The Choir.
© UKTV/Gareth Gatrell Writer Doug Naylor reveals he was told to stop work in the script
08/09/2025 … Plans for another 90-minute Red Dwarf special have been quietly dropped, writer Doug Naylor has revealed.
© Patrick Olner How to get free tickets for the Bradford climax
08/09/2025 … The BBC has announced that the final of its 2025 New Comedy Awards will be taking place at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre on October 17.
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