Based on the Enid Blyton The Faraway Tree series of best-selling novels, the story follows the adventures of a family that moves to a remote rural location, where the children discover a magical tree, complete with eccentric residents.  Spiderman star Andrew Garfield and The Crown star Claire Foy are set to reunite on screen. They will play the roles of Polly and Tim, the parents of Beth, Jo, and Fran whose family is brought closer together as a result of the mystical happenings around them in their new home.  Foy and Garfield previously appeared as husband and wife in the 2017 roma ..read more

Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins is set to play Baroque Composer Handel in the film The King of Covent Garden. The film is set during the period the famed opera composer worked on his choral masterpiece “Messiah.” GF Handel (1685-1759) was a German-born and naturalised British composer known for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions. He is best known for his masterpiece oratorio ‘Messiah’ (1741) which he wrote in just 24 days and continues to be widely performed and celebrated across the globe.  Anthony Hopkins is no stranger to the world of classical music, hav ..read more

Sky has shared a preview trailer of its upcoming biopic about American war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller.  Who was Lee Miller? Academy award willing actor Kate Winslett will play the role of Miller (1907-1977), a former model who worked as a reporter and photographer for British Vogue during World War II. She was one of the few female photographers who were permitted to accompany the US Allied forces in Europe in the last two years of the war.  This role enabled her to document the brutal reality of the Nazi regime and her photographs captured some of the most harrowing i ..read more

Masterpiece on PBS and Mammoth Screen have announced that production is soon to begin on a lavish new version of The Forsyte Saga!  The Forsyte Saga, based on the John Galsworthy series of novels, follows the fortunes of an upper-middle-class English family and explores their triumphs and tragedies from the 1870s to the 1920s.  The series has already been adapted for cinema in 1949 and twice for the small screen; the BBC aired a 26-part serial in 1967 with Kenneth More, and ITV produced an updated version in 2002, with Damian Lewis and Gina McKee.  Who is behind it? The new vers ..read more

Filming of the latest season of Miss Scarlet and the Duke is currently underway in Belgrade, Serbia. Fans of the popular period drama were very disappointed to hear that actor Stuart Martin will not return as The Duke in Season 5. The fifth installment will be called simply Miss Scarlet to reflect this major casting change.  Kate Phillips will return as the eponymous Miss Scarlet, along with the other beloved cast members, Evan McCabe as Detective Fitzroy, Cathy Belton as Ivy, Felix Scott as Patrick Nash, Paul Bazely as Clarence, Simon Ludders as Mr. Potts, and Tim Chipping as Detective P ..read more

The BBC has confirmed that it has recommissioned Beyond Paradise for a third series and a Christmas special!  Beyond Paradise has become one of the UK’s most successful dramas since its launch in 2023, with episode one of the series drawing in 7.5 million viewers to date. The second series finale aired on Friday last on BBC, an episode fraught with emotion for fans of Humphrey, Martha, and the residents of Shipton Abbott. This series also saw Esther work on a case that saw a robbery at the Shipton Abbott Museum, and Kelby and CS Charlie Wood’s professional relationship turned an interesti ..read more

Production has commenced in the Cotswolds on the next season of Father Brown. Based on the stories by GK Chesterton, the BBC’s popular period crime drama aired a tenth season in the UK in January 2023, followed by an eleventh run earlier this year. Starring Mark Williams, previously known for the Harry Potter films, Father Brown follows the titular cleric’s crime-solving adventures in the picturesque Cotswold village of Kembleford during the early 1950s. Series 12 will pick up where Series 11 left off. The village is abuzz after the exciting news at the end of Series 11. Their excitement is s ..read more

BritBox has recently added more brilliant British television shows for American audiences. Beyond Paradise S2 The streaming service has added the much-anticipated second season of Beyond Paradise, the spin-off of Death in Paradise that aired last year and was greeted with a wave of enthusiasm by drama fans across all channels and streamers. Season 2 will see Humphrey kept on his toes, faced with a never-ending string of baffling crimes locally on top of threats from above to close the local station. Meanwhile, he and Martha consider expanding their own family life to become foster parents.&nb ..read more

We’ve got a US premiere date for the latest season of Grantchester! Masterpiece have revealed when Season 9 will air in the US. Series 8 of Grantchester in the US aired on PBS from 9 July 2023 to 13 August 2023. The UK release on ITV was delayed to early 2024 due to scheduling conflicts. The UK release on ITV ran from 11 January 2024 to 15 February 2024. When’s the release date?  Season 9 premieres on Sunday, June 16 at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on PBS. As previously announced, there are major changes in store for Grantchester. Series 9 will see Tom Brittney hand over the keys of the vicarage ..read more

MASTERPIECE has announced a major addition to the cast of Miss Scarlet and the Duke. As previously announced, Stuart Martin has decided to step back from the show.  Stuart played the role of William ‘The Duke’ Wellington opposite Kate Phillip’s Miss Eliza Scarlet. The news has been met with sadness and has left many fans disappointed and worried about the future of the series.  Who is it going to be? Tom Durant Pritchard (This Is Going to Hurt, The Crown) will join the cast of Miss Scarlet for Season 5. Filming of Season 5 is already underway in Belgrade, Serbia.  Tom may alrea ..read more