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Filming commences on second series of Gangs of London with new cast line up

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Series two of the Sky and AMC co-production will see the stellar cast of Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, Michelle Fairley, Brian Vernel, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Lucian Msamati, Paapa Essiedu, Valene Kane, Orli Shuka, Narges Rashidi and Asif Raza reprising their roles.

Joining the cast will be Waleed Zuaiter (Baghdad Central), French rapper Jasmine Armando in her debut television role, Salem Kali (Un Prophete), Aymen Hamdouchi (Criminal: UK) and Fady El-Sayed (A Private War).

Sky announces the third series of Britannia

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Britannia takes place in a world of mythic Celtic tribes, psychedelic druids and horrifying Romans. 

Series three sees Cait (Elanor Worthington-Cox) go through a transformative journey as the 'Chosen One', tasked with a decision that will bond her to the future of her war-torn people and their desecrated land. 

Aulus (David Morrissey) is under pressure from his wife (Sophie Okonedo) who has become a dark new force in his life and Amena (Annabel Scholey) finds herself caught between the pair in a lethal ménage à trois. 

Josh Hartnett to star in new Sky series The Fear Index

Paul Andrew Williams and Caroline Bartleet have adapted the series from Robert Harris’ best-selling novel of the same name, and David Caffrey (Peaky Blinders) will direct.

The four-part series tells the story of Dr Alex Hoffman (Hartnett), a genius computer scientist who sets out to make a fortune.

When Alex develops an AI system, VIXAL-4, that exploits fear in financial markets to make massive profits, he launches the technology to investors alongside his best friend and Hedge Fund business partner, Hugo (Arsher Ali).

I Hate Suzie renewed for second series

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The series, created by Lucy Prebble and Billie Piper, follows the unravelling of the titular Suzie (Piper), an actress who becomes the victim of a phone hack where her intimate pictures are leaked online.

The series also starred Leila Farzad (Innocent) as Suzie’s best friend turned manager Naomi, Daniel Ings (The Crown) as Suzie’s husband Cob and Nathaniel Martello-White (Small Axe) as Carter, the director who is revealed to be having a passionate affair with Suzie.

Sky releases trailer for new drama Mare of Easttown starring Kate Winslet

Academy Award winner Kate Winslet stars as small-town detective Mare Sheehan, who is handed a local murder to solve while trying to hold her life together.

Julianne Nicholson also stars as Mare’s childhood best friend Lori Ross, and Evan Peters as Detective Colin Zabel, called in to assist Mare in her investigation.

Meanwhile Mare’s mother and daughter, played by Jean Smart and Angourie Rice, only serve to complicate her matters.

Kenneth Branagh to play Boris Johnson in new drama This Sceptred Isle

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Written by filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) and Kieron Quirke (Cuckoo), the five-part series will chart the first wave of the pandemic.

Tracing the UK government’s response, This Sceptred Isle will explore the impact the global pandemic had on Britain, and the man charged with leading the country through it.

Euphoria returns with two special episodes

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Series one ended with Rue (Zendaya) finding herself alone after being too afraid to follow Jules (Hunter Schafer) to an unknown future, instead relapsing and snorting a line of cocaine.

Written and directed by Sam Levinson, the first special titled Trouble Don’t Last Always will bridge the gap between series one and two and follows Rue as she celebrates and copes with the Christmas period.

The first episode will air this December and more details about the second episode will be announced in due course.

Trailer released for Sky drama The Undoing

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The six-part limited series is based on the novel You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz, with the adaptation written by David E. Kelley.

Nicole Kidman plays successful therapist Grace Fraser, who leads the privileged life she had always dreamed of with a loving and devoted husband Jonathan (Hugh Grant), and young son Henry (Noah Jupe), who is a student at an elite private school in New York.

Sky releases first look trailer for new legal thriller starring Bryan Cranston

Sky has released a first look trailer for new legal thriller, Your Honor, starring Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston.

Cranston stars as Michael Desiato, a reputed New Orleans judge who breaks bad in order to protect his teenage son Adam (Hunter Doohan) after he gets involved in a hit-and-run.

Unfortunately for them, the victim just happens to be the son of Jimmy Baxter (Michael Stuhlbarg), the head of the most vicious crime family in the city.

Lucy Prebble talks dark humour, Succession and her new series I Hate Suzie

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“When there’s so much television around, there is a danger that you start to passively, even unconsciously, copy tropes. And you begin to think that that’s what’s right,” she says.

“But actually, it’s not. It’s just what’s familiar, and that doesn’t necessarily make it true or good”.

Having created her first television show at only 26, and now executive producing and writing on Succession, one of the most talked about series of the past few years, Prebble is an expert at creating compelling drama.