CBS renews Ghosts and Fire Country
The former will be entering its fourth season while the latter will be heading into its third.
Only Murders in the Building Season 4 Updates
Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live) has joined Only Murders in the Building Season 4. She will recur as a high-powered Los Angeles business woman who finds herself drawn into the world of the investigation in New York.
Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) has joined Only Murders in the Building Season 4 where she will play a character that becomes integral to the twist and turns of this season’s investigation.
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets) has joined Only Murders in the Building Season 4 where he will play a character that becomes integral to the twist and turns of this season’s investigation.
‘UNFORGOTTEN’ BEGINS FILMING SEASON 6
Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar reprise their roles as DCI Jess James and DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan as their dynamic on-screen partnership returns to investigate emotionally charged cold cases from the past, unravelling secrets and unearthing buried truths along the way.
When suspected human remains are discovered on Whitney Marsh, Jess and Sunny are called to the scene, ditching their respective plans for the evening much to Jess’s husband Steve’s chagrin. With Dr Balcombe’s expert analysis of the human spine, it’s evident the remains are relatively recent and her guess is the body was put there already dismembered. With this knowledge, Jess and Sunny begin to search the area believing other body parts may not be too far away.
Joining Sinéad and Sanjeev for this series are Victoria Hamilton (Cobra, His Dark Materials), MyAnna Buring (The Responder, The Witcher, The Salisbury Poisonings), acting newcomers Max Fairley and Elham Elas, and legendary British actors Jan Francis and Damien Maloney, with returning performances from Andrew Lancel (Bolan’s Shoes, Unforgotten, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe) as Jess’s husband Steve and Kate Robbins (Unforgotten, The Couple Next Door, Death in Paradise) as her mother Kate.
‘FEAR’ STARRING MARTIN COMPSTON & ANJLI MOHINDRA Coming to Prime
A new three-part psychological thriller, starring Martin Compston (The Rig, Line of Duty) and Anjli Mohindra (Vigil, The Lazarus Project), written by Mick Ford (After the Flood, The Stranger), based on the book by Dirk Kurbjuweit.
Martyn (Compston) and Rebecca (Mohindra) move into a beautiful house in Glasgow with their two young children. At first, the new home seems idyllic, but when their neighbour Jan (Solly McLeod) makes unnerving comments to Rebecca it turns out to be the start of something far more intimidating. Facing accusations that are every parent’s worst nightmare, and with the authorities refusing to step in, Martyn and Rebecca feel they have nowhere to turn to for help.
Alongside Martin Compston and Anjli Mohindra, the drama stars Solly McLeod (Tom Jones, The Dead Don’t Hurt), BAFTA-winning James Cosmo (Jack Ryan, Game of Thrones), Maureen Beattie (Deadwater Fell, Our House), Daniel Portman (Black Mirror, Game of Thrones), Anneika Rose (Crossfire, Line of Duty) and Bhav Joshi (Breathtaking, The Diplomat). Filming is underway and the entire series will be shot in Glasgow.
Fear will be available on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland in 2025.
HARLAN COBEN’S ‘MISSING YOU’ FOR NETFLIX
‘Slow Horses’ actress Rosalind Eleazar (‘Harlots’, ‘Death in Paradise’, and ‘Breeders’) will star in ‘Missing You‘, from the team behind the smash hit ‘Fool Me Once’.
In ‘Missing You’, eleven years ago Detective Kat Donovan’s fiancé Josh – the love of her life – disappeared and she’s never heard from him since. Now, swiping profiles on a dating app, she suddenly sees his face and her world explodes all over again. Josh’s reappearance will force her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past.
NEW ADAPTATION OF IAN RANKIN’S ‘REBUS’ NOVELS
Richard Rankin (Outlander, The Replacement) will star as Rebus in the BBC’s new adaptation. Set in Edinburgh, the six-part series reimagines John Rebus as a younger Detective Sergeant drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality. Rebus finds himself torn between protecting his brother and enforcing the law to bring Michael to justice.
The series also stars Lucie Shorthouse (Line of Duty, Ten Percent), Brian Ferguson (The Ipcress File, Spanish Princess), Amy Manson (The Nevers, The Diplomat), Neshla Caplan (The Rig, Scot Squad), Noof Ousellam (Vigil, Guilt), Stuart Bowman (The Serpent, Bodyguard), Caroline Lee Johnson (Trying, Ridley), Sean Buchanan (Censor, Mary Queen of Scots), Thoren Ferguson (The Midwich Cuckoos) and Michelle Duncan (Baptise, Elizabeth is Missing).
‘BLUE LIGHTS’ SEASON 2 Update
Derek Thompson (Casualty) will join Season 2. ‘Blue Lights’ is an authentic, gripping and darkly funny drama about ordinary people doing an extraordinary job. Season one follows three new PSNI probationary recruits as they navigate their way through their first few months in a uniquely dangerous place to be a response police officer.
Thompson will play retired officer Robin Graham, whose past and conscience catch up with him when trainee solicitor Jen Robinson (Hannah McClean) investigates a decades-old case that has dangerous implications for the present.
In season two, Grace, Annie and Tommy are growing up fast as police officers, but nothing can prepare them for the turmoil they face every day. It’s a year since the fall of the McIntyre crime gang and the vacuum has been filled by rival gangs, all competing for dominance. Constable Shane Bradley is drafted in to help, but his motivations are unclear. Tommy is dangerously seduced by the world of intelligence policing, while Grace struggles to deal with her son’s absence, and growing feelings for fellow officer Stevie. As a young loyalist threatens to take over the city, the officers face a major gangland feud – culminating in a violent and devastating confrontation.
Reprising their roles in the forthcoming second series are Siân Brooke (Grace Ellis), Martin McCann (Stevie Neil), Katherine Devlin (Annie Conlon), Nathan Braniff (Tommy Foster), Joanne Crawford (Helen McNally), Andi Osho (Sandra Cliff), and Hannah McClean (Jen Robinson). Also set to return are Paddy Jenkins (Happy Kelly), Desmond Eastwood (Murray Canning), Jonathan Harden (Jonty) and Andrea Irvine (Nicola Robinson). Joining them for the second series is Frank Blake as new Constable Shane Bradley, along with Seamus O’Hara as Lee Thompson and Seána Kerslake as his sister Mags.
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