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Willie Trombone
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Yes!!
Stephen Graham is an absolute CLASS actor. Looking forward to this, Ta!
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I'm dead keen to start season two.
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Looking for a good Brit series. What would be your Top 3 new in the last 2 years. Ive only seen The Capture and it was brilliant, and didnt finish The Bodyguard.
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Any specific genre?
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Final Season of Strike Back in 17 days 
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Are you guys sailing for this - it's not on BBC?
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ITV?
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White House Farm - Watch episodes
Factual drama based on the notorious Whitehouse Farm murders. Catch up on the ITV Hub - the home of ITV on demand.
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White House Farm - Watch episodes
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Coolio, tks.
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Kodi Elementum.
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Some things to look forward to in 2020.
The Serpent
From the keyboards of Ripper Street writers Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay, The Serpent will tell the disturbing real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, the chief suspect in a series of grisly unsolved murders of attractive young female backpackers across Asia in the mid-1970s.
It stars A Prophet and The Looming Tower‘s charismatic French actor Tahar Rahim as Sobhraj and Victoria’s Jenna Coleman as his accomplice, Marie-Andrée Leclerc.
A portrait of a twisted sociopath and his devoted and equally twisted partner in crime, The Serpent doesn’t look like being 8pm Sunday night family viewing. It could well be one of the darkest crime dramas of the year.
Because the Night
Neil Cross, creator of Luther, moves to ITV for this upcoming four-part murder mystery/thriller. It’s likely to be seen later on in the year and stars Him & Her’s Russell Tovey as the lead, Nathan.
‘As a web of lies, that he thought was dead and buried, comes back to haunt Nathan, he sinks deeper and deeper into the horror of the event that happened ten years ago. I cannot wait to start filming and join this amazing team and cast’, explained Tovey.
It’s based on Cross’s own novel Burial and co-stars the likes of Bertie Carvel (Doctor Foster) and Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones).
Tenacity
This six-part naval thriller is based on writer J S Law’s debut novel of the same name and is being brought to the screen Peter A Dowling, who penned the 2005 Jodie Foster thriller Flightplan. It’s a murder mystery (so think The Hunt for Red October written by Agatha Christie – sort of…) with an as yet unannounced cast, meaning filming hasn’t begun and we shouldn’t expect to see it much before the end of the year.
When a dead submariner is discovered aboard the British nuclear submarine, Tenacity, disgraced military detective Danielle ‘Dan’ Lewis is sent to investigate the accident.
But when the case turns to murder it puts her in conflict with Tenacity’s crew, her Navy superiors, and into the cross-hairs of an assassin who has infiltrated her nuclear base with an agenda that will not only destroy national security but kill Dan and everyone she loves.
Innocent series 2
Chris Lang’s ITV sleeper hit starring Lee Ingleby aired back in the spring of 2018 and proved to be a very effective and popular miniseries. Few people anticipated a sequel though, given it’s self-contained nature. But ITV has commissioned one.
Lang has decided to take an anthology approach with the follow-up and has come up with a totally new story and cast of characters. Not a huge amount is known about Innocent’s second series as yet, but we’re sure it’s destined to be another tight, twisting thriller that’s well worth catching.
Honour
One of Britain’s greatest living actresses is lined up for this upcoming crime drama centred around an honour killing. Bodyguard and Spooks leading lady Keeley Hawes plays DCI Caroline Goode in this true-life story that’s based on the desperately sad tale of Londonder Banaz Mahmod, a 20-year-old woman who was murdered by her family merely for falling in love with a man they didn’t approve of.
Hawes, who also produces the two-parter, explained, ‘It is a privilege to be working on Honour…in a time when honour killings are still rife, it is critical to shine a light on such an important subject. Banaz Mahmod’s story, and DCI Goode’s subsequent investigation, is certainly one that needs to be told and I am proud to be a part of it.’
Killing Eve series 3
You don’t need us to tell you (again) just how good Killing Eve is. So we won’t. All we say is that the third series is due to hit in 2020 and there’s no reason to believe it won’t be just as perfect as the two previous runs.
We were left to think that Villanelle had killed Eve at the end of the second season, but we’re guessing she survived. Call it a hunch, if you like.
Joining the cast for the new series are Game of Thrones star Gemma Whelan and Inside No. 9‘s Steve Pemberton, with Fear the Walking Dead scribe Suzanne Heathcote taking over writing duties.
The Serpent
From the keyboards of Ripper Street writers Richard Warlow and Toby Finlay, The Serpent will tell the disturbing real-life story of Charles Sobhraj, the chief suspect in a series of grisly unsolved murders of attractive young female backpackers across Asia in the mid-1970s.
It stars A Prophet and The Looming Tower‘s charismatic French actor Tahar Rahim as Sobhraj and Victoria’s Jenna Coleman as his accomplice, Marie-Andrée Leclerc.
A portrait of a twisted sociopath and his devoted and equally twisted partner in crime, The Serpent doesn’t look like being 8pm Sunday night family viewing. It could well be one of the darkest crime dramas of the year.
Because the Night
Neil Cross, creator of Luther, moves to ITV for this upcoming four-part murder mystery/thriller. It’s likely to be seen later on in the year and stars Him & Her’s Russell Tovey as the lead, Nathan.
‘As a web of lies, that he thought was dead and buried, comes back to haunt Nathan, he sinks deeper and deeper into the horror of the event that happened ten years ago. I cannot wait to start filming and join this amazing team and cast’, explained Tovey.
It’s based on Cross’s own novel Burial and co-stars the likes of Bertie Carvel (Doctor Foster) and Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones).
Tenacity
This six-part naval thriller is based on writer J S Law’s debut novel of the same name and is being brought to the screen Peter A Dowling, who penned the 2005 Jodie Foster thriller Flightplan. It’s a murder mystery (so think The Hunt for Red October written by Agatha Christie – sort of…) with an as yet unannounced cast, meaning filming hasn’t begun and we shouldn’t expect to see it much before the end of the year.
When a dead submariner is discovered aboard the British nuclear submarine, Tenacity, disgraced military detective Danielle ‘Dan’ Lewis is sent to investigate the accident.
But when the case turns to murder it puts her in conflict with Tenacity’s crew, her Navy superiors, and into the cross-hairs of an assassin who has infiltrated her nuclear base with an agenda that will not only destroy national security but kill Dan and everyone she loves.
Innocent series 2
Chris Lang’s ITV sleeper hit starring Lee Ingleby aired back in the spring of 2018 and proved to be a very effective and popular miniseries. Few people anticipated a sequel though, given it’s self-contained nature. But ITV has commissioned one.
Lang has decided to take an anthology approach with the follow-up and has come up with a totally new story and cast of characters. Not a huge amount is known about Innocent’s second series as yet, but we’re sure it’s destined to be another tight, twisting thriller that’s well worth catching.
Honour
One of Britain’s greatest living actresses is lined up for this upcoming crime drama centred around an honour killing. Bodyguard and Spooks leading lady Keeley Hawes plays DCI Caroline Goode in this true-life story that’s based on the desperately sad tale of Londonder Banaz Mahmod, a 20-year-old woman who was murdered by her family merely for falling in love with a man they didn’t approve of.
Hawes, who also produces the two-parter, explained, ‘It is a privilege to be working on Honour…in a time when honour killings are still rife, it is critical to shine a light on such an important subject. Banaz Mahmod’s story, and DCI Goode’s subsequent investigation, is certainly one that needs to be told and I am proud to be a part of it.’
Killing Eve series 3
You don’t need us to tell you (again) just how good Killing Eve is. So we won’t. All we say is that the third series is due to hit in 2020 and there’s no reason to believe it won’t be just as perfect as the two previous runs.
We were left to think that Villanelle had killed Eve at the end of the second season, but we’re guessing she survived. Call it a hunch, if you like.
Joining the cast for the new series are Game of Thrones star Gemma Whelan and Inside No. 9‘s Steve Pemberton, with Fear the Walking Dead scribe Suzanne Heathcote taking over writing duties.
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Death Comes As An End
Instead of enlisting the help of their usual Agatha Christie adaptor, the Beeb has got Gwyneth Hughes on board to bring this 1944-set murder mystery to the screen. Hughes has an impressive CV, having been responsible for the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s unfinished work The Mystery of Edwin Drood back in 2012.
Casting has yet to be announced, so we could be looking at late 2020 for this one. Possibly even Christmastime. Which is the perfect time for an Agatha adaptation on telly if you ask us.
The Bay series 2
Morven Christie is due to return for another series of the hit ITV drama that we described in our opening episode review as ‘Morecambe Broadchurch‘. The truth is that there’s a little more to The Bay than that and the series drew quite a loyal following.
Christie is back as police family liaison officer DS Lisa Armstrong and while details are think on the ground at the moment, expect another shocking crime, plenty of secrets and a whole beachful of twists and turns.
Unforgotten series 4
Cold case crime drama Unforgotten is back for a fourth series in 2020, with both leads Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar eager to get back into character as DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan and help create another unmissable six-part series.
Chris Lang is back on writing duties too and is made up to get another run of the popular show. ‘I am so delighted to have been asked to make a fourth series of Unforgotten,’ he said. ‘The reaction to series three was better than I could ever have expected and I can’t wait to discover what lies ahead for Cassie and Sunny and to create a whole new cast of characters for them to grapple with.’
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The Barking Murders
Marcella series 3
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Death Comes As An End
Instead of enlisting the help of their usual Agatha Christie adaptor, the Beeb has got Gwyneth Hughes on board to bring this 1944-set murder mystery to the screen. Hughes has an impressive CV, having been responsible for the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s unfinished work The Mystery of Edwin Drood back in 2012.
Casting has yet to be announced, so we could be looking at late 2020 for this one. Possibly even Christmastime. Which is the perfect time for an Agatha adaptation on telly if you ask us.
The Bay series 2
Morven Christie is due to return for another series of the hit ITV drama that we described in our opening episode review as ‘Morecambe Broadchurch‘. The truth is that there’s a little more to The Bay than that and the series drew quite a loyal following.
Christie is back as police family liaison officer DS Lisa Armstrong and while details are think on the ground at the moment, expect another shocking crime, plenty of secrets and a whole beachful of twists and turns.
Unforgotten series 4
Cold case crime drama Unforgotten is back for a fourth series in 2020, with both leads Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar eager to get back into character as DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan and help create another unmissable six-part series.
Chris Lang is back on writing duties too and is made up to get another run of the popular show. ‘I am so delighted to have been asked to make a fourth series of Unforgotten,’ he said. ‘The reaction to series three was better than I could ever have expected and I can’t wait to discover what lies ahead for Cassie and Sunny and to create a whole new cast of characters for them to grapple with.’
Also:
The Barking Murders
Marcella series 3
Source
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Isn't it going to be a movie?
Ah wait ...
Line Of Duty (Series 6)
BBC One
One of the UK’s big hitters will be back this year. Kelly Macdonald is lined up for series six, and will play Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson, the senior investigating officer of an unsolved murder, whose unconventional conduct raises suspicions at AC-12. But the big question is whether one or any of the ‘H’s will be revealed.
Des
ITV
This three-part drama is based on material from the book Killing for Company by Brian Masters, which focuses on one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men – Dennis Nilsen played by David Tennant, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay played by Daniel Mays and biographer Brian Masters played by Jason Watkins – the series will explore the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen. Nilsen murdered boys and young men in his flat from 1978 to 1983. He was undetected for five years, and it was only when DCI Peter Jay was called to 23 Cranley Gardens on 9th February, 1983, to investigate human fragments of flesh and bone clogging the drains, that the police realised they had a serial killer on their hands.
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Some great stuff coming up indeed.
Dennis Nielsen was one seriously twisted dude. And wow, Tennant looks just like the famous photo of him there too. Can’t wait for this one.
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Thrillers
Collateral wasn't bad either.
Although the Brits seem to focus a lot on political thrillers/police procedural type stuff.
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Get the 2 seasons of Bancroft. 4 and 3 episodes.
Police procedural that the British do so well, but with a huge twist to it. I’ve only got the last episode to watch and have really enjoyed it.
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Yeah I see it's currently being discussed. I'll do this next.