Telly that bridges the Pond
Following up on Monday’s post about the adaptation of China Miéville’s fantasy/crime novel The City & The City, today we look at a few more published titles being made for British telly.
China Miéville’s fantasy/crime novel The City & The City is being adapted into a four-part thriller serial for BBC Two.
Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby will soon be lighting up US broadcast airwaves, as George Gently is about to return to public TV stations with its seventh season.
Many fine actors have been cast in new dramas headed to BBC and ITV, including Amelia Bullmore, Kevin Doyle, and Keeley Hawes. Read on to find out who else is returning to telly.
Childhood’s End, the new sci-fi drama premiering on Syfy, is chock-full of actors from across the pond and down under, including Charles Dance, Julian McMahon, and Colm Meaney.
The BBC has released the first-look images of BBC One’s epic new event drama War And Peace, featuring Paul Dano, Lily James, and James Norton, and they look amazing.
George Gently, one of the most successful British crime dramas to cross the pond, is about to return to the US with its seventh series. Woo hoo!
If you’re bubbling over with excitement about the new series of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries premiering in the US, join the club!
Sky 1, Sky plc’s flagship pay TV channel in the UK and Ireland, has renewed its focus and upped its investment in original programming, and at least some of its shows are headed to the US.
Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime — one of the most highly-anticipated new British TV dramas this year — makes its US debut on Acorn TV later this summer and marks one of the biggest US premieres yet for RLJ Entertainment’s
Viewers in the UK have more new dramas to look forward to, including the prequel to one of the best crime dramas ever to have graced tellys on both sides of the pond, and another starring a Downton Abbey alum.
A lot of actors have joined the casts of new British TV series, so let’s get to them, shall we?