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Netflix released a brand new trailer for the upcoming season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror. The two-minute trailer consists of a mix of clips from the new episodes as well as the launch date for the new season.

If you happened to blink for a really long time towards the end of the trailer and didn’t catch the launch date, it is December 29, 2017. Just in time to binge watch on your holiday break.

IMDb has the episode count at six for season 4. Below is some episode information.

“Arkangel”

Cast: Rosemarie Dewitt (La La Land, Mad Men), Brenna Harding (A Place to Call Home), Owen Teague (Bloodline)

Director: Jodie Foster

Written by: Charlie Brooker

“USS Callister”

Cast: Jesse Plemons (Black Mass, Fargo), Cristin Milioti (The Wolf of Wall Street, Fargo), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld, House of Cards), Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum, Monsters: Dark Continent)

Director: Toby Haynes (Dr Who, Sherlock...

Two new photos have been released for the fourth season of Netflix's Black Mirror. The first image teases the Star Trek-inspired episode "USS Callister" and the second on is for the episode titled "Arkangel". This is such an amazing series and I can't wait to see what crazy twisted stories we'll be getting in this next season. To watch the previously released teaser trailer for the series, click here.

Below the photo, you'll find the details that have been released for each of the six episodes that Season 4 will consist of:

“Crocodile,” directed by John Hillcoat (The Road, Lawless) and starring Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, Bloodline), Andrew Gower (Outlander), Kiran Sonia Sawar (Murdered By My Father).

“Arkangel,” directed by Jodie Foster (Money Monster, The Silence of the Lambs) and starring Rosemarie Dewitt (La La Land, Mad Men), Brenna Harding (A Place to Call Home), Owen Teague (Bloodline).

“Hang the DJ,...

‘Black Mirror‘ is a show that I absolutely love. In what is the closest thing to a modern day ‘Twilight Zone‘, creator/show runner Charlie Booker‘s hypnotic series has managed to captivate audiences in it’s first three seasons. The show – which was originally aired on BBC – was expanded to a six episode format after Netflix picked up the show for it’s third, and now fourth season, and is highly anticipated to say the least.

Season 3 was backed by some incredible talent, and based on the trailer for season 4, this trend seems to be continuing. In particular, this upcoming season provides a hefty dose of talent in the director’s chair that includes: Jodie Foster, John Hillcoat (The Road, Lawless), David Slade (Hannibal), Colm McCarthy(Peaky Blinders) and Toby Haynes (Dr Who), Tim Van Patten(The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire).

Here’s the full trailer for...

If you're a fan of Black Mirror drop what you're doing and watch the first teaser trailer for Season 4 now! Hell, it looks like there's a Star Trek inspired episode! The promo basically gives us the titles of the episodes in Season 4 and offers a little snippet of footage from each one. I'm definitely intrigued by what I'm seeing! It looks like we've got a great new season of greatness ahead of us.

Black Mirror taps into the collective unease of the modern world, with each standalone episode delivering a sharp, suspenseful tale of the myriad of ways technology has transformed all aspects of human life — in every home, on every desk, in every palm; on a plasma screen, monitor or Smartphone.

Here is a list of the titles and the cast involved thanks to THR:

The previously announced Jodie Foster-directed episode now has a title, "Arkangel," and along...

What’s in a title? In the case of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated anthology series “Black Mirror,” sometimes quite a lot, as revealed in the teaser trailer released that offers not just a glimpse at first footage, but the full list of episode names we can expect from the upcoming fourth season.

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The six episode titles, along with accompanying images:

“Crocodile” (featuring two women, one in a hat and the other in a headscarf) “Arkangel” (with footage including a little girl and some unique tablet technology) “Hang the DJ” (involving a young couple and some sort of mobile game) “USS Callister” (a “Star Trek”-esque spaceship appears to be in danger) “Metalhead” (monochromatic footage including a robot of some kind?) “Black Museum” (fancy headgear and booby traps, amongst other images)

Update: Netflix has...

Get ready for a whole new Snatch. The Guy Ritchie movie is getting the TV treatment on Crackle with an impressive cast of British dudes. Harry Potter's Rupert Grint stars as Charlie Cavendish, who is described as "utterly posh." Ron Weasley who? Grint also serves as an executive producer. Luke Pasqualino of Skins fame also stars as Albert Hill, Scream Queens' Lucien Laviscount is Billy Ayers, Dougray Scott is Vic Hill, The Village's Phoebe Dynevor is Lotti Mott, Juliet Aubrey is Lily Hill and Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick appears as Sonny Castillo. Hopefully this will make you forget Wicked City. Basically the cast is full of all your past and present crushes. Alex De Rakoff serves as...

Casting has been announced for the new two-hour BBC drama To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters about the personal lives of the Bronte family, written and directed by Sally Wainwright, creator of Happy Valley.

The Bronte sisters’ personal lives are as intriguing as their writing: three unlikely geniuses under one unlikely West Yorkshire roof. Coming from obscurity to produce some of the greatest and most enduring classics of all time, with themes that shook the nation, Charlotte, Anne and Emily remain one the greatest literary mysteries in the world.

The drama revolves around the three sisters’ increasingly difficult relationship with their brother Branwell, who in the last three years of his life – following a tragically misguided love affair – sank into alcoholism, drug addiction and appalling behaviour. Life at home with the Brontes at this time was not a comfortable place to be, and yet from this environment sprang their remarkable literary output.

ABC’s The Catch has cast Doctor Who and Life on Mars alum John Simm as the mysterious benefactor who has been backing Ben and Margot’s schemes.

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Per our sister site Variety, Simm will make his debut in Episode 6 of the midseason #Tgit drama (airing in late April), and appear throughout the back half of its 10-episode freshman run.

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In addition to his recurring stint as Doctor Who‘s The Master and as the original Life on Mars‘ “time traveler,” Simm’s TV credits include Intruders,...

Four weeks after its release, The Man in the High Castle has been renewed for Season 2 by Amazon.

RelatedCable/Streaming Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled?

Based on Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel and penned by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), the drama asks what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II, picking up the action 20 years afterward. The cast includes Alexa Davalos (Mob City), Luke Kleintank (Bones), Rupert Evans (The Village), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Mortal Kombat Legacy), Joel De La Fuente, Rufus Sewell and DJ Qualls (Z Nation).

RelatedMan in the High...

The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan is up against a creature even scarier than zombies in the trailer for The Boy.

In what would certainly qualify as the worst nanny job ever, Cohan is hired by an eccentric family to care for a doll who stands in for their dead son.

A little creepy, sure, but sounds easy enough. Until the doll comes alive, that is.

The horror movie is brought to the screen by director William Brent Bell, notable for the 2012 exorcism movie The Devil Inside.

Joining Cohan in the main cast of The Boy are Father Ted's Jim Norton, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel's Diana Hardcastle and The Village's Rupert Evans.

The Boy creeps into cinemas on January 22 in the Us.

The trailer for Extraordinary Tales has arrived. Based on some of Edgar Allan Poe's most notable works, Extraordinary Tales is narrated by Guillermo del Toro along with other iconic artists. Also: more details on A&E's The Enfield Haunting, Diamond Select Toys at Nycc, and release details for Dark Awakening.

Extraordinary Tales: "A film anthology of five of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known stories, each told in a unique graphic style and featuring some of the most beloved figures in horror film history. Adapting the look and variety of a classic horror anthology, Extraordinary Tales offers heart-pounding takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each tale is given a unique animated look, inspired by sources as diverse as classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films,...

BBC One has revealed a slate of new drama projects in the works or set to air in the UK later this Fall alongside new episodes of returning favorites like "Doctor Who," "Luther" and "Sherlock".

First up there's the epic event series "Troy – Fall Of A City," a multi-part drama which will be set against the backdrop of the war between Greece and Troy and focuses on the collapse of one family. This explores the origins of the saga and offers a Trojan point of view to events.

Next comes an adaptation of Jk Rowling's secretly-penned post-'Harry Potter' series of detective novels "The Cormoran Strike Mysteries". The contemporary series will focus on a war veteran turned private detective.

A new telemovie adaptation of E.R. Braithwaite's 1959 novel "To Sir With Love" is on the way which will be set in the East End following WW2 and follows...

24's Dennis Haysbert will become the public face of the wrongly-imprisoned in a new BBC One series.

Undercover casts Haysbert as a 20-year prison inmate on death row for a false murder conviction.

As Rudy Jones's execution looms, he urges his lawyer and close friend Maya (Doctor Who's Sophie Okonedo) to challenge accepted truths.

The six-part drama series also includes Hustle's Adrian Lester in its ensemble cast as Maya's husband Nick, an undercover police officer with a terrible secret.

Undercover is the latest drama from Peter Moffat, screenwriter of The Village, Silk and Einstein and Eddington.

BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the Us will premiere Undercover next year.

Andrew Gower (“The Village”) has been cast as Prince Charles Edward Stuart in the upcoming second season of Starz's historical, time-traveling romance series "Outlander".

The new season will be based on Diana Gabaldon's second novel in the series, "Dragonfly in Amber". In this version, Stuart is the young heir to the exiled Catholic royal dynasty and is plotting his return to the throne with the help of his Jacobite supporters. With an unabashed taste for alcohol and women, Charles Stuart is hell-bent on glory.

Also joining the cast this year is Robert Cavanah ("Wuthering Heights") as Jamie’s Scottish wine merchant cousin who lives in Paris, Romann Berrux ("Detectives") as a young French pickpocket fiercely loyal to the Frasers, Dominique Pinon as the apothecary Master Raymond, Stanley Weber ("Borgia") as French Court member Le Comte St. Germain, and Rosie Day ("The Seasoning House") as Silas Hawkins' niece and...

Polly Hill has been announced as the new controller of BBC drama commissioning

She replaces Ben Stephenson, who recently announced his departure. She will work with her predecessor over the next few days to ease the transition.

"I am delighted and honoured to be taking over as the controller of BBC drama commissioning," Hill said.

"Under Ben Stephenson's leadership BBC Drama has thrived, it's in an incredible place and I would like to personally thank him.

"I look forward to steering BBC Drama into the future and building on this success, continuing to be the home of the most original and ambitious storytelling across a range of drama that is unique to the BBC."

Director of BBC Television Danny Cohen added: "I'm delighted that Polly will be leading BBC Drama Commissioning. She has an exceptional track record for delivering outstanding drama.

"From Wolf Hall to Poldark and The Missing,...

Luke Newberry, Johnny Harris and Richard Rankin will appear in BBC One's new drama From Darkness.

Anne-Marie Duff was previously announced to lead the series, a psychological crime thriller from writer Katie Baxendale.

From Darkness tells the story of Claire Church (Duff), a former police officer who moves away to the remote Western Isles in an attempt to escape the past and violence that still haunts her.

Soon, Claire is pulled back into an investigation she thought she long left behind, by her former lover and colleague Dci John Hind (Johnny Harris) and his new DS Anthony Boyce (Luke Newberry).

The Crimson Field actor Rankin - who plays Claire's partner Norrie - said: "I'm excited to be working on another great BBC drama. Excellent script, excellent team."

Johnny Harris added: "I couldn't have wished for a more exciting script or project to be involved in. Anne-Marie Duff is an...

Cast your minds back to 2002 - a time when Pop Idols didn't need to have The X Factor, Fifty Shades of Grey were just colours on a paint sampler chart and David Beckham was a mere international superstar rather than global megastar.

Bend It Like Beckham, with a modest estimated budget of £3.7 million, opened that same year and became a critical and commercial success - breaking box office records and scoring BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, as well as making household names of many of its stars.

As the cast continues preparing for the West End stage adaptation of Gurinder Chadha's screen hit ahead of previews on May 15, find out what the movie's ensemble cast went on to achieve - including who is coming back for the musical...

Parminder Nagra (Jess Bhamra)

Nominated for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards on the back of the movie's success, Parminder went...

Anne-Marie Duff is to lead the cast of new BBC psychological crime drama From Darkness.

The drama is the first original commission from writer Katie Baxendale, who has written for Sugar Rush and The Paradise, and originates from the BBC writersroom.

Duff, who is known for her roles in dramas including Shameless and The Virgin Queen, will play Claire Church, an ex-police officer who left the Greater Manchester Police after the violence involved became too overwhelming for her.

After feeling ignored in the office and her relationship with her married Di, Claire found solace in the remote Western Isles with her new man Norrie and daughter Megan.

However when four bodies from Claire's past investigations are unearthed, she finds herself back in a world she thought she had left behind and faced with a case that only she can solve.

"Katie Baxendale has created a beautifully complex character in her female protagonist,...

Luke Newberry (In the Flesh) stars as happy-go-lucky Josh in the latest episode of E4's anthology series Banana - the fifth of eight stories celebrating love without labels.

Josh has changed a lot since being away at university - he's out, gay and happy - but when he returns home for best pal Sophie's wedding, Josh begins to question himself... has he outgrown his old friend?

Newberry spoke to Digital Spy about Banana, inverting bonnets on vintage cars and why he dislikes the label 'gay drama'.

Had you seen a lot of Russell T Davies' work before you were cast as Josh?

"I obviously knew that he was behind Doctor Who and I dipped into Queer as Folk before I started - I can't remember when it was [originally] on, but I don't think I would've been aware of it..."

It might not have been age-appropriate for you at the time.

Based on Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 alternative history, The Man in the High Castle considers the question of what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II.

Almost 20 years after that loss, the United States and much of the world has been split between Japan and Germany, the major hegemonic states. But the tension between these two powers is mounting, and this stress is playing out in the western U.S. Told through the lives of a collection of characters in various states of posing (spies, sellers of falsified goods, others with secret identities), The Man in the High Castle examines life and history as it relates to authentic and manufactured reality.

Executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), the hour-long drama stars Alexa Davalos (Mob City), Luke Kleintank (Pretty Little Liars), Rupert Evans (The Village), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Mortal Kombat Legacy), Joel De La Fuente...

The Making of Harry Potter tour is to feature a host of creatures from the films, including the characters Hedwig and Crookshanks.

The Warner Bros Studio Tour in London is to include the original animals that played Harry's beloved owl and Hermione's cat over February half-term.

Animal trainer Julie Tottman will present over 250 live creatures that featured in the film series to the public between February 13 and February 25.

The snowy owl and Red Persian cat will be joined by Argus Filch's Maine Coone cat Mrs Norris and Neville Longbottom's pet toad Trevor, among other magical and non-magical creatures.

Jk Rowling spoke last month about the nature of the monsters in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, revealing the origin of the 'Inferi'.

The author recently completed work on the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the Harry Potter spinoff will begin shooting later this year.

Harry Potter...

Amazon Studios’ first pilot season of 2015 will debut Thursday, Jan. 15, unveiling seven drama and comedy projects as well as a half-dozen kid-centric pilots.

Already due to debut via Amazon Studios this year are the first full seasons of Bosch, Hand of God and Red Oaks, plus Season 2 of Transparent. (Chris Carter’s The After meanwhile just had its series order scrapped.)

The dramas and comedies are as follows (click photos to zoom):

Cocked | Created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan), this drama stars Sam Trammell (True Blood) as a man who 20 years ago left his...

UK cinema in 2015 has plenty to recommend it. Here are 36 UK films of all genres to look forward to this year…

Dig past the litterfall of Kray Brothers biopics and tales of nubile teens on camping trips gone wrong, and you’ll unearth plenty for the UK film industry to boast about in 2015. From sci-fi romps and thrillers like Robot Overlords and Ex Machina to dramas like High-Rise, comedies like War On Everyone, spy flicks like Spectre and kids’ films like Bill, there’s no shortage of inventive, highly promising cinema coming from these isles.

We’ve included a few choice co-productions in 2015’s pick of the year’s most interesting-looking pictures, which bolsters our list in both size and breadth (and mostly means we Brits can claim partial credit for ace-sounding dystopian flick The Lobster).

In alphabetical order then, here are the 36 UK (or UK-ish) movies we’re excited about seeing this year…...

British actor David Ryall died on Christmas Day at the age of 79.

Ryall is perhaps most famous for playing Elphias Doge, a wizard in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, but as his daughter Charlie tweeted, his career spanned five decades and he starred in much more than this one film.

Please take a moment to remember his huge five-decade-spanning career outside of the more well-known TV & film. Not just Harry Potter.

— Charlie Ryall (@charlie_ryall) December 27, 2014

Not that I don't love Harry Potter. I do, I do. But there's so much more.

— Charlie Ryall (@charlie_ryall) December 27, 2014

Photos: Stars We Lost in 2014

Ryall began his career on stage at the National Theater after receiving a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art back in 1962.

Since then he has appeared in numerous British TV series including The Singing Detective, Outnumbered, and The Village. He also starred in films, The [link=tt...

Veteran British actor David Ryall died Christmas Day at the age of 79. While he was probably best known for his role as the wizard Elphias Doge, a friend of Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, his career spanned five decades, from the stage to the big screen. Sherlock creator Mark Gatiss tweeted out the news that Ryall had passed away. Most recently, Ryall appeared in ensemble crews on British television series like The Village, Trollied, and Outnumbered. He played one of the more memorable villains on the long-running Inspector Morse. His daughter, Charlie Ryall, has asked that people remember him for more than just his role in Harry Potter. She tweeted: Ryall began his career on the stage, including work at the National Theater, during which time he was involved in several production such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Guys and Dolls, Animal Farm, and...

Veteran actor David Ryall, best known by Americans as Elphias Doge in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, died on Christmas, Dec. 25 at the age of 79.

Friend and colleague Mark Gatiss, “Sherlock” and “Doctor Who” writer, broke the news on Twitter.

“The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip,” Gatiss wrote.

See photos: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2014

The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip.

— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 27, 2014

Ryall replaced Peter Cartwright...

Harry Potter star David Ryall passed away on Christmas Day (December 25), aged 79.

Sherlock writer and star Mark Gatiss revealed the news by tweeting his sadness at the passing of his colleague.

The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip.

— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) December 27, 2014

"The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. Rip," Gatiss wrote.

The actor had a long and successful career across theatre, film and television.

Ryall appeared in numerous films, including playing the role of Elphias Doge in 2010's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.

He was featured in the first two series of BBC One comedy Outnumbered as Frank, a grandfather who suffers from dementia.

He also starred in The Village as Britain's oldest man Old Bert, who narrated the series through flashback scenes.

A Fringe alum is now a Person of Interest.

Blair Brown — who played multiple versions of Nina Sharp on the defunct Fox series — will appear in a February episode of the CBS drama as Emma, an elegant and warm former public school teacher, IGN reports.

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Emma was forced into early retirement, but a jury summons brings the promise of some excitement (at least in the form of Reese and Finch) back into her life.

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Silk creator Peter Moffat is returning to BBC One with a new drama series.

Undercover is a six-part contemporary political thriller, which will be produced by BBC Drama Production England.

The drama's lead character is about to become the first black Director of Public Prosecutions, but as she begins her new role she discovers that her husband and father of her children has been keeping a dark secret from her.

Moffat said: "After immersing myself in WW1 and the 1920s in The Village, I am relishing the prospect of returning to the contemporary British political landscape to look at where we stand and how we got here.

"Undercover is a thriller about identity, trust and the struggle to lead a morally principled personal and professional life, while working up close with the police, press, politicians and criminals who have so corrupted and damaged public life over the last 20 years."

Head of BBC Drama Production England,...

The National Television Awards 2015 longlist nominations have been announced and voting is now (October 14) open.

Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, the NTAs celebrate the best and most popular TV and are exclusively voted for by viewers. The 2015 awards take place at London's O2 on January 21.

The Nta shortlist will be announced in January when the final round of voting begins. Viewers can vote for free online at nationaltvawards.com or by calling the Nta vote form request line 0844 646 2060.

Full list of 2015 nominations:

Chat Show Host

Adam Hills

Alan Carr

Graham Norton

Jonathan Ross

Michael McIntyre

Paul O'Grady

Piers Morgan

Sarah Millican

Comedy

Benidorm

Big School

Birds of a Feather

Blandings

Boomers

Citizen Khan

Derek

Mrs Brown's Boys

Not Going Out

Outnumbered

The Big Bang Theory

The Wrong Mans

W1A

Daytime

Animal Saints and Sinners

Antiques Road Trip

Bargain Hunt

BBC Breakfast

Coach Trip

Escape to the Country

Father Brown

Fifteen to One

Flog It!

BBC The Village Season 2

The BBC’s 20th century epic The Village returned tonight with recent Rada graduate Tom Varey assuming the lead role of Bert Middleton. Memories of World War I still linger but in may respects The Village is now a brighter and more forward looking place. For one thing, John Middleton (John Simm) is now exporting his milk around the nation via train. Bert meanwhile aspires to leave the area and move to Sheffield — assuming of course he can come up with some money. As ever, there’s no point looking to his Dad for a loan as John’ farm business is on the brink of bankruptcy even with the new revenue provided by the rail link.

Fortunately for Bert, odious political big wig Lord Kilmartin (Julian Sands) is in town and he offers Bert the chance to win five quid if he agrees to take the...

The Village: BBC One, 9pm

The drama returns and finds itself in the 1920s, where the arrival of the jazz age is challenging old perceptions.

The Allinghams are throwing a weekend party, and Bert (Tom Varey) is accused of cheating in a race. With his father struggling to pay the rent, Bert attempts to take on boxer Ghana Jones (Daniel Ezra), but the stakes soon rise.

A Touch of Cloth III: Too Cloth for Comfort: Sky1, 9pm

The concluding part of Charlie Brooker's spoof crime thriller sees Detective Jack Cloth (John Hannah) continue the search of his brother's murder, which has led him to the retreat where Terry was receiving treatment for anger issues.

With the body count rising, Cloth realises that the culprit is closer to home.

Made in Chelsea NYC: E4, 9pm

Spinoff which sees the gang heading to New York for the summer. Lucy finds...

Check out the trailer for Shooting for Socrates starring Game of Thrones' Art Parkinson as 10 year old Tommy, and Nico Mirallegro, star of My Mad Fat Diary and The Village as footballing star David Campbell.

Set against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup when the smallest football nation, Northern Ireland, took on the mighty Brazil in a match that briefly reunites a divided country. This is a David Vs. Goliath set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup. It tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland’s football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern...

Digital Spy presents a list of the winners at this year's Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards, beginning tonight (Sunday, May 18) at 7pm.

Updated Live:

Leading Actor

Jamie Dornan - The Fall

Sean Harris- Southcliffe - Winner!

Luke Newberry - In The Flesh

Dominic West - Burton And Taylor

Leading Actress

Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor

Olivia Colman - Broadchurch - Winner!

Kerrie Hayes - The Mill

Maxine Peake - The Village

Supporting Actor

David Bradley - Broadchurch - Winner!

Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street

Nico Mirallegro - The Village

Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe

Supporting Actress

Shirley Henderson - Southcliffe

Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango In Halifax - Winner!

Claire Rushbrook - My Mad Fat Diary

Nicola Walker - Last Tango In Halifax

Entertainment Performance

Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - Winner!

Charlie Brooker - 10 O'Clock Live

Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Television Programme

Graham Norton...

Okay, so we might not be wearing our gladrags and we might not be sipping champagne, but who says a onesie and a takeaway can't be glamorous?

It's BAFTA night, and while we're not at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with all the best and brightest from the last year of television, at least we can join the party from our sofas. Yep, we'll be blogging along with the awards - which start at 8pm on BBC One - so grab your slippers and a cuppa and join in by tweeting @digitalspy and leaving your comments below...

And as a reminder, the awards actually start in "real life" at 7pm - but we'll be doggedly going along with the television broadcast and pretending we're not an hour behind everyone else, so there's no fear of spoilers. If you want things as they happen, we'll be updating our winners' list here.

Review Patrick Sproull 29 Apr 2014 - 22:49

Don't be fooled by the title. BBC's new drama series is many things, but "happy" probably isn't one of them...

Sally Wainwright cannot put a foot wrong. Her magnum opus, the critically acclaimed Last Tango In Halifax, was a master class in how TV’s depiction of our older generation doesn’t always need to result in ageist caricatures and Scott & Bailey is still going strong albeit sans Wainwright. With Last Tango In Halifax’s third series in the pipeline, it seems the writer fancied something else altogether. The result is Happy Valley, BBC One’s new Tuesday night drama, and it really is quite excellent.

Catherine Cawood (Last Tango in Halifax alumnus Sarah Lancashire) doesn’t have a great life. “I’m Catherine, by the way,” she says breezily, to a man planning to set fire to himself. “I’m 47, I’m divorced,...

The global arm of AMC Networks is readying plans to launch the Sundance Channel in the UK.

Screen’s sister publication Broadcast understands that AMC/Sundance Channel Global is in carriage negotiations with pay-tv platforms including Sky, with a view to launching in 2015.

The plans follow parent firm AMC Networks’ $1bn (£600m) acquisition of Chellomedia, which operates around 40 channels around the world, last year.

The company is home to major global programme brands such as Mad Men and The Walking Dead.

Its channels include AMC, which aired Breaking Bad in the Us, female-skewing WEtv and comedy network IFC. It has been keen to establish a presence in the UK for some time and a number of sources have told Broadcast that it has now selected the Sundance Channel as its first launch.

The drive is being led by Harold Gronenthal, executive vice-president of programming and operations at AMC/Sundance Channel Global, who has been...

It was over a year ago that Paramount first declared its intent to “get back, with very little investment, into the television production business.” But it’s not enough just to announce to the world that you want to make TV and you don’t want to spend a lot of money doing so. Eventually, you actually have to make that TV. And to their credit, Paramount has finally announced just what shows constitute their minor TV footprint. The winners are: An adaptation of Caleb Carr’s novel, “The Alienist,” (which is about late-19th century police psychology, and not someone who’s racist against aliens, as the name might suggest). A “limited series” (like a mini-series, but more prestigious-sounding) based on a biography of Charles Lindberg. An Amerification of Peter Moffat’s BBC Series The Village Narc: The Show Ghost: The Show Terminator: The Show The Truman Show: The Show Par for the course as...

The Truman Show, Narc and Ghost are to be adapted for TV by Paramount.

The films - all original Paramount releases - will see TV series based on them go into development.

A new drama based on Caleb Carr novel The Alienist is in the works as well, alongside the previously announced TV adaptation of The Terminator.

The development slate is the company's first in TV since relaunching its startup division Paramount Television.

Joe Carnahan (The Grey) will write and direct the pilot for Narc, based on the 2002 film starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric.

The adaptation of 1990's Ghost, which starred the late Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, has filmmakers Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner on board.

An adaptation of Peter Moffat's BBC series The Village has also been announced.

Paramount's TV president Amy Powell said: "While we are just getting started, there has been a terrific amount...

The Truman Show, Narc and Ghost are to be adapted for TV by Paramount.

The films - all original Paramount releases - will see TV series based on them go into development.

A new drama based on Caleb Carr novel The Alienist is in the works as well, alongside the previously announced TV adaptation of The Terminator.

The commissions are the company's first in TV since relaunching its startup division Paramount Television.

Joe Carnahan (The Grey) will write and direct the pilot for Narc, based on the 2002 film starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric.

The adaptation of 1990's Ghost, which starred the late Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, has filmmakers Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner on board.

An adaptation of Peter Moffat's BBC series The Village has also been announced.

Paramount's TV president Amy Powell said: "While we are just getting started, there has been a terrific amount of...

The recently relaunched Paramount Television division has announced its first development slate which includes a bunch of TV projects based on properties from the Paramount movie library.

There's a crime drama with roots in Joe Carnahan's "Narc" with Carnahan writing and directing the pilot. Paramount has also come onboard Skydance and Annapurna's "Terminator" TV series announced back in December.

Then there's "re-imaginings" of both the Jim Carrey classic "The Truman Show" and the Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore supernatural romance film "Ghost".

Also in the works are a drama series inspired by Caleb Carr's novel "The Alienist," a limited series based on A. Scott Berg's Pulitzer Prize-winning Charles Lindbergh biography, and an adaptation of Peter Moffat's BBC series "The Village".

Source: Deadline...

A year after Paramount Studios signaled its re-entry in TV with the relaunch of Paramount Television, the start-up division has set its first development slate. As expected, it includes mining well-known properties from the Paramount movie library. That includes a crime drama with roots in Joe Carnahan’s Narc, with Carnahan writing and directing the pilot, and a re-imagination of the Jim Carrey hit The Truman Show. Additionally, Paramount has boarded the Terminator TV series, joining Skydance Television and Annapurna Pictures, who announced the project back in December. Paramount TV also has in the works an adaptation of hit feature Ghost with filmmakers Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. Other projects on Paramount TV’s inaugural slate include a drama series inspired by Caleb Carr’s best-selling novel The Alienist, with Anonymous Content (True Detective) executive producing; a limited series event based on A. Scott Berg’s Pulitzer-winning biography Lindbergh; and...

Across the pond, they’re gearing up to honor the best and brightest stars and shows on television at the 2014 BAFTA TV Award.

And it looks like “Southfliffe” and “The It Crowd” both snagged four nods to lead the pack of just-announced nominees.

Meanwhile, Leading Actor hopefuls include Jamie Dornan, Sean Harris, Luke Newberry and Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Colman, Kerrie Hayes and Maxine Peake will all compete for Leading Actress.

The 2014 BAFTA TV Awards Nominees are:

Leading Actor

Jamie Dornan - The Fall

Sean Harris - Southcliffe

Luke Newberry - In The Flesh

Dominic West - Burton And Taylor

Leading Actress

Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor

Olivia Colman - Broadchurch

Kerrie Hayes - The Mill

Maxine Peake - The Village

Supporting Actor

David Bradley - Broadchurch

Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street

Nico Mirallegro - The Village

Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe

Supporting Actress

Shirley Henderson...

Southcliffe and The It Crowd lead this year's Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards nominations.

Channel 4's bleak drama and cult sitcom both received four nods each, while the channel itself received a record total of 27 nominations.

Southcliffe is nominated in the Mini-Series category, while its stars Sean Harris (Leading Actor), Rory Kinnear (Supporting Actor) and Shirley Henderson (Supporting Actress) are also up for BAFTAs.

The It Crowd is eligible in the Situation Comedy Category - alongside another Graham Linehan creation Count Arthur Strong, plus Toast of London and Him & Her: The Wedding.

The recently-concluded comedy's stars Katherine Parkinson, Chris O'Dowd and Richard Ayoade have also all been nominated in their respective categories.

Broadchurch and The Village both received three nominations each.

ITV's whodunnit has been recognised in the following categories: Drama Series, Leading Actress (Olivia Colman) and Supporting Actor (David Bradley).

Peter Moffat's BBC One drama is nominated in the same categories,...

Digital Spy presents a list of the nominees at this year's Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards, which will take place on Sunday, May 18:

Leading Actor

Jamie Dornan - The Fall

Sean Harris- Southcliffe

Luke Newberryin - The Flesh

Dominic West - Burton And Taylor

Leading Actress

Helena Bonham Carter - Burton And Taylor

Olivia Colman - Broadchurch

Kerrie Hayes - The Mill

Maxine Peake - The Village

Supporting Actor

David Bradley - Broadchurch

Jerome Flynn - Ripper Street

Nico Mirallegro - The Village

Rory Kinnear - Southcliffe

Supporting Actress

Shirley Henderson - Southcliffe

Sarah Lancashire - Last Tango In Halifax

Claire Rushbrook - My Mad Fat Diary

Nicola Walker - Last Tango In Halifax

Entertainment Performance

Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Charlie Brooker - 10 O'clock Live

Sarah Millican - The Sarah Millican Television Programme

Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show

Female Performance In A Comedy...

The Village has begun filming its upcoming second series in Derbyshire.

BBC One's drama will return for six more episodes later this year, with its second series taking place in 1923.

John Simm and Maxine Peake will return as John and Grace Middleton, while newcomer Tom Varey has joined the cast as their adult son Bert.

Julian Sands (24) has also signed up to play Lord Kilmarnock, while Waterloo Road's Phoebe Dynevor will play the station master's daughter Phoebe.

Also joining the cast are Ben Batt (Shameless) as landowner Alf Rutter, Derek Riddell (Ugly Betty) as Labour candidate Robin, Juliet Aubrey (The White Queen) as Marie Stopes advisor Joy Dangerfield, Daniel Ezra as boxer Ghana Jones, Alex Robertson as Robert Read and Andrew Gower (Being Human) as Bert's friend Gilbert Hankin.

Juliet Stevenson, Rupert Evans and Emily Beecham are among the cast members returning for the second series.

Full broadcasts dates...

The Broadcasting Press Guild Award nominations for 2014 have been released, with Broadchurch, The Fall and Top of the Lake among the most popular contenders.

All three shows are up for the Best Drama Series award, as well as nominations in a further three categories.

Broadchurch's David Tennant is nominated for Best Actor, while his on-screen partner Olivia Colman could receive the Best Actress award. The show's writer Chris Chibnall is nominated for Best Writer.

The Fall's Gillian Anderson is also in the Best Actress category, as is Allan Cubitt for Best Writer. Elsewhere, Jamie Dornan is competing for the Breakthrough Award against the launch of BT Sport and My Mad Fat Diary's Sharon Rooney.

Meanwhile, Top of the Lake's Peter Mullen is in the running for Best Actor against Tennant, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Rory Kinnear. Elisabeth Moss has received a nomination for Best Actress, while Jane Campion...

The second series of the critically acclaimed My Mad Fat Diary starts on E4 on Monday 17th February.

We've had a look at the returning cast members but there's some new faces joining the show:

Turlough Convery stars as new regular Liam. Turlough landed a part in Fresh Meat straight after graduating from Guildford School of Acting. He's now represented by Curtis Brown.

18 year old Nick Preston (also represented by Curtis Brown) from Allenton, a graduate of the Nottingham-based TV Workshop also joins the cast as Simmy. Nick appeared as the teenage Alf in BBC drama The Village.

Former Coronation Street star Sacha Parkinson (represented by Curtis Brown) appears as manipulative bitch Shelley who's one of the 'It' girls at Rae's new college. Sacha also recently appeared in BBC Three drama The Crash and starred as Miriam in Channel 4's The Mill.

Jodie Hamblet (represented by Linton Management) plays Vicky,...

The Tractate Middoth

Once upon a time, ghost stories were an integral part of the BBC’s Christmas line-up. Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) is attempting to revive that tradition and he took his first steps in that direction with tonight’s broadcast of M R James’ The Tractate Middoth.

I love a good ghost story but M R James isn’t really my cup of tea. That being said, Mark Gatiss did well to turn this short story into a fairly entertaining half-hour of TV. It always helps when you have a good cast and for The Tractate Middoth, Gatiss signed up some big-hitters. The cast included Sacha Dhawan (Outsourced), Louise Jameson (Doc Martin), John Castle (I, Claudius), Eleanor Bron (Ab Fab) and David Ryall (The Village). The aforementioned A-listers all put in a good shift but the show was fun rather than scary. It wasn’t exactly Randall and Hopkirk...

To mark the release of Misfits Season 5 (and the Season 1-5 boxset), we’ve been given three copies of the Season 1-5 boxset hit series to give away!

So let’s recap; we’ve had a freak storm, five dead probation workers, a troop of zombie cheerleaders, rampaging nuns and a total of eleven jumpsuit clad ‘yoofs’ with a questionable attitude to community service. Say hello and goodbye to our reluctant heroes in orange, with the final series available to own on DVD and Blu Ray from 16th December. One thing is for sure, our misfits aren’t going quietly!

Misfits Series 5 is set a year after the infamous storm; when our ‘heroes’ have to up their game to tackle some real-life, super-powered vigilantes. In the opening episode, handsome barman Alex (Matt Stokoe, The Village) discovers that he has acquired a strange new power that he decides to try out…...