BBC
‘The Split Up’ Teaser Puts Ritu Arya in a Precarious Position
The BBC has released the first trailer for 'The Split' spinoff, 'The Split Up.'
Netflix
Netflix's 'Missing You' Trailer Promises a Thrilling New Year
Netflix initially stumbled into success with U.K. audiences on New Year's Day in 2022, when the streaming service released its miniseries adaptation of Harlan Coben's Stay Close on New Year's Eve 2021 and discovered half of the U.K. had tuned in to
Netflix
'Wallace & Gromit' Will Return with 'Vengeance Most Fowl'
Netflix initially announced in January 2022 that it was partnering with the BBC and beloved Plasticine stop-motion storyteller outfit Aardman Animations to finance more old-school (but sadly expensive) animated films after seeing success with Shaun the Sheep as part of its family offerings. The deal at the time
Movies
Nicola Coughlan Joins 'The Magic Faraway Tree' Cast
As we noted during the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Market, which is the secondary event happening just out of public view during the annual event, is where many of the deals to make independent productions get off the ground. However, it's never easy to pick out which
Netflix
Rosalind Eleazar & Lenny Henry to star in Netflix’s Harlan Coben 'Missing You'
Netflix's dive into adaptations of Harlan Coben thriller novels, resetting them in the U.K. and starring British actors, has been a slam dunk in terms of viewership, especially the English-language ones. The last two releases, Stay Close and Fool Me Once, released on New Year'
Exclusive
The Stars of 'Three Little Birds' On the Universal Nature of This Post-Windrush Story
BritBox’s Three Little Birds is not always an easy drama to watch. But it’s an important one. The 1950s-set period project hails from Black British comedian Sir Lenny Henry, who based the series on the stories of his mother and those like her who traveled to the
BritBox
Lenny Henry's 'Three Little Birds' Honors the Windrush Generation, Despite a Too Neat Conclusion
The close of the Second World War led to many sweeping changes in domestic and international policy in Britain – including a nationalized health service, the declaration of India’s independence in 1947, and the introduction of the welfare state. One change that redefined the social and occupational makeup of the
BritBox
'Three Little Birds' Kicks Off Black History Month for BritBox
BritBox has formally announced that the first series penned by Sir Lenny Henry, Three Little Birds, will premiere on the streaming service in two parts in February 2024. ITV initially announced the project in 2020 as part of the production studio's efforts to diversify storytelling, with Russell T
BritBox
Lenny Henry's 'Three Little Birds' Is a Story of the Windrush Generation
ITV has released the first trailer for its forthcoming drama Three Little Birds, a 1950s set period project that hails from Sir Lenny Henry, who based the series on the stories of his mother and those like her who traveled to the U.K. as part of the Windrush generation.
BritBox
BritBox Releases First Look Photos for Lenny Henry's 'Three Little Birds'
Sir Lenny Henry's Three Little Birds is one of BritBox's most anticipated imports from the BBC heading this way in 2023. The actor doesn't star in it, however; he wrote it. It's his first TV drama series, based on the story of
BritBox
Lenny Henry's 'Three Little Birds' To Premiere in 2023
BritBox has several high-profile projects heading to streaming for 2023, from the Cary Grant biopic Archie to the Death in Paradise spinoff Beyond Paradise. But one of the streaming service’s most significant gets is landing the new historical drama from Sir Lenny Henry, partly based on the oral
Beyond Paradise
Kris Marshall To Star In ‘Beyond Paradise,’ A ‘Death In Paradise’ Spinoff
When Robert Thorogood's British–French crime drama Death in Paradise debuted in 2011, Ben Miller, best known for Primeval, starred as the primary detective Detective Inspector Richard Poole. Poole arrived on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie to investigate the murder of a British police officer and