Derry Girl Louisa Harland will star in an upcoming Disney+ series, THE BALLAD OF RENEGADE NELL. Harland’s character “ends up on an extraordinary adventure after she is framed for murder – a twist of fate that has far bigger consequences than Nell could ever dream of,” the outlet states. The series follows Nell, an 18th century young woman, as she finds herself “unwittingly becoming the most famous highwaywoman in the country.”
The Irish actor’s performance as a sympathetic sex worker in GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE this summer “has definitely opened up doors for me,” he said. Next up is the Apple TV+ series BAD SISTERS. McCormack grew up in Nenagh, in County Tipperary, the son of a white Irish mother and a Black American father he rarely saw. But his paternal grandfather, Percy Thomas, who runs a theater company in Maryland, helped fill that void.
Clare Dunne discusses her starring role in the Ireland-shot thriller, WITNESS No.3. In her role as Detective Whelan, she is in charge of young mother Jodie (Nina Toussaint-White), who witnesses a killer and his victim moments before he is murdered. Jodie comes forward following a police appeal, unaware how the decision will endanger her own life. WITNESS No.3 is on Wednesdays at 9pm on Virgin Media More.
ITV have released a first look trailer for new thriller THE SUSPECT starring POLDARK’S Aidan Turner. THE SUSPECT will star Aidan Turner alongside Shaun Parkes, Anjli Mohindra, Camilla Beeput, Adam James and Sian Clifford. In the trailer, a bearded Turner can be seen trying to unravel the mysterious death of a young woman who is found in a shallow grave in a West London cemetery and, in one dramatic scene, the Poldark actor is seen on the window ledge of a hospital next to a young man trying to save his life.
LINE OF DUTY actor Adrian Dunbar is back with a new detective drama. The Northern Irish actor, 64, has delighted fans with news that he is returning to his detective roots after they fell in love with him as the BBC show’s Superintendent Ted Hastings. Dunbar is fronting ITV’s new crime drama as the show’s title character retired Detective Inspector Ridley.
Five sisters, a dead brother-in-law, and a possible murder are at the centre of Apple TV+’s BAD SISTERS, an upcoming thriller that feels like Big Little Lies plus a lot of dark comedy. Based on Malin-Sarah Gozin’s Belgian series Clan, Bad Sisters follows the five Garvey sisters, played by Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson, who one day conspire to put an end to their abusive brother-in-law with predictably chaotic results. BAD SISTERS is streaming on Apple TV+ from Aug. 19.
The creator of BBC drama PEAKY BLINDERS, Steven Knight, has confirmed there will be a spin-off film featuring familiar faces and new cast members. The Bafta-nominated show, starring Cillian Murphy, ran for six series from 2013 to 2022. “I can tell you that there’s going to be a film, a feature film,” he told Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Zoe Hardman. When asked if the film was definitely confirmed, Birmingham-born Knight replied: “Yep, by me, right now.”
In CLEAN SWEEP, PEAKY BLINDERS star Charlene McKenna holds the lead role as Shelly Mohan, a housewife and mother of three married to a Garda detective, who kills her former partner in crime when he threatens to expose her dark past. Inspired by true events, it is a compelling and relentless story of mothering and the price paid for long-buried sins.