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Annika, the TV series

At long last, the popular BBC Radio 4 series, Annika Stranded, has been turned into a TV show.

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Main Cast and other Production Details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Preview Clips

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Interviews / Articles available online | press articles gallery

Episode guides | reviews and ratings

Filming Locations

Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – Fun Facts

Trivia | Six Degrees | DVD and streaming news

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Last Tango in Halifax Series 5

UK transmission date :

Sunday, 23 February 2020, 9pm BBC One

For our coverage on Series 4 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 3 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 2 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 1 of this show, go HERE.

 
 
 

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Main Cast and other production details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Preview events : BAFTA in London / Square Chapel in Halifax

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Articles/interviews available online | Press Articles Gallery

Trailers | Episode Guides | Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – Fun Facts

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Unforgotten Series 3

 
 

For our coverage on Series 1, please GO HERE.

 

For our coverage on Series 2, please GO HERE.

 

Table of Contents

Main Cast and other production details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Cast Pics

Trailers | Articles/interviews available online | Press Articles Gallery | Radio interviews

Nicola and Sanjeev on Twitter | Sunny’s Backpack

Episode Guides | Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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The Split

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Main Cast and other production details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Trailer | Press Reviews

Screencaps

Awards and Nominations

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Collateral

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Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Trailer | Press Reviews

Screencaps

Awards and Nominations

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Inside No. 9 – To Have and to Hold


 
 

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Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Trailer | Press Reviews

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Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Unforgotten Series 2


 

For our coverage on Series 1, please GO HERE.

 

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Main Cast and other production details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Cast Pics

Trailers | Articles/interviews available online | Press Articles Gallery | Radio interview transcripts

Episode Guides | Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – Script download, Fun Facts

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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The Circuit, comedy pilot

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Nicola has been cast in a new comedy pilot called The Circuit. Here is the press release from Channel 4

Channel 4 invites you to the worst dinner party that’s ever happened in the world anywhere. The Circuit, produced by Merman and written by Dennis Kelly (Utopia, Pulling) and Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Pulling) is a brand new comedy pilot commissioned by Channel 4 about the horror and hilarity of social engagement.

Gabe (Adeel Akhtar) and Nat (Eva Birthistle) have left their wonderful old life and moved to an area where people seem to oscillate somewhere between highly-strung and psychopathic. The reason they left isn’t immediately clear but they’re here now and trying to make the best of it. They go to one dinner party hosted by neighbour Helene (Victoria Hamilton) and her husband Sasha (Tobias Menzies) with fellow prisoners Danny (Paul Ready), Marty (Nicola Walker) and her girlfriend Angie (Desiree Akhavan). And so begins a descent into hell and Goulash, from which no one will ever fully recover.

Phil Clarke, Channel 4’s head of comedy said: “The pitch for The Circuit was irresistible. The premise – that everyone hates going to dinner parties but goes anyway – is a great starting place for a comedy. Plus, the prospect of a script from Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly, writing together again for the first time since Pulling, was incredibly exciting. The script didn’t disappoint, and I am delighted that we are now making a pilot.”

Rachel Springett, comedy commissioner for Channel 4 said: “We can’t wait to see this stellar cast breathe life into Dennis and Sharon’s fabulous script. It’s a very exciting project which we are thrilled to be making with them.”

Clelia Mountford, Founder and MD for Merman, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Channel 4 on the longest dinner party ever. We just hope they’ll bring the wine.”

Dennis Kelly and Sharon Horgan said: “It has taken just 10 short years for us to agree to work together again. It was a mistake.”

The Circuit pilot was commissioned by Channel 4 and is produced by t (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Divorce ) for Merman. It was written by Sharon Horgan and Dennis Kelly, who also serve as executive producers.

At this stage, it looks as though Nicola will only be involved in the filming of the pilot. The pilot will be aired, hopefully sometime in 2016, and then it will be up to Channel 4 to order a full season of shows. If that happens, Nicola may or may not be further involved. She has filmed other pilots in the past where she did not end up having any further involvement because of scheduling conflicts by the time the pilot is picked up.

Sharon Horgan has written a lot of comedy hits, but equally, she has written some shows which failed to hit the mark, e.g. Dead Boss. So we’re keeping an open mind about this new project. It would be nice to see Nicola in a comedic role.

Production Updates

Sharon Horgan has shared these production pics on Hellomerman, her Instagram page :

Nicola can be seen on set in the third pic.

Trailer

The pilot will be aired on Channel 4 in the UK on Thursday, 25 August 2016. Here’s a trailer made available on YouTube.

It is still unclear at this stage whether the show will progress to a full series, and if so, whether Nicola will still be attached as a series regular.

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Six Degrees

Adeel Akhtar was in River, though he did not have any direct scenes with Nicola in that show.

Tobias Menzies was in two episodes of Series 8 of Spooks, though he did not have any scenes with Nicola.

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Last Tango in Halifax Series 4

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UK transmission date :

After waiting for almost two years, finally!!!

Monday, 19 December 2016, 9pm BBC One
Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 9pm BBC One

Back in February 2015 …

First the good news, YES there will be a series 4. After Episode 6 of Series 3 was aired in the UK on 1 February 2015, an announcement was made at the end of the programme to the effect that “Last Tango in Halifax will return with a new series“, AND the BBC logged this tweet :

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And now, for the bad news : Series 4 won’t be on screen until late 2016, at the earliest! Various sources have confirmed this. Read more in our Last Tango in Halifax FAQ.

Series 4 may well turn out to be a movie rather than a series with 6 episodes. On 29.11.2014, we saw on Twitter that Sally Wainwright gave a talk to the Overgate Hospice in Calderdale during which she revealed that Last Tango in Halifax might be made into a film. How exciting. Nicola on the big screen. Yes!!! At the end of the day, whether Series 4 will have six episodes or one long movie is up to Sally Wainwright and the BBC. It will also depend on the respective schedules of the lead actors/actresses.

For our coverage on Series 3 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 2 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 1 of this show, go HERE.

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Main Cast and other production details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Articles/interviews available online | Press Articles Gallery | Radio interview transcripts

Trailers | Episode Guides | Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – Fun Facts

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Unforgotten Series 1

For our coverage on Series 2, GO HERE.

 
 

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Main Cast and other production details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Articles/interviews available online | Press Articles Gallery | Radio interview transcripts

Trailers | Characters Guide | Episode Guides | Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Babylon Series 1

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This page and the various page links will become live and constantly updated, so check back now and again for more news. The links below will contain information about cast members, possible story arcs etc. which may be considered by some fans as “spoilery”. So don’t click on those links if you do not want to know anything about the show before it airs.

For our coverage on Babylon (the Pilot), go HERE.

Table of Contents

Main Cast and other production details

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Press Pack | Articles/interviews available online | Press Articles Gallery

Episode Trailers, Episode Guides and Reviews

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Six degrees

James Nesbitt appeared in episodes 201 and 202 of Touching Evil back in 1998.

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River

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This page and the various page links will become live and constantly updated, so check back now and again for more news. The links below will contain information about cast members, possible story arcs etc. which may be considered by some fans as “spoilery”. So don’t click on those links if you do not want to know anything about the show before it airs.

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Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Articles/interviews available online, Press Articles Gallery

Episode Trailers, Characters Guide, Episode Guides, Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – Script download, Fun Facts, Set visits

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Last Tango in Halifax Series 3

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UK transmission date :
Sunday, 28 December 2014, 9 pm GMT BBC One

For our coverage on Series 2 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 1 of this show, go HERE.

This page and the various page links will become live and constantly updated, so check back now and again for more news. The links below will contain information about old and new cast members, possible story arcs etc. which may be considered by some fans as “spoilery”. So don’t click on those links if you do not want to know anything about Series 3 before it airs.

Table of Contents

Main Cast and other production details

Production News / Cast Tweets / Updates

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Articles/interviews available online | Press Articles Gallery | Radio interview transcripts

Trailers | Characters Guide | Episode Guides | Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – Script download, Fun Facts

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Babylon

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THANK YOU to SofieB for the heads up about this project.

Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony) has been hired to direct the feature length pilot for a new 6-part TV series titled Babylon, to be shown on Channel 4 in the UK sometime in 2014. This is the first television project which Danny Boyle is directing in 12 years. Danny will direct the pilot, though it is unclear at this stage whether he will also direct any or all of the other 6 episodes in the series. Channel 4 is so confident about this show that it has ordered a 6 part first series even though the pilot will not air in the UK until 2014.

You can find out more about this show via various sources :

Channel 4 | Deadline | Radio Times | Screen Daily

The eclectic cast is led by US actress Brit Marling with co-stars James Nesbitt, Paterson Joseph, Jill Halfpenny, Adam Deacon, Daniel Kaluuya, Jonny Sweet, Andrew Brooke and Bertie Carvel. Most of the supporting cast will play police officers.

The show, a dramady, evolves around James Nesbitt who plays a Chief Police Constable who has hired an American PR person (Brit Marling) to undertake a public relations revamp for the police force. High hilarity ensues, or something like that. Nicola’s Spotlight page has just been updated to indicate that she has been cast as a character called “Sharon Franklin“. At this stage, we assume that it is a guest role (since the main cast details have already been announced), and if so, we hope it will be a recurring guest role. We will update this page as and when more information becomes available.

Update : 9 February 2014

The pilot of this show was aired on Channel 4 in the UK tonight. Nicola has only a tiny role in the pilot, but here’s what the Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, writers of the show, had to say about her involvement (taken from the Press Pack which you can access HERE) :

… every role, even small, everyone is a recognised actor?

Sam: Special mention goes to Nicola Walker who has about two lines in the pilot. Pretty remarkable. But we have beefed up her part a lot for the series. We have been trying to work with her for years, and we are very excited to have her but we are also very grateful that she was able to do the pilot bearing in mind what she’s got.

Lets hope Nicola will be able to find time to film her scenes for this show. She will on on stage in A View from the Bridge between April and June. From June 2014, she will be required on set for Last Tango in Halifax 3 which is likely to occupy her until mid to end September 2014.

Screencaps from the Pilot Episode

Nicola looks lovely in a policewoman’s uniform!

Screencaps courtesy of SofieB. Thanks!

Six degrees

James Nesbitt appeared in episodes 201 and 202 of Touching Evil back in 1998.

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Last Tango in Halifax Series 2

Series-2

For our coverage on Series 1 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 3 of this show, go HERE

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Table of Contents

Main Cast and other production details

Production Updates

Production Pics

Press Coverage : Articles/interviews available online, Press Articles Gallery

Episode Trailers, Characters Guide, Episode Guides, Reviews and Ratings

Screencaps | Filming Locations | Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – Script download, Fun Facts, Set visits, Wish List, Best Caption Competition

Trivia, Six Degrees and DVD news

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Order the Series 1 & 2 (Regions 2 and 4 compatible) DVDs from Amazon UK.

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Prisoners Wives Series 2

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Table of Contents

Background information / updates and the announcement of an air date

Links to the BBC’s Media Pack for this show, Episode Trailers, Episode Guides, Reviews, Ratings and Filming Locations

Articles/interviews available online, Press Articles Gallery, Script Download, Awards and Nominations, Screencaps and Six Degrees

Cast and other Production details

Name Role
Iain Glenn Paul Miller
Kim Haines Sally Carman
Karla Crome Aisling O'Connor
Pippa Haywood Harriet Allison
Anne Reid Margaret
Nicola Walker DCI Jo Fontaine
Polly Walker Francesca ("Fran") Miller

Brief production details

Name Role
Julie Gearey Creator/Writer
Tiger Aspect Productions Production Company
BBC One transmission station

The links above will take you to the individual actor’s or writer’s IMDb page. For more detailed information on the show, including guests in individual episodes and a full crew list, visit on the show’s IMDb page.

Buy the DVD on Amazon UK

Release date for the Region 2 DVD box set : 6 May 2013

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Scott & Bailey Series 3

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Table of Contents

Background information / updates and the announcement of an air date

Links to the Press Kit for this show, Episode Trailers, Episode Guides, Reviews and Ratings

Filming Locations, Articles/interviews available online, Press Articles Gallery, Screencaps and Six Degrees

Cast and other Production details

Name Role
Tracie Bennett Rachel's mother
Amelia Bullmore DCI Gill Murray
Suranne Jones DC Rachel Bailey
Sally Lindsay Alison Bailey
Lesley Sharp DC Janet Scott
Danny Miller DS Rob Waddington
Nicola Walker Helen Bartlett

Brief production details

Name Role
Sally Wainwright Co-Creator/Writer
Red Production Limited Production Company
iTV transmission station
Number of Episodes 8 x 50 minutes

The links above will take you to the individual actor’s or writer’s IMDb page. For more detailed information on the show, including guests in individual episodes and a full crew list, visit on the show’s IMDb page.

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The Region 2 DVD boxset is released 1 July 2013.

 
 

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Heading Out

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Table of Contents

Background information / updates and the announcement of an air date

Links to the BBC’s Media Pack for this show, Episode Trailers, Episode Guides, Reviews and Ratings

Filming Locations, Articles/interviews available online, Press Articles Gallery, Screencaps and Six Degrees

Cast and other Production details

Name Role
June Brown Sozzie
Dominic Coleman Jamie
Shelley Conn Eve
Dawn French Frances
Mel Giedroyc Ivanka
Steve Oram Daniel
Sue Perkins Sara
Joanna Scanlon Toria
Anna Skellern Sophie
Nicola Walker Justine
Harriet Walter Angela

Brief production details

Name Role
Sue Perkins Creator/Writer
Sue Perkins Composer – Title Music
Red Production Limited (joint producer) Production Company
Square Peg TV (Sue Perkins's own production company) Production Company
BBC Two transmission station
Number of Episodes 6 x 30 minutes

The links above will take you to the individual actor’s or writer’s IMDb page. For more detailed information on the show, including guests in individual episodes and a full crew list, visit on the show’s IMDb page.

NOTE The show has NOT been renewed for a Series 2.

Ed’s Note Its a shame they’re not giving Justine her own spin-off show. There would have been countless comic possibilities there!

Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK

The DVD box set for this show is released on 8 April 2013 and is Region 2 and 4 PAL compatible. A 10 minute Behind the Scenes Featurette is available on the DVD and Nicola appears in a short interview about the show.

 
 

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A Mother’s Son

A new two part drama from ITV which stars Herminone Norris as a mother who suspects that her son might have murdered a teenage girl.

HERE is the press release from ITV where you can read more about this programme. You can also download the Press Pack for this show HERE.

Nicola has a guest role in this programme, as DC Sue Upton. This may or may not be the same role which Nicola auditioned for previously. A few months ago, a Google Alert put us on notice that some audition clips were available on video sharing site Vimeo relating to A Monther’s Son. Nicola’s audition for the role of a policewoman was amongst the clips which we saw. However, a few days later, the entity responsible for uploading these clips realised they must have made a mistake and made the clips “private”, i.e. the clips are not available for viewing by the general public. In the clip which we saw, Nicola was asked to read a scene where she asked questions of the mother of the suspect. Several other actresses also read the same scene and their clips were also available. As of this writing, we have no idea whether the role Nicola ended up with is the same one for which she auditioned, and how big a role this part is.

We won’t have long to wait to find out. The first episode will air on Monday, 3 September 2012 at 21:00 GMT, with the second episode to follow on Tuesday at the same time slot. Interestingly, Nicola will also be appearing in her guest episode of New Tricks on Monday, 3 September 2012 at 21:00 GMT, but that show is on BBC One. If Nicola also appears in episode one of A Mother’s Son on Monday, 3 September 2012, then it will be a historic first where you can watch her on two channels in two programme at the same time!!!

Screencaps

Screencaps of Nicola in the two episodes of this programme can be viewed HERE.

Six Degrees

Herminone Norris was in Series 5 of Spooks [TV] with Nicola.

Buy from Amazon UK

The Region 2 DVD will be on sale as from 24 September 2012.

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Last Tango in Halifax Series 1

Series-1

For our coverage on Series 2 of this show, go HERE.
For our coverage on Series 3 of this show, go HERE.

Table of Contents

Background information / updates, when the show was still called Antony & Cleopatra

Background information / updates, when the show was renamed Last Tango in Halifax

More Updates and a link to the BBC media pack for this show (which includes interviews from Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire and of course, Nicola)

Articles/interviews available online, Press Articles Gallery and Series 2 news

Links to Episode Trailers, Episode Guides, Characters Guide, Reviews, Ratings and Screencaps

Filming Locations, Series 1 Dedication (find out who is Alec Walker)

Awards and Nominations

Fun Stuff – script download, six degrees and DVD news

Cast and other Production details

The Buttershaw Family

Name Role
Derek Jacobi Alan Buttershaw
Nicola Walker Gillian Greenwood (nee Buttershaw)
Josh Bolt Raff Greenwood

The Dawson Family

Name Role
Anne Reid Celia Dawson
Sarah Lancashire Caroline Dawson
Tony Gardner John Elliot
Edward Ashley William Elliot
Louis Greatorex Lawrence Elliot

Other Characters

Name Role
Nina Sosanya Kate
Dean Andrews Robbie
Sacha Dhawan Paul Jatri
Ronni Ancona Judith

Brief production details

Name Role
Sally Wainwright Creator/Writer/one of the Executive Producers
Euros Lyn Director – episodes 1 to 3
Samuel Donovan Director – episodes 4 to 6
Red Productions Production Company
BBC One transmission station
Number of Episodes 6 x 60 minutes

The links above will take you to the individual actor’s or writer’s IMDb page. For more detailed information on the show, including guests in individual episodes and a full crew list, visit on the show’s IMDb page.

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