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“Black Mirror’s” Samuel Blenkin and “House of the Dragon” star Emily Carey have been cast as the leads in upcoming indie feature “Misper.”

A darkly comic film, “Misper” follows Leonard Lowry (Blenkin) and his colleagues as they deal with the disappearance of their friend Elle Pritchard (Carey).

“The employees of a dying seaside hotel have their lives upended when their colleague, Elle Pritchard vanishes,” reads the synopsis. “In a redirection of dramas featuring a missing person, the police investigation and focus on the perpetrator are traded for intimate and darkly comedic portrayals of the psychological impact on her co-workers.”

“Mis-per” is a portmanteau for “missing person.”

Joining Blenkin and Carey are Christine Bottomley (“Sherwood”) as Pam Shade, Daniel Ryan (“The Bay”) as Gary Jenkins and Oliver Ryan (“Dune Part One”) as Roy Pritchard along with from Sunil Patel, Rosalind Adler, Iona Champain and Jordan Brookes. The film, which recently wrapped,...

“Dark Matter” Renewed for Season 2

There are many more realities to explore within Apple TV’s “Dark Matter,” and the streamer has announced it’ll do just that following a Season 2 renewal of the critically acclaimed sci-fi series.

Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author and showrunner Blake Crouch, “Dark Matter” follows Jason Dessen (played by Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who, one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago, is abducted into an alternate version of his life. As he tries to return to his reality “amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived,” he embarks on a harrowing journey to get back to his true life and to his family to “save them from the most terrifying, unbeatable foe imaginable: himself.”

Watch the trailer for “Dark Matter” Season 1 below:

Jennifer Connelly stars opposite Edgerton, as well as Alice Braga,...

"The sign posts are all there - whether we choose to see them or not." What is this strange black liquid in here? BritBox has debuted the first US teaser trailer for a British crime series titled Passenger, arriving for streaming in the US in October later this year. It first launched in the UK on ITV back in March - that's quite a long wait for it to arrive for streaming in the US but so be it. Wunmi Mosaku stars as the ambitious detective in this darkly comic and twisty crime drama. Strange crimes start happening in Chadder Vale, but who - or what is behind them? As a series of particularly odd happenings and increasingly shocking crimes start unfolding within the town, Riya fights hard to convince the local villagers that all is not as it seems. The series cast includes David Threlfall, Daniel Ryan, Jo Hartley,...

Warning: binge-watchers only. Contains passenger finale spoilers.

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise … and if those woods happen to be in Chadder Vale, the fictional Northern setting for genre-crossing ITV mystery Passenger, that surprise may well be the end of you.

It was certainly the end of Mehmet, a Chadder Vale youngster lured in to the town’s deadly secret. It was very nearly the end of his pals John and Katie, and who knows how many others have fallen foul of The Pangaea Initiative’s strange experiment over the years?

With major spoilers for the Passenger finale, and more questions than there are stolen recycling bins in Tony’s lock-up, let’s pick apart what we know about this conspiracy.

What’s Going on at the Bread Factory?

In the tunnels underneath it, deadly live-action game “Passenger” is being operated...

Actor Andrew Buchan makes his screenwriting debut with ITV thriller Passenger, and here’s the trailer.

Andrew Buchan is probably best known for playing grieving father Mark Latimer in Chris Chibnall’s whodunnit Broadchurch. He has also played the title role in drama The Fixer, as well as parts in films like Nowhere Boy, All The Money In The World and The Mercy.

He now makes his screenwriting debut with ITV thriller Passenger.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Riya (Loki star Wunmi Mosaku) arrived in the quiet town of Chadder Vale five years ago and has since been searching for something, anything that will make her feel alive again. Then one night local girl Katie Wells (Rowan Robinson) mysteriously disappears. The town barely has time to register her absence before she reappears the next day, apparently safe and sound. The townsfolk ask few questions and normal life resumes. But for Riya,...

For most single people without children, when conditions at home become unbearable, there is the option of moving away and trying something else. Disabled people, however, may lack that option, forcing them to resort to more radical solutions. Tony (Mark Smith), who has Down Syndrome, needs to live in a group home where he can get support with things like managing money and preparing meals, but doing so means having to put up with Michael (Daniel Ryan), who plays the same song continuously, unwilling to turn it off even at the dinner table.

Headphones are the obvious solution. Unfortunately for Tony, his have broken and he has no money with which to buy more. He does what is known in the system as ‘therapeutic work’ in a supermarket; it’s preferable to being idle, but his boss just doesn’t seem to comprehend the idea that, since other people are getting paid for.

The Bay is returning for a fifth season. The crime drama series, which is released on the BritBox streaming service in the US, was renewed by ITV in the UK. The show debuted in 2019 and was created by Daragh Carville and Richard Clark.

The series follows those who work in the Morecambe Miu and stars Marsha Thomason, Daniel Ryan, Erin Shanagher, Andrew Dowbiggin, Thomas Law, Barry Sloane, and Georgia Scholes. Season five will find the team working on a new case.

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ITV and Tall Story Pictures, part of ITV Studios, today announce the commission of a fifth series of the hit Morecambe based drama, The Bay, written by Daragh Carville. The fourth series saw Marsha Thomason, playing Jenn Townsend, having settled in to Morecambe Cid alongside cast regulars Daniel Ryan, Erin Shanagher, Andrew Dowbiggin and Thomas Law. The series also saw the return of Barry Sloane as Chris Fischer, Jenn’s partner, and Georgia Scholes as Chris’s daughter Erin, and David Carpenter and Emme Hayes as Conor and Maddie, Jenn’s children. The Bay has been commissioned for ITV by Head of Drama, ... Read more...

If police drama remains the bedrock of British TV commissions, with 2022 having welcomed crime series Karen Pirie, Marlow, Magpie Murders, The Responder, Sherwood and many more, broadcasters also gave us a glittering seam of new fantasy and horror. Last year saw a host of new British supernatural and sci-fi series, from Joe Barton’s sci-fi action-thriller The Lazarus Project and the criminally since-cancelled YA Netflix fantasy The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself, BBC Three teen horror Red Rose, Sky dark comedy The Baby, as well as a new telling of John Wyndham’s spooky children classic The Midwich Cuckoos.

Then there were shows that combined both threads, such as Amazon Prime’s mind-twisting The Devil’s Hour starring Peter Capaldi and Jessica Raine, and Pete Jackson’s excellent debut Somewhere Boy. And some new British TV shows didn’t even feature a single murder, like Netflix’s adored Heartstopper graphic novel adaptation.

This review contains spoilers for all three episodes of BBC drama Crossfire

The ingredients of Crossfire are an all-inclusive buffet of delights. The terrifying prospect of an idyllic Canary Island hotel besieged by determined gunmen with a grudge. A magnificent cast including Keeley Hawes, Josette Simon and Lee Ingleby. A slick three-episode BBC production airing over consecutive nights with the added allure of a binge-it-all-on-iPlayer option.

So when Crossfire opens with a dazed Keeley Hawes voiceover vaguely pontificating about the nonlinear nature of time while we watch her swimming in a luxurious (but mysteriously empty for a massive holiday complex) pool, you can consider it an omen that all is not quite right with this BBC drama. Still, we’re teased with a scene where Keeley Hawes’ character Jo is alone on her hotel room balcony, one minute waving at her son as he dives into the now crowded pool,...

How many bad shows can a good actor star in before you have to start considering the possibly uncomfortable reality that they are, in fact, a bad actor? Well, this is an experiment that Keeley Hawes seems to be undertaking. Her second project of the year, after a middling adaptation of The Midwich Cuckoos, is the BBC’s new drama, Crossfire, written by Apple Tree Yard’s Louise Doughty. It finds Hawes trapped in a Spanish holiday resort as baby-faced gunmen go on the rampage. If her agent was looking for a project to make The Bodyguard look cerebral, boy did they find it.

Hawes is Jo, wife of Jason (Lee Ingleby) and mother of Adam (Noah Leggott) and Amara (Shalisha James-Davis). She’s just arrived on holiday with two other couples: Vikash Bhai’s Chinar and Anneika Rose’s Abhi, and Miriam (Josette Simon) and Ben (Daniel Ryan). The...

John Oliver can’t stop winning Emmys.

HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver picked up the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, its seventh in a row at the Creative Arts Emmys.

It beat out A Black Lady Sketch Show, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Saturday Night Live.

Creative Arts Emmys 2022 Photos: Chip & Joanna Gaines, ‘Queer Eye’ & ‘Selling Sunset’ Stars Plus RuPaul, Simone Boseman & More

Could the win be a precursor for another win in the main late-night category next week at the Primetime Emmys? Oliver has won that category six years in a row.

The Last Week Tonight writing team that won included Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali, Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofía Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips and Chrissy Shackelford.

Britain’s leading lady of the TV action thriller, Keeley Hawes, is back.

The star of “Bodyguard” returns in “Crossfire,” another nail-biting thriller for the BBC in which Hawes plays a holidaymaker whose sunbathing session on her hotel balcony becomes a nightmare when shots ring out across the complex, turning her world upside down.

The scenario will remind audiences of her turn as the U.K. home secretary alongside Richard Madden’s bodyguard in the eponymous BBC drama, which became a global hit when it was picked up by Netflix.

The setting for “Crossfire,” however, is a far cry from London’s Westminster, instead set at a luxury resort in the Canary Islands.

Produced by Fremantle’s Dancing Ledge Productions (“The Salisbury Poisonings”), the drama is the first original series from author Louise Doughty, who previously adapted her novel “Apple Tree Yard” for a hugely popular BBC limited series.

Dancing...

New members include filmmakers Lynne Ramsay, Haifaa al-Mansour, Fox Searchlight’s Kate Gardiner and Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.

Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).

New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...

British crime drama The Bay, which has been dubbed the ‘Northern Broadchurch’, has been renewed for a second season by ITV.

The series, which is produced by Bancroft producer Tall Story Pictures, has been a hit for ITV with a consolidated audience of 7M viewers. The drama, based in Morecambe, stars Morven Christie (The A Word) as police Family Liaison Officer DS Lisa Armstrong and Daniel Ryan (Mount Pleasant) playing Di Tony Manning.

Armstrong is the mother of two children and works for West Lancashire Police Service as a Family Liaison Officer (Flo). She is called out on the case of two missing children only to find the married stepfather of the twins is someone that she had sex with in an alley behind a pub on the night the twins disappeared whilst out on a friend’s hen do. Armstrong is trained not to become emotionally involved with cases she is working on,...

Christian Slater Mr Robot, True Romance, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Robert Glenister Hustle, Spooks, Kris Marshall Death in Paradise, Love Actually, My Family, Stanley Townsend Girl from the North Country, The Nether and Don Warrington Death in Paradise, Rising Damp, are the 'deal chasing' cut-throat sales team in David Mamet's masterpiece, Glengarry Glen Ross, alongside Daniel Ryan as Lingk Linda Green, Posh and Oliver Ryan as Baylen Dr Faustus, As You Like It. This trailblazing modern classic, directed by Sam Yates, runs at the Playhouse Theatre now through 3 February 2018, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

Christian Slater Mr Robot, True Romance, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Robert Glenister Hustle, Spooks, Kris Marshall Death in Paradise, Love Actually, My Family, Stanley Townsend Girl from the North Country, The Nether and Don Warrington Death in Paradise, Rising Damp, are the 'deal chasing' cut-throat sales team in David Mamet's masterpiece, Glengarry Glen Ross, alongside Daniel Ryan as Lingk Linda Green, Posh and Oliver Ryan as Baylen Dr Faustus, As You Like It.

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You can't keep the home fires burning in UK. The Home Fires TV show has been cancelled by ITV. Actor Daniel Ryan, who played Bryn Brindsley in the World War II era drama, broke the bad news on Twitter. His tweet reads: "So, it is with huge sadness I must tell you that #HomeFires has been cancelled. Awful to leave stories untold and lives incomplete. Sorry."

Executive producer Catherine Oldfield also tweeted about the Home Fires cancellation, saying: "So very sorry that #Homefires won't be back. We loved making the show & that it was well received by so many made it all the more special." The Home Fires cast also includes: Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis, Ruth Gemmell, Claire Rushbrook, Ed Stoppard, Chris Coghill, Clare Calbraith, Fenella Woolgar, Mark Bazeley, and Mike Noble.

Ealing Studios has acquired a significant stake in TV and film company GreenAcre Films and forged a new creative partnership with the company that will see Ealing Studios expand its TV division.

Having already announced earlier this year the ITV commission of Maigret for two stand-alone films starring Rowan Atkinson, Ealing Studios’ stake in GreenAcre will see them develop a TV slate for both UK and international broadcasters.

It marks the first partnership at the newly restructured Ealing Studios headed by Ben Latham-Jones.

Co-founded by Nadine Marsh-Edwards and Amanda Jenks in 2010, GreenAcre Films became a division of Wall to Wall in 2012. It will continue to co-produce its current drama slate, which includes projects for HBO, BBC and ITV.

As well as developing new TV projects, GreenAcre will also expand its feature film roster which already has a number of titles in development with the BFI.

In a joint statement, GreenAcre co-founders Nadine Marsh-Edwards and Amanda Jenks said:...

Chicago – I’m on board with Jude Law leading a film and neutral about submarine movies as a genre. My primary pre-screening interest in the quietly marketed thriller “Black Sea” was what Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald would do with this material following his hit with the hard-hitting drama “The Last King of Scotland”.

As it turns out, Jude Law as a desperate, angry and greedy skipper is not nearly as impactful as Forest Whitaker’s brutal Ugandan dictator. And “Black Sea,” which dives down to oceanic hull break point, isn’t propelled by nearly as deep of a story as the Oscar-winning Whitaker film.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

As for standing the test of time, “Black Sea” won’t. The film will not appear on favorite submarine film lists in the company of greats including “The Hunt for Red October,” “Crimson Tide,” “U-571,” “K-19: The Widow Maker,” “The Abyss” and “20,000 Leagues Under...

Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 75 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new thriller “Black Sea” starring Jude Law from Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scotland”)!

“Black Sea,” which opens in Chicago on Jan. 30, 2015 and is rated “R,” also stars Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Jodie Whittaker, Tobias Menzies, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Michael Smiley, Karl Davies, Konstantin Khabenskiy and Daniel Ryan from director Kevin Macdonald and writer Dennis Kelly. Note: You must be 17+ to enter and win this “R”-rated Hookup.

To win your free “Black Sea” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your...

Right on the heels of Universal moving Fast & Furious 7 up a week from April 10th, 2015, to April 3rd, Focus Features has announced some schedule changes of its own for 2015. Now, horror threequel Insidious: Chapter 3 will open not on April 3rd next year but May 29th. Furthermore, sci-fi drama Selfless has moved from February 27th to April 17th, and Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald’s treasure hunt drama Black Sea has been set for January 23rd.

Now, let’s look at those one at a time.

We don’t know much about Insidious: Chapter 3 other than that it will star The Grey actor Dermot Mulroney and A.N.T. Farm actress Stefanie Scott. Leigh Whannell is both directing and scripting this installment, and he is also expected to reprise his role as Specs. Also returning from previous installments will be Angus Sampson as Tucker and Lin Shaye as Elise Rainier. Unfortunately, Insidious...

Black Sea

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Writer: Dennis Kelly

Producers: Macdonald and Charles Steel

U.S. Distributor: Focus Features

Cast: Jude Law, Jodie Whittaker, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Karl Davies, and Daniel Ryan

Kevin Macdonald’s been busy. Alternating between feature films and documentaries (he had one of each in 2013), he’s back with an action thriller in 2014. While a preliminary plot synopsis doesn’t quite spark the imagination, Macdonald’s got a knack for off the cuff momentum, even in material that’s sometimes a bit tepid (2009′s State of Play, for instance). An unassuming cast adds to intrigue.

Gist: Jude Law plays a modern-day submarine captain who is laid off by the salvage company he works for. Desperate to get even with his former employers and to prove himself, he is approached by a shadowy backer. Handed command of a submarine that is barely seaworthy, he is to rally...

The first photos are out of Jude Law in Kevin Macdonald's treasure hunting thriller "Black Sea" via EW.

Originally slated for an older actor, Law "adopted an Aberdeen accent, put on weight, built up his forearms and shoulders, shaved his head and let his stubble grow out" to nab the part.

In the film he plays a submarine captain who gets laid off by a salvage company. Looking for money and payback, he accepts a gig from a shadowy backer to hunt for a sunken Russian U-boat at the bottom of the Black Sea said to be loaded with gold.

Assembling a crew of Russian and English sailors to help him, the captain quickly begins to realise how dangerous a situation he has put himself in as tensions onboard boil over and both greed and desperation take hold.

Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Jodie Whittaker, Karl Davies, and Daniel Ryan also star.

Nigel Harman and Samantha Womack have joined the cast of 'Mount Pleasant'. The 'EastEnders' veterans will appear in the third series of the popular Sky Living comedy drama alongside Sally Lindsay, Daniel Ryan, Sian Reeves, James Dreyfus, George Sampson, Paula Wilcox, David Bradley and Bobby Ball. Glamorous couple Tanya (Samantha) and Bradley (Nigel) are set to shake things up when they move to The Close with teenage daughter Ella (Nicola Millbank). Their fun-loving spirit is a hit in the neighbourhood and they soon find themselves being the life and soul of the party, but their perfect façade masks a darker secret. Nigel said:...

Nigel Harman and Samantha Womack have joined the cast of 'Mount Pleasant'. The 'EastEnders' veterans will appear in the third series of the popular Sky Living comedy drama alongside Sally Lindsay, Daniel Ryan, Sian Reeves, James Dreyfus, George Sampson, Paula Wilcox, David Bradley and Bobby Ball. Glamorous couple Tanya (Samantha) and Bradley (Nigel) are set to shake things up when they move to The Close with teenage daughter Ella (Nicola Millbank). Their fun-loving spirit is a hit in the neighbourhood and they soon find themselves being the life and soul of the party, but their perfect façade masks a darker secret. Nigel said:...

Former EastEnders star Samantha Womack has landed a role on Mount Pleasant.

The actress - who played Ronnie Mitchell on the BBC soap - told Click Liverpool that she will appear in the third series of Sky Living's comedy drama.

"I begin filming Mount Pleasant for TV alongside Pauline Collins [Sue] in Manchester soon," said Womack. "And there may be a musical towards the end of this year, beginning of next, so that'll keep me busy."

Womack, who left EastEnders in 2011 after four years on the show, revealed that she is eager to move into directing in the future, after shooting an anti-bullying video in 2005.

"There's a film in the back of my mind I'd quite like to get out there and the older you get, the more sort of self-conscious and less comfortable in front of the camera you become," she explained.

Sky Living confirmed in January that Mount Pleasant...

"Hell's Kitchen" returns for its 11th season on Tuesday, March 12 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on Fox and now the 20 new competitors have been revealed.

For the first time on "Hell's Kitchen," the 20 aspiring chefs will head to Las Vegas to present their signature dishes before a live audience. The contestants are split into two teams of 10, divided by gender. The winning team will enjoy a VIP experience in Vegas, while the other team will ride back to Los Angeles on a school bus.

The chefs are as follows:

The Red Team (women)

Amanda Giblin

Age: 28

Hometown: Orange County, NY

Occupation: Executive Chef

Signature Dish: Pan-Seared Sea Scallops over Roasted Corn and Crispy Prosciutto Risotto

Cyndi Stanimirov

Age: 25

Hometown: Queens, NY

Occupation: Head Chef

Signature Dish: Tri-Color Pepper-Crusted New York Strip with Black Truffle, White Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese with Asparagus

Danielle Boorn

Age: 33

Hometown: Atlanta, Ga

Occupation: Executive Chef...

Mount Pleasant has been given a third series by Sky Living. The comedy drama based on the unusual love lives and dramas of couples living in a cul-de-sac in the North of England will get another eight-episode run, it has been confirmed. Written by Sarah Hooper (Shameless), the show stars Sally Lindsay, Daniel Ryan, Bobby Ball and Angela Griffin. Britain's Got Talent (more)...

Next Wednesday, December 5th, horror comedy Kill Me Now begins rolling out in theatres via the Tugg platform, and we have three pairs of tickets to give away for the Pasadena, CA, premiere, which will be attended by the film's writer/co-star Michael Swaim.

The screening begins at 7:30pm at Laemmle Playhouse 7. To enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest and send the winners an email with info on how to get their tickets on Monday, December 3rd.

Synopsis:

In the not-too-distant past, with the help of a windowless van and a jar of chloroform, a group of Internet sketch comedians were hauled off to the backwoods of Illinois to shoot their first movie! The horror comedy features Streamy and Webby Award winner Michael Swaim (“Agents...

In December horror comedy Kill Me Now will begin rolling out in theatres via the Tugg platform, and we have info on screenings already scheduled as well as how you can bring the film to your own town.

You can join in on the following showings already booked (get more info here):

December 05 - New York City, NY, 7:30pm at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema

Co-star Kaitlin Large ("Agents of Cracked" & "Tyson the Mad Poodle") presents Kill Me Now

December 05 - Pasadena, CA, 7:30pm at Laemmle Playhouse 7

Writer/co-star Michael Swaim ("Agents of Cracked" & "Those Aren't Muskets") presents Kill Me Now

December 06 - Chicago, Il, 7:30pm at AMC River East 21

Director Travis Long presents Kill Me Now

December 06 - San Diego, CA, 7:30pm at Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas

Ike Films, Those Aren't Muskets! and Ketchup Entertainment presents Kill Me Now

December 27 - Houston, TX, 9:00pm at Studio...

One of the first titles for DC's 'New 52' relaunch was Detective Comics, the line which brought Batman into the world about 70 years ago. I was hooked by the first issue, and while it wasn't perfect, it felt like an instant classic to me. The excellent artwork, the compelling storyline, and believable characters all showed me that this was a title to follow. The second issue wasn't quite as good, but was still great. Now, the much anticipated third issue has hit stores. In this issue, Batman learns about how the Dollmaker uses various pieces of flesh from people he murders to....well, make dolls. As usual, there's some major spoilers in the following, so skip to the final paragraphs if you don't want to be spoiled before reading the issue. Detective Comics #3 (2011) Rating: Written By: Tony S. Daniel Art/Cover By: Tony S. Daniel Ryan Winn Synopsis: He makes...

Sky One’s new comedy drama Mount Pleasant started last night with them gloating a star-studded cast and a show written by Sarah Hooper off of Shameless. The shows lead role of Lisa is played by Sally Lindsay who was reportedly really happy and excited by the new show and Sky One website even claims she ‘raves’ about it. From what I’ve gathered it’s meant to be a sort of British Desperate Housewives style look at suburban life and all the “nonsense” that comes with it. I can definitely say that if felt desperate and there were some housewives in it.

The first episode begins with Lisa being dropped off in town by her husband of ten years Dan (Daniel Ryan) and a tiny piece of dialogue that reads, Dan, “have a nice afternoon”, then Lisa, “Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do”, and then in unison they both say,...

The summer of 2008 – happy days for Russell T Davies. Or should that be Lord Rusty Of Daviestown OBE, given that in mid-June it was announced that he would be joining the august ranks of Tim Henman, Bill Oddie and Sir James Of Savile by being appointed to the order of the British empire. Clearly whoever decides these things had not been watching New Earth that day.

Still, the cynics were out in force, given that at the time, Rusty's last written Who contribution was Partners In Crime , a story that's not regarded with the warmest welcome from fans (although I rather like it). So the day after the announcement of the OBE, his next writing assignment was due to be broadcast. Would this be another Last Of The Time Lords fiasco?

Well, as luck would have it, Davies, over the course of the next two weeks, would produce two of...

A very Happy Sunday to everyone! This week we bring you an Edward and Bella themed video from christy0619′s channel and is titled Bella & Edward || Tears of An Angel and features Tears of An Angel by Dan Ryan.

This is such a melancholic journey of Edward and Bella’s love story from its beginnings in Twilight, the trials and tribulations in New Moon and the reaffirmation of their love in Eclipse, only to end in bliss as they seal their commitment to each other in the highly awaited wedding in Breaking Dawn, thus starting their almost perfect forever. Dan Ryan’s Tears of Angel is so apt and coupled with the clips chosen, have the effect of tugging at our heartstrings. I especially love the dialogue used for the New Moon parts. It made Bella’s pain seem so raw.

What do you think of this video? Did it manage to tug at your heartstrings?...

Until recently, the closest thing we had to a cinematic embodiment of Marvel's God of Thunder Thor was in the 1987 teen comedy "Adventures in Babysitting." The debut of "Home Alone" director Chris Columbus was another entry in the "teen's getting into mischief while their parents are away and fixing everything moments before they get back home" genre, which also included "Ferris Bueller" and "Risky Business."

In the movie, Elisabeth Shue played a 17-year-old babysitter who goes on a madcap journey through the seedy underbelly of Chicago with her three underage charges. At one point they come to get their car from Dawson's Garage, and discover Dawson looks exactly like comicdom's Thor (and may actually be him).

As we anticipate the coming release of the big-budget feature adaptation of "Thor," we thought it might be good to weigh the pros-and-cons of both Asgardians and see who comes out on top.

If...

These are the highways to hell. For the second straight year, The Daily Beast ranks the roads with the worst rush hour gridlock. How does your commute rank?

More than merely expensive, long commutes are mentally debilitating. They're also completely, absolutely avoidable. With that in mind, The Daily Beast set out to determine, for the second consecutive year, which cities have the worst commutes-and specifically, which stretches of road within each city experience the worst congestion.

Related story on The Daily Beast: The 25 Worst Meals for Kids

Gallery: The Worst Commutes in America

To find America's Highways from Hell, we started with newly released data from traffic-tracking firm Inrix, which culls data from 4 million vehicles nationwide using Gps units and a smartphone application.

We pared and ranked our top 50 worst metropolitan areas for traffic for 2010 using Inrix's Travel Time Tax-the percentage of time it takes to navigate the area's roadways...

Sky1 has started production on its new comedy drama Mount Pleasant. The 8-part series stars former Coronation Street star Sally Lindsay as Lisa, a married woman living in Manchester. Lisa is unaware that another woman, Kate, is trying to seduce her husband Dan. She also has to keep her neighbour Bianca away and battles with her feelings for new resident Jack. The show stars Daniel Ryan as Dan, while Liza Tarbuck will play Kate. The cast also includes Bobby Ball, Pauline Collins, Angela Griffin, Paula Wilcox, (more)...

Being a rather large fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation (as well as its subsequent online immortality), imagine my surprise and starstruckedness when I learned that Bwe.tv’s very own Sarah Walker once made an appearance on the show way back in the (star)day. The Dan Ryan uncovered this clip of Sarah’s brief but dignified interaction with Captain Picard, playing herself (language Nsfw – they really pushed the envelope for early-90s network tv):...

The BBC has announced the cast for its new adaptation of Just William. The channel confirmed reports that Outnumbered star Daniel Roche has landed the lead role in the series, which is based on Richmal Crompton's novels. The Thick Of It's Rebecca Front and Linda Green star Daniel Ryan will appear as William's parents, while Warren Clarke and Caroline Quentin will feature as new neighbours the Botts. Denis Lawson, John Sessions and Bruce Mackinnon have signed up to play William's teachers, while Martin Jarvis, who worked on the classic Just William recordings, will narrate the series. Isabella Blake-Thomas will play William's nemesis Violet. Other cast members include Judy Parfitt, Roy Hudd, Harry Melling and Bertie Carvel. Cbbc (more)...