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Is it PotG? said:

Coming your way 15th/16th June.



Inspired in part by real events and set in the Nottinghamshire mining village where Graham grew up, at the heart of Sherwood lie two shocking and unexpected killings that shatter an already fractured community and spark a massive manhunt.

Alongside David Morrissey is a stellar ensemble that comprises Joanne Froggatt, Robert Glenister, Alun Armstrong, Lesley Manville, Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Kevin Doyle, Lorraine Ashbourne, Phillip Jackson, Perry Fitzpatrick, Adam Hugill and Stephen Tompkinson.

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Is it PotG? said:

Series one of the James Graham-penned show proved to be a critical and audience hit.

Now the BBC says that the second series is set in the present day and introduces two new families that find themselves entangled with the Sparrows, entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries, revenge, and betrayal. Meanwhile, a newly appointed Sheriff of Nottingham is passionately fighting against a proposed new mine for the area, which brings the promise of much-needed jobs and prosperity but also unwelcome reminders of the legacy that has mired the community for so long.

David Morrissey, Lorraine Ashbourne and Perry Fitzpatrick return, while new cast members include Monica Dolan, Christine Bottomley, David Harewood, Robert Lindsay, Stephen Dillane, Aisling Loftus and Robert Emms.

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Machiavelli said:

Well, it looks as though nobody has mentioned series 2 of The Responder, which deserves an audience.

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Is it PotG? said:

Series one of the James Graham-penned show proved to be a critical and audience hit.

Now the BBC says that the second series is set in the present day and introduces two new families that find themselves entangled with the Sparrows, entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries, revenge, and betrayal. Meanwhile, a newly appointed Sheriff of Nottingham is passionately fighting against a proposed new mine for the area, which brings the promise of much-needed jobs and prosperity but also unwelcome reminders of the legacy that has mired the community for so long.

David Morrissey, Lorraine Ashbourne and Perry Fitzpatrick return, while new cast members include Monica Dolan, Christine Bottomley, David Harewood, Robert Lindsay, Stephen Dillane, Aisling Loftus and Robert Emms.

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Is it PotG? said:

Series one of the James Graham-penned show proved to be a critical and audience hit.

Now the BBC says that the second series is set in the present day and introduces two new families that find themselves entangled with the Sparrows, entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries, revenge, and betrayal. Meanwhile, a newly appointed Sheriff of Nottingham is passionately fighting against a proposed new mine for the area, which brings the promise of much-needed jobs and prosperity but also unwelcome reminders of the legacy that has mired the community for so long.

David Morrissey, Lorraine Ashbourne and Perry Fitzpatrick return, while new cast members include Monica Dolan, Christine Bottomley, David Harewood, Robert Lindsay, Stephen Dillane, Aisling Loftus and Robert Emms.

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Is it PotG? said:

The BBC has announced the return of Showtrial.

The second series will star Adeel Akhtar, Nathalie Armin, and Michael Socha, and will once again centre around a criminal trial that divides the nation and takes place in the full glare of the media spotlight.

When the high-profile climate activist Marcus Calderwood is left for dead in a violent hit and run, he uses his dying moments to identify his killer – a serving policeman. But who is this unnamed ‘Officer X’? What does his own history reveal about the nature of trauma and revenge, and was Marcus’s death a careless accident or cold-blooded murder?

From the victim’s last breath to the jury’s final verdict, Showtrial takes us into the worlds of the charismatic and cocky officer Justin Mitchell (Socha); Sam Gill (Akhtar), an anxious defense solicitor with a reputation for winning lost causes; and Leila Hassoun-Kenny (Armin), a rigorous CPS lawyer leading the case against the accused.

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Is it PotG? said:

Been excellent, the 'will they/won't they?' continues and a decent plot.

Certainly sets up S6.

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Is it PotG? said:

Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger are reprising their roles in BBC One’s Robert Galbraith adaptation, Strike.

The Ink Black Heart will be the show’s sixth series, and the BBC says it will be back next month (December).

When frantic, desperate Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.

Robin informs Edie that the agency is too busy to take on her case and thinks nothing more of it until a few weeks later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.


Robin and her business partner Cormoran Strike become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie’s true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches them to their limit.

The guest cast include David Westhead, Christian McKay, Emma Fielding, Tupele Dorgu and James Nelson-Joyce.

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Is it PotG? said:

The four-part series will launch on Monday 16th December, with subsequent episodes the next evening and then the week after on Monday and Tuesday.

When frantic, desperate Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.

Robin informs Edie that the agency is too busy to take on her case and thinks nothing more of it until a few weeks later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.

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