French TV

An archive of blog entries about French TV programmes and production.

News: Borgen creator’s new show, Syfy’s Brave New World, Martin Freeman joins Captain America + more

6 May 2015 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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  • Kim Shaw to be a regular on Saving Hope

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  • Henry Rollins and C Thomas Howell join ABC Family’s Stitchers
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News: Michelle MacLaren off Wonder Woman, Veep, Silicon Valley, Good Witch, 19-2 renewed + more

14 April 2015 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

David Tennant as Purple Man in Netflix's AKA Jessica Jones

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News: more Fortitude, trailers for lots of new US shows, a returning Hero, a SHIELD spin-off + more

13 April 2015 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

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  • Trailer for Netflix’s Grace and Frankie
  • Trailer for season 3 of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black
  • Casting for Netflix’s The Get Down

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News: 2 Broke Girls, 12 Monkeys renewed, ITV acquires Jordskoot, BBC2’s Grand Theft Auto drama + more

13 March 2015 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

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New UK TV shows

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  • Kieran Bew, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley et al to star in ITV’s Beowulf

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New US TV show casting

  • Kristen Hager to star, Christine Evangelista joins ABC’s The Adversaries
  • Ed Westwick to star in ABC’s LA Crime, Amir Talai joins The King of 7B, Rarmian Newton joins Jenna Bans drama
  • James Roday to star in ABC comedy
  • Amber Valletta joins ABC’s Boom, Jonathan Slavin and Krista Marie Yu join Dr Ken
  • Jennifer Carpenter to star in CBS’s Limitless
  • Nicholas Gonzalez, DB Woodside and Rachael Harris join Fox’s Lucifer, Kelly Jenrette joins Grandpa + multiple casting on Studio City
  • Maya Erskine joins NBC’s Heart Matters, Andy Ridings joins Take It From Us, Nichole Bloom joins Superstore
  • Alano Mlller joins WGN America’s Underground, Alex Meneses joins NBC’s Telenovela

Canal+ trailers for Les Revenants, Versailles, Le Bureau Des Legéndes, Spotless, Panthers and Hard

23 February 2015 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Four new shows, two returning ones, including the much fabled second season of The Returned. No word yet on airdates, or when/if they’ll be emerging in the UK.

Intrigued? Then let me tell you more. Spotless is a black comedy set in London, in which the quiet life of John is turned upside down by the arrival of his criminal brother Martin. Why Spotless? Well, John runs a company that specialises in cleaning crime scenes…

Canal+ has a separate teaser trailer for this one.

Meanwhile, Versailles, as the name suggests is all about the 28-year-old Louis XIV – the Sun King himself – and the construction of the palace of Versailles, his having dealing with uppity nobles, etc. Panthers is a co-prod with Sky Atlantic starring Samantha Morton, John Hurt and Tahar Rahim that’s all about some missing diamonds. You can guess what channel that will end up on.

Lastly, Le Bureau Des Légendes is all about a department of the DGSE (France’s MI6/CIA) dedicated to undercover agents, with our hero (Mathieu Kassovitz) returning after six years undercover in Syria – but making the slight mistake of not abandoning his undercover life and ‘legend’…

And for those who want a Les Revenants teaser, here you go. Not much happens, mind.