Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Tuesday’s “Blake’s 7 remade, Bates Motel gets a 2nd season and Sky has Fortitude” news
The Daily News will return on Thursday
Doctor Who
- Jemma Redgrave to return for 50th anniversary special
Film
Film casting
- Jessica Lucas joins Pompeii
- Luke Evans to star in Dracula
Trailers
- Trailer for Ron Howard’s Rush, starring Chris Hemsworth
Theatre
- Rising Damp to return to stage, Don Warrington to direct
Canadian TV
- Space to co-produce, acquires Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
French TV
- Canal+ acquires Banshee, Vikings
UK TV
- Jonas Armstrong to star in BBC dramatisation of Moby Dick inspiration
- Channel 5 acquires The Bible
- Sky Atlantic developing Arctic murder-mystery Fortitude with Starz
- Richard Lintern joins Silent Witness
- Pippa Bennett-Warner joins Sky 1’s The Smoke
- …as does Rhashan Stone, plus casting on BBC1’s Big School and ITV’s The Guilty
US TV
- Bates Motel gets a second season
- Hannibal gets a co-viewing app
- Reaper cast to reunite for special
- BBC America to co-produce, acquires Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Teaser for season 4 of Shameless
- Saturday ratings: Smash down to 1.88m viewers
- Sunday cable ratings: Mad Men gets 3.4m viewers
New US TV shows
- Starz green lights: Fortitude
- SyFy green lights: Blake’s 7 remake
- ABC red lights: Jenni
- Teasers for FX’s The Bridge
- Trailer for HBO’s Family Tree
New US TV show casting
- Amy Aquino joins ABC’s Divorce: A Love Story, Vik Sahay to recur on Sean Hayes comedy, plus other pilot casting