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What time, TMINE? Including Locke & Key, Wisting and Messiah

6 December 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Every Friday, TMINE lets you know when the latest TV shows from around the world will air in the UK

It may nearly be Christmas, but luckily, we’re still getting new acquisitions and premiere dates. Only this week, we’ve seen the following shows acquired, for airing some time next year.

The Gulf (Germany: ZDF; New Zealand: TV3; UK: Alibi)
Miss Scarlet and the Duke (US: A&E; UK: Alibi)
Around the World in 80 Days (UK: BBC One)
Becoming Elizabeth (US: Starz; UK: StarzPlay)

That’s a lot. But we also have some premiere dates. Full details on Locke & Key, Wisting and Messiah after the jump.

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Becoming Elizabeth acquired; Jerks renewed; + more

5 December 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

Internet TV

Alvaro Morte, Alexandre Willaume, Hammed Animashaun et al to guest on Amazon’s Wheel of Time
Amazon’s Packed to the Rafters renamed Back to the Rafters
Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn et al join Apple TV+’s Foundation

Scandinavian TV

Edda Magnason joins Viaplay’s Box 21
SVT (Sweden) green lights: missing baby drama Snöänglar (Snow Angels), with Eva Melander, Joesfin Asplund and Ardalan Esmaili

European TV

Slim Film + Television green lights: adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, with David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma and Leonie Benesch
RTÉ (Ireland) green lights: noir thriller Smother

UK TV

StarzPlay acquires: Starz (US)’s Becoming Elizabeth
BBC Three renews: Jerks
Firebird developing: adaptation of HBO Spain’s The Room

US TV

Trailer for season 3 of Freeform’s Grown-ish
Teaser trailer for season 4 of HBO’s High Maintenance
Teaser trailer for season 2 of Hulu’s Shrill

US TV show casting

Lucy Hale to guest on The CW’s Riverdale
Jason Alexander to guest on Spectrum’s Mad About You
Iwan Rheon joins Starz’s American Gods

New US TV shows

HBO green lights: Watergate drama The White House Plumbers, with Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux
Fox developing: remakes of BBC One’s Silent Witness, with Melissa Leo, and BBC Three’s This Country

New US TV show casting

Parker Young to star in CBS’s United States of Al
Finesse Mitchell to star in Fox’s Outmatched
Hilarie Burton to recur on NBC’s Council of Dads

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