She turned down a Russian 20 years older than her with 2k a year and is already nosing around our Anne. They join Gemma Whelan, Timothy West, Gemma Jones, Stephanie Cole, Peter Davison, Amelia Bullmore, Vincent Franklin, Shaun Dooley, Joe Armstrong and Rosie Cavaliero. In an expertly tense sequence, Afghan vet turned special protection officer David Budd (Richard Madden) negotiates the peaceful surrender of a suicide bomber of a train in Euston. 2 Regular readers will know I’m a big fan of Kieran Bew and his astronaut in Oxygen was no exception Seriously, so glad that Julia Montague remained dead (at least until a sequel is announced and we have to go through this whole farrago again). The weather taking a turn for the blessedly British feels like a most appropriate herald for the return of proper drama to our tellyboxes and first out of the gate for this year’s slate of autumn dramas is Jed Mercurio’s Bodyguard with a properly nail-biting opening 20 minutes which serve as a remarkable statement of intent for this series. The HBO co-production, which stars Suranne Jones, scored an average of 5.1M viewers with a peak of 5.6M on Sunday night in a 9pm slot. Women in white: Suranne Jones as Anne Lister in 'Gentleman Jack' with Stephanie Hyam BBC/Lookout Point/HBO/James Stack. TV Review: Gentleman Jack Series 1. Executive Producers are Wainwright, Faith Penhale and Laura Lankester for Lookout Point, and Ben Irving for BBC One. Elsewhere, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwalds Derek Riddell plays Elizabeths husband Captain Sutherland and Hurt By Paradises Veronica Clifford stars as mother-in-law Mrs Sutherland. The Killing‘s Sofie Gråbøl and Happy Valley‘s Katherine Kelly also star. The series is directed by Wainwright, Sarah Harding and Jennifer Perrott. If you’re getting swept up in locations in this fictionalised version of London not being where they are in real life, turn the damn thing off! Jed Mercurio’s Bodyguard – an unexpected massive hit and a reminder that the appointment-to-view model is far from over – reached its climax tonight in typically high-tension style, confounding expectations to the end and dashing the dreams of many a conspiracy theorist to boot. “TV Review: Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 1 – The Pilot”, Best Supporting Actress in a Play & in a Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Play & in a Musical, TV Review: Doctor Who Series 10 Episode 1 – The Pilot, Re-review: The James Plays, National Theatre, The theatrical equivalent of mainlining a boxset in a day, the cumulative effect of the, Cast of James II – Day of The Innocents continued, Cast of James I – The Key Will Keep The Lock continued, News: new Netflix show Bridgerton sets its premiere date, News: a stream of Emilia announced to get us through November. Its not for everyone, that’s absolutely fine, but you don’t have to drag everyone else down with your misery. The pair will star alongside Suranne Jones in the eight-part series, which was created by Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright. Continue reading “TV Review: Bodyguard, BBC1”, Episodes, in order of preference Sylvia Syms (Rev) stars as the Elderly Mrs Rawson, Brendan Patricks (Downton Abbey) is clergyman Thomas Ainsworth, Caspar Phillipson (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) is Mr De Hagemann, Polly Maberly (Shakespeare \u0026 Hathaway) is Lady De Hagemann, Lucy Black (Jericho) is Mary Sowden, Stephanie Hyam (Bodyguard) is Sophie Ferrall, Dino Fetscher (Humans) is Thomas Beech,  Rupert Vansittart (Game of Thrones) is Charles Lawton and Michael Xavier (Into The Woods) is Dr..Steph Belcombe. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. Gentleman Jack. If it just wasn’t realistic enough for you, then WTF are you doing watching dramas? View all Stephanie Hyam pictures. Tonight, viewers of Gentleman Jack will see lead character Anne Lister pull off her most shocking outfit yet - a dress! Gentleman Jack launched on April 22 in HBO’s new Monday night slot. “He is an actor. Gentleman Jack has become the BBC’s biggest new drama launch of the year and its most successful new scripted series since The Cry. It secured an average share of 27.2% across the hour. Tag: Stephanie Hyam. As ever, it was great to be able to revisit such interesting plays – original reviews can be read here James I – The Key Will Keep The Lock, James II – Day of The Innocents and James III – The True Mirror – especially now there’s a little more distance from the Scottish referendum which coloured much of the coverage of the plays. Rating: 7.8. 2 votes. Photos. I know how passionate she is about the life and times of Anne Lister, and Im delighted to be portraying such a key historical character in Anne Listers story../tv/ Jones plays Regency landowner Lister in the period drama, which is set in 1832 Halifax, West Yorkshire. So here we are, the moment that the epic rewatch has been building up to – the start of Doctor Who’s tenth series, notable for being the final one for both Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor and showrunner Steven Moffat.