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BBC Two comedy Inside No9 is coming to a fitting end – after nine series. Creators Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith — who made comedy classic The League Of Gentlemen with Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson — told me they will now focus on new projects after eight years of the cult show, in which every episode features the number nine. Steve said: “We feel it is a good time to pause Inside No9 after we finish filming series nine next year.” The dark comedy has featured some of the UK’s best acting talent, including Sheridan Smith, Keeley Hawes, Helen McCrory, Sir Derek Jacobi, Alison Steadman and Katherine Parkinson.

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KAREN Pirie viewers were all left with the same complaint as many struggled to understand the mystery drama due to "muffled sounds". The gripping ITV detective drama aired its first episode on Sunday night - but those tuning in were left peeved by one thing in particular.

Jason Manford defends Harry and Meghan over hand-holding rowTheir drag name was inspired by a cherry-scented bath wash used when showering and because they loved their grandmother who likes drinking sherry.As for Valentine, it was simply because they loved Valentines Day.The drag supersrar grew a fanbase before the series began due to Michelle Visage accidentally leaking who was taking part. They came 12th in the competition.Away from the show, they were a qualified Mental Health Nurse and worked as an essential worker during the COVID-19 pandemic.After the show, the BBC star fronted their documentary Gypsy Queen and Proud earlier this year.Cherry made the show to highlight being gay in the Gypsy community.The Drag sensation said they invented their alter ego after feeling rejected as George.They went back to their roots to see if they could finally be accepted as a queer Gypsy.Danniella Westbrook fumes royals treated Harry 'as 2nd class citizen' [REACTION]Gwen Stefani wows in pink after 'unrecognisable' look caused a stir [PICTURED]Crossfire star Keeley Hawes married to famous star [REVEALED]Reflecting on not being accepted, Cherry said: “The idea of hope got me through those dark feelings.“Being able to potentially live a different life to what I was expected to be is what really kept me going through it all.“It was the reason why I moved away to be honest. I wanted to do something different to what everyone expected of me.”Of their documentary, Cherry added: “I always say that if I had seen something like this when I was younger, maybe things would have been different for me."It was really strange for me to go back to these places: the town where I grew up, and the camp where my family lives.

BBC viewers have called for a sequel to Keeley Hawes' "gripping" new mass shooting drama Crossfire.The three-part series aired its final episode on Wednesday night (September 21).Written and produced by Apple Tree Yard author Louise Doughty, Crossfire follows a group of friends as they come under siege during a hotel pool shooting while on their joint holiday at a luxury resort.READ MORE:Casualty fans floored as they spot grisly format change just minutes into episodeWhile Crossfire has divided critics, fans on Twitter heaped praise on the "brilliant" and "nail-biting" drama as the show reached its dramatic conclusion.With some fans praising Crossfire's "emotional" ending, others called for the series to be developed into a "franchise" as they begged to see more of the characters.One fan wrote: "#keeleyhawes and @buddyclubprods another fantastic gripping show Absolutely loved it."Another commented: "Absolutely brilliant...best drama for a long time...really tense - great cast."Meanwhile, a third fan said: "Have we just seen the launch of a franchise? Surely there's more life in all these characters."A fourth added: "BBC what a gripping drama, literally had to cover my face most of it, really hard to watch. Brilliant drama, want more.""Absolutely brilliant! Heart in mouth stuff.

CROSSFIRE made its debut on the BBC last night but viewers are all spotting the same blunder. The brand new thriller drama, which is spread over three nights this week, stars Keeley Hawes. Keeley plays the role of Jo, a mother on holiday with her family at a luxury Spanish resort.

Bodyguard star Keeley Hawes takes center-stage in new BBC drama Crossfire, in which she plays Jo – a character whose world is turned upside down when a terrorist attack takes place during at her holiday resort. The three-part series sees, which Keeley described as an ‘uncomfortable watch’, sees her character at the heart of the action, which the 46-year-old admitted was a different role for her, despite having starred in previous action thrillers including Line of Duty and Honour. While Jo has to save her family and play the hero, that involved physically exhausting tasks like lugging guns around, leading Keeley to describe it as her most ‘taxing’ yet.

KEELEY Hawes is back on the box with her latest drama, Crossfire - and it's left viewers traumatised. Set in a luxurious resort in the Canary Islands, the series is based on one family's holiday from hell. A story of survival and resilience, Crossfire is an edge-of-your-seat nail-biting thriller yet also emotional, intimate and relatable.

THOSE tuning into Crossfire have blasted the BBC over its "insensitive" shooting massacre scenes. Keeley Hawes is back on the box with her latest drama, which tells the tale of a woman on a family holiday whose life gets turned upside down when gunmen suddenly open fire.

K.J. Yossman Banijay Rights has set a new returning drama series titled “Runners” with writer John Preston (pictured above, left) and exec producer Ellie Wood (pictured above, right) of Clearwood Films, the team behind “Stonehouse” and “The Dig.” “Runners” tells the story of the world’s first police force, the Bow Street Runners, who were formed in the 1740s in London, which at the time was facing a colossal crime wave. The Chief Magistrate of London at the time, Heny Fielding (who also happened to be a celebrated novelist), decided to take on this criminal underworld by assembling a group of police.“This extraordinary story will tell of how a group of just six police officers, none with any training or experience, set about imposing law and order on a completely lawless society and embarked on solving one of the strangest cases of its time – one with momentous political and social ramifications,” reads the logline.

Line of Duty star Keeley Hawes and her husband, Succession's Matthew Macfadyen, will next be seen in an ITV series together. The real-life couple will play opposite each other in three-part drama Stonehouse, retelling the bizarre story of the disgraced Labour minister (Macfadyen), John Stonehouse, who faked his own death in 1974, leaving his wife (Hawes) and children behind. Having been married for 18 years sure adds authenticity to Hawes and Macfadyen's performances, with the Bodyguard star saying it was "a joy" to work with her husband again.

Succession star Matthew Macfadyen, who stole the rug from under the warring Roys by betraying wife Shiv last season, has got the seal of approval for his performance in upcoming drama Stonehouse from his real-life wife and co-star Keeley Hawes.

EXCLUSIVE: Bodyguard and Line of Duty star Keeley Hawes has been tapped as a co-lead opposite Krysten Ritter in Orphan Black: Echoes, the upcoming offshoot series set in the world of Orphan Black, which is slated for a 2023 debut on AMC Networks’ digital platform AMC+ and linear nets.

Line of Duty and Bodyguard star Keeley Hawes has outlined her plans to step away from acting soon, and is keen to ‘explore other avenues. ’Award-winning star Keeley, 46, who has been a well-known fixture on UK screens for over two decades, has quite the impressive CV when it comes to acting jobs. In recent years, she’s had prominent roles in the likes of ITV comedy-drama The Durrells, the Russell T Davies drama serial It’s a Sin and in The Midwich Cuckoos – released earlier in 2022.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Britain’s leading lady of the TV action thriller, Keeley Hawes, is back. The star of “Bodyguard” returns in “Crossfire,” another nail-biting thriller for the BBC in which Hawes plays a holidaymaker whose sunbathing session on her hotel balcony becomes a nightmare when shots ring out across the complex, turning her world upside down. The scenario will remind audiences of her turn as the U.K. home secretary alongside Richard Madden’s bodyguard in the eponymous BBC drama, which became a global hit when it was picked up by Netflix. The setting for “Crossfire,” however, is a far cry from London’s Westminster, instead set at a luxury resort in the Canary Islands.

READ MORE: How well do you remember the first episode when Nurse Jenny Lee arrived? Daniel is 26 years old. When he was in his late teens, he attended a drama school in south-west London, near where he lived and years later he has been nominated as Best Actor in this year's TV Choice Awards for his portrayal of Reggie in Call the Midwife. However, incredible acting talent must run through the blood of Daniel's family as he is the son of late actor and EastEnders legend Leslie Grantham.

Emmerdale has launched the career of a number of young actors throughout the years - including original Lucas Taylor star Dexter Ansell.Dexter, who has recently been seen in critically acclaimed Sky series The Midwich Cuckoos opposite Keeley Hawes, landed his big break on the ITV soap in 2019.He played Lucas Taylor, the son of Dawn Taylor – but did you know he also had another secret role in Emmerdale before this?READ NEXT: Emmerdale backstage secrets - Plastic food, real graves, tributes and spelling errorsThat's not all, as the young star has had quite the interesting life too, including following in his famous X Factor dad's footsteps.Here, Daily Star takes a closer look inside the life of original Lucas Taylor star Dexter Ansell.Although Dexter Ansell is most famous for playing Lucas Taylor in Emmerdale, the young actor had a secret role on the soap too.Between January and May 2016, he played Jimmy King's son Carl Holliday, before the role was taken over by Charlie Munro Joyce.However, he returned to Emmerdale in June 2019 as Dawn Taylor's son Lucas, where he played the role for over two years until March 2021.During this time, Covid restrictions meant that child stars were not allowed to be on set for health and safety reasons.Dawn Taylor actress Olivia Bromley said that she missed Dexter a lot on set, telling The Express: "It's sad that we've not been able to film with him."As I think it would have added an extra layer to the high stakes to have him here. He's been upstairs for a long time now!"I've been keeping in touch with Dexter – it was his birthday recently, so we had a little chat then.

final two seasons of, Lesley Manville is taking on another real-life saga: the 2004 murders in Nottinghamshire, England. And only ET has the exclusive first look at the series written by James Graham, who draws from his firsthand experiences of growing up in the mining village. In, Manville plays Julie Jackson, the wife of a former union activist, whose murder kicks off this drama about a small, fractured community shattered by two unexpected killings and the manhunt that followed.

It’s August and the TV schedules are full of sport, reality TV and a whole host of repeats. But soon, we’ll be into the autumn season, when the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 bring out the big guns to get us hooked in the run-up to Christmas.

EXCLUSIVE: The UK representation scene was all abuzz about the next steps of respected former Troika co-founders Michael Duff and Conor McCaughan after they left their long-time agency back in 2020. We’re now getting more clarity on their next steps.

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