Ever since it was announced that ITV was to adapt Phil Rickmam’s best-selling novels, this has been accumulating some buzzy momentum. It’s a crime drama wrapped up in a horror story, once again proving that the hottest sub-genre of crime drama is one that mixes supernatural elements with more traditional procedural tropes. Midwinter Of The…
Day: September 23, 2015
BBC confirms transmission dates for From Darkness; ITV confirms transmissions dates for Lewis and Unforgotten
The week starting on Sunday 4th October is going to be a busy one here at The Killing Times. Three new, British crime dramas are due to start that week – two brand new and one returning favourite. Yes, autumn has started with vengeance and crime drama is still the most produced and consumed genre…
JK Rowling’s Cormoran Strike crime novels to be adapted by the BBC
Yes, I’ve already uploaded a post about about the BBC’s upcoming autumn/winter slate of programmes (here if you missed it), but within all the Sherlocks and the Luthers there was one titbit that deserved its own news story. JK Rowling is one of the world’s biggest selling and best known authors, thanks to a little wizard…
Witnesses’ Marie Dompnier: There will be a second season
French drama Witnesses – shown on Channel 4 – is one of our favourite crime dramas of the year. It felt familiar but also felt fresh (a hard balance to achieve), mainly because of its outrageous and macabre set-up – a killer was seemingly digging up the bodies of recently deceased people and then rearranging them…
BBC1 reveals autumn/winter slate, provides looks at Luther, Sherlock, And Then There Were None
I know we keep banging on about it but autumn is a special time in TV Land. It’s when all the biggies come back into play, with dramas studding the schedules like stars in a night sky. As the nights draw in there’s nothing quite like snuggling up on the sofa with a brew and…
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