TV Times – 13 July 2019

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DAME JULIE

ANDREWS

The Hollywood legend

will voice gossip writer

Lady Whistledown in

Netflix’s adaptation of

Julia Quinn’s Regency-

set Bridgerton novels.

JAMES

NESBITT

The twinkly-eyed star

will reprise his role as

Adam for a ninth series

of ITV’s comedy drama,

Cold Feet. Filming

begins later this year.

SIAN

GIBSON

Sian and BGT’s David

Walliams will star in Sky

One’s Christmas comedy

Cinderella: After Ever

After about life once

the fairy tale ends.

GARY

LINEKER

The sports presenter is

to explore the Second

World War through his

grandad’s experiences

for a one-off BBC

documentary.

MAISIE

WILLIAMS

The Game of Thrones

star has signed up for

Two Weeks to Live, a Sky

One comedy about a

prank that goes wrong.

It will air next year.

H

ere is a first look at

Sarah Lancashire in

C4’s upcoming new

drama, The Light.

Filming entirely on location

in Wales, the four-parter is

set in the fictional town of

Glyngolau and explores the

story of a forgotten community

devastated by an explosion on

the construction site of a much-

needed regeneration project.

Sarah plays Polly Bevan,

the wife of local politician

Iwan (played by Keeping

Faith’s Mark Lewis Jones) who

championed the project. The

cast list also includes Hold the

Sunset’s Joanna Scanlan,

Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen,

Westworld) and Adrian

Scarborough (Killing Eve,

A Very English Scandal).

The series reunites Sarah

with writer Jack Thorne, who

she previously worked with

on C4’s acclaimed drama Kiri.

Line of Duty favourite

Martin Compston has left

DS Steve Arnott’s smart

waistcoats in the wardrobe if

our fab first picture of him

filming scenes for Alibi’s new

crime thriller, Traces, is to go by!

Written by Amelia Bullmore

(star of Scott & Bailey and

Gentleman Jack), the six-part

series is set in the world of

forensic science and sees

Molly Windsor (Cheat) play

lab assistant Emma Hedges,

who discovers a fictitious case

study has a strikingly similar

and shocking link to her own

past. Martin plays a mysterious

character called Daniel.

It is expected to air later

this year.

Sarah

shines again

Martin’s next case

Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire

stars in new drama The Light

The Line of

Duty star is

busy filming

new crime

drama Traces

On set: Sarah

with Joanna

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