Andrew Hayden-Smith has joined the cast of Russell T Davies's new E4 series Banana.
Banana is a new eight-part companion series to Channel 4 drama Cucumber, which also comes from former Doctor Who boss Davies.
Hayden-Smith - who previously starred in Doctor Who - is joined by Hannah John-Kamen (Happy Valley), Letitia Wright (Top Boy), Georgia Henshaw (Waterloo Road) and comedian Bethany Black, who makes her television debut.
Cucumber regulars Freddie Fox (Parade's End) and Fisayo Akinade (Fresh Meat) will also feature in the series.
Banana is a series of eight stand-alone stories, which takes a look at the lives of individual Lgbt characters.
Davies has penned three episodes out of eight, and is joined on the writing team by Sue Perkins, Matthew Berry, and newcomers Charlie Covell and Lee Warburton.
Davies explained: "The joy of Banana is in the beautiful, charming, witty and sometimes heart breaking stories of a wide variety of characters,...
Banana is a new eight-part companion series to Channel 4 drama Cucumber, which also comes from former Doctor Who boss Davies.
Hayden-Smith - who previously starred in Doctor Who - is joined by Hannah John-Kamen (Happy Valley), Letitia Wright (Top Boy), Georgia Henshaw (Waterloo Road) and comedian Bethany Black, who makes her television debut.
Cucumber regulars Freddie Fox (Parade's End) and Fisayo Akinade (Fresh Meat) will also feature in the series.
Banana is a series of eight stand-alone stories, which takes a look at the lives of individual Lgbt characters.
Davies has penned three episodes out of eight, and is joined on the writing team by Sue Perkins, Matthew Berry, and newcomers Charlie Covell and Lee Warburton.
Davies explained: "The joy of Banana is in the beautiful, charming, witty and sometimes heart breaking stories of a wide variety of characters,...
- 6/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Filming has begun on a fourth series of ITV's Scott & Bailey.
Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp will return for a fourth run of the crime drama, which is expected to air later in 2014.
The series is shooting in Oldham and Manchester for eight new episodes, which will see both characters vying for promotion to Detective Sergeant.
Amelia Bullmore will also return as Dci Gill Murray, while she will write four of the scripts as well.
Former Coronation Street star Lee Warburton will write two episodes, and Emily Ballou (Case Histories) will write the remaining episodes.
Danny Webb (Locke) has joined the cast as DC Chris Crowley, while Danny Miller returns as DS Rob Waddington.
Co-creator and writer Sally Wainwright will executive produce along with Red Production Company's Nicola Shindler and former producer Tom Sherry.
It will be produced by Juliet Charlesworth, while Simon Delaney (Drifters) will direct with Noreen Kershaw...
Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp will return for a fourth run of the crime drama, which is expected to air later in 2014.
The series is shooting in Oldham and Manchester for eight new episodes, which will see both characters vying for promotion to Detective Sergeant.
Amelia Bullmore will also return as Dci Gill Murray, while she will write four of the scripts as well.
Former Coronation Street star Lee Warburton will write two episodes, and Emily Ballou (Case Histories) will write the remaining episodes.
Danny Webb (Locke) has joined the cast as DC Chris Crowley, while Danny Miller returns as DS Rob Waddington.
Co-creator and writer Sally Wainwright will executive produce along with Red Production Company's Nicola Shindler and former producer Tom Sherry.
It will be produced by Juliet Charlesworth, while Simon Delaney (Drifters) will direct with Noreen Kershaw...
- 4/24/2014
- Digital Spy
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