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New Paramount+ series Girl Taken will rip your heart out — but its cast think this classic comedy is the perfect way to decompress after

Kicking 2026 off in the darkest tone possible, Girl Taken is this week's new chilling crime drama on Paramount+. In fact, it's so chilling, you should stream this classic comedy straight after.

TechRadar

How Channel 5’s dodgy thrillers became our ultimate TV guilty pleasure

IN FOCUS: Dark secrets, domestic strife and a bunch of former soap stars – over the past few years, Channel 5 has honed its formula for ridiculous but addictive dramas. Katie Rosseinsky explores this unlikely success story

The Independent UK

Jill Halfpenny looks back: ‘My dad died when I was four and I lost my partner in 2017. Some days, I still struggle’

The actor on her joy at being on TV as a teenager, struggling with grief and overcoming shyness

The Guardian - UK

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'I made friends with it' - Jill Halfpenny on dealing with the grief of losing partner Matt and getting 'comfortable with being uncomfortable'

Jill knows her approach to grief might seem 'counterintuitive,' but it helps her get through difficult days

Woman & Home

Netflix UK Top 10 bizarrely has two Channel 5 dramas crushing big-name rivals like Heartstopper

Jill Halfpenny vs Heartstopper? There's only one winner!

WhatToWatch

Netflix adds creepy thriller starring Jill Halfpenny that divided viewers

The Cuckoo on Netflix sees Jill star as a lodger with a sinister plan...

WhatToWatch

Where are the original Waterloo Road cast now?

The new series started on BBC One this week but where are the original cast members now?

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FAB-U-LOUS! It’s Strictly Come Dancing’s all-time top 20 moments

It’s two decades since Strictly quickstepped on to our screens. To mark the occasion, we’ve picked the best bits so far – from Ed Balls’s Gangnam Style to Rose and Giovanni’s silent symphony and Bruno falling off his chair. Keep dancing!

The Guardian - UK

The Feud: release date, cast, plot, interviews, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know

The Feud is a thriller series featuring stars such as Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Larry Lamb and Chris Gascoyne.

WhatToWatch

Chris Gascoyne's first role since Coronation Street exit revealed — and it's huge!

Chris Gascoyne will star opposite soap legend Jill Halfpenny in a new role following his Coronation Street exit.

WhatToWatch

The Red King star Anjli Mohindra: ‘It's twisty with red herrings!’

The Red King – Anjli Mohindra reveals all about her spooky new thriller.

WhatToWatch

Jill Halfpenny reveals her one condition for joining The Cuckoo

The Cuckoo is a new thriller starring Jill Halfpenny and she's revealed she had one major demand.

WhatToWatch

A Taste of Honey review – Shelagh Delaney’s grenade explodes again

Jill Halfpenny and Rowan Robinson star in a revival of the 1958 play, staged near its setting of Salford

The Guardian - UK

The Cuckoo: Netflix release date, full series episode guide, trailer, cast, plot, interviews, release date and everything we know

The Cuckoo, arriving on Netflix, is a drama series starring Jill Halfpenny as a lodger who threatens to tear a family apart.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Unbelievably relevant’: what can the explosive 1958 play A Taste of Honey tell us today?

It was a time when the pill was unavailable and homosexuality was illegal. As Shelagh Delaney’s sparky story of a Salford single mother and her pregnant teenage daughter returns, can it really speak to our era?

WhatToWatch

The Red King: where to watch, cast, plot, interview, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know

The Red King is a chilling new drama starring Anjli Mohindra, Adjoa Andoh, Marc Warren and Jill Halfpenny.

Evening Standard

The Long Shadow: Peter Sutcliffe’s crimes ‘left a scar on the landscape’, says Katherine Kelly

Daniel Mays, Katherine Kelly and more gathered to talk about Sutcliffe’s terrible crimes, and how the show’s name was changed after victim family outrage

The Guardian - UK

‘The most responsibility I’ve ever felt’: the poignant drama giving Peter Sutcliffe’s victims a voice

Starry new drama The Long Shadow takes an innovative approach to the murders that rocked 70s Yorkshire. Its creators talk crippling nerves, dodging stereotypes – and writing the Ripper out of the story

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The Long Shadow: release date, cast, plot and everything we know

The Long Shadow is a true crime drama that focuses on the victims and survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.

Chronicle Live

What is the best North East TV show ever? Cast your vote and help us find a winner

We want to know what you think the best North East based TV show is of all time - cast your vote now

GoodToKnow

Byker Grove cast: Where are they now?

Remember these faces? We look at the cast then and now ahead of the show's reboot

Chronicle Live

Jill Halfpenny's Tynemouth home 'transformed' on BBC show Your Home Made Perfect

Jill Halfpenny was the unlikely star of the latest episode of BBC show Your Home Made Perfect on Tuesday night

Liverpool Echo

Where the Byker Grove cast are now as Ant and Dec bring show back

The Newcastle drama was a huge deal in the 90s

Manchester Evening News

What happened to Byker Grove cast - from Hollywood stardom to tragic early death

The hit children's TV drama is set for a return to our screens

Chronicle Live

Filming under way in North East on new crime drama The Red King

New police drama - starring 'some of the best actors in TV' - is supported by the North East Production Fund and is another boost for film and TV production in the region

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