Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Michael Socha

The Cage: cast, plot, first look, filming news and everything you need to know

The Cage is a BBC1 crime drama set in a Liverpool casino and starring Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha.

WhatToWatch

Stephen Graham: the ‘working-class, mixed-race kid’ who cares deeply about the work

As his latest drama Adolescence stirs debate, we look at Liverpudlian actor’s previous roles and ability to keep it real

The Guardian - UK

Showtrial fans are blown away by THIS performance — 'Give that man an oscar!'

But Showtrial fans have noticed one big 'plot hole'

WhatToWatch

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The week in TV: Showtrial; Sweetpea; Social Studies; Alma’s Not Normal – review

Michael Socha electrifies as a shapeshifting cop in the dock; Dexter meets Villanelle in a murderous new comedy drama; and Sophie Willan’s brilliant Bolton comedy goes deeper and darker

The Guardian - UK

Showtrial season two review – this outrageous legal drama sucks you straight back in

It’s full of holes, lacks nuance and feels flabby – but the excellent performances, as well as the tense and twisty plotting, make this frothy tale a compelling watch

The Guardian - UK

Showtrial: who plays who in season two of the hit BBC drama

From Michael Socha to Adeel Akhtar, we break down the cast - and where you might have seen them before

Evening Standard

How to watch 'Showtrial' season 2 online from anywhere – stream courtroom drama episodes

A defence solicitor finds himself in the glare of publicity as his client fights for his freedom. Here's how to watch "Showtrial" season 2 on TV and online from anywhere in the world.

Tom’s Guide

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Showtrial season 2: next epsiode, recaps, trailer, plot, cast and everything we know

Showtrial season 2 focuses on a brand new case, three years after the original season aired.

WhatToWatch

‘A total cringe-fest’: the TV letdowns of the year

From dramas with dialogue so schmaltzy you want to dry heave to possibly the worst TV show in history, there have been plenty of televisual disappointments in 2023. Here are the biggest stinkers

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Succession; The Gallows Pole; Changing Ends; University Challenge – review

Succession bows out in Shakespearean style; Shane Meadows changes tack with a gobby, grubby period drama; Alan Carr meets his sitcom younger self; and a TV beast exits with a smile…

The Guardian - UK

The Gallows Pole review: A very self-consciously different kind of period drama

Shane Meadows’s latest TV venture could have been cracking – but it’s just plain bewildering

The Independent UK

BBC's The Gallows Pole: Plot, cast, episodes and how to watch

New period drama The Gallows Pole is airing on the BBC

Wales Online

“The biggest fraud in British history” the shocking real story behind historical drama The Gallows Pole

The Gallows Pole true story: There's a shocking truth behind the BBC historical drama, described as “The biggest fraud in British history.”

GoodToKnow

Thomas Turgoose: ‘He’s one of the biggest stars in the world – but he wanted to go to Wagamama every night’

The ‘This Is England’ star talks to Jacob Stolworthy about Shane Meadows’s new drama, appearing with Ed Sheeran in ‘Game of Thrones’, and his newfound friendship with Mark Ruffalo

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Halifax thrilled to be new mecca for movie makers after Happy Valley success

Happy Valley’s success cemented a film and TV boom in the West Yorkshire town – and now the cameras can’t stay away

The Guardian - UK

Shane Meadows on his newfound love of period drama: ‘It’ll resonate with people in a way we didn’t even intend’

He made his name with violence-peppered working-class realism, but now the This is England creator is doing historical drama. We step inside his take on a brutal 18th-century gang

Evening Standard

Pagans, folk rock and no script: the making of The Gallows Pole, the BBC’s wacky new historical drama

Cult director Shane Meadows takes the helm to tell a uniquely Yorkshire story

Evening Standard

The Gallows Pole on BBC Two review: a three-hour galavant through Shane Meadows’ zany imagination

This Is England’s Shane Meadows reimagines one of Yorkshire’s most gripping tales

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Actor Michael Socha: ‘Did I fall in with the wrong people? No, I was the wrong people’

First cast by Shane Meadows, in This is England, Socha now stars in his latest, The Gallows Pole. He describes how acting saved him from a life of violence – and why he loves a madcap scheme

WhatToWatch

The Gallows Pole: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and more on Shane Meadows' period drama

The Gallows Pole on BBC2 tells the story of a gang of 18th-century weavers and land-workers who embark on an ambitious criminal plot.

The Guardian - UK

Big Boys Don’t Cry review – a former abuse victim confronts his harrowing childhood

Based on true events, the lasting impact of trauma suffered at a children’s home are examined in this painful British crime drama

Wales Online

The stars of BBC's Being Human whose glittering careers were launched by the UK answer to Buffy the Vampire Slayer

You might have caught the supernatural show by chance when it was first on our screens some 14 years ago

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.