Paul Chuckle ‘delighted’ to take part in National Theatre tour The 78-year-old will star in The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice until January. Evening Standard · May 13
Number One Fan ending explained: What happens to Lucy and Donna at the end of the Channel 5 thriller? The Channel 5 psychological thriller has viewers hooked, but what happens at the end? We break it down Woman & Home · May 7
Number One Fan review – four hours of guaranteed, preposterous fun Sally Lindsay and Jill Halfpenny are incapable of hitting a false note in this tale of a daytime TV presenter being stalked. It’s full of twists and turns – even if it isn’t wildly sophisticated The Guardian - UK · May 4
TV tonight: a stalker thriller with soft, soapy edges Jill Halfpenny and Sally Lindsay star in the watchable four-parter, Number One Fan. Plus practice makes perfect in Virgin Island. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · May 4
Private Lives review – Noël Coward’s queasy merry-go-round of desire and spite Sparring lovers play a capricious game in Blanche McIntyre’s revival – but the cut and thrust is kept witty, rather than curdling into danger The Guardian - UK · Apr 1
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 · Jan 8
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 · Jun 1, 2025
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 · Apr 12, 2025
'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 · Mar 8, 2025
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 · Oct 14, 2024
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 · Oct 12, 2024
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? Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2024
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 · May 15, 2024
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 · May 14, 2024
WhatToWatch · May 9, 2024 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 · Apr 20, 2024 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 · Apr 8, 2024 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.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024 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
WhatToWatch · Mar 18, 2024 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.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2024 ‘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 · Nov 25, 2023 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 · Sep 18, 2023 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 · Sep 15, 2023 ‘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
WhatToWatch · Aug 8, 2023 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.
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