The new period piece drama Outrageous will debut online on Britbox on June 18.
Set against the gathering storm clouds of the 1930s, the series is inspired by the lives of the aristocratic Mitford sisters – six headstrong women who frequently made headlines around the world. Yet their lives would ultimately take very different paths – from Nancy (Bessie Carter) who became a celebrated author and journalist, to Jessica (Zoe Brough) who rejected her inherited privilege and dedicated her life to revolutionary causes. A family saga like no other, this is the Mitfords as they really were: unapologetic, outrageous and utterly human.
The other sisters will be played by Isobel Jesper Jones, Joanna Vanderham, Shannon Watson and Orla Hill.
The cast also includes Anna Chancellor, James Purefoy, Joshua Sasse and Toby Regbo.
On June 15, the new drama Patience will debut at 8 PM on PBS.
Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis) catalogues evidence in the Yorkshire Police records department. A brilliant self-taught criminologist with keen crime scene instincts, her talent is spotted by DI Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser), opening new worlds for the archivist.
On June 12, the new supernatural horror noir series Revival will debut on Syfy at 10 PM.
Based on the comic series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton, the series focuses on what happens on one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin. The recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves, but this is no zombie story as the “revived” appear and act just like they once were. When local officer and single mother Dana Cypress (Wynonna Earp’s Melanie Scrofano) is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she’s left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.
On June 10, the limited series The Kollective: The Deadly Game of Citizen Journalism will debut online on Hulu.
This gripping thriller is about a group of intrepid young citizen journalists who, after a sudden tragedy, find themselves sucked into a globe-spanning web of government lies and corruption. Through a dangerous international investigation, the group exposes nefarious activities of rogue governments and discovers the human price of keeping truth alive.
The cast includes Natascha McElhone, Gregg Sulkin and Celine Buckens [among others].
Here is a trailer for The Kollective: The Deadly Game of Citizen Journalism:
The new drama Art Detectives will debut its first two episodes online on Acorn TV on June 9.
The series is centered around the Heritage Crime Unit, a police department consisting of art-loving DI Mick Palmer (Stephen Moyer) and straight-talking DC Shazia Malik (Nina Singh). Together, they solve murders connected to the world of art and antiques, from Old Master paintings, to Banksy street art, medieval manuscripts and collectible vinyl.
This past Sunday was World Outlander Day and the folks over at Starz brought together the cast of Outlander and the soon-to-air prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood in a celebration of that big day.
“The Gathering” special – which you can watch directly below in its entirety, all 26 plus minutes of it – featured most of the main cast of the flagship series Outlander as well as nearly all of the cast members of Outlander: Blood of My Blood. You can see the new generation of Frasers, MacKenzies and Beauchamps alongside their descendants in conversations about both shows and even see some clips of the much-anticipated new series.
Specifically, the special features interviews with the executive producers, Matthew B. Roberts and Maril Davis, as well as cast members from both series with those previously mentioned sneak peeks and a look back at the legacy of the series that started it all, dating back 12 years. [Can you believe it’s been that long?!]
Outlander: Blood of My Blood will debut on Starz on Friday, August 8 at 8 PM, starring Hermione Corfield (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) as Claire’s mother Julia Moriston; Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) as Claire’s father Henry Beauchamp; Harriet Slater (Belgravia: The Next Chapter) as Jamie’s mother Ellen MacKenzie and Jamie Roy (Squeaky Clean Mysteries: Hazardous Duty as Jamie’s father Brian Fraser. The series will move between the war-torn battlefields of World War I to the sweeping Highlands of 18th century Scotland, showcasing two new love stories filled with loyalty, passion and desire, as the young couples defy the forces that seek to tear them apart.
The cast of this spin-off series will also include Tony Curran (Mary & George) as Jamie’s grandfather Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat; Séamus McLean Ross (Rebus) as Jamie’s uncle Colum MacKenzie; Sam Retford (Ackley Bridge) as Jamie’s other uncle Dougal MacKenzie; Rory Alexander (Pistol) as Jamie’s godfather Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser; Conor MacNeill (Industry) as Ned Gowan, the “accountant” of the Clan MacKenzie; Sadhbh Malin (Love, Rosie) as Jamie’s aunt Jocasta Cameron; Sara Vickers (Endeavour) as Jamie’s grandmother Davina Porter and Sally Messham (Blitz) as Mrs. Fitz, the “housekeeper” of Castle Leoch.
Cast members from Outlander who are featured in “The Gathering” special include Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, John Bell, David Berry, Lauren Lyle, Charles Vandervaart, Izzy Meikle-Small, Caitlin O’Ryan, Paul Gorman and Diarmaid Murtagh.
You can also check out new promo pictures for Outlander: Blood of My Blood below:
Brian and Ellen
Henry and Julia
Brian and Ellen
Henry and Julia
Henry and Julia
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Murtagh and Brian
Brian and Murtagh
The MacKenzie Siblings: Jocasta, Dougal, Ellen and Colum
[Photo Credit: Starz]
Make sure to set your calendars for the debut of Outlander: Blood of My Blood on August 8 at 8 PM on Starz.
The vampire-themed The Black Daggar Brotherhood series will debut online on Passionflix on June 5.
A brotherhood of vampire warriors protects their race from demonic lessers. United by tragedy, the few remaining fighters confront the lessers, striving to restore the vampire realm.
Passionflix stars Olivia Grace Applegate and Michael Roark (who appeared in the popular Driven franchise together) are among the cast.
Here is a trailer for The Black Daggar Brotherhood:
The new Netflix series Dept. Q will debut online on May 29.
A brash but brilliant detective (Matthew Goode) leads a cold case unit in this Edinburgh-based drama that also stars Shirley Henderson, Kelly Macdonald, Chloe Pirrie and Mark Bonnar.
On May 29, the Amazon Prime limited series The Better Sister will debut online.
Based on the book by best-selling author Alafair Burke, this thriller is about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.
The cast also includes Gloria Reuben, Kim Dickens, Lorraine Toussaint and Matthew Modine.
On May 25, the two-night debut of The Librarians: The Next Chapter will air on TNT at 11 PM (after the NBA Basketball playoffs coverage).
The reboot of the popular series centers on Vikram Chamberlain (Callum McGowan), a “Librarian” from the past who time traveled from 1847 and now finds himself stuck in the present. When Vikram returns to his castle in Belgrade, Serbia and discovers that it is now a museum, he inadvertently releases magic across the continent. With the help of a new team of eclectic heroes, including a savant in world history (Bluey Robinson), a scientific genius (Olivia Morris) and a highly skilled Guardian (Jessica Green), Vikram has only six months to clean up the mess he made.
Original series star Christian Kane will reprise his role of Jacob Stone.
NOTE: The second part of the two-night debut will air on TNT at 10 PM on May 26.
Here is a trailer for The Librarians: The Next Chapter:
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