Two Weeks in August is a story about friends who reconnect and uncover more about themselves and each other than they ever expected
There is no better cast to bring Catherine’s Two Weeks in August to life. You might not want to find yourselves on holiday with this group of characters, but watching their reunion unfold across eight sun-soaked episodes will be irresistible.
The BBC has announced casting for Two Weeks in August, a witty and painfully relatable eight-part drama series for BBC iPlayer and BBC One that follows a group of friends reuniting for a summer holiday. Made by the multi-award-winning Various Artists Limited (I May Destroy You, Such Brave Girls), filming is now underway in Malta.
Written and created by Catherine Shepherd (Sally4Ever, The Shrink Next Door), Two Weeks in August is a story about friends who reconnect and uncover more about themselves and each other than they ever expected.
Jessica Raine (The Devil’s Hour, Patrick Melrose) stars as Zoe, a woman pulled in every direction and hoping this holiday will be the tonic she and her family need. She is joined by Damien Molony (Bergerac, Brassic) as her troubled husband Dan. The cast also includes Nicholas Pinnock (For Life, The Book of Clarence) as their old friend Solomon and Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor, Still Up) as his new wife Jess, alongside Leila Farzad (Kaos, I Hate Suzie) and Hugh Skinner (Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, Fleabag) as uni friends Nat and Jacob.
Additional cast confirmed are Dolly Wells (Dracula), Tom Goodman-Hill (Baby Reindeer), Dylan Brady (Mary & George), Maria Almeida (The Strays), Khalil Gharbia (The Lost Boys), Florence Banks (The New Look), Sonny Poon Tip (Industry), Cassius Hackforth (Doctor Who), and introducing Eliza and Anthony Lambon as Zoe’s children Eve and Theo, and Joe Dixon as Solomon and Jess’ son Henry.
Set in Greece, Two Weeks in August tells the story of a woman who goes on holiday with her family and friends to rediscover joy in her life. But, here in paradise, what starts with an illicit kiss quickly turns the dream vacation into a nightmare. Zoe (Jessica Raine) begins to act on her deepest desires and the holiday she hoped for becomes a reckoning for a group of adults who refuse to grow up.
When they discover they are trapped on the island, and become faced with real life-or-death situations, the group soon turn on each other to find out who is to blame. Is Zoe responsible for the drama and destruction around her or, as heaven turns to hell, are bigger forces at play? We are in Greece after all, the land of the ancient Gods…
Jessica Raine says: “Catherine’s scripts reeled me in from the first page. Epic and nuanced. Funny and tragic. I’m honoured to be playing Zoe in this simply brilliant story.”
Roberto Troni and Kat Reynolds from Various Artists Limited and Catherine Shepherd said: “Individually, these actors have such range and brilliance in everything they do. We feel so lucky to have them with us in the Med as they are dynamite together. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking – the real heart of the show.”
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, says: “There is no better cast to bring Catherine’s Two Weeks in August to life. You might not want to find yourselves on holiday with this group of characters, but watching their reunion unfold across eight sun-soaked episodes will be irresistible.”
Two Weeks in August’s lead director is Tom George (This Country, Sherwood) who is directing episodes 1-4. Matthew Moore (The Great, Colin from Accounts) will direct episodes 5-8. Two Weeks in August is currently being shot in Malta and Gozo with the help of local production company Pellikola.
Two Weeks in August is a Various Artists Limited production and was commissioned by Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama. Catherine Shepherd and Tom George serve as executive producers alongside Roberto Troni and Kat Reynolds for Various Artists Limited, and Jo McClellan for the BBC. Rhonda Smith (The Pursuit of Love, The Flatshare) will produce. Casting is by Julie Harkin and Nathan Toth. Episodes 1-4 and 6-8 are written by Catherine Shepherd and episode 5 is written by Georgia Christou. Two Weeks in August is produced in association with and distributed by ITV Studios.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/two-weeks-in-august
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Max‘s And Just Like That… is shaping its third season with three new cast additions and two promotions as production continues in New York City.
Mehcad Brooks (Law & Order, Mortal Kombat), Jonathan Cake (The Affair, Desperate Housewives) and Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade, Spider-Man: Homecoming) are set to recur in new roles.
Sebastiano Pigazzi and Dolly Wells are getting bumped up to series regulars. They will return as Giuseppe, Anthony’s (Mario Cantone) new love interest in Season 2 and Joy, a possible new love interest for Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) who loves greyhounds more than children, respectively.
Additionally, John Corbett has been spotted on set following the latest heartbreaking break between his Aidan Shaw and Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker). Are they going to try to make their relationship work even though Aidan’s underage sons still need him? I mean, she bought that massive house to fill with family and love. But I guess if it doesn’t work out, there’s always space for newbies Brooks, Cake and Marshall-Green as possible new roommates or maybe a luvah or 3? Hey, Carrie could be doing research for a new book or podcast!
Season 3 cast will also include Kristin Davis, Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Christopher Jackson, Niall Cunningham, Cathy Ang and Alexa Swinton.
The series is developed and executive produced by Michael Patrick King, alongside executive producers John Melfi, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky. The HBO series Sex and the City was created by Darren Star and based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell.
Brooks is represented by Verve Talent and Literary Agency, Artists First, attorney David B. Feldman; Cake is represented by Principal Entertainment and Independent; Marshall-Green is represented by 3 Arts Entertainment, CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Pigazzi is represented by Haven Entertainment and Gersh; Wells is represented by UTA, Anonymous Content and Independent Talent Group.
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The full cast has been announcement for the upcoming comedy-adventure series about Dick Turpin starring Noel Fielding as the legendary highwayman.
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin will stream on Apple TV+.
Turpin always believed he was destined for something bigger than a life chopping meat in his dad’s butcher’s shop. And he was right. When he inadvertently becomes leader of the Essex Gang, a notorious bunch of outlaws, he realises he’s found his calling. Sure, he might be a peace-loving vegan who believes in panache over pistols, but what he lacks in hard-core highway skills he makes up for in imagination, invention and incredibly pointy purple shoes.
In this irreverent retelling, “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” Dick is the most famous, but least likely of highway robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship and great hair. Together with his gang of loveable rogues, Dick rides the highs and lows of celebrity – and does what he can to escape the clutches of the Thief Taker General.
The series is created by Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis and Stuart Lane, and written by Jon Brittain, Richard Naylor, Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis and Stuart Lane, with Noel Fielding. Streaming details will be confirmed at a later date.
Starring alongside Fielding are:
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- Duayne Boachie (“Hollyoaks,” “Blue Story”) as Honesty Courage, one of Dick’s Essex Gang. Honesty lives in the moment, it’s just not the same moment as everyone else. While admittedly sometimes slow on the uptake in high stress situations, he can be prone to moments of brilliant, blinding insight.
- Hugh Bonneville (Emmy, Golden Globe & SAG Awards winner) (“The Gold,” “Paddington,” “W1A”) as Jonathan Wilde, has spent years climbing the greasy pole to become Thief Taker General. An utterly corrupt lawman with a vacuum where his morals should live, Wilde has a ferocious appetite to expand his criminal enterprise.
- Asim Chaudhry (BAFTA TV Award and RTS Award winning “People Just Do Nothing,” “Black Mirror,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”) as Craig the Warlock, is petrified of being caught performing magic without a licence. He’s attempted to pass his official warlock exams multiple times and racked up hundreds of major errors.
- Tamsin Greig (Olivier Awards winner and BAFTA TV Awards nominated) (“Green Wing,” “Episodes,” “Friday Night Dinner”) as Lady Helen Gwinear, is the elected leader of the Syndicate, a union of organized crime groups with fingers in every pie from illicit eel husbandry to diamond smuggling. A working mother who fought her way up the greasy pole of the crime underworld, Helen is an uncompromising and brutal boss.
- Mark Heap (“Friday Night Dinner,” “Green Wing”) as John Turpin, Hempstead’s irascible butcher. Lover of meat; hater of vegetables. He hides his affection for only son, Dick, under a layer of cynicism so deep not even a meat cleaver could penetrate it.
- Ellie White (“’Wonka,” “Stath Lets Flats”) as Nell Brazier, one of Dick’s Essex Gang, has dreamed of being a highwayman since she was a little girl. Brought up in luxury, Nell threw away dresses for ditches and ran away at sixteen to make it on her own.
- Joe Wilkinson (“After Life,” “The Cockfields”) as Geoffrey the Gaoler, the ultimate nihilist, who will tout his mediocre services to anyone in need of a jailer, security guard or general dogsbody – no questions asked.
- Marc Wootton (British Comedy Award and Rose d’Or Award winning “My New Best Friend,” “Nativity!,” TV series “La La Land”) as Moose Pleck, one of Dick’s Essex Gang, is a terrifying looking man-mountain; but on the inside he’s just a big old softie. After years of being terrorised by various brutal gang leaders, he’s convinced he’s found his soulmate in Dick.
- Additional series regulars are Michael Fielding as Benny Turpin, Kiri Flaherty as Little Karen, Samuel Leakey as Christopher Wilde, Geoff McGivern as Lord Rookwood, and Dolly Wells as Eliza Bean.
- Guest stars include Laura Checkley as Sandra, Greg Davies as Leslie Duvall, Jessica Hynes as The Reddlehag, Paul Kaye as Ratclyff, Guz Khan as Gow, Diane Morgan as Maureen, Connor Swindells as Tommy Silversides, and David Threlfall as Tom King.
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