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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
First Pics Land Of Tom Hollander & Niamh Algar In Sky's ‘The Iris Affair'; BBC Adapting ‘Crookhaven'; Adam Curtis Unveils Next Project; ‘Patience' Renewed For Season 2 At Channel 4
First Pics Land Of Tom Hollander & Niamh Algar In Sky's 'The Iris Affair' First pics have landed of Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar in Sky's The Iris Affair from Neil Cross. The tense thriller follows enigmatic genius Iris Nixon (Algar), who cracks a string of complex online puzzles and is led to a piazza in Florence where she meets charismatic entrepreneur Cameron Beck (Hollander). He invites her to come and work for him to unlock a powerful and top-secret piece of technology. The show comes from the creator of Luther and is one of Sky's buzziest upcoming dramas. More pics can be viewed below. It is made by Sky Studios and Fremantle. The Iris Affair will launch later this year. More from Deadline 'Britannia' Theft Lawsuit Thrown Out Of Court; Producer Laments Wasted Time & Money 'Saturday Night Live UK' Commissioner Says British Version Is A "Risky Proposition": "We Don't Have That History Of Live Comedy In The UK" 'Saturday Night Live UK' Eyes 'Late Late Show' Producer James Longman As Showrunner BBC Adapting 'Crookhaven' The BBC is adapting J.J. Arcanjo's Crookhaven as a kids TV series. The family adventure show is set at mysterious Crookhaven School where high achieving young crooks from across the world are secretly selected to hone their skills in disciplines such as deception, crimnastics, forgery and infiltration. It follows high-profile BBC kids adaptations of The Famous Five and Oliver. BBC Studios is producing. 'I have always aimed to excite and inspire the young readers who pick up my books, but also the parents and grandparents who journey with them to my worlds and the TV series aligns perfectly with that,' said Arcanjo. 'Together with BBC Children's and Education we have created a fun family show filled with humour, heart and plenty of clever twists.' Adam Curtis Unveils Next Project Celebrated documentarian Adam Curtis' latest BBC project will chart how extreme money and hyper-individualism came together in an unspoken alliance in Britain over four decades. Shifty aims to show how together these issues undermined one of the fundamental structures of mass democracy – that it could create a shared idea of what was real. Four-time BAFTA-winner Curtis has previously made Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone and HyperNormalisation for the BBC. The films 'tell the story of the rise of that unstable and confusing world from the 1980s to now,' said the BBC. 'Patience' Renewed For Season 2 At Channel 4 Channel 4's Patience has been renewed for an extended eight episode second season. Jessica Hynes has joined the cast of the series about a young autistic archivist who works in the police criminal records department of City of York Police after establishing herself as an invaluable member of the team. Hynes plays Detective Frankie Monroe, who brings a very different management style proving tricky for them both to navigate. The show is produced by Walter Iuzzolino's Eagle Eye Drama. 'We're so proud of Patience's success in the UK and the extended recommission is a real testament to the quality of our cast and talented crew, guided by our outstanding director Maarten Moerkerke,' said Jo McGrath, Chief Creative Officer at Eagle of Deadline Where To Watch All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies: Streamers With Multiple Films In The Franchise Everything We Know About 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
Irish Daily Mirror
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Playing Nice and The White Lotus stars team in first-look at new Sky thriller
Neil Cross, the mastermind behind Luther, is set to thrill audiences once again with a new Sky original series, The Iris Affair, slated for release later this year. The creator of edge-of-your-seat dramas such as Spooks and Hard Sun, Neil Cross is bringing his latest creation to life, promising to make The Iris Affair one of the most anticipated shows of 2025. With a cast featuring Tom Hollander from The White Lotus and Niamh Algar of Playing Nice fame, the first glimpse of this sun-drenched thriller has just been unveiled to eager fans. The series, comprising eight parts, will be brought to the screen by directors Terry McDonough, known for his work on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and Sarah O'Gorman, acclaimed for her direction in A Gentleman in Moscow and The Witcher. Sky's synopsis teases: "The Iris Affair is a tense and cinematic chase thriller that pits two brilliant minds against each other in a deadly game of hide and seek across Italy", reports the Express. "When enigmatic genius Iris Nixon (Algar) cracks a string of complex online puzzles, she's led to a piazza in Florence where she meets charismatic entrepreneur Cameron Beck (Hollander). "He invites her to come and work for him to unlock a powerful and top-secret piece of technology. Her curiosity piqued, she accepts. But when Iris discovers its dangerous potential, she steals the journal containing the device's activation sequence-and vanishes. "What follows is a relentless pursuit, from a remote cabin in Sardinia through the bustling streets of Rome, as Cameron races to find Iris in a high-stakes game where trust is dangerous and failure could be catastrophic." The Iris Affair, with its captivating premise and top-notch talent behind the scenes, boasts a star-studded cast alongside Hollander and Algar for this thrilling journey. Joining the lead duo are renowned actors like Game of Thrones' Kristofer Hivju, Arcane's Harry Lloyd and Doctor Who's Sacha Dhawan. TV lovers can now get Sky TV, Netflix and Discovery+ for £22 per month with the new Ultimate TV bundle. This includes more than 140 channels live and on-demand without a satellite dish or aerial and includes hit shows like The White Lotus, The Last of Us and Squid Game. The supporting cast is rounded off by Meréana Tomlinson, Maya Sansa, Peter Sullivan, Debi Mazar, Marco Leonardi, Angela Bruce and Lorenzo De Moor. The series, created and showrun by Cross, is being produced by Fremantle, with scripts penned by Susan E. Connolly and Ian Scott McCullough. While an official release date is yet to be confirmed, this must-see thriller is set to hit our screens by the end of 2025. The Iris Affair will premiere in 2025 on Sky and NOW.
