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Lynley – Trailer & Premiere Date Information

BBC & BritBox have released the first trailer for Lynley. The series based on the best-selling novels by Elizabeth George will launch this autumn on BBC iPlayer and BBC One and on BritBox in he US and Canada on 4 September. Daniel Mays stars as DCI Brian Nies.

Tommy Lynley is a brilliant police detective but an outsider in the force – simply by virtue of his aristocratic upbringing. He is paired with Barbara Havers, a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background. With seemingly nothing in common and against all odds, the mismatched duo of Lynley and Havers become a formidable team, bonded by their desire to see justice done. His brain and her spirit – his knowledge and her instincts. It is only through working side by side do they both find where they truly belong.

Leo Suter (Vikings: Valhalla) and Sofia Barclay (Ted Lasso) star as Lynley and Havers, the unconventional duo at the heart of the series. They are joined by a standout supporting cast including Daniel Mays (Magpie Murders), Niamh Walsh (The English Game), Michael Workeye (My Lady Jane) and Joshua Sher (Vera).

Produced by Playground (Wolf Hall, All Creatures Great and Small), Lynley was commissioned by BritBox in the U.S. in association with the BBC.
Lynley (4×90’) is created, written and executive produced by Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Vienna Blood). Ed Bazalgette (Marie Antoinette, The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die) served as lead director, with Stewart Svaasand (All Creatures Great and Small) also directing. Suzanne McAuley (Magpie Murders, Love/Hate) serves as series producer. Executive producers include David Stern and Colin Callender for Playground; Robert Schildhouse, Stephen Nye, Jon Farrar and Jess O’Riordan for BritBox; Kate Woods for BBC Studios; and Sue Deeks for the BBC.

Elizabeth George, author of the Inspector Lynley novels, also serves as executive producer. Her books have been translated into over 30 languages and were previously adapted into The Inspector Lynley Mysteries which ran on BBC One for six series from 2001 to 2007.

Lynley will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One in the UK, and on BritBox in the US and Canada this autumn. BBC Studios are handling global sales.

We will update as soon as we care able on the UK premiere date.

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Daniel Mays joins the cast of BBC’s Lynley

The BBC has acquired Lynley, an upcoming contemporary update of the compelling mystery crime series based on the best-selling novels by Elizabeth George, for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Leo Suter (Vikings: Valhalla) and Sofia Barclay (Ted Lasso) star as the unconventional detective duo DI Tommy Lynley and DS Barbara Havers in the series, currently in production in Ireland. They are joined by Daniel Mays (Magpie Murders), Niamh Walsh (The English Game), Michael Workeye (My Lady Jane) and Joshua Sher (Vera).

Made by production company Playground (Wolf Hall, All Creatures Great and Small), the four-part series was commissioned by BritBox US in association with the BBC.

Tommy Lynley is a brilliant police detective but an outsider in the force – simply by virtue of his aristocratic upbringing. He is paired with Barbara Havers, a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background. With seemingly nothing in common and against all odds, the mismatched duo of Lynley and Havers become a formidable team, bonded by their desire to see justice done.

Daniel Mays plays DCI Brian Nies, the astute, suspicious Senior Detective at Three Counties Major Incident Team, whose aversion to Lynley is partly born of his own insecurities about class and partly because he knows he’s no longer the smartest person in the room.

Niamh Walsh stars as Helen Clyde, an estate agent and Lynley’s former Oxford classmate whose romance with Lynley is sparked when their paths fatefully cross on a case; Michael Workeye as tech specialist Tony Bekele; and Joshua Sher as forensic scientist, Simon St. James.

Author Elizabeth George says: “I’m thrilled to see Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers come to television again, especially through the participation of the BBC and Britbox and the production expertise of Playground. Watching my characters brought to life on television is a real celebration.”

Writer and Executive Producer Steve Thompson says: “It’s a privilege and a thrill to have the opportunity to adapt these wonderful books for television. Elizabeth George’s iconic characters are greatly loved and her gripping stories are smart and ingenious.”

Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says: “There is so much to enjoy in this new and exciting adaptation, both for fans of Elizabeth George’s gripping novels and of the BBC’s iconic The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, and for viewers yet to encounter the magnetic attraction of Lynley.”

Lynley (4×90’) is created and written by Steve Thompson (Vienna Blood, Sherlock), Ed Bazalgette (Marie Antoinette S2, The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die) serves as lead director with Suzanne McAuley (Magpie Murders, Love/Hate) as series producer. The executive producers are Steve Thompson, David Stern and Colin Callender for Playground, Robert Schildhouse, Stephen Nye, Jon Farrar and Jess O’ Riordan for BritBox, Kate Woods for BBC Studios and Sue Deeks for the BBC. The drama will be distributed internationally by BBC Studios.

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Moonflower Murders BBC One Premiere 16 November

Great News that Moonflower Murders premieres on Saturday 16 November on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 21:15 and Episode 2 follows at 22:20. Tune in Saturday evenings as the series continues to episode 6.

Daniel Mays returns as Chubb/Locke in this Magpie Murders sequel.

The six-part series is written by Anrthony Horowitz, directed by Rebecca Gatward (Bad Sisters), series produced by Suzanne McAuley (Magpie Murders) and executive produced by Jill Green, Eleventh Hour Films. Moonflower Murders is a sequel to the acclaimed Magpie Murders which launched on BBC One and BBC iPlayer earlier this year to 6.4 million viewers.

Returning in the lead roles they originated in Magpie Murders, are Academy Award-nominee Lesley Manville (The Crown, Phantom Thread, Mum) as book editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan (Patrick Melrose, The Crown) as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd.

Alongside Manville and McMullan, returning members of the Magpie Murders cast include Alexandros Logothetis (The Island, Exelixi) as Andreas, Daniel Mays (Des, The Long Shadow) as Locke/Chubb, Claire Rushbrook (Sherwood, Wilderness) as Kate, Conleth Hill (The Power of Parker, Game of Thrones) as Alan Conway, Matthew Beard (Vienna Blood, Dracula) as James, and Sanjeev Kohli (River City, Dog Squad) as Sajid Khan.

New cast members include Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Nolly) as Parris/Berlin, Rosalie Craig (Anatomy of A Scandal, The Queen’s Gambit) as Lisa/Melissa, Pippa Bennett-Warner (A Bit of Light, Gangs of London) as Madeline and Adrian Rawlins (Slow Horses, Living) as Lawrence/Lance.

Anthony Horowitz says: “I’ve been watching the filming of Moonflower Murders with joy. We’re back with the same cast, including Lesley Manville, Tim McMullan and Danny Mays – but this time we’ve got a whole new box of tricks to present as literary editor Susan Ryeland untangles another book within a book and another series of unfathomable murders. I can’t wait to show it to our audience.”

Moonflower Murders is the second novel in Horowitz’s Susan Ryeland series. Published in 2020, it was lauded as “a richly plotted, head-spinning novel” by the New York Times and picks up where Magpie Murders left off.

Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily Treherne, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared.

Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late? 

Filming on Moonflower Murders took place in Dublin and Crete. Moonflower Murders will be available to stream in the US on PBS.org, the PBS App and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel. In the UK, the series will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. 

Moonflower Murders is a co-Production of Eleventh Hour Films for MASTERPIECE and BBC in association with Salt Films. It is distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television and PBS Distribution in North America.

You can catch up with Magpie Murders on iPlayer.

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Magpie Murders – Now on BBC One & iPlayer

Magpie Murders made its BBC One debut on Saturday 1 April. Tune in Saturday evenings in April and May to watch.

All 6 episodes are also available on BBC iPlayer.

Daniel Mays and the cast play dual roles in this wonderful adaption of Anthony Horowitz’s mystery novel. Danny stars as DI’s Chubb and Locke.

The great news is that there will be a follow up series of Anthony Horowitz’s novel- Moonflower Murders – which begins filming later in 2023! Both BBC and PBS in the US are producing. We can’t wait!

(Read previous press on Magpie Murders from it’s 2022 debut on Britbox)

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Guys and Dolls – Press

We are not that far away from the first performance on Friday 3 March for Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre!

Ahead of opening night, Daniel Mays has some upcoming press and appearances to check out (below will be updated as we have the information):

Podcasts:

Evening Standard Theatre Podcast

TV:

The One Show: BBC One Friday 24 Feb 19:00- interview and performance with Marisha Wallace.

This Morning: ITV Monday 6 March 10AM-12:30 PM – Danny’s appearance is available for about a week and begins at the 56 minute mark of the 6 March episode

Sunday Brunch – 19 March 9:30AM Channel 4

Radio:

Front Row: BBC Radio 4 Tuesday 7 March 19:25PM

Online/Print:

Big Issue: 20 February addition (Available for purchase and download online)

Telegraph: 25 February- Daniel Mays is about to roll the dice as the flamboyant gambler in Nicholas Hytner’s new production for the Bridge Theatre

Make sure to get your tickets for what is truly the greatest Broadway musical! The Bridge Theatre’s immersive experience with audience members in the middle of all of the action is surely going to be exciting!

Performances begin 3 March and run through 2 September.

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Line of Duty

Daniel Mays took part in interviews with current and previous cast members ahead of the premiere of Line of Duty Series 6 on 21 March 2021.

Empire Magazine – on newsstands now and will be online soon. Check your usual App Store to purchase and download the digital issue in the meantime.

Empire Magazine- May 2021 Issue

The Independent Line of Duty guest stars: ‘No one is safe – Jed can kill characters left, right and centre’

You can catch with all series of Line of Duty on BBC iPlayer including Daniel Mays incredible BAFTA nominated lead role as Danny Waldron in series 3 .

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Line of Duty – Series 3 on BBC One

Line of Duty moves to its new home on BBC One soon! Ahead of the much-anticipated series 4 premiere, BBC One will be showing the critically acclaimed series 3 which stars Daniel Mays.

Daniel Mays stars as Sergeant Danny Waldron, the highly proficient leader of an Armed Response Unit whose unpredictable behaviour is becoming a threat to colleagues and suspects. When AC-12 are called in to investigate Danny’s conduct, even they could find themselves in the firing line. Mays joins returning cast Martin Compston as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott, Vicky McClure as Detective Constable Kate Fleming and Adrian Dunbar as Superintendent Ted Hastings.

Tune in to BBC ONE:
Episode 1: 11 March at 00:05
Episode 2: 11 March at 01:05
Episode 3: 13 March at 00:15
Episode 4: 13 March at 01:15
Episode 5: 14 March at 01:00
Episode 6: 15 March at 00:45

All series 3 episodes will be available again on iPlayer but only for a week.  Binge watching will be necessary!

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The One Show – BBC One – 27 January 2016

Daniel Mays and the Dad’s Army cast appeared on The One Show earlier this evening to discuss all things Dad’s Army. It was great interview!

Catch up via BBC iPlayer

Book your tickets to see Dad’s Army in cinemas on Friday 5 February!
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