Rubenesque is an unashamedly-cheeky tale of a female football referee whose life takes an interesting turn when, despite a lack of enthusiasm for anything other than sport, she finds herself working as plus-size model. Created by award-winning writer and director Annie Griffin (Fresh Meat, The Book Group), the show stars an outstanding cast including Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who, Torchwood, Law and Order UK), Daniela Nardini (That's Life, New Town), Dylan Moran (Black Books, Shaun of the Dead) and acting newcomer, Scottish female international football goalkeeper, Gemma Fay.
Joining Katherine Kelly and Anne Reid in The Last Witch by BAFTA-winning writer Sally Wainwright (Last Tango In Halifax, Scott & Bailey) are Gregg Chillin (Being Human), James Thornton (Emmerdale) and Maimie McCoy (Loving Miss Hatto, The Musketeers). This epic and eerie supernatural tale follows the lives of two feuding sisters who, having spent centuries apart are reunited with vengeful and deadly consequences.
Sophie Rundle (The Bletchley Circle, Episodes) takes the lead in Talking to The Dead, a two-part adaptation by Golden Globe Award nominee Gwyneth Hughes (The Girl, Five Days) of Harry Bingham’s original novel. DC Fiona Griffiths is a young rookie cop with a brilliant mind, a mysterious past and a deep empathy with the dead. But will the secrets in her past prove more deadly than the crimes she investigates?