婚外情事第四季

　　BBC America过去宣布拍摄8集惊悚剧《杀死伊芙 Killing Eve》，该剧由Phoebe Waller-Bridge负责，现定于美国时间4月8日首播。
　　该剧根据Luke Jennings的小说系列改篇，《杀死伊芙》主角分别是一个有精神病的刺客Villanel le及在追捕她的Eve（吴珊卓/Sandra Oh饰）。Eve是个生活无聊﹑十分聪明﹑工资等级的英国安全局人员，后勤的工作无法满足她当间谍的幻想；至于Villanelle（Jodie Comer饰）是个优雅﹑有才的杀手，她依偎着这暴力工作能带给她的奢侈生活。这两个聪明的女人互相对对方着迷，并进行了一场史诗式的猫捉老鼠游戏。
　　其余演员包括Fiona Shaw﹑Kirby Howell-Baptiste﹑Kim Bodnia﹑David Haig﹑Sean Delaney及Owen McDonnell。

　　第10季将引入另一条长期故事线——意即引入一个和第八季「复制者」（The Replicator）类似的「未知对象」（unsub）。詹妮弗·洛芙·休伊特从本季开始扮演FBI探员Kate Callahan，她将填补Blake离去后留下的空白。行动分析组在调查一个连环杀人案，这个时候，一位新的探员Kate Callahan加入团队中。

　　Australian comedian and actor Felicity Ward (“Wakefield,” “The Inbetweeners 2”) will portray Hannah Howard, the MD of packaging company Flinley Craddick in “The Office Australia.” In a post-COVID plot twist, Howard gets news from head office that her branch will be shutting down and that staff will have to work from home. She goes into survival mode, making promises she can’t keep and launches outlandish plots in order to keep her “work family” together.

　　It returns six months after the shocking finale of Season 3, and the team must overcome their grief to tackle a dangerous crime wave.
　　This time, the gloves are well and truly off for Professor T in his lectures and a new musical pursuit, romance is very much alive for his mother Adelaide Tempest (De la Tour), and the lines between professional and personal become blurred for therapist Helena Goldberg (Stevenson).
　　Meanwhile, DI Maiya Goswami (Sunetra Sarker) takes charge of the police force with series favorite DS Dan Winters (White) fiercely at her side.

　　Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) is a police detective who transfers from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Despite a tendency to step on people's toes, Johnson manages to convert even her strongest adversaries with her unique ability to get to the truth.
　　“他们带你进去，她将让你说出一切”
　　金发美女Brenda Leigh Johnson是一位从亚特兰大调职到洛杉矶的警察局副局长。Brenda所在的部门是LAPD主要处理一些引人注目非常敏感的谋杀案。在这个男性的领域，站在最高峰的Brenda会怎样收服一群骁勇善战的手下？又是怎样让这些骄傲的大男人在危急时刻站在她的身前替她说话？
　　Brenda的才能只有走进那间审讯室你才会体会到。不管你的嘴巴有多固若金汤，只要你有秘密，美丽的Brenda都会让你滔滔不绝。
　　2006年重磅回归
　　在这个热烈的6月，美丽的Brenda将在TNT电视台回到我们中间。Sedgwick凭借《The Closer》初次屏幕亮相就获得金球奖和电影协会奖的提名，高居不下的收视率让这个美丽的金发女郎走进每个人的心里。剧里面的Brenda面对案件的时候聪明机智，但是站在高处的美女局长不是完美的，自己的房间却是一团糟，方向感缺乏，喜欢在让嫌疑人倒出秘密之后吃一块小小的甜点。为什么The Closer会有那么高的收视率？杰出制作人James Duff解释说：“Kyra Sedgwick把Brenda演活了，让她成为了我们中间的一位。”
　　回归的亮点
　　喜欢Brenda个性的观众有福了，第二季的回归剧情将围绕女主角Brenda的个人挑战，我们会看到更多的有关Brenda身边的人还有Brenda高高在上的“Boss”，而Brenda的爱情会面临更多的挑战。想要继续统领这帮骄傲的男人，让他们努力乾活Brenda必须使出浑身的解数。案件频发，挑战在继续，Brenda的生活游离在案件与自身之间。
　　人家都说美丽的女人是花瓶，那我们来看看高智商的美女如何在回归的第二季颠覆这个古怪的谬论。

该剧基于休·豪伊所著同名畅销科幻系列小说改编，设定在被破坏、有毒的未来，数百层楼深的一个巨大地下筒仓中存在一个 社区，男人和女人生活在一个充满规章制度的社会里，凡是和“出去”有关的一切都成为致命禁忌。                                    
                               　　丽贝卡·弗格森饰演独立而勤奋的工程师朱丽叶，她也担任执行制作人。蒂姆·罗宾斯饰演IT主管伯纳德，加入了朱丽叶的队伍。

　　本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红（其实已经在走下坡路）的《Friends》，因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说，英剧的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化，老的走新的来，造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾，故事往往缺乏深度，人物性格平面化，缺少发展。这都是题外话了。《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展，还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事，等等。本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止，而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平，无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。

　　BBC Two announces that shooting has begun on series two of detective comedy Vexed, starring Toby Stephens (Jane Eyre, Robin Hood, Cambridge Spies) who reprises his role as D.I. Jack Armstrong, paired with Miranda Raison (Spooks, Merlin, Married Single Other) who plays newly promoted D.I. Georgina Dixon.
　　Vexed is being filmed in Dublin, Eire, and comprises six 60-minute episodes to air later this year. The series is created by Howard Overman (Misfits) with episodes written by Chris Bucknall, James Wood, Steve Coombes and Harry & Jack Williams.
　　Also returning from series one are Roger Griffiths (Holby City, Chef) and Ronny Jhutti (Survivors, Ideal) with Nick Dunning (The Iron Lady, The Tudors) joining to play Georgina’s father.
　　D.I. Jack Armstrong (Stephens) has a new partner in the shape of D.I. Georgina Dixon (Raison). Armstrong is charming, disorganised and prone to laziness so it comes as no surprise that sparks fly when he’s partnered with the ambitious and highly efficient Dixon. Jack’s best friend, café-owner and ex-cop Tony (Griffiths) and colleague Naz (Jhutti) complete the crime solving team. Episode one sees the duo tackle the murder of a cocky car salesman, but things are not quite as they seem.
　　Chris Sussman, Executive Producer for the BBC, says: "We're very much looking forward to the return of Vexed. The second series promises to be just as much fun as the first, and with Miranda Raison joining Toby Stephens as new partner D.I. Dixon, we're hoping it's going to be all guns blazing."
　　Jill Green, Executive Producer, Eleventh Hour Films, adds: “In a recession we need shows that make us laugh, and that’s where Vexed fits in - a perfectly distinctive ‘yin yang’ take on modern day life.”
　　Vexed has been commissioned by Cheryl Taylor, Controller of Comedy Commissioning and Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two.
　　It is an Eleventh Hour Films production, executive producers are Chris Sussman for the BBC and Jill Green for Eleventh Hour Films. Produced by Eve Gutierrez for Eleventh Hour Films and Directed by Ian FitzGibbon (eps 1-3) and Kieron J. Walsh (eps 4-6).

　　科学记者拉蒂夫·纳赛尔探究我们如何以惊人而复杂的方式与彼此、世界乃至宇宙联系在一起。

　　Starz电视台的Carmi Zlotnik说：“乔纳森·E·斯坦伯格和Robert Levine打造的奇妙故事将在第二季继续下去。”第二季中，编剧将会设置更多的冲突，甚至还有背叛等等，“我相信第三季将会更加具有戏剧性，更具有传奇色彩，这也将使《黑帆》在美国甚至全世界掀起一股风潮！”

　　CW已续订《我是僵尸》第三季。