worked on the front line as the virus took hold and ground life as we knew it to a halt. Coming soon to ITV is a thought- provoking drama about the work of an NHS doctor in the eye of the storm during the early days of the pandemic. Based on the memoir of doctor Rachel Clarke, who also wrote the programme with Jed Mercurio and Prasanna Puwanarajah, the three-part drama will star Joanne Froggatt as a frontline hospital consultant, showing the realities of life for healthcare workers during those unprecedented times. sprawling battlefields with impressive action set pieces. As Ridley Scott fans will know, the director is no stranger to executing some spectacular battle scenes, and his offering in Napoleon is no exception.
THE GENTLEMEN
Coming to Netflix in 2024 is a series inspired by Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, with Ritchie himself creator, co- writer and executive producer. Also titled The Gentlemen, the series stars The White Lotus 2’s Theo James as Eddie Horniman, who unexpectedly inherits his father’s sizeable estate only to discover that it is part of a cannabis empire.
LOVE IS BLIND UK
The UK is finally getting its own version of hit reality series Love Is Blind, hosted by Emma and Matt Willis. The show follows singletons as they look for love and get engaged, all before they meet in person – instead dating in purpose-built “pods” which allow them to talk but not see each other.The UK version is on Netflix some time in 2024.
FALLOUT
Photo:Theo James as Eddie Horniman - The Gentleman
Post-apocalyptic drama Fallout, based on the Bethesda video games, will land on Prime Video in April. Never Let Me Go star Ella Purnell plays protagonist Lucy, a “Vault Dweller” who has been raised in a secure underground fallout bunker after a nuclear war apocalypse. The video games earned legions of fans, so there are high hopes for this drama adaptation.
BREATHTAKING
Naturally, the events of the Covid pandemic are still very much etched into our minds – especially for those who
Photo: Ella Purnell as Lucy - Fallout
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