Masterpiece to Premiere Helena Bonham Carter’s Miniseries “Nolly” in March 2024

Helena Bonham Carter’s latest project will be airing on Masterpiece.

Masterpiece has revealed the premiere date and released a trailer for the upcoming miniseries Nolly, starring the 57-year-old part-Spanish English actress as Noele “Nolly” Gordon, one of the most famous faces on British television in the 1960s and ’70s.

Helena Bonham CarterNolly played Meg Richardson in the hit ITV soap Crossroads before she was abruptly axed at the height of the show’s success. With the boss’ words “all good things must come to an end” ringing in her ears, Gordon found herself thrown out of the show that was her life for almost 20 years. Her firing was front-page news.

Nolly will premiere on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 9/8c on PBS. The series also stars Mark Gatiss and Con O’Neil.

The biopic comes from It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies and is produced by ITV Studios-backed Quay Street Productions.

Casablanc to Star in BBC One’s Three-Part Drama “Gunpowder”

Pedro Casablanc is powdering his resume…

The 53-year-old Spanish actor has been cast in BBC One’s drama Gunpowder.

Pedro Casablanc

The three-part Guy Fawkes-inspired thriller tells the real story of the Gunpowder Plot, the 1605 attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I in order to help restore a Catholic to the throne.

In addition to Casablanc, the cast includes Peter Mullan, Mark Gatiss and Liv Tyler.

Shooting is currently underway.

Casablanc, a Goya Award-nominated actor, has appeared in several Spanish-language films and television programs throughout his career.