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SetinanalternateAmericawherewitchesendedtheirpersecutionover300yearsagobycuttingadealwiththegovernmenttofightfortheircountry,“Motherland:FortSalem”followsthreeyoungwomenfrombasictrainingincombatmagicintoearlydeployment.Inthisworld,thetraditionalrolesofgenderandpowerareflipped,withthemoredominantwomenonthefrontlinesfightingloomingterroristthreatsthatarefamiliartoourworld—butwithsupernaturaltacticsandweapons.TheseriesalsostarsAshleyNicoleWilliams,JessicaSutton,TaylorHickson,DemetriaMcKinneyandAmaliaHolm.“Motherland:FortSalem”isexecutiveproducedbyEliotLaurence,WillFerrell,AdamMcKay,KevinMessick,MariaMaggentiandStevenAdelson.

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FilminghasbegunonthethirdseriesofpopulardetectivedramaMcDonald&DoddsstarringTalaGouveiaandJasonWatkinsintheleadroles.ThelatestseriesseesClaireSkinner(Outnumbered)jointhecastasChiefSuperintendentOrmond.ReunitingDCIMcDonald,playedbyTalaGouveia,andDSDodds,playedbyBAFTAawardwinneractorJasonWatkins,seasonthreeoftheBathsetdetectiveseriesconsistsoffourstandalonefilms.LilySacofskyreturnsasDCMilenaPachiowskiwithDanyalIsmailjoiningthecastasDCMartinMalikSpeakingaboutherroleinthenewseries,ClaireSkinner,said:"I'mahugefanofMcDonald&DoddssoI'mdelightedtobejoiningthecastasChiefSuperintendentOrmond.Ormondisaquietlyintimidatingcharactersoshe'llbekeepingMcDonald&Doddsontheirtoesthroughoutthisnewseries."Inthefirstfilm,Belvedere,ayoungwomanisfounddeadsittinginadeckchairinbroaddaylightinoneofBath’smostbeautifulandpopulatedparks.Whydidthiswomandiewithasmileonherface?GuestcastmembersstarringinthefirstfilmincludeAlanDavies(JonathanCreek),HollyAird(WakingTheDead),,CatherineTyldesley(CoronationStreet)andDameSiânPhillips(I,Claudius).TheserieswascommissionedforITVbyPollyHillandHuwKennairJonesandwillbeproducedbyRebeccaDavies.ExecutiveproducersareDamienTimmerandcreatorandleadwriterRobertMurphy.RobertMurphyhaswrittenfilmsoneandfour,RobertDrummondhaswrittenfilmtwoandKamOdedrahaswrittenfilmthree.DirectorsareRobertQuinn,IsherSahota,IanAryehandSashaRansome.McDonald&DoddsisproducedbyleadingindependentproductioncompanyMammothScreen,co-producedbyBritBoxNorthAmerica,andcreatedbyRobertMurphy.Seriestwoachievedconsolidatedratingsof6.7m.ThefirstandsecondseriesareavailabletoviewviastreamingplatformBritboxNorthAmerica.ITVStudioswilldistributethedramainternationally.MammothScreenisoneoftheUK’sleadingproductioncompanies.PastandforthcomingshowsincludeTheSerpentforBBC/Netflix,Noughts+Crosses,WorldonFireandGrimeKidsfortheBBC,WhyDidn’tTheyAskEvansforBritboxandEndeavourandTheTowerforITV.MammothScreenisanITVStudiosCompany.

Reneisadedicatedwarrior-monkofthefamedKnightsTemplar,areligiousorderwhosemissiontoprotectChristianpilgrimshasdegeneratedintoapowergrabforwealthandinfluenceintheCrusaderKingdom.Disillusionedbythecorruptmotivesofhissuperiors,Reneisnearlykilledatthedisastrous1187battlefoughtattheHornsofHattin,whichwipesoutmostoftheChristianarmy.Heistakencaptiveonthebattlefieldbybrigands,butescapesandfleesintothedesert.SavedfromstarvationbyHasan,amysteriousMuslimtraveler,hereturnsthefavorwhenHasanisattackedbyoutridersofSaladinsarmy.Thetwotakerefugeinanisolatedoasis,thehomeofSoheila,widowofaMuslimwarrior,andSoheilanursestheseverelywoundedHasanbacktohealth.WhilehewaitsforHasansinjuriestoheal,Renefindshimselftemptedbythesimplepleasuresofalifefreefromtheravagesofwar.HisgrowingattractionforSoheila,followedbynewsoftheatrocitiescommittedbyboththeChristianandMuslimarmies,leadhimtoquestionhisvowsofchastityandobedienceandhiscommitmenttotheCrusaderethos.ButthesecretthatHasanharborsbringsdownonthelittleoasisthewrathofSaladinsforces,ignitingaconfrontationthathasdevastatingconsequences--consequenceswhichfinallyholdtheanswersforhistroubledsoul.--OfficialSite