The Shadow Line is a major new drama serial created by Hugo Blick for BBC Two. A sophisticated conspiracy thriller in seven parts that brings to life a cinematic world of blurred morality and the conflicted characters who inhabit it, it features a star-studded cast, including: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Sir Antony Sher and Stephen Rea.

The premiere of Happy Town, ABC’s new psychological thriller, offers more confusion than intrigue. But Sam Neill’s character, the mysterious Englishman Grieves, is a reason to keep watching.

Principal photography has begun on the drama adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s best selling novel, The Little House. The compelling thriller, which explores the psychological power struggles within one family, has been adapted for television by Ed Whitmore (IDENTITY, Waking The Dead, He Kills Coppers) and will be filmed over three weeks.

He's just turned 80, but Len Deighton's unconventional, anti-authoritarian spy thrillers are ripe for revival.

Sean O'Brien on the ups and downs of thriller writers.

The seven spies fighting the war on terror in London include: Ben, the token black bloke given hardly any dialogue, and Malcolm, who has more technology than the Starship Enterprise. Then there's Ros, a blonde, bloodless skull in a trenchcoat and white blouse. Starchy, crisp, sexless - not to mention the shirt.

The 39 Steps makes its television debut on BBC One this Christmas. Rupert Penry-Jones lines up for lead role in Buchan adventure.

One of the centrepieces of the BBC's Christmas schedule will be a feature-length adaptation of The Thirty-nine Steps, the spy thriller later turned into a film by Alfred Hitchcock, "reimagined" for the Jason Bourne generation.

The BBC is to revive John Buchan's classic espionage thriller The 39 Steps in a one-off dramatisation to be made in Scotland.