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Fans of British crime dramas, there's another upcoming project you'll want to add to your watch list. Another in a long line of BBC crime series, the upcoming Unforgivable, set to debut on BBC Two and iPlayer later this year, is ready to explore another pressing topic as it explores how grooming and sexual abuse affect not just the victim but the lives of their family as well. Ahead of the show's release, first-look images of a selection of the cast have been released via Radio Times and are available below.

The series is the next project from Jimmy McGovern, best known for penning the huge global hit Time, which starred Game of Thrones' Sean Bean in its first season, and The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey in its second. The series boasts a cast of eye-catching performers, led by Marcella's Anna Friel, Line of Duty's Anna Maxwell Martin,...

Baby Brother, set in Liverpool, is not easy viewing for a number of reasons. Firmly in the tradition of Britain’s kitchen-sink realism movement, the gritty drama features copious amounts of brutality of both the emotional and physical varieties. It is also demanding of the audience in its storytelling, depicting two separate days years apart and alternating between black-and-white for the past and color for the present.

The results, not surprisingly, are at times disjointed. But Michael J. Long’s directorial debut showcases a stylistic audacity rare in a first-time filmmaker, and there’s no denying the raw power of this wrenching picture, which is receiving its world premiere at the Oldenburg Film Festival.

The story revolves around the relationship between Adam (Paddy Rowan) and his younger sibling Liam (Brian Comer), who don’t exactly enjoy the benefits of a happy home life. Their mother (Julia Ross), who struggles with drug and alcohol addiction,...

Michael Long is a proud Scouser, meaning a native of Liverpool, and wants the world to know it. The actor-turned-director’s debut feature film is getting its world premiere on Friday at Oldenburg Film Festival.

It’s a big moment for Long, who admits to The Hollywood Reporter that it’s been a “rough” journey and he sometimes felt looked down on at drama school for being Liverpudlian.

Oldenburg marks a turning point. His movie, Baby Brother, follows Adam (played by Paddy Rowan), who deeply cares for his younger sibling, Liam (Brian Comer). But in the city’s depths, interwoven into its culture is an unshakeable generational trauma for families like theirs. As Adam succumbs to the dysfunctional environment in which he grew up, he feels forced to cultivate violence within him, to the horror of Liam.

Below, Long talks to THR about being proud of his roots, bringing the...