{"id":55069,"date":"2024-07-22T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2075676"},"modified":"2024-07-22T14:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T12:07:52","slug":"unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Unforgotten and EastEnders favourites join Murder, They Hope special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson will be joined by a whole host of stars in the new two-hour instalment. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 22 July 2024 at 10:43 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>After the last episode of comedy mystery series Murder, They Hope aired at Christmas, a new special instalment, called Apocalypse Slough, has been confirmed for September.<\/p>\n<p>The new episode, which will run for two hours, will once again star Johnny Vegas, Sian Gibson and Sarah Hadland, and will see Gemma achieve her dreams of becoming an official investigator at the Serious Crimes Agency (SCA), whilst Terry is denied the dream due to his criminal history.<\/p>\n<p>The synopsis for the special says: \u201cWith this new strain on their relationship, they\u2019re thrown in headfirst to crack a curious double murder at a local rugby club \u2013 whose members seem to have dark and disturbing secrets of their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Gemma leads them closer into the complex case, questions begin to arise about their partnership and the mysteries they uncover. If Gemma doesn\u2019t pick up the pace, it could be game over for everyone; her and Terry included!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terry and Gemma return this Autumn with a BRAND NEW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MurderTheyHope?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MurderTheyHope<\/a> feature-length special.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ApocalypseSlough?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ApocalypseSlough<\/a> sees Gemma achieve her dreams of becoming an official, ball busting, kick ass investigator, whilst Terry is denied the dream thanks to his colourful criminal history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c5WRmyvCgy\">pic.twitter.com\/c5WRmyvCgy<\/a><\/p>\u2014 GOLD (@goldchannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goldchannel\/status\/1815295722733928459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>The special will feature an absolutely stacked guest cast, including Sanjeev Bhaskar (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/unforgotten-season-6-itv-release-date\/\">Unforgotten<\/a>), Shaun Williamson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/\">EastEnders<\/a>), Annette Badland (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ted-lasso-season-4-release-date\/\">Ted Lasso<\/a>), Simon Day (King Gary), Jim Howick (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/ghosts-brought-to-life-book-newsupdate\/\">Ghosts<\/a>), Ben Bailey Smith (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/andor-season-2-disney-plus-release-date\/\">Andor<\/a>) and\u00a0Jason Lewis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/cobra-season-4-sky-release-date\/\">COBRA<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Also guest starring will be Matthew Kelly (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/inside-no-9-season-10-release-date\/\">Inside No 9<\/a>), Charlie Hardwick (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/\">Emmerdale<\/a>), Gemma Jones (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/harry-potter-tv-series-release-date\/\">Harry Potter<\/a>), Harry Peacock (Bad Education) and newcomer Dane Williams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/gavin-stacey-finale-written-james-corden-newsupdate\/\">Gavin &amp; Stacey finale is written, James Corden says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/alan-carr-changing-ends-future-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Alan Carr on making more Changing Ends and when the show should end<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Writer, creator, and executive producer, Jason Cook, said: \u201cIt\u2019s so good to be back with Gemma and Terry, and this time Monica\u2019s tagging along to increase the chaos! What an amazing cast we managed to get for this one, with some really fantastic performances. I can\u2019t wait for everyone to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murder, They Hope originally began life as a one-off TV film called Murder on the Blackpool Express in 2017. This was followed-up by another TV film, two seasons of Murder, They Hope and, most recently, a Christmas special called Blood Actually.<\/p> <p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/\">Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<a id=\"OWA71a5a05f-6651-b0f3-aeda-3d3d09b909b1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson will be joined by a whole host of stars in the new two-hour instalment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55070,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/unforgotten-and-eastenders-favourites-join-murder-they-hope-special-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson will be joined by a whole host of stars in the new two-hour instalment.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/55069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}