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 There’s plenty of buzz surrounding Sky’s new drama, Landscapers, which begins shooting next month with Oscarwinner Olivia Colman. Directed by Alexander Payne ( Sideways) and written by Colman’s husband, Ed Sinclair, the four-part series is based on the true story of a mild-mannered English couple who killed their in-laws and buried the bodies in their back garden. Olivia Colman will take on the role of the wife.

 Following his successful turn in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Al Pacino is back with another high profile role. Produced by Oscarwinner Jordan Peele and set to stream later this year on Amazon Prime, Hunters is the story of a group of Nazi hunters in 1977 New York who uncover a plan to create a new Nazi Reich in the US. Logan Lerman, Josh Radnor and Carol Kane join Pacino in the starry cast.

 BBC Four has announced a unique and ambitious art programme, presented by Josie d’Arby. To coincide with the broadcast of Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude on BBC Two, Life Drawing Live! will bring a group of artists together to sketch an array of life models. Viewers at home will be encouraged to get out their easels and draw along with the class, under the guidance of awardwinning artists, Daphne Todd and Lachlan Goudie.