Martin Compston on set of new Amazon drama The Rig with SNP's Angus Roberston

EXCLUSIVE: Beth Goddard (Manhunt) is set as a series regular opposite Samantha Morton in Starz’s The Serpent Queen, an eight-part period drama about Catherine de Medici. Additionally, Alex Heath (Home) recurs in the series from writer and executive producer Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road), Francis Lawrence & Erwin Stoff. Production is underway in France.

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Line of Duty star Martin Compston was asked if he had a new job modelling life jackets after a Steve Arnott lookalike was spotted on their plane. The hilarious observation came after one of Martin's fans was on board a flight and thought that the cartoon figure on the safety card looked familiar.

Martin Compston and Irvine Welsh are among those supporting The View star Kyle Falconer's chart-topping bid for his new solo album. The Dundee talent admitted he's excited about placing top 20 for his second solo album 'No Love Songs For Laura', which hit No 6 in the national charts on Saturday, just one day after its release.

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Martin Compston posed beside a huge mural of his face painted outside a pub in his hometown of Greenock. The Scots actor, 37, paid a visit to the Inverclyde town’s Old Bank Bar this week to check out the incredible artwork, which is the spitting image of the star.

Sean Penn recently made headlines refusing to return to the set of “Gaslit” until all of the cast and crew have been vaccinated. MGM Studios have seemingly capitalized on this media attention surrounding Penn, as they’ve released a brand new trailer for his latest directorial effort “Flag Day” that the studio scooped up during the Cannes Film Festival.

Sherwood, as filming gets underway. David Morrissey, known for his role as The Governor in The Walking Dead, will lead the ensemble cast as a detective tasked with finding the link between two killings that spark a manhunt in a Nottinghamshire mining village.

Our Kind of People, and Yaya DaCosta's Angela takes center stage. Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham's critically acclaimed book, , the series follows the rich and powerful Black elite of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, who have ruled their community with an iron fist for over 50 years.

Line of Duty's Martin Compston has been called 'Scotland's Justin Bieber' by Schitts Creek star Emily Hampshire. Canadian actress Emily admits she didn't know who Martin was before meeting him on set for new Amazon Original drama The Rig, but she soon realised the extent of his fame.

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Martin Compston was enjoying "cutting about Kinross " yesterday in a fancy black Audi. Martin made good use of the sunny weather and said with the hot temperatures Scotland was "unbeatable".

After years of behind-the-scenes shakeups and drama, Starz (mercifully) put Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” series out of its misery, handing it a cancellation earlier this year. But that isn’t stopping Gaiman from continuing that story, in a way, with a brand-new studio supporting it.

Martin Compston is set to star in new four-part ITV drama Our House, which has commenced filming in south London.The Scottish actor, 37, best known for his role as Steve Arnott in Line Of Duty, joins Sense8's Tuppence Middleton and Spooks star Rupert Penry-Jones in the star-studded line-up. Our House is based on the best-selling 2018 book of the same name by Louise Candlish, it has been adapted by screenwriter Simon Ashdown and will be produced by Red Planet Pictures.

Michael Waldron is probably feeling pretty great right about now.

Martin Compston is to star in new ITV thriller Our House. Spooks' Rupert Penry-Jones and Downton Abbey actress Tuppence Middleton will also appear in the four-part drama.Compston and Middleton will play husband and wife Bram and Fiona Lawson.