Elaine Reilly

Elaine Reilly

Writer for TV Times, What’s On TV, TV & Satellite Week and What To Watch

With over twenty years of experience as an entertainment journalist, Elaine writes for What’s on TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and www.whattowatch.com covering a variety of programs from gardening and wildlife to documentaries and drama.

As well as active involvement in the WTW family’s social media accounts, she has been known to get chatty on the red carpet and wander into the odd podcast.

After a day of previewing TV, writing about TV and interviewing TV stars, Elaine likes nothing than to relax… by watching TV.

Latest articles by Elaine Reilly

Embargoed: 20-02-2024 Stevie looking shellshocked.
Casualty spoilers: Stevie Nash’s life hangs in the balance as Dylan Keogh is attacked!

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 19 April 2025 at 9.20pm on BBC1.

Casualty
The Feud on Channel 5 (first look above) stars Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones.
The Feud: release date, cast, plot, interviews, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know

By Nicholas Cannon Last updated

The Feud is a thriller series featuring stars such as Jill Halfpenny, Rupert Penry-Jones, Larry Lamb and Chris Gascoyne.

Dramas
Paddy McGuinness wearing khaki coloured clothing with his arms folded smiling at the camera in a green jungle.
Tempting Fortune season 2: trailer, who's who, episodes, exclusive interview with Paddy McGuinness and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly Last updated

Tempting Fortune season two is here. Here, Paddy McGuinness gives us the inside story in an exclusive interview.

Reality
Stevie (ELINOR LAWLESS)
Casualty spoilers: Stevie Nash unmasks her stalker!

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs on Saturday 12 April 2025 at 9.10pm on BBC1.

Casualty
embargo 01/04/25 Rida Amaan smiles happily as she stands outside the ED and prepares to go to the surgery department.
Casualty spoilers: Rida Amaan in surgical shocker

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 05 April 2025 at 9.10pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Michelle Williams as Molly and Jenny Slate as Nikki talking in Dying for Sex
Jenny Slate on why Dying for Sex is a 'beautiful take on what it means to face death and really live a life.'

By Elaine Reilly Published

Exclusive: Jenny Slate on starring alongside Michelle Williams in Dying for Sex, a compelling miniseries based on a true story.

Dramas
Stevie Nash dressed in a white t-shirt looks in shock while sitting in a doctor's office.
Casualty spoilers: Stevie Nash’s stalking horror!

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 29 March 2025 at 8.15pm on BBC1.

Casualty
11/3/25 embargo. A montage of Billy Monger with a head shot, and images of him running, swimming and cycling. The main text reads: "Billy Monger - The Race is On" with a Comic Relief Logo.
Exclusive: Billy Monger on his record-breaking Ironman: ‘Knowing it was for Comic Relief kept me on the right track’

By Elaine Reilly Published

Billy Monger talks exclusively to What to Watch about his inspiring Ironman triathlon for Comic Relief 2025.

Comedy
embargo 18/3 Flynn Byron looks sternly down at someone out of shot.
Casualty spoilers: Will Flynn Byron fire a Holby ED doctor on his first day?

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 22 March 2025 at 8.25pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Alma's Not Normal season 2 sees Sophie Willan reprise the role of Alma.
Alma’s Not Normal season 2: release date, trailer, cast, star guests, episodes and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly Last updated

Alma’s Not Normal returns for a fabulous second series with an array of superb star guests. Here’s everything you need to know about Sophie Willan’s acclaimed BBC sitcom…

BBC
Olly Rix as Flynn Byron outside Holby ED looking serious and wearing a grey polo shirt and a black jacket.
Casualty exclusive: Olly Rix explains why new recruit Flynn Byron is a force to be reckoned with

By Elaine Reilly Published

Exclusive interview with Olly Rix - ‘Flynn Byron has to learn he’s not barking orders at soldiers!’

Casualty
Tempting Fortune season 1 Paddy McGuinness and the contestants in a promo shot.
Tempting Fortune season 1: release date, contestants, locations and an exclusive interview with Paddy McGuinness

By Elaine Reilly Last updated

Tempting Fortune season 1 presenter Paddy McGuinness shares behind-the-scenes secrets in this exclusive guide to his testing new C4 reality series.

Reality
embargoed 11/03/25 Olly Rix as Flynn Bryon. Close up shot of Flynn checking on an unconscious woman in a road.
Casualty spoilers: Olly Rix makes his shock debut as Flynn Byron, while Stevie suspects she's pregnant!

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 15 March 2025 at 8.30pm on BBC1.

Casualty
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 18:00 ON MONDAY 10TH MARCH 2025. New promotional image for Casualty's 12-parter Internal affairs. It shows Rida front and centre dressed in maroon surgical scrubs with a printed headscarf and holding a pair of surgical forceps, looking serious and at the camera. Behind her are Flynn in blue scrubs and blue gloves and Russell in maroon scrubs with his arms crossed. The backdrop is a blue surgery with bright surgical lights.
Gripping new Casualty trailer reveals a killer crash, a wedding, a pregnancy and an arrest

By Elaine Reilly Published

The Casualty trailer for Internal Affairs presents a gripping, gritty and action-packed new instalment for the BBC medical drama.

Casualty
Olly as Casualty's new Clinical Lead Flynn Byron wearing blue scrubs and standing in a hospital, looking into the camera with a serious look on his face
Call the Midwife star Olly Rix joins Casualty as new Holby ED clinical lead

By Elaine Reilly Last updated

Casualty has confirmed Olly Rix and Robert Bathurst and will play medics bonded by marriage and driven apart by betrayal…

Casualty
A still from Casualty of police tape reading "POLCE DO NOT" in blue print on a white background fastened to a blue and white traffic cone with ambulances and emergency service people in the background.
Robert Bathurst joins Casualty for a shocking new chapter at Holby Hospital

By Elaine Reilly Last updated

Coming up in Casualty - Robert Bathurst will play a larger-than-life medic tested by betrayal…

Casualty
embargoed 04/03/25 Dylan Keogh is in danger in Casualty's Public Property finale, Just Like Us.
Casualty spoilers: Dylan Keogh is attacked! Will he die?

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 08 March 2025 at 8.30pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Robert Bathurst as new Casualty surgeon Russell Whitelaw.
Casualty spoilers: Robert Bathurst makes his debut as secretive surgeon Russell Whitelaw - but what’s he hiding?

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 01 March 2025 at 8.30pm on BBC1.

Casualty
EMBARGOED 09/04/24 Siobhan goes into shock when she realises what she's done!
Exclusive: Melanie Hill reacts to tonight's shocking death in Casualty 'Siobhan is heartbroken'

By Elaine Reilly Published

Casualty star Melanie Hill on life after a sudden death on the wards.

Casualty
Headshot of Robert De Niro against a black background staring seriously, wearing dark rimmed glasses and a white shirt with a blue check and maroon tie.
Robert De Niro teases 'twists and turns' in Netflix's Zero Day

By Elaine Reilly Last updated

Robert De Niro on playing a troubled former president in Netflix’s political thriller Zero Day.

Thrillers
McKinley Belcher III, Mozhan Navabi, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and Connie Britton in Zero Day
Meet the Zero Day cast: who's who guide

By Elaine Reilly Published

Here's the key cast in Netflix's massive new thriller starring Robert De Niro

Thrillers
embargoed 03/09/24 Siobhan McKenzie's world comes crashing down when Stevie Nash confesses.
Exclusive: Casualty’s Melanie Hill on this week's tragic episode: ‘Siobhan’s pain is overwhelming’

By Elaine Reilly Published

Casualty star Melanie Hill reveals that Siobhan McKenzie must brace herself for unimaginable loss when Rich is injured in the line of duty.

Casualty
Siobhan McKenzie in her navy uniform on the phone and looking horrified.
Casualty spoilers: Siobhan McKenzie’s life and death dilemma. Will Rich die?

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 22 February 2025 at 8.25pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Jodie Whyte in 2020 as a student midwife in a white uniform with green trim.
Casualty spoilers: Jodie Whyte flashback special!

By Elaine Reilly Published

Airs Saturday 15 February 2025 at 9.20pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Kaitlyn Dever in a glam white lace dress as Belle Gibson is applauded by an audience in Apple Cider Vinegar.
Kaitlyn Dever on playing real-life cancer scammer Belle Gibson in Apple Cider Vinegar

By Elaine Reilly Published

Kaitlyn Dever and her Apple Cider Vinegar co-stars discuss Netflix’s true-ish miniseries.

Dramas
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