Joanna Lumley becomes a Mistress

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Joanna Lumley becomes a Mistress
Joanna Lumley becomes a Mistress (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Joanna Lumley has joined the cast of Mistresses. The acting legend will play the bossy mother of Katie (Sarah Parish) - who rocks her world when she turns up unannounced in search of a new life - in the forthcoming third series of the BBC One drama. "I am thrilled to have been asked to join this talented cast for the finale of this hugely popular series," Joanna said in a statement. BBC Wales executive producer Bethan Jones said: "Joanna is an acting legend and we are thrilled that she has agreed to join the wonderful Mistresses cast. "She'll add her special touch to this already much loved series as it reaches its dramatic conclusion next year." This third series, which begins filming in Bristol in spring 2010, focuses on the enduring friendship of Katie, Siobhan (Orla Brady), Trudi (Sharon Small) and Jessica (Shelley Conn).

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.