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The BBC announced yesterday that it had commissioned a host of new shows for CBeebies, including a one-off production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest designed for a pre-school audience. It’s also ordered 20 episodes of Lochside, about adventures in a Scottish village (Balamory, anyone?), 30 episodes of recycling show Junk Rescue and 20 episodes of Baby … >
Some really shocking news to report, as it’s been announced that Keith Chegwin has died, at the age of just 60. The BBC reports that he died after a long illness. He was suffering from a ‘progressive lung condition’. Chegwin sprung to fame on the likes Swap Shop and Cheggers Plays Pop in the 1980s, … >
The BBC has announced that Blue Planet II has shot to the top of its iPlayer chart for 2017, with a new update of its top ten most accessed episodes of the year. Two episodes from the show make it to the top ten in all, with only Doctor Foster also getting a pair of … >
Steven Moffat is doing a few interviews at the moment, as you might expect, to help promote his final Doctor Who screen story, Twice Upon A Time. The upcoming Christmas special will see him depart the show, along with Peter Capaldi. And chatting to the Radio Times, he’s touched on the perils of being cast … >
The revival of The Crystal Maze on Channel 4 is going down really rather well, and it’s thus little surprise that the channel has ordered up a Christmas special. A celebrity special, as it happens. Richard Ayoade will be hosting the show, as per usual. Adam Buxton and Jessica Hynes are reprising their usual roles, … >
BBC America has announced that it’ll be airing the Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, on December 25th, a few hours behind the BBC One premiere of the episode. The swansong for Peter Capaldi in the TARDIS will screen at 9pm (8pm/c), but along with the confirmation of that is news of a … >
Spoilers for The Day Of The Doctor Not unlike many, we let out a bit of yelp come the end of the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, The Day Of The Doctor. It was at the bit where Tom Baker was revealed, in a top secret cameo, to be playing The Curator. And writer Steven … >
The BBC is slowly rolling out its next raft of dramas, and one of its big hitters is McMafia. Based on the book by Misha Glenny, it’s been adapted by Hossein Amini (Drive) and directed by James Watkins (The Woman In Black). James Norton stars in the series, which is set to run for eight … >
BBC Two has a special treat for fans of Robot Wars over the festive period, with confirmation of a battle heading to screens on New Year’s Eve. At 7pm on BBC Two, on December 31st, a special episode will be putting the stars of the last series of the show head to head with some … >
The acclaimed anthology series Electric Dreams completes its first season run on Channel 4 starting in early 2018, and details have been confirmed of the four more instalments. They are: (with Channel 4’s official descriptions)… AUTOFAC Starring Juno Temple. In this episode, despite society and the world as we know it having collapsed, a massive, … >