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Harry Hill and Jennifer Saunders for new BBC sitcom

BBC One has announced a brand new sitcom, which will have Harry Hill in the lead role and Jennifer Saunders playing his mother. The series is being developed under a simple title – The Harry Hill Sitcom – which makes us think that it will centre on the idea of Hill playing a fictionalised version of … >

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Star Trek: reports claim Patrick Stewart is close to returning

Captain Jean-Luc Picard may be appearing on our television sets again in a brand new Star Trek series, because, according to a new report, Sir Patrick Stewart is keen to make it so. Soon after Alex Kurtzman was announced as the new showrunner for the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery, news broke that the … >

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Doctor Who: producer recalls Tom Baker series that was planned but never filmed

Former Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe has revealed some intriguing details about a series of Doctor Who that was planned but never filmed. Hinchcliffe was the boss for Tom Baker’s first three series, but if Hinchcliffe had stuck around for a fourth collaboration with Baker instead of heading off for pastures new, things would have looked very different. “We did … >

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Brexit: first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings

Channel 4 is making a one-off political thriller about the Brexit vote, with Benedict Cumberbatch playing a starring role. The Sherlock, Doctor Strange and Patrick Melrose actor will play a real-life political strategist, Dominic Cummings, who was Director of the Vote League campaign. Today, we have a first-look image to share of Cumberbatch as Cummings… And here’s a snap … >

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Netflix is planning to set up a base in London

Reports suggest that Netflix is planning to set up a base of operations in London, with a new facility intended to create more content for the European market. Diego Bunuel, who used to work as head of documentaries for the French premium cable channel Canal+, is said to be heading up this new Netflix base. … >

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Nobodies: Melissa McCarthy series cancelled after two seasons

Nobodies, the Melissa McCarthy comedy series that originated in the States on the basic cable network TV Land, has been cancelled after two seasons. When the first season of Nobodies did strong ratings, the second was moved over to the Paramount Network. But when that second season failed to do quite so well, it was pushed … >

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Tom Holland unveils title for Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel

Tom Holland has unveiled the title for Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, the sequel to his first solo outing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is coming out July 5th 2019, which will make it the immediate follow-up to Avengers 4. It was over on Instagram that Holland revealed the title, by showing the cover of a script … >

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