‘Atlantis’ Season 2 Episode 2 review: ‘A New Dawn – Part Two’

The cliff-hanger to last week’s opening episode was suitably epic, leaving the city of Atlantis surrounded and ready to fall to Pasiphae’s forces while Hercules and Pythagoras, dragging a wounded Jason, were about to encounter a Cyclops. With ample helpings of swordplay and hand to hand combat, the defence of Atlantis was thrillingly all action. … >

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‘Atlantis’ Season 2 preview

Nudged closer to Christmas by Doctor Who, it has been the best part of a year since we last visited Atlantis. The show’s team have promised change, with star Jack Donnelly (Jason) revealing: “It’s not the follow-up you would expect. They really have reinvented it. In every single way they could change it, I think … >

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‘Atlantis’ Season 2 launch trailer

BBC One has unveiled a new trailer for the second season of Atlantis. From the makers of Merlin, the fantasy drama returns on Saturday 15 November on BBC One, starring Jack Donnelly as Jason, Mark Addy as Hercules and Robert Emms as Pythagoras. > Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. Watch the trailer… In … >

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‘Atlantis’ Season 2 start date announced

Atlantis will return to BBC One next month. The channel’s Twitter feed has confirmed that the fantasy drama’s second season launches on Saturday 15 November – the weekend after Doctor Who‘s current season concludes. Watch the teaser trailer… Guest stars in the new season include Amy Manson (Being Human, Outcasts) as Medea and Vincent Regan … >

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Sponsored video: 5 actors who’ve played Hercules

Kellan Lutz joined the long list of actor to play mythical Greek hero Hercules this year in epic origin story The Legend of Hercules, out now to download from iTunes and available on DVD and 3D Blu-ray from Monday 4 August. The new movie sees Hercules – a half-god, half-man blessed with extraordinary strength – … >

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‘Atlantis’ Series 2 new cast members revealed

Amy Manson (Being Human, Outcasts) and Vincent Regan (300) have joined the cast of Atlantis for the second series of BBC One’s fantasy drama. Manson will play Medea and Regan will play Dion in Series 2, which has started filming. The first episode of Series 2 will also guest star Robert Pugh (Game Of Thrones) and … >

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‘Atlantis’ Series 2 begins filming

The second series of Atlantis has started shooting. The fantasy drama launched on BBC One last autumn, with Series 1’s finale revealing that Paisphae (Sarah Parish) was in fact Jason’s mother. The new series will feature “a dramatic shift of power in the kingdom” Main cast members Jack Donnelly (Jason), Mark Addy (Hercules) and Robert … >

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‘Atlantis’ writers have five-year plan for show

Atlantis star Robert Emms, who plays Pythagoras, has revealed that the fantasy drama’s writers have a long-term plan for the show. Series 2 begins filming soon and will air on BBC One this autumn. Speaking exclusively to CultBox recently, Emms commented: “They definitely have a five-year plan for it, for sure. Obviously the first season … >

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‘Happy Days’ play review

A woman buried up to her waist by a cliff-face on a sandy beach. The sand is a mound, spreading like a ginormous skirt, and grains of it trickle threateningly down from the rocks.

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