The first idea of how many people have been watching Class has been revealed. Created by YA author Patrick Ness, the new Doctor Who spin-off launched last month on BBC Three, which is now only available to watch online on BBC iPlayer. BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) have released their TV Player Report for the … >
If last time Class was all about the kids and their personal truths, this week it was Katherine Kelly’s Quill who took the spotlight for her own personal journey. While modern Doctor Who has often “double-banked”, time-saving by filming two stories simultaneously and spreading the principal cast between them, these two episodes have doubled-banked in a … >
If your Doctor Who fan credentials are old enough, you’ll be able to realise how disquieting it might have been to learn that Class was premiering on BBC iPlayer. Your paranoid, withered fanboy heart would have known that the BBC were betraying the Time Lord, and throwing the spin-off show onto a funeral pyre where … >
After last time’s planet hopping excitements, we wished for a less frenetic episode and a chance to connect with the characters of Class. Clearly knowing better, Patrick Ness has delivered ‘Detained’, with character development aplenty, locked inside a claustrophobic single-roomed story. School detentions are rarely this eventful we imagine, as an asteroid colliding with the … >
With a title that might be a reference to Tegan, but is more likely a nod to a Mel Gibson movie, ‘Brave-ish Heart’ concludes last week’s story. Taking the fight to Corakinus, before he could wreak havoc on Earth, April (Sophie Hopkins) and Ram (Fady Elsayed) embarked on a desperate mission to the dark, volcanic planet … >
BBC Three has an announced the cast for its upcoming series of five short films from new writers. Set in London, Five by Five will feature new talent working alongside established stars. Written by Cat Jones, Lee Coan, Namsi Khan, Selina Lim and Nathaniel Price, the five standalone films will feature chance encounters people face … >
After last week’s terrific study in grief, Class picks up on the events which launched BBC Three’s new Doctor Who spin-off last month; that of the Shadow Kin threat and the precarious status of April’s heart. While we have been following the lives of Quill and the Coal Hill students, the Shadow Kin have been working … >
After a busy series opener and a slightly less frenetic, if rather gory follow-up, Class settles in to its weekly pattern with ‘Nightvisiting’, which draws its beautifully macabre premise from the notion of the dead returning to visit those left behind. Despite seeing a fair amount of death on the show already, the episode focused … >
BBC Three has announced the commission of a new satirical parody of reality crime series. Sexy Murder will spoof the likes of Making a Murderer, The Jinx and Serial. Written by Andy Kinnear and Céin McGillicuddy, the six-part series stars Rich Fulcher (The Mighty Boosh) as Christoph Spinetti, alongside Nick Mohammed, Lolly Adefope, Shaun Williamson and … >
Stand-up comedian Dane Baptiste’s new BBC Three comedy series Sunny D will launch next month. Four 25-minute episodes were commissioned in January following a successful pilot as part of BBC Three Comedy Feeds. Sunny D will premiere online on BBC Three on Sunday 13 November. Described as “a smart, fast-paced and stylish sitcom that captures the angst … >