The six-part drama stars Conor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams and Phyllis Logan. The BBC and Netflix have announced casting for its upcoming dramatization of the Lockerbie disaster. Made by World Productions (Line of Duty), the six-part series aims to tackle the events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scots-US investigation which sought to … >
Julianne Moore leads the outrageous drama of Mary & George, based on the non-fiction book The King’s Assassin. Sky have dropped official trailer for Mary & George, along with a launch date of 5th March. The series stars Julianne Moore as an ambitious mother in Jacobean England, who sets her sights on her son, played … >
Airing between Christmas and New Year, Mayflies stars Martin Compston and Tony Curran as best friends. One of the anticipated highlights of the upcoming festive season for us is Mayflies, adapted from Andrew O’Hagan’s acclaimed novel The two-part drama promises a tale of enduring friendship which is tested in the most devastating way. Here’s the … >
The BBC Scotland series also stars Ashley Jensen and Tony Curran. With filming complete, the BBC have released some images from their upcoming drama Mayflies. Based on Andrew O’Hagan’s acclaimed 2020 novel, the story has been adapted into a two-part drama. Here’s the premise for Mayflies: Everyone has a Tully Dawson – the friend who … >
Trending as number one in the UK on Twitter, the communal #TheUltimateGinger watch of the Doctor Who Series 5 episode Vincent and the Doctor inspired fans all around the world and helped them feel less isolated while striving to stop the spread of a global pandemic. Ahead of the tweet-along, fans shared their artwork and … >
Following the successful fan events, #SaveTheDay, and #TripOfALifetime Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook has organized another communal fan watch-along and live tweet of the Doctor Who series 5 episode Vincent and the Doctor – on Vincent van Gogh’s birthday. On Monday March 30, Cook invites fans all over the world to watch Vincent and … >
Even as it enters the realms of big apocalyptic demon carnage, Crazyhead can’t help but surprise and delight with its now-trademark anarchic style. Over the past six weeks, it’s taken the standard ‘chosen one versus supernatural’ formula and given average genre tropes an injection of tongue in cheek fun. The demon drama draws to a … >
At first glance, this penultimate instalment of Crazyhead would appear to be business as usual. There’s the usual display of cheekiness, intelligent wit and endearing character work, but it hardly feels like its building to any huge revelatory crescendo. But whilst ‘Downward Facing Dog’ doesn’t exactly shake everything to the core ready for the big … >
Say what you like about E4’s Crazyhead (though we’d rather you didn’t, as we’re growing quite fond of it actually), but the one thing you can never accuse it of is being a slow burner. As we enter the second half of the season, the various story strands are beginning to tie up rather nicely. There’s no … >
It would have been way too easy at this point for Crazyhead to slip quietly into the comfortable Freak of the Week format so coveted by other genre shows. It’s telling then that so far this hasn’t happened, with this third instalment feeling like an organic extension of the first episode, as opposed to just … >