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For what seems like the umpteenth year running, Game Of Thrones has appeared at the top of TorrentFreak’s annual list of the most pirated TV shows of the year. It’s not entirely clear how it computes the numbers, but the chart amalgamates public BitTorrent trackers in its working. The top ten for 2017 reads, therefore, … >
UPDATE: Well that story developed quickly. Netflix has indeed added all ten seasons of Friends to its UK and Ireland streaming service. They’re all available right now… We’ll be there for you. All episodes of #Friends, now streaming. pic.twitter.com/utAoC0oE4y — Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) January 1, 2018 Earlier… Comfortably one of the most popular American … >
It’s long been accepted that it’s a case of when rather than if a Downton Abbey movie would be made. The show’s creator and writer, Julian Fellowes, has been said to be working on a script for some time. And it finally looks as if 2018 will be the year that the project comes together. … >
Amongst the many standouts of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time, was Mark Gatiss’ wonderful work in front of the camera as the Captain. Gatiss gave a wonderfully understated performance, and while on set making the episode, he made a small video diary that the BBC has now made available. It’s … >
Following the television debut of the delightful Peter Pan Goes Wrong last year, Mischief Theatre Company followed that up with A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong on the BBC this Christmas. In both cases, they brought the anarchy they’ve harnessed on stage (most notably with the West End hit The Play That Goes Wrong) to the … >
The recent cancellation of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by BBC America brought with it an increasingly common fan tactic: the online petition. Said petition is called in the likes of the BBC, or perhaps Netflix, to pick up the funding for a third season. And, like the majority of said petitions, it’s more out … >
Graham Linehan’s much-loved TV series The IT Crowd has had a couple of attempts to crack the American market thus far. Thus far without success, too. However, Linehan himself is now set to oversee a third attempt to take the show to America, with NBC ordering a pilot episode for a US remake of The … >
The latest audio series of Robin Of Sherwood has scored quite a coup, with the news that Michael Praed is returning to reprise his role as Robin. Praed was the original Robin in the TV series, but he quit the role after two series, to instead head to America and try and crack Broadway. In … >
Production is underway on Doctor Who series 11 at the moment, with the first block of episodes for Jodie Whittaker’s opening series of the Doctor filmed. The identity of the writing staff for Doctor Who series 11 remains a secret, though, outside of incoming showrunner Chris Chibnall and his team. But according to Mark Gatiss, … >
The long-awaited screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower finally made it into cinemas over the summer, and left not long afterwards. The film – intended to launch a franchise of movies as well as a TV show – spluttered at the box office, and plans for a second were quickly nixed. However, the … >