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Ian McArdell

The Scarecrows’ Wedding

The Scarecrows’ Wedding – BBC announce its 2025 festive animation

It’s never too early to start talking about Christmas, right?  We are still in the month of May, but it’s time to start thinking about Christmas telly. One of the fixtures of the BBC Christmas Day schedule is usually an adaptation of a children’s book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. In fact, The Scarecrows’ … >

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The Marlow Murder Club

The Marlow Murder Club – filming begins on series 3

Following two successful series, The Marlow Murder Club is coming back for a third run.  Created by Robert Thorogood (Death in Paradise) and based on his novels, the show follows an unlikely group of women who form a club to help solve local murders. The show stars Samantha Bond (Downtown Abbey), Jo Martin (Doctor Who), … >

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The Bear season 4

The Bear season 4 – official trailer

For those of you starved of kitchen action, we have good news: FX have fixed a return date for The Bear. Updated 21/05/25: Trailer time! With last week’s date reveal for the return of The Bear – the new season drops in late June – we’ve been keenly anticipating a trailer. Now, Hulu have provided … >

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Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Cosmos and Mrs Clarke cover art crop

Doctor Who – The Sixth Doctor Adventures: The Cosmos and Mrs Clarke boxset review

Old Sixie stars in three new adventures, accompanied by his redoubtable companion, Mrs Constance Clarke.  Last year, Big Finish celebrated Colin Baker’s Doctor with a pair of 40th anniversary tales. Both drew on elements of his onscreen adventures, bringing his television companions along for the ride. However, the Sixth Doctor’s adventures in audio drama have … >

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Predator Killer of Killers

Predator: Killer of Killers – full trailer for new animated movie

The anthology takes place in the Predator universe and comes from the director of Prey.  Updated 20/05/25: Full trailer lands Ahead of the streaming movie’s June arrival, Disney+ have unleashed a full trailer for Predator: Killer of Killers. The movie, from director Dan Tracthenberg, and co-director Josh Wassung, is an anthology which sees three human … >

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The Iris Affair - Tom Hollander & Niamh Algar

The Iris Affair – first look at Sky’s new thriller from Neil Cross

The series stars Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar in a deadly game of hide and seek.  Sky have revealed a few images from their upcoming thriller The Iris Affair. The eight-part series, previously just known as Iris, comes to our screens later this year. Niamh Algar (Malpractice) and Tom Hollander (The White Lotus) lead the … >

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Task - Mark Ruffalo & Alison Oliver

Task – Sky to air new Mark Ruffalo FBI drama

Sky have confirmed that they are picking up the new HBO drama Task.  The seven-part show, set in the suburbs of Philadelphia, stars Mark Ruffalo as an FBI agent with a mission end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man. Task comes from Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown), who is … >

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Mountainhead - Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith & Ramy Youssef

Mountainhead – full trailer for Jesse Armstrong’s movie

Updated 18/05/25: Mountainhead‘s official trailer lands.  Ahead of the film’s HBO premiere on May 31st 2025, which translates to a June 1st landing on Sky, there’s a new trailer for Mountainhead. Written and directed by Succession’s Jesse Armstrong, it gives us another look a the show’s four tech billionaires. Together, they indulge in some juvenile … >

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Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

The Buffyverse series finds its new slayer: Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Sarah Michelle Gellar took to social media to announce her new co-star.  Work is progressing on the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer project – be it revival, reboot or sequel series (makers Hulu currently catchily refer to it as the “Untitled Buffyverse Pilot”). Regardless of the name, we know it will star Sarah Michelle Gellar … >

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