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Ian McArdell

Star Trek: Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy loses its home at Paramount+

The Protorstar’s mission is imperilled, but there’s still hope for the show’s second season.  As the Paramount+ streaming service prepares to fully integrate with Showtime, news has broken that a number of its shows are being cancelled. I guess we all knew that the streaming bubble was unsustainable and would burst at some point. In … >

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Alex Kingston as River Song

River Song to meet Jackie Tyler as her solo audio series concludes

Professor River Song will open her diary for a twelfth and final volume of adventures: The Orphan Quartet.  Ever since her last onscreen appearance as the time-travelling archaeologist, Alex Kingston has been reprising the character for her own audio spin-off. Across eight glorious years of audio adventures, Professor Song has met multiple Doctors, Masters and … >

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Clean Sweep

Clean Sweep – BBC acquires the Irish thriller series

Peaky Blinders and Bloodlands star Charlene McKenna leads the cast of Clean Sweep. Ever on the hunt for a quality import, the BBC acquired the Irish thriller series Clean Sweep. The show comes to BBC Four and the iPlayer later this year. Here’s the synopsis: Inspired by true events, Clean Sweep follows a seemingly ordinary … >

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Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf returns to the BBC, docking at iPlayer

The enduring comedy, set aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf , arrives in full on the BBC iPlayer.  Although it might seem difficult to believe, the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf is 35 years old! The show, which chronicles the adventures of Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie) and Cat (Danny John-Jules), began on BBC Two back … >

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Metropolis

Metropolis – Apple TV+ scraps its TV series adaptation

The eight-part Metropolis series was from Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail. In disappointing news, broken by Deadline, we’ve learned that the forthcoming series adaptation of Metropolis has been permanently shut down. The big-budget series, based on Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 sci-fi film, was being made by UCP for the streamer Apple TV+. However, the production, … >

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