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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – April 2023

Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for April 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… The Doctor Who Show – Alternate Galaxies: Ultraviolet The Doctor Who Show chaps present some interesting perspectives on the 1996 vampire cop show. One comes to it as a fan, … >

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Peter Davison to guest in The Windsors Coronation Special

He’s reached the ‘ghost’ phase of his career.  Peter Davison is one of those actors who’s rarely off our screens. Of late, he’s appeared in Gentleman Jack (as a crabby relative), The Larkins (as the gloriously seedy vicar) and The Gold as a senior Police Officer. He also has a role in the upcoming second … >

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Frasier revival – Peri Gilpin returns as Roz

Dr Crane’s former radio show producer will join him in Boston.  As production progresses on the new run of Frasier, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the show will feature original cast member Peri Gilpin in a guest star role. Gilpin played Roz Doyle on the original series, Frasier Crane’s feisty radio producer. She joins … >

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007’s Road to a Million – Meet The Controller

Succession’s Brian Cox calls the shots in the James Bond themed global adventure show.  While he’s set the small screen alight with his role of the irascible Logan Roy on Succession, Brian Cox’s next role is something quite different. As The Controller, he’s the face of Prime Video’s new James Bond themed adventure series. Filmed … >

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The Fourth Doctor Adventures: New Frontiers audio review

As he begins his twelfth series of audio adventures, Tom Baker’s Doctor returns for Margaret Hopwood. New Frontiers is the latest box set of tales featuring Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor and Louise Jameson as Leela. Despite sharing only nine onscreen adventures together, the pair have become an enduring Doctor Who combination on audio. However, this … >

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Sweet Tooth Season 2 – Netflix drops a full trailer

The fantasy show returns with more post-apocalyptic adventures for Gus and the Hybrids.  When Sweet Tooth landed in 2021, it garnered good viewing figures and promptly scored itself a recommission from Netflix. The second season arrives at the streamer on April 27th. The show, a fantasy based on the DC comic book series by Jeff … >

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Rani Takes on the World – video trailer and another returnee revealed

Another familiar voice joins Rani Takes on the World, the audio sequel to The Sarah Jane Adventures.  Big Finish have dropped a video trailer celebrating Rani Takes on the World: Beyond Bannerman Road. The new audio series, which launches today, reunites Rani Chandra (Anjli Mohindra) and Clyde Langer (Daniel Anthony), two of the young leads who … >

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – S2 trailer lands

Strange New Worlds returns… with more James T. Kirk and Klingons too!   Ahead of its June 15th launch, Paramount+ have revealed the trailer for the highly anticipated Season 2 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The show, which originally span out of Star Trek: Discovery, sees the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise under the command … >

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Galaxy Quest may be destined for Paramount+

The beloved Star Trek parody is being developed as a television show for the streamer.   Variety has broken the news that Galaxy Quest, the endearing movie homage to the Star Trek franchise, is in development as a television series and potentially bound for Paramount+. The 1999 comedy, starring Tim Allen, Alan Rickman and Sigourney … >

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