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Ian McArdell

Taskmaster

Channel 4 commissions six more series of Taskmaster

Plus, they are lining up a Junior Taskmaster spin-off too. The seemingly unstoppable Taskmaster, which sees celebrities taking on a series of strange and surreal challenges, continues to thrive. Launching on UKTV’s Dave in 2015, it ran for nine series. Migrating to Channel 4 in 2020, it has continued for six more. Now, Channel 4 have … >

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Gattaca

Gattaca – a TV series is in development at Showtime

The Gattaca show will be based on the dystopian 1997 movie.  News has broken (via Giant Freaking Robot, then Variety) that the team behind Homeland are heading back to television. Swapping espionage for a dystopian future, co-creators/executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are planning a series based on the movie Gattaca. Written and directed … >

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Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson reteam for Apple TV+

The comedy series will showcase the pair’s “strange and beautiful bond.”  Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson share a personal friendship which is soon to be showcased in a comedy show on streamer Apple TV+. The pair have a lengthy onscreen history together. On television, they headlined the first season of True Detective, for which they … >

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The Flintstones

Bedrock – Fox give the nod to Flintstones sequel

Elizabeth Banks is set to star and also executive produce Bedrock.  In news likely to rock people of certain age, Deadline are reporting that FOX have given the go ahead to a pilot for a sequel to The Flintstones. The show, a primetime animated adult comedy series titled Bedrock, has been in gestation for two … >

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Digman!

Digman! – first look trailer for Andy Samberg’s new animated comedy (updated)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine stars Melissa Fumero and Andy Samberg reunite vocally.  Updated 10/03/23: As the show’s debut approaches, there’s now a full trailer for Digman! Comedy Central have released a just-over-two minute promo which sets the scene for central character Rip Digman; a former archaeologist for the Smithsonian, he’s now a washed-up has been. https://youtu.be/L05ow5zxfEo As … >

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Christopher Eccleston returns for a third series of Ninth Doctor audios

The Ninth Doctor enjoys 12 more adventures at Big Finish, beginning with Pioneers in May 2023.  Back in 2021, something that previously felt impossible happened: Christopher Eccleston returned to the worlds of Doctor Who. Since then, he’s notched up two series of audio adventures as the Doctor – 24 episodes – almost doubling his onscreen … >

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