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Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for February 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Shrink The Box: Ep1 – The Sopranos – Tony Soprano Actor and comedian Ben Bailey Smith and psychotherapist Sasha Bates team up to put fictional characters on the couch. It’s … >
Tom Hiddleston is expected to return as Jonathan Pine for two more seasons of The Night Manager. It seems like an age since The Night Manager became a television sensation; the John le Carré adaptation was a sizable hit for the BBC in 2016, winning two Emmys and three Golden Globes. The show starred Tom … >
Creator Jessie Armstrong wants Succession Season 4 to “… go out sort of strong”. With the latest season of Succession due to land on 26th March, the show’s creator Jessie Armstrong has given an interview to The New Yorker. In it, he confirms what has been a long-held suspicion: the upcoming fourth season will be the … >
The Loki star heads the cast of Passenger, from screenwriter Andrew Buchan. ITV have announced the star of filming on a new comic thriller. The six-part series stars Wunmi Mosaku (Lovecraft Country) and David Threlfall (Troy: Fall of a City). Interestingly, the script comes from a familiar name; Andrew Buchan is best known for his … >
Kevin McKidd and Vinette Robinson lead the cast of Six Four. ITV released the first images from their upcoming adaptation of Hideo Yokoyama’s novel Six Four. The drama takes place primarily in Glasgow. ITV describes it as a dark and compelling story of kidnap, corruption, betrayal and an uncompromising search for the truth. It stars … >
Jo Jones returns to her Doctor’s side; to him, they’ve only just parted! One of the great gifts of the Russell T Davies penned ‘Death of the Doctor’, a two-part story for The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2010, was the reintroduction of Jo Jones. Returned to the Whoniverse, we found her still fighting the good … >
The former Doctor heads to Australia for a character-driven mystery. After a well-deserved break, and growing a new human, Jodie Whittaker is back in front of the camera. She has taken a lead role in One Night, a Paramount+ Original drama. The show is described as “…a character-driven mystery about female friendships under incredible emotional … >
The show stars Niamh Algar as a medic under investigation after a patient dies during a nightmare shift. ITV have released a first image from its upcoming medical thriller Malpractice. The show comes from writer Grace Ofori-Attah, a former NHS doctor, and director Philip Barantini (Boiling Point, The Responder). The released image features Niamh Algar’s … >
The Death in Paradise spin-off kicks off this Friday, 24th February. New adventures await DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) as he trades the Caribbean sunshine for the Devonshire coast in Beyond Paradise. However, despite the idyllic surroundings, his new beat of Shipton Abbott contains plenty to keep the detective busy. Across the six-part run, there’s … >
The show comes from Nicola Shindler’s Quay Street Productions. ITV have commissioned a six-part thriller from screenwriter Mick Ford. With Sophie Rundle and Philip Glenister leading the cast, the story deals with the after effects of a devastating flood. Here’s the synopsis for the show: After the Flood is a mystery thriller set in a … >