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Ian McArdell

Shaun the Sheep

Shaun the Sheep – Aardman announce a new movie

Get ready for The Beast of Mossy Bottom in 2026. Spinning out of Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave 30 years ago, Shaun the Sheep is one of Aardman’s other enduring success stories. The mischievous woolly adventures of Shaun, Timmy and the flock have stretched through six series of stop-motion antics. A seventh is due … >

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Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife – prequel and film plans revealed

The enduring show begins filming its 15th series with a two-part Christmas Special. The mighty Call the Midwife began in 2012, and the BBC has confirmed the start of filming on series 15. The show is made for the corporation by Neal Street Productions, and is a co-production with PBS. However, they’ve also revealed wider … >

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The Bombing of Pan Am 103 – trailer & start date for the BBC/Netflix Lockerbie investigation drama

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 follows the investigators who brought the perpetrators to justice.  Updated 06/05/25: New trailer & BBC start date The BBC have dropped a trailer for their high-proflie Lockerbie drama The Bombing of Pan Am 103. The six-part series, a collaboration with Netflix, begins on Sunday 18th May, 2025. The trailer … >

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Alex Kingston as River Song, raising a champagne glass

River Song dives into Tudor intrigue for her next audio boxset

Alex Kingston’s irrepressible time traveller Professor River Song faces ‘The Dissolution of Time’. Since her audio adventures rebranded themselves as The Death and Life of River Song, River has grappled with a prequel to ‘The Ark in Space’, and found herself entangled with ‘Ace and Tegan’. For the range’s third volume however, she’s set to … >

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Bergerac - Damien Molony

Bergerac series 2 – the modern reimagining will return

Jim Bergerac is coming back for a new six-part investigation. Bergerac was a hit for U&DRAMA earlier this year, reimagining the 80s Jersey-based detective series for a modern audience. The updated version, starring Damien Molony, followed Jim Bergerac through one murder investigation across six episodes. At the same time, he was returning to work after … >

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Duster -Rachel Hilson & Josh Holloway

Duster – trailer for new J.J. Abrams crime thriller series

HBO have dropped a trailer for Duster, their new retro crime thriller from J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan. The show reunites Lost‘s Josh Holloway with Abrams, and also stars Rachel Hilson (Love, Victor). Here’s the setup: Set in the 1970s Southwest, DUSTER explores the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate … >

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Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom of the Space Security Service

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – April 2025

Here’s our April 2025 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, this month’s picks are… The Sirens of Audio – Jean Marsh Remembered The Doctor Who audiophile’s podcast turned over a whole episode to the memory of Jean Marsh who died this month. Writer Simon Guerrier joined regular hosts … >

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