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Ian McArdell

Triffids! A new innovative take on the John Wyndham classic

The Triffids are coming in a new stage production (and audio drama) as Platform 4’s show tours the UK. Humanity beware, there’s a new outbreak of monstrous vegetation throughout the country! A new production which adapts John Wyndham’s classic novel The Day of the Triffids into an immersive stage show has arrived. Triffids! features a … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – February 2022

Welcome to the CultBox Podcast Roundup for February 2022.  Our favourite podcasts this month in the worlds of film and tv have included, in no particular order… The Two Shot Podcast, S9 Ep11 – Arthur Darvill Craig Parkinson speaks to Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who, Broadchurch, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow). The wide-ranging conversation takes in his … >

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Henry Lincoln – Doctor Who writer, film-maker & historian 1930 – 2022

With his writing partner Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln introduced the Brigadier and the Yeti to Doctor Who.  Over the weekend, the sad news reached us that Henry Lincoln has died, aged 91. In the 1960s, he helped create one of Doctor Who‘s enduring allies: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. However, the following decade took his career in a … >

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Outer Range – first look at Josh Brolin’s new genre-bending Western

Billed as a thrilling fable, Outer Range blends wry humour and a supernatural mystery.  Promising a Western with a twist, Amazon Studios have released details of their upcoming series Outer Range. Starring John Brolin, it’s the tale of a rancher which spins off into the supernatural. Here’s the synopsis for Outer Range: Outer Range centers … >

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Upload – Season 2 trailer and catch-up video (updated)

Updated 24/02/22 – Prime Video have released a trailer for Upload Season 2, ahead of its March release.  Upload returns and we have a trailer… A psychiatrist with a canine avatar? MindFrisk? Bicep inflation? Plus those terrifying proto-tykes! It looks like Upload is really upping its digital game, as well as placing an Ingrid shaped … >

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Stonehouse – Matthew Macfadyen & Keeley Hawes together in itv drama

Based on real life events, Matthew Macfadyen will play the disgraced Labour minister John Stonehouse.  itv have announced the commissioning of Stonehouse, a drama based on the life and times of the disgraced Labour politician. In November 1947, John Stonehouse, a high-flying member of Harold Wilson’s Government, vanished from a Florida beach. Leaving a neatly … >

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Vienna Blood – Season 3 commissioned

The period crime drama will return for a third run, with filming due to start in March.  Fans of Vienna Blood can celebrate, as the 1900s set crime series is coming back for a further run of episodes. The show, created by Steve Thompson (Doctor Who, Sherlock) and based on the Liebermann Papers stories by Frank Tallis, … >

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