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Ian McArdell

Picard Season 2 – new images and an audio drama

With the new season imminent, the show has dropped a pile of new images. Plus, there’s an audio drama coming too. With Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard just over a month away, the promotional engine has kicked up a gear. Over the weekend, a number of new images landed showing more of Picard himself, … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – January 2022

Welcome to the CultBox Podcast roundup for January 2022.  Our favourites this month have included, in no particular order… Back To One #186 – Eric Roberts The prolific Eric Roberts talks to Peter Rinaldi about his approach to acting and how he achieves such a volume of work. He’s a fascinating subject with plenty of … >

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Doctor Who: Peladon – audio boxset review

Peladon charts the history of one of the Doctor Who’s favourite planets through the ages.  It’s been fifty years since the Third Doctor and Jo first travelled to Peladon. A feudal Earth-like society, though mineral rich, it was on the cusp of membership to the Galactic Federation – though not all his people shared that … >

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Louise Jameson joins the cast of itv’s Emmerdale

The beloved former Doctor Who companion and Eastender is bound for The Woolpack.   Louise Jameson, best known to cult TV fans as the savage Leela – a companion to the Fourth Doctor – is joining the cast of itv’s long-running soap opera Emmerdale. The actress will play Mary, the mother of longstanding character Rhona Goskirk … >

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Wolf Like Me – trailer drops for Peacock’s new horror-comedy series (updated)

The show, from director Abe Forsythe, stars Josh Gad and Isla Fisher.  We’ve seen it described as a ‘supernatural dramedy’ and also genre bending, but finally Peacock’s new horror-comedy series Wolf Like Me lands this month. Starring Josh Gad (Frozen, Avenue 5) and Isla Fisher (The Wedding Crashers, Visions), it’s the tale of a mis-matched couple who … >

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Jekyll and Hyde comes to Big Finish

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella is becomes an audio drama.  After a long wait, Nicholas Briggs is bringing his adaptation of the classic gothic tale, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to Big Finish. The production first had life on the stage as a 2016 touring production, will join the their classics range … >

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The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler’s Wife – TV series launch date confirmed?

Writer Steven Moffat appears to confirm the HBO show’s premiere via Instagram.  Here at CultBox, we’ve made no secret of our excitement for Steven Moffat’s upcoming adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife. The HBO series, based on Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 award winning novel, will star Rose Leslie (Vigil) and Theo James (Sanditon) as the time-crossed … >

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