Articles by:

Ian McArdell

Reacher Season 3

Reacher – Season 3 full trailer lands

Jack Reacher faces his biggest challenge yet.  Updated 09/02/25: Prime reveal a full two-minute trailer for the new season of Reacher. We’ve known for a while that season 3 of Reacher is landing in February. The show, already commissioned for a fourth outing and with a spin-off in the works too, was Prime Video’s most viewed … >

Posted Filed under
The Dry series 2

The Dry – third series confirmed as the second lands on itv1

Shiv Sheridan returns as the family face their biggest challenge yet.  ITV has confirmed that its critically acclaimed comedy-drama The Dry is progressing to a third series. The show has been streamed over 8 million times across its first two runs on itvx. The Dry follows recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan (Roisin Gallagher) in her attempts … >

Posted Filed under
Doomwatch

Doomwatch TV series is coming to Talking Pictures

The 1970s series followed a team who investigated environmental and technological dangers. Back in 2021, we were excited to report that the Doomwatch film was coming to Talking Pictures TV. Now, the archive broadcaster has announced that it is about to begin airing the original television series. Featuring John Paul, Simon Oates and Robert Powell, Doomwatch followed … >

Posted Filed under
Doctor Who - The Quintessence cover art crop

The Third Doctor Adventures – ‘The Quintessence’ audio review

The Doctor and Jo Jones face the original Cybermen from the doomed planet of Mondas.  Pitting the Third Doctor against the Cybermen is always something special, as we didn’t see them during Pertwee era. While it’s happened before on audio, ‘The Quintessence’ offers an intriguing new spin; rather than the robotic sounding creatures who evolved … >

Posted Filed under
The Franchise

The Franchise – HBO calls time on its superhero satire

The show chronicled the chaotic off-screen world behind a superhero franchise movie.  First out of the gates with New Year cancellation news, Deadline report that The Franchise won’t have a second season. The comedy was a collaboration between creator/executive producer Jon Brown (Succession), and executive producers Sam Mendes and Sam Mende. It told the story … >

Posted Filed under
Wednesday - Jenna Ortega

Netflix trails its big three for 2025

Stranger Things 5, Squid Game 3 and Wednesday 2 are all incoming this year.  Now that we are firmly ensconced in 2025, Netflix have taken to social media to trumpet a trio of the year’s biggest shows on the streamer. Your 3 favourite shows are coming back this year. Welcome to 2025. pic.twitter.com/mjTZHJBR53 — Netflix … >

Posted Filed under
The Americas - a bison

The Americas – BBC pick up the Tom Hanks narrated nature series

The 10-part nature series is scored by Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer.  The BBC have picked up a new ten-part nature documentary series: The Americas. The show comes from its own BBC Studios Natural History Unit, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio. Deploying some top tier Hollywood talent, Tom Hanks narrates The Americas and Hans … >

Posted Filed under

Doctor Who’s Jago & Litefoot return for a new Audio Novel

The fan-favourite infernal investigators star in The Lord of Misrule with the Fourth Doctor and Romana I. Professor George Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago were two unlikely characters thrown together by the events of 1977’s ‘The Talons of Weng Chiang’. On paper, the Victorian pair had little in common – Litefoot is a pathologist, while … >

Posted Filed under