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Here’s our June 2024 Podcast Roundup – what we’ve been listening to in the worlds of CultBox. In no particular order, our picks this month are… The Gaby Roslin Podcast: Laura Checkley Gaby spent time in the company of actor Laura Checkley, star of Detectorists, King Gary and Screw. The chat ran through her career, … >
The star of The Walking Dead returns to British television for a new 6-part thriller. Andrew Lincoln has achieved global success battling zombies as Rick Grimes but his television roots lie back in Blighty. The star first found fame in the influential 90s drama This Life, before being in the initial cast of Teachers. Now, … >
A pair of Succession creatives will lead the action at Hogwarts. Back in April 2023, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Discovery had plans to extend their dormant Harry Potter franchise into the world of television. With talk of a decade of television, the apparent idea is to adapt the books into a series that’s … >
Harry Sullivan and Naomi Cross enjoy three more adventures with the Tom Baker’s Doctor. Flexing the format a little, the latest Fourth Doctor audio boxset contains three 2-part adventures. The first brings the Doctor face to face with the Toymaker, albeit in a new different form. The second is a fantastical affair – a celebrity … >
The show, adapted from the French series Astrid and Raphaelle, stars Laura Fraser and Ella Maisy Purvis. Channel 4 have announced a new police crime series, Patience, from Eagle Eye Drama (Professor T). The six-part drama follows the story of a young autistic woman who’s a self-taught criminologist. Ella Maisy Purvis (Malpractice) is Patience Evans, while … >
Two of Star Wars‘ leading ladies star in the adaptation of Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel. Apple TV+ are continuing to chew through literary fiction like it’s going out of fashion. Their latest show adapts Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman’s 2019 thriller. The story focuses on the disappearance of a Black woman in the 1960s … >
The Rogue One prequel series is bringing back familiar faces for its second (and final) season. We’ve long known that Star Wars: Andor is a limited affair, with the show’s second season crafted to feed into the Episode IV prequel movie Rogue One. The story follows Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor, the pilot destined to accompany … >
Tensions run high in the kitchen as The Bear returns. Updated 25/06/24: Season 3 to be released a few hours earlier. If, like us, you’re hungrily awaiting the new season of The Bear, there’s some good news. For reasons unspecified, the show’s stateside release date has shifted up to the evening of Wednesday 26th June. Yes, … >
Channel 4 have set a date for The Great season 3 – it returns on Monday, 8th July, having dropped stateside on Hulu in May. The show is an alternative historical satire which based on the life of Catherine the Great of Russia. Elle Fanning stars as Catherine, with Nicholas Hoult as her husband Emperor … >
Hiddleston reprises his role as Jonathan Pine as the world of The Night Manager continues eight years later… Updated 24/06/24: The BBC confirm returning cast, including Olivia Colman. With the return of The Night Manager underway, the BBC have now revealed a number of principal cast members. Tom Hiddleston was previously announced, so the big … >