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Ian McArdell

The Day of the Jackal - Eddie Redmayne

The Day of the Jackal – official trailer

The retelling of the classic thriller stars Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch and Ursula Corberó.  Updated 10/10/24: Ahead of its November launch, Sky have dropped the full trailer for The Day of the Jackal. The series, re-imagining Frederick Forsyth’s thriller as a 10-part television show, stars Eddie Redmayne (Fantastic Beasts) and Lashana Lynch (No Time To Die). … >

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Culprits & Welcome to Chippendales

ITVX picks up ‘Culprits’ and ‘Chippendales’ from Disney

Both series will be available on the free-to-air streamer later this year. ITV have announced that they are adding two more Disney shows to ITVX before the end of 2024. The free-to-air streamer has previously made room for the superpowered flat share comedy Extraordinary and true-crime drama Under the Banner of Heaven, making them available … >

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Jeff Goldblum as Zeus in KAOS

KAOS – cancelled after one season at Netflix

The modern retelling of Greek myth was led by Jeff Goldblum as Zeus. Despite only launching at the end of August, the fickle finger of fate (or rather Netflix) has called time on KAOS. The clever and irreverent reinterpretation of Greek myth by Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World) played out in a … >

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Obi-Wan Kenobi - Ewan McGregor

Obi-Wan Kenobi – Ewan McGregor talks up a second series

Hello there (again?) Is Ewan McGregor about to dust off his Jedi robes one more time? In 2022, Ewan McGregor reprised his version of Obi-Wan Kenobi for a Disney+ mini-series of the same name. Set between the end of Revenge of the Sith and the start of A New Hope, the show saw the retired … >

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Sugar

Sugar – Colin Farrell’s detective show gets a second season

Apple TV+ have announced a season two for Colin Farrell’s noir detective series Sugar.  While the star is currently busting up Gotham City under a ton of prosthetics as The Penguin, he also has another show where you can see a bit more of his face. Sugar sees the star as a detective, investigating the … >

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Bullseye

ITV to revive the darts quiz Bullseye

‘You can’t beat a bit of Bully!’  With proof that everything old is new again, ITV have just confirmed the revival of the darts-based quiz Bullseye for a Christmas Special. The show was a hybrid test of darts skills and general knowledge with teams made up of an amateur darts player and a quizzer. Hosted by … >

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Cyberman from Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet (1966)

Genesis of the Cybermen – Big Finish announce Doctor Who Lost Story

The audio drama draws on the ideas of the Cybermen co-creator Gerry Davis.  The Fifth Doctor met the Cybermen on television in the fateful ‘Earthshock.’ However, before that storyline became a fixed point in Doctor Who history, an alternative idea explored the origins of the metal men from Mondas. While the Cybermen were first introduced in … >

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Citadel: Diana - teaser image of Matilda De Angelis

Citadel: Diana – new action clip for Italian Citadel spin-off

The first Citadel spin-off is the Italian series Citadel: Diana starring Matilda De Angelis.  Updated 03/10/24: A further teaser action-packed teaser. With just a week to go, Prime Video have dropped a two-minute extract from the long-awaited Citadel: Diana. The preview clip, set at Scilly’s Cretto di Gibellina, sees Diana tracking down a target who flees … >

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