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Ian McArdell

Dunk and Egg stars Peter Claffy & Dexter Sol Ansell

Dunk and Egg casts its leads

The Game of Thrones spin off moves towards production.  With all the focus on the fiery action of House of the Dragon, which lands its second series in June, it’s easy to forget that there’s another Game of Thrones related show in the offing. “Dunk and Egg”,  more properly known as A Knight of the … >

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Stars of Bad Tidings - Chris McCausland and Lee Mack

Bad Tidings – Sky release details of this year’s festive special

Chris McCausland and Lee Mack lead the cast of a mischievous Christmas comedy.  Given that its April, it’s naturally time to start getting excited about this year’s Christmas telly. In the past couple of years, Sky have delivered festive one-off dramas such as The Heist Before Christmas and The Amazing Mr Blunden. For 2024, comic … >

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Return to Paradise - Anna Samson as McKenzie Clark with a canine friend

Return to Paradise – Australian ‘Death in Paradise’ spin off begins filming

The show takes the murders and mojitos formula Down Under.  As filming begins, the BBC have revealed a first look at the detective who leads Australian investigations in Return to Paradise. The show transplants the familiar Death in Paradise format to locations across Sydney and the idyllic Illawarra coastal region. In a long-anticipated move, Return to … >

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Uncanny USA – Danny Robins takes his investigations stateside

This spring, Danny Robins expands the reach of his hit paranormal investigations series.  The show, which began on BBC Radio 4 in 2021 and has since made the leap to television, will now look into unnerving tales of paranormal experiences drawn from across the US. Here’s what we know about Uncanny USA: The supernatural investigative … >

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Big Finish’s Dark Gallifrey audio saga begins with Morbius

Dark Gallifrey’s first trilogy focusses on the fallen Time Lord President Morbius.  The highly-anticipated Dark Gallifrey series launches today, with a four-year mission to explore evil renegades of the Doctor’s own race. The first trilogy in the saga focusses on Morbius, with the former Time Lord President and warmonger once again brought to life by … >

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Doctor Who: Classic Doctors New Monsters Volume 4 audio review

Four classic Doctors take on monstrous creations from the mind of Moffat in Classic Doctors New Monsters 4: Broken Memories.  Across their countless adventures, the Doctor often runs into foes they have met before. Classic Doctors, New Monsters gloriously exploits this fact by imperilling pre-2005 Doctors with threats from the modern series. As the range … >

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Romeo and Juliet: Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and Tom Holland

Romeo & Juliet – Cast for Tom Holland’s West End run revealed

He’ll be joined by Doctor Who’s Freema Agyeman playing the Nurse.  The full cast has now been released for Jamie Lloyd’s sold out upcoming production of Romeo & Juliet. It stars Spider-Man Tom Holland and newcomer Francesca Amewudah-Rivers in the lead roles. The play is coming to London’s The Duke of York’s Theatre for a … >

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Katy Manning in front of a microphone

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – March 2024

Happy Easter! Here’s our March 2024 Podcast Roundup – what we’ve been listening to in the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, the picks this month are… They Like to Watch: Little Wigs Abound! And Russell T Davies (DOCTOR WHO) Sara Barron and Geoff Lloyd’s television watcher’s podcast hosts Russell T Davies. There’s plenty … >

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Joanna Lumley and David McCallum as Sapphire & Steel

Sapphire & Steel are reassigned – to download

Audio dramas based on the classic sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire & Steel are now available again from Big Finish Productions.  “All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and … >

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