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Ian McArdell

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‘Homemade Who’ returns for 2025

Recreate your favourite Doctor Who moment from 2005-2025 to win fantastic prizes! Homemade Who is back this year, celebrating two decades since Doctor Who’s 2005 revival, to raise money and awareness for mental health charity Mind! Back during the Covid lockdowns, fans united to recreate their favourite Doctor Who moments while stuck at home for the heart-warming project. More than … >

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Murderbot – Apple TV+ prepare to unleash Alexander Skarsgård (updated)

The show’s star plays a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion.  Updated 10/04/25: Official trailer lands With the 10-part series set to debut on Apple TV+ in just over a month, the streamer has revealed a trailer for Murderbot. The show, a sci-fi thriller/comedy, follows Alexander Skarsgård as a self-hacking security construct who … >

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Doctor Who audio spin-off ‘Planet Krynoid’ is unleashed

The voracious plant life has its sights set on domination in Planet Krynoid: Nightfall from Big Finish Productions.  Updated 09/04/25: Horticulturists beware! Today makes the release of the latest Doctor Who audio spin-off Planet Krynoid. The drama unleashes the voracious plant life of the 1976’s ‘The Seeds of Doom’ on a futuristic human colony… NEW … >

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Threads – the makes of Adolescence eye a modern remake

Writer Jack Thorne’s four-part drama Adolescence has been making waves for its thought-provoking look at the aftermath of a shocking murder. From Prime Ministerial comments to Netflix’s commitment to make the show available to schools, it’s another example, like Mr Bates vs The Post Office, of how television drama can make people sit up and listen. … >

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The Black Forest Murders – BBC picks up German mini-series

The BBC have acquired the four-part German drama The Black Forest Murders for BBC Four and the iPlayer.  The show combines two real-life criminal cases from 2016 in southern Baden into a gripping fictional police drama, focusing on the credible portrayal of the investigative work. Here’s the setup: A young woman is missing. After an intensive … >

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The Death and Life of River Song: Ace and Tegan audio box set review

River Song meets two of her husband’s best friends, Ace and Tegan, in a time-twisting four-part adventure. With her own capacity to time-travel, Professor River Song (Alex Kingston) encountered three Doctors on screen, and has met more on audio since. However, her latest adventure brings her into contact with two of the Doctor’s former travelling … >

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Two Weeks in August – BBC announce cast of new holiday drama

The series stars Jessica Raine and Damien Molony.  The BBC have announced the casting for Two Weeks in August, a new drama series from writer Catherine Shepherd (Sally4Ever). The series, which it describes as “a witty and painfully relatable,” follows a group of friends who reconnect and uncover more about themselves and each other than … >

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Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright tour

Inside No. 9 play Stage/Fright is going on tour

After successful run in the West End, Inside No. 9‘s Stage/Fright has announced that it is going to tour.  Stage/Fright‘s time at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre has just drawn to a close after a sold out 12-week run. However, the good news is that the Olivier Award nominated show, which stars Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, is … >

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