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Ian McArdell

The Tower

The Tower 3 – Gallowstree Lane has started filming

The third run of the show will adapt the novel Gallowstree Lane. We’ve yet to see the second series of The Tower, it lands later this month, but ITV have already confirmed that series 3 is filming. Based on Kate London’s third novel following DS Collins and her team, The Tower 3 – Gallowstree Lane … >

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Ahsoka – character posters for the new Star Wars series

Ahead of the series launch, Lucasfilm have dropped images of the series’ principals.  We’re only a couple of weeks out from Star Wars: Ahsoka, the latest live-action series to land on Disney+. This one follows the fan-favourite Jedi, who began her adventures in The Clone Wars and Rebels animated shows. In recent years, she has … >

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The Woman in the Wall

The Woman in the Wall – first-look images from new gothic thriller

The show, a psychologically and emotionally compelling detective story, stars Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack.  With The Woman in the Wall billed as coming soon, the BBC have released a series of first-look images. Starring Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials) and Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters), the gothic thriller comes from writer Joe Murtagh. The story … >

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Pull To Open – interview with Paul Hayes, the writer of the ‘inside story’ on Doctor Who’s genesis

Pull To Open: 1962–1963: The Inside Story of how the BBC created and launched Doctor Who is out now.  Writer and broadcaster Paul Hayes is no stranger to the arcane world of television show development. In 2021, his excellent book The Long Game painstakingly pieced together Doctor Who‘s complicated journey back to our screens in … >

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Ghosts UK to get a US airing on CBS

In a surprising twist of fate, American views are getting a run of the UK version of the show.  The glorious Ghosts continues to be a homegrown sitcom delight, with its fifth and final series airing later this year. Starring Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe as Alison and Mike, who inherit the tumbledown Button House, … >

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Those About To Die – Prime Video picks up international rights

The show comes from producer/director Roland Emmerich, based on the book of the same name.  Fans of bloody gladiatorial combat rejoice! Via THR, we’ve learned that Those About To Die is coming to Prime Video. Commissioned by US streamer Peacock, the show draws on the same non-fiction text as the movie Gladiator. Across 10 episodes, … >

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The Ninth Doctor Adventures continue with Travel in Hope (updated)

Christopher Eccleston’s next box set of audio adventures promises an encounter with Alpha Centauri. Updated 03/08/23: The audio adventures of the Ninth Doctor continue today with three more stories, released under the title Travel in Hope. To celebrate its arrival, producers Big Finish have released another of their special video trailers. This one leans towards … >

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Paranormal: The Girl, The Ghosts and The Gravestone

Paranormal – new BBC Three documentary series

Paranormal: The Girl, The Ghost and The Gravestone investigates a Welsh farmhouse widely considered to be the most haunted house in Britain.  In a joint commission between BBC Three and BBC Wales, Radio 1 presenter Sian Eleri sets out to investigate a seemingly ordinary farmhouse in north Wales. In the late 1990s, Penyffordd Farm was … >

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