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Ian McArdell

Colin from Accounts

Colin from Accounts – BBC acquires Series 2

The hit Australian comedy about a mis-matched couple brought together by an injured dog will return. Since its UK launch in April 2023, the heartwarming Colin from Accounts has been a hit for the BBC. As well as impressive ratings, the show has been critically well received. An Australian import, the story follows Ashley and … >

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Black Snow

Black Snow – BBC picks up Australian crime drama

A cold case is reopened when new evidence comes to light in a school time-capsule. The BBC has acquired Australian crime drama Black Snow. The six-part series stars Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Jemmason Power, Talijah Blackman-Corowa, Eden Cassady, Seini Willett and Gulliver McGrath (Dark Shadows, Lincoln). Here’s the synopsis: A small-town Australian high-school gathers for the … >

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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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Star Wars: Ahsoka poster

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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William Hartnell as The Doctor

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 Series 4

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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