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The Mighty Boosh’s Julian Barratt joins Extraordinary, and Derek Jacobi cameos too. Extraordinary is a delightfully down to earth super-powers comedy which landed last year and we were thrilled to see it score a recommission. Screening on Hulu in the US and Disney+ elsewhere, it takes place in a world where most manifest abilities as … >
In his tenth box set on audio, Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor relishes his adventures as he endeavours to Travel in Hope. This trio of tales involves a haunted teleport relay, a spaceship depot murder mystery and the first steps of an old friend’s galactic career. Below There This story takes inspiration from Charles Dickens’ ‘The Signal-Man’, … >
Author AA Dhand will adapt his own Virdee detective novels for the BBC. The BBC have a new detective series forthcoming, with Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who, Wolf) taking the lead role of Detective Harry Virdee. The show was announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Spotlight on the BBC session. Set in Bradford, writer AA Dhand … >
The book promises Julian’s campaign promises, Lady Button’s Rules of Etiquette and more… As we approach the show’s fifth and final series, the creators of Ghosts have written a book. It’s a weighty looking tome titled, The Button House Archives and promises contributions from all the BBC sitcom’s spectral characters. Here’s the blurb: Everybody leaves … >
Look What He Made Her Do – Prime confirms a September launch date for Wilderness Ahead of its 15th September debut, Prime Video have debuted a teaser for their twisted new psychological thriller Wilderness. Based on the novel by B.E. Jones, Wilderness is described as a “… twisted love story, where a dream holiday and … >
The Orphan Quartet concludes the regular River Song audio series after twelve volumes. Since her last appearance with the Doctor in ‘The Husbands of River Song’, Alex Kingston has led her own audio series for Big Finish. Today, they publish the final chapter of The Diary of River Song. Across twelve volumes, River has encounter … >
The highly anticipated adaptation of Rick Riordian’s blockbuster book series arrives for Christmas. It’s been a long time coming, but the first season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will be with us on 20th December 2023. The show adapts the bestselling book series for the streamer, beginning with the first novel Percy Jackson and … >
The fourth instalment of Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary series is Once and Future: Two’s Company. It’s the wildest combination of characters yet, as the Sixth Doctor encounters Jackie Tyler, Lady Christina and an older Harry Sullivan… but is it a smorgasbord or just a trifle? Once and Future’s fourth adventure begins with the … >
We now have all the details about the forthcoming two-hour, full-cast “audio movie”. Released this October, ‘The House That Wasn’t Haunted’ continues the audible terrors of The Omega Factor. Audio producers Big Finish revived the supremely scary 1970s series back in 2015, to follow the work of Department 7. Since then, Louise Jameson, who plays … >
As the post-War Games Second Doctor continues to work for the Time Lords, he’s reunited with his former travelling companion – the hairy-legged highlander James Robert McCrimmon. Across three 2-part stories, the pair take on missions for the Time Lords including an undercover visit to a health resort and a planet shrouded in darkness. Jamie … >