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Coronation Street is continuing its tradition for bringing in funny men for a series of guest appearances. Following in the footsteps of Peter Kay, Paddy McGuinness, and Norman Wisdom, another much-loved comic is making his way to Weatherfield to guest in Coronation St. Jim Moir, best known under the stage name Vic Reeves, will be joining the show for … >
Twin Peaks is back! As promised, after 25 years, the band is back together and as weird as ever. Twin Peaks’ success, all those years ago, went a long way to shaping a lot of the television – and television fandom – we see today. The off-kilter, creepy backwoods Americana tapped into by David Lynch and … >
The BBC has offered up two chunks of insight into the making of the latest Doctor Who episode, ‘Extremis’. The galleries, which you can find here and here, show shots from the filming of the show – with director Daniel Nettheim working through scenes on location and on-set – and production art for the episode, including … >
The maker of Broadchurch and Humans is bringing a new drama to Sky Atlantic. Here’s the first trailer for Tin Star. Production company Kudos, which is also behind Grantchester, is bringing Tin Star to Sky Atlantic, starring the ever-engaging Tim Roth. Written by Rowan Joffe (28 Weeks Later, Before I Go To Sleep), Tin Star is set in the Canadian Rockies, … >
A Very English Scandal, Russell T Davies’ upcoming BBC One drama telling the story of Jeremy Thorpe, has cast a quintessentially English actor in its lead role.
A fair bit of mystery has surrounded surrounded Samantha Spiro’s role in ‘Doctor Who’, but the latest episode offers us a little clue. A little while ago you may have seen reports that Samatha Spiro, known to Game Of Thrones fans as Melessa Tarlay, would be appearing in the new season of Doctor Who. Well now, … >
The striking Doctor Who episode ‘Oxygen’ all started with a single email… Writer Jamie Mathieson has taken to his personal website to illuminate just a little of the work that went into creating the episode ‘Oxygen’. He’s shared the text of the original treatment email he sent to Steven Moffat – a mail that started what he calls the … >
The duo are planning to resurrect their anarchic ‘Big Night Out’ stage show for a BBC Two special. Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out will revisit the Vic Reeves’ Big Night Out template that made the pair’s name after it developed a cult audience over on Channel 4 in the early 90s. It, in itself, was a distillation of … >
The official Doctor Who Twitter account just released this video from Saturday’s upcoming episode, ‘Extremis’… And you can see it here. If you want to go into ‘Extremis’ completely unspoiled, don’t look, but it doesn’t give too much away.
The Spaced, Hot Fuzz and Sean of The Dead star is set to bring classic Children’s TV character Captain Pugwash to the big screen. Having put in a turn as Santa Claus in Doctor Who‘s 2014 Christmas Special, ‘Last Christmas’, Nick Frost is set to bring another portly character beloved of children – we were … >