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Tony Jones

October Horror Channel premieres

October Horror Channel premieres to enjoy

The October Horror Channel premieres have been revealed — and there’s plenty to look forward to Horror Channel has seven weekend primetime premieres line up for October, including, at 9pm on Sunday nights, the UK TV premiere of Brad Peyton’s supernatural thriller Incarnate, starring Aaron Eckhart, and the channel premieres of David Cronenberg’s erotic psychological … >

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette — BBC acquires new take on the tale

BBC Two and iPlayer has acquired the eight-part historical drama, Marie Antoinette, from Banijay Rights Created and written by Deborah Davis (The Favourite), Marie Antoinette tells the story of the incredibly modern and avant-garde young queen who was barely 14 years old when she left Austria to marry the Dauphin of France. Free, independent and … >

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James Suspect stars in Suspect

Suspect — James Nesbitt leads a host of stars in new drama

James Nesbitt, Joely Richardson, Richard E Grant, Anne-Marie Duff, Antonia Thomas, Niamh Algar, Sacha Dhawan, Sam Heughan and Ben Miller cast in Channel 4’s thrilling new drama, Suspect (w/t) Channel 4 has commissioned an eight-part crime thriller Suspect (w/t) from Eagle Eye Drama (Before We Die, Professor T). It is an adaptation of the original … >

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Untitled The Boys Spinoff

Untitled The Boys Spinoff finally gets the greenlight from Amazon

We’ve been talking about this show for what seems like months (and probably is) and finally Untitled The Boys Spinoff [not the snappiest title, but it might grow on us] gets the green light from Amazon Amazon Studios has ordered a new series spinoff of The Boys, the Emmy-nominated subversive superhero drama from Sony Pictures Television. The … >

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Museum of Curiosity Holly Walsh

Museum of Curiosity appoints Holly Walsh

Writer and comedian Holly Walsh will join co-host John Lloyd for a new series of The Museum Of Curiosity beginning Monday 18 October on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds Holly and John will preside over a fresh haul of exhibits submitted from an array of guests including comedians Daliso Chaponda, Evelyn Mok, Catherine Bohart, Rosie … >

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Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder

Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder exhibition to tour the UK

Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science meets Fiction will be touring the UK from May 2022, with further international tours dates being planned Ready to learn about the science behind Doctor Who? BBC Studios and Sarner International today announce a brand new exhibition, Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science meets Fiction. The exhibit will … >

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Between the Covers with Sara Cox

Between the Covers with Sara Cox back for series 3

Cast and the six new book picks are revealed as Sara Cox returns for the third series of the BBC’s book club for the nation Between the Covers Sara Cox returns as host, and is joined in each episode by a panel of four famous guests to discuss a newly-published book which deserves to be put … >

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Night School Studio

Night School Studio acquired by Netflix to ramp up gaming

Netflix expands its games team with the acquisition of Night School Studio Netflix has strengthened its games team and also reaffirmed its vision of how it will add gaming to the platform: We’ll continue working with developers around the world and hiring the best talent in the industry to deliver a great collection of exclusive … >

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Parminder Nagra DI Ray

DI Ray — new ITV crime drama starring Parminder Nagra announced

ITV has commissioned new Maya Sondhi penned crime drama DI Ray, starring Parminder Nagra as Detective Inspector Rachita Ray DI Ray is a four-part drama written by Line of Duty actress and screenwriter Maya Sondhi (Mount Pleasant, The Kumars, Ackley Bridge, EastEnders) and produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television (Bloodlands). Jed Mercurio (Line of Duty, … >

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Living with Artificial Intelligence

Living with Artificial Intelligence — this year’s Reith Lectures

The theme of this year’s Reith Lectures is Living with Artificial Intelligence, and will be given by Stuart Russell Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and founder of the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence at the University of California, Berkeley will be the 2021 BBC Reith Lecturer. Russell will deliver four lectures this autumn, which will … >

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