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Save The Cinema Samantha Morton

Save the Cinema first look image revealed

Sky has unveiled a first-look image of Samantha Morton in the Sky Original film Save The Cinema They’ve also provided a lot of detail on the story: Inspired by the extraordinary real-life events sparked by tenacious hairdresser Liz Evans (Samantha Morton), Save The Cinema illustrates how the resolve of a small Welsh town, inspired by … >

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Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road is returning to the BBC

Waterloo Road returns to the BBC The new series of will be set and made in Greater Manchester and produced by Wall To Wall (The Windermere Children, Man In Room 301, New Tricks) in co-production with Rope Ladder Fiction, the new Manchester-based label from Cameron Roach, who executive produced the previous series of Waterloo Road in … >

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Netflix Golden Ticket Roald Dahl

Netflix buys Roald Dahl Story Company

Netflix buys Roald Dahl Story Company — what might that mean? Subject to final ratification from various external parties, we have the news Netflix buys Roald Dahl Story Company. We see this is a strategic move, bolstering the portfolio and bringing a strong brand to the company. It bodes well for a lot of new … >

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Steven Pinker Think With Pinker

Think With Pinker comes to BBC Radio 4 this November

New 12-part series Think With Pinker comes to BBC Radio 4 later this year In a new 12-part Radio 4 series and podcast, Think With Pinker, world–renowned psychologist Professor Steven Pinker examines how we can harness rational thinking to help us see the world more clearly. The series will explore questions such as: Whether we should … >

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BBC Three is back

BBC Three is back (probably) — Ofcom says ‘Yes… but’

BBC Three is back and will be broadcast again from January 2022. Probably. We explain… Ofcom has agreed (in principle) with the BBC’s plan to bring BBC Three back to broadcast viewers in January 2022. You can follow the Ofcom process on their website, and today the focus is on the latest update: As required … >

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Wilderness

Wilderness — Amazon greenlights Marnie Dickens adaptation

Amazon greenlights Marnie Dickens thriller Wilderness First reported on The Knowledge, screenwriter Marnie Dickens (Thirteen, Ripper Street) has adapted the novel Wilderness by BE Jones. What is Wilderness about? The précis of the novel is: A dream road trip turned dark nightmare __________________________ Two weeks, 1,500 miles and three opportunities for her husband to save his own life It … >

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Show Me The Honey!

Show Me The Honey! — new beekeeping challenge coming to CBBC

Coming later this month is Show Me The Honey! a new beekeeping challenge coming to the BBC Show Me the Honey! follows wanna-be beekeepers as they learn everything there is to know about caring for a hive. [It also wins the CultBox New Title of the Day award] With bee enthusiast Maddie Moate at the helm, the … >

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TUDUM trailer and lineup

TUDUM trailer and full lineup revealed for Netflix fan event

The TUDUM trailer is here, as well as a list of those taking part far too long to reproduce here in full September 25 sees the first Netflix TUDUM a global fan event covering a wide range of series. Since the announcement, there’s now a trailer as well as a (vast) lineup. We bring you just … >

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