A Narnia Christmas for 2026?

A Narnia Christmas for 2026? Here’s what we know

Will Netflix really bring us a Narnia Christmas for 2026 A few months ago, we reported on filming for the Greta Gerwin (Barbie) adaptation of CS Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew. The intention is this may become the first in a Narnia franchise for Netflix. As it’s the Christmas season, and given The Lion, The Witch and … >

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Seven Returning Shows for 2026

Seven returning shows not to miss in 2026

Seven returning shows we think you should watch in 2026 As one does this time of year, we drew up a list of shows we’re looking forward to in 2026. These are all returning shows, as opposed to new titles. And yes, no doubt we’ve left off some obvious titles and have tried to go … >

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Highlights from 2025

Highlights from 2025 — six shows from a long list

What were the highlights from 2025 — here’s just six of the great shows we’ve watched We’ve covered the many crime shows we watched in 2025, now we turn to the so-called big shows. Here’s six of the more prominent titles — we could have easily listed more. This includes the excellent Pluribus, which hadn’t finished its run … >

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A dozen crime shows

A dozen crime shows returning in 2026

A dozen crime shows returning in 2026 to look forward to We thought we’d look ahead at the various crime shows returning to our screens in 2026. We stopped at a dozen, then realised even that was too much. We thought we’d list them all then focus on a few. Our dozen crime shows returning … >

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Big Finish Doctor Who 2025 collage of covers

Big Finish 2025 – our top Doctor Who audio stories

It’s been another busy year in the universe of Doctor Who audio drama.. Big Finish Productions have been producing officially licenced Doctor Who stories on audio since 1999 and cater for most eras of the show. From William Hartnell right up to Jodie Whittaker, the stories feature many of the series’ original cast, reprising their … >

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Returning crime shows 2025

Returning crime shows we enjoyed in 2025

We picked a few (eight) returning crime shows we enjoyed in 2025 — did we include your favourites? It’s a good time to be a fan of crime shows, particularly in the UK if you like the more cozy end of the scale. We’ve collected some of the shows we’ve enjoyed once more this year … >

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New Crime shows we enjoyed in 2025

New crime shows we enjoyed 2025 — did we list yours

Here’s our pick of the new crime shows we watched in 2025 — there were quite a few Christmas means time to reflect on the year about to end. We watched more programmes than we can readily remember, but the following seven did impress us and we hope for more (and in many cases will … >

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Shedites

Shedites — the surprise Christmas hit for the BBC this year?

Will Shedites be the surprise Christmas hit for the 2025 Holiday Season on the BBC? The BBC recently revealed its huge lineup for the holiday season. Among all the obvious shows and films many of us are sure to watch, we noticed a single 30′ show. Shedites. It has a simple one-line description: …set in and around … >

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Murder Before Evensong season 2 yes or no

Murder Before Evensong season 2 — will it happen?

Will there be a Murder Before Evensong season 2 — we certainly hope so, but is our optimism misplaced In this cutthroat world of modern television production, many ostensibly good series with potential don’t make it far enough to fully develop. The cost of production needs to balance audience numbers (the BBC may be less … >

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