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 … >
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 … >
Ncuti Gatwa’s departure & Billie Piper’s arrival made instant headlines, including on the BBC News website. At the end of season 2, Doctor Who achieved the closest the show has ever got to a surprise regeneration. Usually, due to production cycles and casting announcements, viewers are in the know well in advance of the change. Matt … >
Do you like to binge your shows, or do you prefer to watch a series released weekly? It’s a perennial topic of discussion amongst commentators — Netflix may have grown (see this article for history) on the back of the demand for binge-watching, but are the days of big boxset releases numbered? We think a … >
Netflix earnings figures have disappointed many observers, and the streamer is called-our for ‘losing momentum’. Even with the impact of the pandemic, it’s clear things have changed, but we see that as continued Netflix evolution at work We been mulling over the Netflix quarterly earnings (which you can find on their corporate site) and debated … >
While we wait for season 6, we explore the idea Lucifer becomes The Good Place as Hell is reinvented WARNING — A lot of SPOILERS for the second half of Lucifer season 5 are covered. No more warnings! While the two shows appear very different, there is an amount of overlap in that both cover the … >
The age-old debate: are movies generally fictional, or is there some truth to them? While most people who ask this question focus on movies based on books or movies based on historical events, there is a need to look at whether movies based on gambling are accurate. I say this because most people’s first encounter … >
While fans wait for news of the delayed Lucifer Season 5B, and react to the various bits of gossip coming from those involved on the show, we also know it’s been given a Season 6 and that will be it. With all those episodes to choose from and all the story lines still in flight, we … >
When Doctor Who returned in 2005, the roles of Script Editor and Producer had changed. The Script Editor was no longer a creative role, and was now about storytelling logic, continuity and liaising between writers and the production team. The Show Runner (who was also an Executive Producer) was the main creative force, commissioning stories, … >
1980s Doctor Who had some bold stories – and Andrew Cartmel was one of the big reasons why…