Nearing 70, Danish director Gabriel Axel decided to think big and directed one of the greatest European movies ever made, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Set in a remote 19th Danish century village, Babette’s Feast stars Stéphane Audran in the title role as French refugee Babette Hersant, taken in by two … >
Any of the fuddiest of duddies who say kids’ TV is in a doldrums of creativity and talent should head over to CBBC these days. Aside from a criminal lack of Gordon the Gopher, the channel has been on strong form of late, with a roster of drama and comedy including Wolfblood, Wizards vs Aliens, Harriet’s … >
Samuel Anderson makes his debut as new recurring Doctor Who character Danny Pink in this weekend’s episode. Written by Phil Ford (‘The Waters of Mars’) and Steven Moffat, ‘Into the Dalek’ airs at 7.30pm on Satuday 30 August on BBC One. Here’s everything we know so far about Danny Pink… Samuel Anderson has acted … >
What was it about? First shown on 3 September 2004, Green Wing revolves around the staff of East Hampton Hospital. Caroline Todd starts work in the Hospital as a Surgeon and promptly becomes one side of a love triangle between the witty Dr. “Mac” Macartney and vain anaesthetist Guy Secretan. Alongside the central trio we … >
After an eyebrow cameo in the 50th anniversary special, a kidney-based regeneration scene at Christmas and a rather long wait, the Twelfth Doctor has arrived. Spiky, sharp-suited and definitely more of a window than a door man, the universe had better watch out. Buy Season 8 on DVD on Amazon. Buy Season 8 on Blu-ray … >
Deep breath…. and release. Peter Capaldi’s Doctor has finally made it to the screen, and if there is one person, presumably, who is breathing a greater sigh of relief than most, it’s Capaldi himself, who need now never again talk about those Radio Times fan letters because – at last! – he can be judged … >
Peter Capaldi made his debut as the Doctor in last year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ahead of his first full series in August 2014. > Like our new Doctor Who page on Facebook for all the latest news on the show. This news summary will be updated regularly as more details are revealed, with the … >
Utopia’s second season shut up shop in deliberately ambiguous fashion, as you probably suspected it would, leaving enough dangling plot threads and questions to cats-cradle into a third season. That’s if the show gets one. Writer Dennis Kelly may have plans for a third and fourth season, but ratings for the show have been disappointing, … >
The 18th season (yep, eighteenth!) of South Park begins airing in September, including the hit animated comedy’s milestone 250th episode. Can’t wait for the new season? Check out southparkslotmachine.net while you wait for the gang to return. This week marks 17 years since the show’s first ever episode, ‘Cartman Gets an Anal Probe’, aired – … >
In the world of popular television, there may be little alchemy more precarious than that of creating a popular sitcom hit. If ever the philosophy was that British viewers liked something a little savage or self-loathing, the success, in recent years, of shows such as Mrs Brown’s Boys, Benidorm and Miranda has proven that going … >