For almost as long as there has been television, its programmes have been making the leap on to the big screen. Film producers are always keen to capitalise on a TV show’s success, aiming to carry a ready made audience with them, and British programmes such as Quatermass, Doctor Who, Porridge, On the Buses and … >
In all likelihood, there is no way that BBC Three’s short-lived and quietly hilarious sitcom The Smoking Room will ever make a comeback. Can you imagine a whole show based around smoking being commissioned these days? It’s been barely a decade since the show ran, and it managed to catch the very tail end of … >
This morning I was wedged amongst the world’s press for the Monty Python press conference ahead of their 10 O2 shows which start tomorrow (1 July) and culminate with the final ever time the Python’s will be together on a stage on 20 July. A promo of Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts kicked off proceedings, … >
In the TV drama landscape, not every drama can be as genre-busting as, say, Line of Duty or Happy Valley. The surer commissions are those which guarantee sofa-grabbing returns – where resilience of format, and potential for re-commission, matter more than the moral or emotional challenging of the viewer. Which is why a writer with … >
If you don’t like sport then boy, are you fu…ff-finding yourself in a difficult position this summer, because as you sit there, letting your sofa soak up the Pimm’s sweats, and desperately jabbing at the remote, you’ll have noticed something. THERE’S NOTHING ON. Which is no surprise. Summer is traditionally a drama drought featuring just … >
The long wait until the new series of Sherlock continues, so why not ease the pain with a rewatch of Series 2 – and you can play along with CultBox‘s Sherlock bingo cards. As Sherlock Homes would say; ‘the game is on!’ For more games, play £10 free with no deposit at gamevillage.com. Click on … >
We decided to take a look at the best ways of bringing the art of cinematography back into the home. Amazon seems to be a company with big aspirations. They’ve released the Kindle to great acclaim, the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HDX were a hit with consumers, and they’re even talking of a new … >
Jenna Coleman returns for her second series of Doctor Who as companion Clara Oswald this summer. The Doctor may have solved the mystery of the Impossible Girl in ‘The Name of the Doctor’, but there are still a few questions left unanswered… Who gave Clara the Doctor’s phone number? In ‘The Bells of Saint … >
As a hero who eschews violence where possible, the Doctor often uses words as weapons. He is not one to suffer fools gladly, and both friends and enemies have found themselves the wrong end of his sharp tongue. Compiled by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright, Wit, Wisdom and Timey-Wimey Stuff: The Quotable Doctor Who compiles … >
Our favourite captions are: “Windsor is coming…” by Chris Boers “When one asked for someone to design one a cutting edge new throne…” by Amy W “Being Queen can be such a pain in the royal ass sometimes, but this is ridiculous!” by Mickey