This afternoon we attended the BFI’s Doctor Who screening of 2005’s two-part Series 1 finale, starring Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose.
In a world of bloggers, long lenses and tabloid tattle, Doctor Who casting news and storyline leaks attract the same scrutiny as the soaps. Wonderfully, thanks to the misdirections of the production team, a few things still sneak to air undiscovered.
CultBox was incredibly lucky last month to be invited all the way down to sunny Cardiff for a special tour behind the scenes at Roath Lock Studios, home of Casualty, Pobol y Cwm, and most importantly, Doctor Who.
CultBox recently asked you to tell us who you think is British TV’s best detective of the 21st century so far (character incarnations which first appeared after 2000).
Launching on BBC One later this month, What Remains is a neat four-part mystery thriller that arrives in the midst of Broadchurch-like successes with a simple goal: to hook its audience. And it hooks from the off.
CultBox takes a look at this month’s cinematic highlights, including Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, Kick-Ass 2 and Elysium.
Hugh Jackman is just one of many actors who push themselves physically for their roles, with the likes of Tom Cruise, Daniel Craig and Christian Bale performing death-defying stunts.
When it comes to theme songs, nobody does it better than James Bond… 5. ‘A View to a Kill’ (1985) WRITTEN BY JOHN BARRY AND DURAN DURAN • PERFORMED BY DURAN DURAN The only Bond theme to top the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, ‘A View to a Kill’ is so ridiculously superior … >
We’re only halfway into 2013 and there has already been some brilliant new drama and comedy on British TV screens this year.