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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – March 2023

Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for March 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… The Two Shot Podcast S10, Ep18 – Freema Agyeman Freema is a beacon of thoughtful positivity and her chat with Craig Parkinson is a freewheeling affair. It covers a lot, … >

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Shadow and Bone

Shadow and Bone — do audience figures auger a spin-off?

Shadow and Bone season 2 was only released last Thursday, but with audience figures for the first few days, can we look forward to a spin-off (and season 3?) Here at CultBox we’re savouring season 2 of Shadow and Bone, and wondering just how many more of Leigh Bardugo’s novels Netflix will greenlight. Renewals for supernatural … >

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Lockwood and Co — season 2 update

Lockwood and Co — season 2 update

In our Lockwood and Co — season 2 update we assess the chances of a renewal. It’s not looking good… A month ago, we were pleased with the early numbers for Lockwood and Co — not stellar, but solid. Now we’ve had a few weeks and we can see how the show performed over its first … >

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Locutus of Borg - Patrick Stewart

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – February 2023

Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for February 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Shrink The Box: Ep1 – The Sopranos – Tony Soprano Actor and comedian Ben Bailey Smith and psychotherapist Sasha Bates team up to put fictional characters on the couch. It’s … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – January 2023

Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for January 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Full Disclosure S2, Ep120 – George Takei Promoting his new West End musical Allegiance, this is primarily a discussion of the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. The Star Trek … >

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Inside No 9 — On the Buses

Inside No. 9 goes On the Buses

Inside No.9 cast details for series 8 as well as a first look image… On the Buses anyone? The BBC has revealed cast details for Inside No. 9 series 8. Our curiosity was more aroused by the first look image: for fans of a certain vintage (including some of us at CultBox) the red bus and … >

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Lockwood & Co

Lockwood & Co — everything you need to know

Can Lockwood & Co become the next Wednesday for Netflix — we explain what the new show is all about Released today on Netflix (8 am UK time is our expectation), Lockwood & Co is the latest supernatural YA series coming to Netflix. We have a sense it might just appeal to fans of Wednesday (don’t expect … >

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Doctor Who Magazine 586 to include exclusive Millie Gibson interview

In a world-exclusive interview in Doctor Who Magazine 586, Millie Gibson talks about playing new companion Ruby Sunday, what it’s like acting alongside Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, and how she discovered she’d secured the role: “I went to get a spray tan for the NTAs [National Television Awards], and I was in the room waiting … >

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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – December 2022

Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for December 2022 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner S8, Ep 7 – Al Murray Jay’s eighth season of podcast lunches have been dropping since October, but his chat with Al Murray caught … >

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