There was a time when watching a beloved drama meant planting yourself in front of a single television set at a fixed hour, possibly with a video recorder primed and praying nobody knocked the cassette out mid-cliffhanger. The ritual was rigid. Miss the broadcast of a Doctor Who finale and you waited months, maybe years, … >
Somewhere in the 24th century, Commander William Riker is leaning over a craps table, blowing on a pair of dice while the rest of the away team watches in disbelief. This isn’t a fever dream. It’s The Royale, one of the strangest and most quietly beloved episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which … >
Most science fiction imagines the future as a place of duty and discovery, all gleaming corridors and noble missions. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine did something cheekier. It planted a smoky, neon-lit bar right at the heart of its space station and let the dice roll. While the rest of the franchise reached for the … >
Hold your breath and wrap up warm as the third series of the popular thriller returns, here’s the latest we have on the next series of Vigil: The news is out and there’s even more to decipher now that a teaser has been dropped ahead of the next series of the BBC procedural. There’s more … >
Picture a typical weeknight in Britain a decade or so ago. The telly came on at a fixed time, the family gathered around for whatever the schedulers had decided, and missing an episode meant waiting weeks for a repeat. Now? An evening might start with three episodes of Slow Horses, drift into a phone game … >
Few science-fiction worlds have stretched as far or as wide as the one Gene Roddenberry first sketched out in the 1960s. The buzz around Star Trek: Year One — the much-discussed return to the franchise’s earliest days, exploring the foundational era of Starfleet — has reminded fans just how many directions their favourite universe can … >
The BBC knew for months that there would be no 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special without releasing this information, causing Doctor Who fans nearly half a year of false hope and contention. The BBC announced 2026 Doctor Who Christmas special in October 2025 alongside the news that the co-production partnership with Disney was at an … >
Russell T Davies, one of the UK’s foremost writers of television drama such as Doctor Who, Queer As Folk, Years And Years, Casanova, Cucumber, and It’s a Sin, has written a memoir to be released this autumn. Titled The Queerest of Folk: A Life in Television, the television writer and showrunner will take readers through … >
ITV have released one of the most tense seasons of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The new season features one contestant who manages to win the £1 million prize. The series, which is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, delivers plenty of high-stakes moments. ITV have confirmed that two contestants made it to the question in the … >
British science fiction has rarely been about budget. While the big American imports leaned on spectacle, our home-grown series built their reputations on ideas, dread and a stubborn willingness to be properly strange on a shoestring. That instinct gave us Doctor Who, Blake’s 7 and Quatermass, but it also left a long shadow of brilliant … >