Juno Dawson, award-winning YA novelist and non-fiction LGBT advocate, has just had the rights to her 2017 memoir Gender Games optioned by TV production company SunnyMarch. SunnyMarch, which is co-run by Benedict Cumberbatch and Adam Ackland, has announced a number of adaptations including A Child in Time on BBC1 and Patrick Melrose for Sky Atlantic. … >
Graham Linehan, co-creator of Father Ted, has announced a new adventure for Craggy Island’s favourite son: Father Ted will journey to the Vatican in a new stage musical entitled Pope Ted, which has a lot of the beloved Channel 4 sitcom’s original behind-the-scenes talent involved. Linehan has worked on the script for Pope Ted with Arthur Matthews, the other co-creator … >
Doctor Who has returned to iPlayer today (June 4th), with every episode since the show’s revival in 2005 now available to watch on the BBC’s online platform. From Christopher Eccleston’s debut to Peter Capaldi’s tragic farewell, via David Tennant’s ‘allons-y’ years and Matt Smith’s fez-sporting sessions, bingeing on the Beeb’s Doctor Who supply is the perfect way to … >
Russell T. Davies’ next TV project will be Years And Years, a family drama on the BBC that spans different periods of time. Davies – the showrunner that brought back Doctor Who in 2005 – has wowed viewers in recent weeks with his political drama starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal. Years And Years will be based … >
June 2018 is a good month for Whovians with access to UK Netflix, as both Doctor Who series 10 and the spinoff series Class are coming to the immensely popular streaming service next month. Class, which ran for 10 episodes on the BBC iPlayer back in 2016, is available right now on Netflix UK in fact. The show … >
The FX network has confirmed that Legion season 3 is happening, before Legion season 2 has even finished its run. Creator Noah Hawley and star Dan Stevens will both return for another season of the Marvel drama, which blends superpowered mutants with mental health issues and trippy narrative twists. Legion has fast become one of the most ambitious comic book adaptations … >
Sheridan Smith will star in Care from Broken‘s Jimmy McGovern and Gillian Juckes a new 90-minute drama from BBC One.
The Rain has been renewed for a second season by Netflix, with the powers-that-be from the iconic streaming service opting to order another eight episodes of the Danish drama. Production will resume on the show later this year, with The Rain season 2 expected to appear online for our viewing pleasure at some point next year. Netflix’s Kelly Luegenbiehl … >
Matt LeBlanc will leave Top Gear at the end of its next season, it’s been revealed. Given that his sitcom Episodes ended in the past year, as well, this is starting to look like a period of significant change in the Friends star’s career. The 26th series of Top Gear, LeBlanc’s fourth and final stint among the main presenters, will … >
Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo are in talks to play central roles in a fantasy drama movie called Come Away, which will mark the live-action debut of Brave director/co-writer Brenda Chapman. The script for Come Away heralds from Marissa Kate Goodhill, whose only previous writing credit is a short film entitled Lost And Found. Oyelowo is working as one of the … >