Casting news for the third season of The Crown was announced last week, with Olivia Colman confirmed to replace Claire Foy as a slightly older Queen Elizabeth II. A new trailer for the upcoming second run, to to be released on Netflix next month, gives us a look at how the show will see Foy … >
What better time to start thinking about Christmas than, er, at the start of November? Still, with the first Yuletide movie in cinemas, Channel 4 has become the first to announce the highlights of its Christmas schedules this year. Some of the entries are more predictable than others…. Reality TV It’s been known for a … >
The third episode of All 4’s interesting new drama, The End of the F***ing World starts up right where the previous ended, giving it a feel that if you binge watched the show, it would feel like a movie. As it stands, the episodes are short and have no room to recap, so we’re right back … >
Here’s some sad news. Dudley Simpson, the composer of the music to dozens of classic Doctor Who stories, has died. He was 95 years old. Born in Australia in 1922, Simpson first composed music for Doctor Who with the William Hartnell adventure, Planet Of Giants. It would begin a long relationship with the show, that … >
ITV’s hit show Benidorm is set to become a stage production, and will tour the UK in 2018 it’s been revealed. Derren Litten, who created the show, is working on the script for the production, and the show will debut in Newcastle in September 2018. Series 10 of the television programme will also be going … >
It’s been off screens for around half a decade now, but one-time ratings monster The Weakest Link is coming back for a special episode. It’s part of the BBC’s Children In Need appeal, but should the segment prove popular, don’t rule out a full revival. Anne Robinson is returning to host, and seven celebrities, a … >
MCM Birmingham Comic Con looks like it might be worth a visit for Doctor Who fans. Heading to the NEC in Birmingham on 18th and 19th of November, the line-up has just been bolstered by the news that Bill herself, Pearl Mackie, will be appearing at both days of the show. And there’s more. David … >
The fourth episode of Red Dwarf’s twelfth series pits Rimmer and Kryten against each other in an election to become ‘machine president’ of the ship.
Stargate might be one of the younger franchises out there, but it’s hard to imagine a time when it wasn’t on our screens and it’s certainly been gone long enough to be sorely missed. The Amanda Tapping/Michael Shank-starring show SG1 is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and during a retrospective at SLCC last weekend … >
More have been added to the cast of Good Omens, the forthcoming Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman adaptation from BBC Two and Amazon Studios.