Al Murray special Make Christmas Great Again ordered by ITV

Al Murray is to revive his Pub Landlord character for a one-off Christmas special, it’s been announced. ITV has ordered the show, that’ll go by the name of Make Chistmas Great Again. In Pub Landlord style, the official statement accompanying the announcement read: Christmas is back and so am I.  Christmas – everyone’s favourite time … >

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Flight Of The Conchords are back, and going on tour!

Since the last season of the Flight Of The Conchords TV show came to end in 2009, its two main component parts – Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement – have not been short of work (the former picking up an Oscar for his work on The Muppets, for instance). However, Conchords never formally disbanded, and … >

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Doctor Who series 11 to be ten episodes long

The upcoming series of Doctor Who will bring with it a change to the format, it’s been confirmed. As had been previously rumoured, Jodie Whittaker’s first run in the show is to 10 episodes long. Those episodes will be slightly longer, at 50 minutes each, with an hour-long episode to launch the series. The BBC … >

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Remember Magnum PI? It’s getting a reboot

American television is fond of its reboots at the moment, with perhaps the most bizarre example being the announcement of a Teen Wolf TV reboot before the current (successful) Teen Wolf TV reboot had even come to the end of its run. Well, you can add one more to the queue now, with the news that … >

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Gunpowder (BBC One) review

Just in time for bonfire night, BBC One has a brand new period drama for us in the form of Gunpowder – the under-told story of the attack on parliament in 1905 that would inspire the burned effigies and fireworks we enjoy (bonfire night is quite weird, isn’t it?) annually today.

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Steven Moffat set to guest on Room 101: tickets available!

It’s little secret that Frank Skinner is a long-time Doctor Who fan. As such, he’s already filmed an episode of the next series of Room 101, that will guest star Pearl Mackie. However, now we get news that he’s lured outgoing showrunner Steven Moffat to his sofa, to discuss pet peeves. Moffat will be appearing on … >

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