Red Dwarf: revisiting the fifth series
To prepare for its twelfth series landing on Dave this month, I’m rewatching all of Red Dwarf from the beginning. This week it’s time to take some luck virus and avoid making Mr Flibble cross in Red Dwarf V.
To prepare for its twelfth series landing on Dave this month, I’m rewatching all of Red Dwarf from the beginning. This week it’s time to take some luck virus and avoid making Mr Flibble cross in Red Dwarf V.
Now on sale is Matt Lucas’ excellent sort-of-autobiography, Little Me: My Life From A-Z. It’s a candid, interesting book, and one that shed light on why he and David Walliams never got to make a fourth UK series of Little Britain. Lucas openly discusses the difficulties getting the BBC to take on the show in … >
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s been confirmed that Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s original version of Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons is getting a Blu-ray release. It’s been announced by the excellent Network releasing, and on 20th November, it’s releasing a first volume of episodes. A generous collection of them too, with eight … >
40-second promo hints at conflict to come.
Heading to Channel 4 soon is Hang Ups, a new comedy from Stephen Mangan, that in turn is an adaptation of Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy. Mangan will take the lead role of Dr Richard Pitt, dispensing therapy via webcam to a variety of performers. And the supporting cast roster is already looking really, really impressive. … >
Actor and comedian Kevin Bishop has been appearing on Tracey Ullman’s Show of late, and in 2016 we saw him star as Nigel Farage in Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back. But his big break came in 1994, when he was cast in the role of Sam Spalding in the gone-but-not-forgotten classic kids TV drama, … >
Pearl Mackie has been chatting about what to expect from Doctor Who: Twice Upon A Time…
After Brotherhood proved to be a sizeable hit at the UK box office last year, writer and director Noel Clarke was still resistant to the idea of a fourth film, arguing that the cinematic trilogy had been completed. However, it turns out he’s been busy. He announced on his Twitter feed last night that he’s … >
We’re three episodes into Channel 4’s attempt to recreate the success of Black Mirror, and so far Electric Dreams has failed to set the world alight. It’s a delight, then, to see that this episode – The Commuter – is the first better than good episode of the series, and a promising sign of things … >
Last week Rellik managed to tell a tangential but highly interesting little story of sex, family, sex with family, and blatant trophy misuse. This week we’re back on the main plot thread, on the trail of the real acid killer, and rewinding back through a pivotal moment in Gabriel Markham’s life. It’s arguably the second … >