New ‘darker’ Pride and Prejudice coming from Poldark creators
There’s no shortage of Pride and Prejudice adaptations out there, but it says something that the BBC’s 25-year-old, damp Colin Firth-starring mini-series is still the most well known.
There’s no shortage of Pride and Prejudice adaptations out there, but it says something that the BBC’s 25-year-old, damp Colin Firth-starring mini-series is still the most well known.
Click away now if you’re a dog lover, because this a sad one. Tom Hardy, whose beloved pooch Woody passed away earlier this year, will pay tribute to his absent friend with a National Dog Day (August 26) edition of CBeebies’ Bedtime Story. Hardy has been a regular hit for CBeebies, with kids and adults … >
Channel 5 has yet to announce a premiere date for season three of US comic-book series Gotham, and UK audiences were beginning to wonder whether they’d ever get to see it. Well, now it’s being reported (via Geektown) that the DVD/Blu-ray release of the show’s third season will actually come before the television air date … >
Spoilers. Steven Moffat has been chatting about the fate of Doctor Who companions – and why it’s wrong they should die in active duty.
After the impressive Dredd movie from 2012 failed to catch fire at the worldwide box office, it looks like the screen adventures of Judge Dredd were at an end (in spite of a determined campaign to get a cinematic sequel going).
The BBC continues to trawl formats now that it doesn’t have the rights to The Voice, and it’s decided to hand some cash to Paddy McGuinness. In exchange, McGuinness will be bringing his talents to a new talent show about tribute acts.
Sad news here. The much-loved sitcom Count Arthur Strong – from Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan – has come to an end. The BBC confirmed the news to the Radio Times, noting that there are “no current plans for a further series” at the corporation.
Jodie Whittaker is sort-of playing a doctor on our TV screens tonight in the new TV drama Trust Me, and so she’s been doing promotional work for it. In an interview on BBC 6 Music, the small matter of her upcoming stint as our favourite Time Lord of course came up.
This week sees BBC One’s Man in an Orange Shirt – a two-part drama looking at the lives of gay men across generations – air it’s modern day episode.
While the first season of Preacher offered fans a slow-burn way into the show’s off-kilter world, season two has so far stuck much closer to the comics while still throwing some surprises in for existing fans.