The transformation of Fast and Furious movies into a a rollercoaster makes horrible sense, and the Saw series obviously translates well into haunted houses, but what do you do when you want to make a visitor attraction out of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ Sherlock? It seems like the BBC might have nailed it. We … >
It was 16 years ago this month that The Office debuted on UK screens, and it remains to this day a high watermark of British comedy. It’s perhaps the only 21st Century sitcom that can rival the stalwart classics of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers et al in terms of its lasting impact on UK popular … >
As the mantle passes from one Doctor to another this Christmas, outgoing Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi has promised to follow a tradition set by his predecessors. Chatting to the Daily Star, Capaldi revealed that previous actors in the role of the Doctor, specifically David Tennant and Matt Smith, were helpful to him in dealing … >
There’s plenty of news coming out of the Television Critics Assoc. press tour over in the US at the moment, much of it courtesy of HBO’s new programming president, Casey Bloys. Chief among the snippets he put out into the world yesterday was news on season 3 of Nic Pizzolatto’s atmospheric crime series, True Detective.
USA Networks in America has done quite well out of a TV show based on the fairly forgettable movie, Shooter. So much so that the second season has been in production, and it premiered in the US just over a week ago. But that second season of the show has now been curtailed, due to … >
Those of us who have sat through the marvellous Line Of Duty might just find it slightly odd to hear actor Martin Compston – who plays Steve Arnott in the show – when he’s talking in real life. His pitch-perfect English accent disguises his actual Scottish heritage. And it’s his Scottish roots that have brought … >
Across BBC One, Two and Three, a dozen new comedy pilots have just been ordered by the corporation, with the aim of getting them to series. The pilots feature talents such as Tim Vine, Rob Beckett, Tom Hardy and Spencer Jones. Scheduling details have yet to be announced for any of these shows, but here’s … >
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine arrives tomorrow, and in it comes news of an intriguing-sounding Who adventure that never made it to the screen. It’s an episode that was penned by Mark Gatiss, and had been earmarked for the 2008 run of the show. Entitled The Suicide Exhibition, it was set during World … >
Stranger Things was the biggest breakout hit of last year and a huge win for Netflix, so not many people are thinking about the show’s end right now. However, it appears that there’s already a definite plan for when and how it might wrap up the stories of these characters at some point in the … >
If you’re enjoying The Handmaid’s Tale on Channel 4, then you may also be interested in Netflix’s latest endeavor – an adaptation of Margaret Atwood novel Alias Grace, for which we now have a trailer.