This Is England creator Shane Meadows has revealed that last night’s finale “feels like an end”. This Is England ’90 began on Channel 4 last month and has been promoted as “the final chapter” of the saga, which has spanned a movie and three seasons. > Buy the original This is England movie on DVD … >
The new season of BBC Two’s award-winning gangster drama Peaky Blinders begins filming tomorrow. Opening on Tommy Shelby’s wedding day, Season 3 sees Tommy Shelby pulled into the glamorous and dangerous world of international intrigue in 1920s Britain, putting his entire organisation and family at risk, and forcing him to question everything about his own … >
BBC One has ordered new episodes of David Jason’s sitcom Still Open All Hours. Written by Roy Clarke, Season 2 will open with a Christmas special, which began filming on location in Doncaster last month. The festival episode will see Granville (Sir David Jason) bag himself a bargain Christmas tree, which gives him more problems … >
E4 has commissioned a new six-part comedy series about “the stupid things you end up doing when there’s nothing to do.” Created by the BAFTA Award winning writing team of James Lamont and Jon Foster (Cuckoo, Amazing World of Gumball), Wasted will air on E4 next year. The official synopsis reads: “Wasted focuses on four … >
BBC One has announced the cast for Billionaire Boy, the channel’s fourth dramatisation of a David Walliams book. The hour-long adaptation begins filming this week in Sheffield and Rotherham. Billionaire Boy is the story of Len, who makes a billion from inventing a new toilet roll, and his 12-year-old son Joe (Elliot Sprakes) who appears … >
The writer of BBC Three’s new Doctor Who spin-off, Class, has chatted about why he wanted to be involved in the series. Set in contemporary London at the show’s Coal Hill School, the eight 45-minute episodes will begin filming in and around Wales next spring. Writer Patrick Ness tweeted last night: “It’s too early to … >
The future of the Terminator franchise is looking bleak after the disappointing reaction to this summer’s reboot. Featuring Doctor Who star Matt Smith alongside Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Sarah Connor, Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard) as Kyle Reese and Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) as John Connor, Terminator Genisys was … >
The BBC has released the official story details for the fifth episode of Doctor Who‘s new season, which features Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams in a guest role. Written by Jamie Mathieson (‘Flatline’) with showrunner Steven Moffat, ‘The Girl Who Died’ will air at 8.20pm on Saturday 17 October on BBC One. The synopsis … >
BBC Three has announced the commission of Class, a new Doctor Who spin-off from acclaimed YA author Patrick Ness. Set in contemporary London at the show’s Coal Hill School, the eight 45-minute episodes will begin filming in and around Wales next spring. The official synopsis reads: “Incredible dangers are breaking through the walls of time … >
Greg Davies will return to Channel 4 for a new season of Man Down next year. The sitcom launched in October 2013 and follows Dan (Greg Davies), “a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life whose world is consistently staggering towards collapse”. Writer and star Greg Davies commented: “I’m so thrilled that Channel 4 want … >