The BBC has released the official story details for the sixth episode of Doctor Who‘s new season, which features Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams in a guest role. Written by Catherine Tregenna (Torchwood), ‘The Woman Who Lived’ will air at 8.20pm on Saturday 24 October on BBC One. The synopsis reads: “England, 1651. The … >
Big Finish has announced twelve new full-cast Doctor Who audio plays featuring John Hurt as The War Doctor. Hurt’s Doctor was introduced in 2013’s ‘The Name of the Doctor’ and featured alongside the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors in the 50th anniversary special, ‘The Day of the Doctor’. Big Finish executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery commented: “I … >
Sky Living has announced the addition of Blindspot, The Catch and Limitless to the channel’s line-up of US dramas. The shows will join the likes of Scandal, Elementary, The Blacklist, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds and Bones on Sky Living this autumn/winter. Julia Barry, Director of Sky Living, commented: “At Sky Living, we know how passionate … >
Several new cast members have been announced for the next season of Wolfblood. 12 new half-hour episodes began filming in Newcastle/Gateshead last week and will air on CBBC in 2016. The BBC has promised “a fresh new look and cast” in Season 4, with “a new, urban backdrop”. Former wild wolfblood Jana (Leona Vaughan) will … >
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 … >