More Bridgerton is the latest news from Lady Whistledown in a surprise (but welcome) announcement Just an hour ago, Lady Whistledown took to Twitter (impressive from the early nineteenth century) to bring news of two more Bridgerton seasons: Esteemed members of the Ton, It seems we have a rather special announcement. Bridgerton shall return for seasons three and … >
Call the Midwife renewed for two more series ahead of series ten starting this Sunday Call the Midwife is back for series 10 this Sunday, April 18 at 8pm on BBC 1. It was filmed under new Covid rules, and follows the most recent Christmas special. The BBC likes renewing this show in pairs. Series … >
ITV and Virgin Media Television have co-commissioned crime drama, Redemption produced by Tall Story Pictures starring Paula Malcomson Paula Malcomson (The Hunger Games trilogy, Ray Donovan, Deadwood) will take the lead role in Redemption, a six-part drama jointly commissioned by ITV and Virgin Media Television, Ireland in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland. From the press … >
The Royal Mail commemorates from classic British cult science fiction in a new set of stamps Coming on April 15 are a set of six new stamps from Royal Mail on the them of Classic British science fiction. It’s the usual suspects (and why not?!): Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein HG Wells The Time Machine Aldous Huxley Brave New World … >
Move over North America — it now seems Europeans watch most TV thanks to The Queen’s Gambit (and a few other shows)! Thanks to Variety (who pointed us to it) we’ve read an informative press release from Glance (Global Audience & Content Evolution, previously known as Eurodata TV Worldwide) talking about how viewing habits have changed in … >
Good news for Sky Originals as they scored their first ever film BAFTA with Promising Young Woman — which won two awards Sky summarise their success as follows: The EE British Academy Film Awards winners were announced this weekend at a virtual ceremony hosted by Edith Bowman, Dermot O’Leary and Clara Amfo. The acclaimed film, … >
You can enjoy this years Gerry Anderson Day with both Big Finish and Britbox — we tell you how is the first ever InternationalGerry Anderson Day (as announced by The Official Gerry Anderson) and the godfather of supermarionation can be commemorated on audio or on screen. Big Finish holds a Terrahawks Tweetalong listening party for Gerry Anderson … >
Interesting reading in the latest Nielsens as The Crown knocks WandaVision back into third place Last week we tipped The Crown to do well in the current set of Nielsens (for the week 8-14 March 2021) as a consequence of that interview on Oprah. We didn’t predict Ginny & Georgia holding onto the top spot, proving you can only go so … >
Netflix and Sony have signed a deal to bring Sony’s films to Netflix from 2020 Where other film studios are launching their own streaming service (eg Paramount+) or being bought by existing studios (Disney acquiring 21st Century Fox for Disney+, Sony has instead signed a deal with Netflix (as StudioCanal has with Sky). Regular CultBox visitors will know, we’ve been doing … >
Emily Watson stars in psychological drama Too Close coming to ITV next week The Monday 9 pm slot (recently vacated by Unforgotten) on ITV brings a new psychological drama, Too Close, starring Emily Watson (Apple Tree Yard, Chernobyl) as Emma Robertson and Denise Gough (Monday) as Connie Mortensen. ITV has released full details and a detailed synopsis for … >