Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels are dominating our fiction reading during lockdown, at least on Amazon Unsurprisingly, major success in one medium (in this case TV) can result in major sales of associated products. The Queen’s Gambit sparked a rise in sales of chess sets worldwide (and popularity of chess as a whole) and the same effect … >
Inside No. 9 series 6 cast details have been revealed as filming finishes Inside No. 9 series 6 is coming later this year to BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, and will once again include six stand-alone stories and be broadcast weekly. Cast revealed so far includes: Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Quiz), Adrian Dunbar (Line Of Duty), … >
Lauren Ashley Smith head writer of A Black Lady Sketch Show is reported as working on a US version of time travel comedy Timewasters Deadline reports work is happening to bring a US version of ITVs’2 Timewasters to a new audience through ABC. The show ran for two seasons on ITV2 and was a Big Talk production … >
Golden Globe® winner and comedian Ramy Youssef (Mr Robot) stars in the titular role as a millennial Egyptian American on a spiritual journey Caught between the two cultures of his politically divided New Jersey neighbourhood, Ramy Youssef explores what it’s like to be a first-generation Muslim immigrant in modern America; juggling work, dating and faith – often … >
A Doctor Who film crew was busy on Barry Island Monday and Tuesday, January 25 and 26, filming Weeping Angels during night shoots at Friars Point House on the waterfront. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Robert (@__robert_k__) According to an eyewitness, a car from the 1970s or 1980s was … >
The bulk of the Vikings: Valhalla cast has been revealed by Netflix, along with details on their characters Thanks to Deadline we can share the Vikings: Valhalla cast, as follows: Sam Corlett (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Frida Gustavsson (Swoon), Leo Suter (The Liberator), Bradley Freegard (Keeping Faith), Jóhannes Jóhannesson (Cursed), Laura Berlin (Immenhof – The Adventure of a Summer), David Oakes (The Pillars of the Earth) and Caroline Henderson (Tuya Siempre) as series regulars; … >
Sky is powering on with its original content and we now have a feast of first-look trailers to enjoy We reported yesterday (here) on Sky’s ambitions for new content and today they’ve followed up with six new trailers for a whole range of shows. We’ll go through each one by one. Mutiny in space We’re … >
BBC Soundscapes for Wellbeing is a newly launched collaboration between the BBC and the University of Exeter aiming to bring the sounds of Nature to the nation The broad aim of BBC Soundscapes for Wellbeing is to connect audiences with nature through creative programming on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Sounds and BBC … >
Jodie Turner Smith is to star as Éile in spin-off show The Witcher: Blood Origin according to report from Deadline From the Deadline report (here), retweeted from the official The Witcher Twitter account (@witchernetflix), it seems Jodie Turner Smith has a major role in upcoming Witcher spin-off and prequel The Witcher: Blood Origin. She will play Éile, an … >
Sky is forging ahead with its ambitions and today reveals a bumper lineup of new shows and films for 2021 In plans reaching out beyond 2021, Sky has shared details for a vast range of original drama, documentaries and films (in excess of 100). It’s way too much to cover completely here, but we’ll mention … >