Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off feature length documentary Ben Fogle: Inside Chernobyl Thirty-five years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, this new documentary follows presenter Ben Fogle as he spends a week living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The team was given special access deep inside the exclusion zone and the deserted towns and … >
A Bloodlands trailer has been released by the BBC, giving us a look at the new James Nesbitt thriller When a car containing a possible suicide note is pulled out of Strangford Lough, Northern Irish police detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) quickly connects it to an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance. Bloodlands follows … >
All change this February on Disney+ as the new Star brand brings a host of new content, the catch is subscriptions are rising as well February is a big month for Disney+. From 23 February the streaming giant adds a vast amount of new content via its Star brand (as we reported here). While it may be … >
Channel 4 has revealed the celebrity bakers entering the Bake Off tent for this year’s Stand Up To Cancer The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer returns to Channel 4 this spring. Across five new episodes twenty famous faces, from the worlds of entertainment, sport, music and film, will roll up their sleeves and … >
Timed to coincide with StudioCanal’s online celebration of 60 years of The Avengers, Big Finish has revealed Linda Thorson (the original 1960s Tara King) will guest star in their next box set of full cast audio adventures Due for release in April 2021, The Avengers: The Comic Strip Adaptations Volume 05: Steed & Tara King stars Julian Wadham … >
Netflix has confirmed Lupin part 2 will be available summer 2021 The popularity of Lupin has been widely reported (eg here) and it’s no surprise Netflix has confirmed a date for Lupin part 2. Five new episodes starring Omar Sy in the lead role will arrive in summer 2021. The cast also includes Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, … >
The BBC has announced it has acquired all five seasons of the psychological thriller Bates Motel Bates Motel, which aired in the U.S. between 2013 and 2017, is a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s genre-defining film Psycho and depicts the lives of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga). The cast also includes … >
Netflix and Legendary Televisions (already working on Pacific Rim: The Black) have announced two new anime series: Skull Island and Tomb Raider Great news for anime fans as Netflix has announced two iconic anime series. What is Skull Island? Legendary’s Monsterverse is an expansive story universe of multi-layered experiences centring around humanity’s battle to survive in a world that is … >
Michael Dorn recently talked to TrekMovie about playing Worf, and the possibility of returning to the role in Star Trek: Picard Star Trek: Picard season 1 brought a litany of Next Generation (and other) characters back to our screens, including (spoiler): Data, Deanna Troi and Riker as well as Voyager’s 7of9. We understand Levar Burton has a big part to play … >
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 … >