BBC acquires two Swedish psychological thrillers

End of Summer and Jana – Marked For Life, two Swedish psychological thrillers, head to the BBC iPlayer and linear channels.  There seems to be no end of enthusiasm for Nordic Noir at the BBC. Here’s the details of two new Swedish thriller series, both novel adaptations, which the corporation has picked up. End of … >

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For All Mankind – Apple announces Season 5 and a Soviet spinoff

The For All Mankind team head behind the Iron Curtain to look at the story of Star City.  Apple TV+ have announced that its alt-reality series For All Mankind is getting a fifth season. Jumping up the timeline, each season has explored key moments in the space race since it diverged from our reality when … >

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Cover artwork from the Fifteenth Doctor novel Eden Rebellion

Three original Fifteenth Doctor novels announced

BBC Books has announced that three new Doctor Who novels will be published this year, featuring Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday. Each book is an original, stand-alone adventure and will be published simultaneously in hardback and audiobook in 2024, beginning with Ruby Red on 13 June. The Ruby Red audiobook will … >

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Down Cemetery Road – Apple TV+ adapts another Mick Herron novel

The series will star Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson. Off the back of the success of Slow Horses, Apple TV+ have commissioned another adaptation of a Mick Herron book. This time, it’s Down Cemetery Road, his debut novel from 2003. The thriller, which features struggling private eye Zoë Boehm, is the first of his four-book “The … >

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Doctor Who 2024 series news

New information about the eight episodes in the Doctor Who 2024 series is revealed in SFX magazine 378. We’ve included contextual information from what we know from other sources and filming reports. Space Babies This episode picks up from the events that happen at the end of The Church on Ruby Road with Ruby Sunday … >

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Mr Loverman – first look at Lennie James in the BBC adaptation

Lennie James leads the drama based on Bernardine Evaristo’s hit novel. The BBC have released the first pictures from their forthcoming adaptation of Mr Loverman. The series, adapted from Bernardine Evaristo’s acclaimed 2013 novel, stars Lennie James as the exuberant Barrington Jedidiah Walker. Sharon D. Clarke takes the role of Carmel Walker, Barrington’s wife of … >

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Doctor and Ruby orphan origins to be “spine” of Doctor Who series

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies says much of the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday’s story arc together is inspired by the “Timeless Child” plot point introduced by previous showrunner Chris Chibnall. In the Doctor Who Series 12 episode The Timeless Children, it is revealed to the thirteenth incarnation … >

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Outer Range Season 2 – official trailer lands

Outer Range season 2 is coming to Prime Video in May.  Updated 16/04/24: Prime Video have dropped a trailer for Outer Range Season 2. Under the auspices of a new showrunner, with Charles Murray (Sons of Anarchy) taking over from show creator Brian Watkins, the new run promises even more metaphysical Wyoming wilderness weirdness… For … >

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