Noel Fielding as Dick Turpin

Noel Fielding to star as Dick Turpin for Apple TV+

Stand and deliver for an example of genius casting!  In what sounds his perfect role, comedian Noel Fielding is to play the 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin. Apple TV+ have said yes to a comedy-adventure series which promises to tell the story of the notorious robber whose crimes have become the stuff of legend. We … >

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Life After Life – cast and creatives speak ahead of the show’s premiere

The adaptation comes to BBC Two this month.  We’ve been following news of Life After Life since news broke that the BBC had commissioned the show back in December 2020. The show is an adaptation of author Kate Atkinson’s Costa Award winning novel. The adaptation boasts a stellar cast including Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Sian … >

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Bridgerton season 2 breaking records

Bridgerton breaking records with season 2

Netflix reveals Bridgerton breaking records with season 2 of the Regency romance The second season of Bridgerton arrived on March 28, and in the first few weeks of release is breaking several records for Netflix and looks set to beat season 1. Thanks to the Netflix Top 10 site we can bring you all the numbers. … >

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Stranger Things 4

Stranger Things 4 – First trailer lands for the show’s penultimate season (updated)

Netflix have dropped news of Season 4’s release pattern plus confirmation of the future of Stranger Things.  Updated 13/04/22 – The official trailer for Season 4 has arrived! Across a more than three minute tease,  we catch up with all the show’s main players; from basketball to the Hellfire Club, our heroes are trying to … >

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Doctor Who showrunner almost quit in 2020

The challenges of production during the pandemic almost curtailed plans for a thirteenth series of Doctor Who, according to Chris Chibnall in a Radio Times interview. “That we made Doctor Who at all during the past two years is a miracle. There was a point around April/May 2020 where it looked like we’d have to … >

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Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in the Crown

Rumours of a prequel series to The Crown

Is Peter Morgan about to wind back the clock to the start of the Twentieth Century?  With Netflix’s award-winning royal drama The Crown about to begin its final iteration, rumours abound that the streamer wants more. The show, made by Left Bank Pictures, has focussed on the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II … >

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