Steven Toast is back and he’s heading to Hollywood! We recently reported that the whole Toast of London back catalogue had landed on BBC iPlayer. This was a canny move on behalf of Auntie’s streaming service, as they’re about to show the wayward thesp’s continuing mis-adventures in Toast of Tinseltown. Matt Berry’s louche performer has … >
Starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany, the show plays out across three nights starting Boxing Day. With the BBC’s promotional engine at full steam ahead, the corporation have released a raft of interviews supporting A Very British Scandal. Written by Sarah Phelps, the three-part series chronicles the Duke and Duchess of Argyll’s explosive 1963 divorce. … >
According to director Annetta Laufer in a BBC press release, the amount of time the Doctor and her friends have to reach a solution to the warehouse time loop trap they find themselves in decreases by one minute every time the loop is reset in the Doctor Who New Year’s Eve special Eve of the … >
The channel hopes their high budget adaptation can compete with the streaming services. With their version of The Ipcress File confirmed as part of their winter season, itv’s Director of Programmes Kevin Lygo has been talking about the show at a recent press launch. The channel’s adaptation of the 1962 spy novel, made famous by … >
Great news for Amazon as The Wheel of Time debuts at #1 in the latest Nielsen US ratings The launch of The Wheel of Time is going well for Amazon so far, as the show takes the top spot in the Nielsens on the week of release (November 15-21). We would bring our usual scientifically assured data … >
In an interview with the Guardian, Russell T Davies, the former and future showrunner of Doctor Who, gave an update on his progress writing and casting the 60th anniversary special and future series. “I’ve already written some of the episodes. The first will go out in November 2023 – that’s the 60th anniversary of the … >
It’s the story of a tech genius whose life turns into a waking nightmare. Sky has released the trailer for it’s upcoming thriller The Fear Index, based on the 2011 Robert Harris novel. A four-part “limited series”, it stars Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful) as Dr Alex Hoffman, a technology genius, with Arsher Ali as Hugo, his hedge … >
According to Aisling Bea in an interview in Radio Times magazine, It took showrunner Chris Chibnall just over two weeks to write the Doctor Who New Year’s special Eve of the Daleks. “Holy moly, that man’s a machine,” Bea marvelled about the inspired speed of Chris Chibnall’s writing in the RT interview. The actress explained … >
Florence Pugh is back in action… With the Hawkeye series finale imminent, Disney+ have released a featurette focussed on assassin Yelena Belova; played by Florence Pugh, the ‘sister’ of Natasha Romanoff previously appeared in the big screen Black Widow outing alongside Scarlet Johannson. Pugh’s character popped up for a rooftop battle in the fourth episode … >
A host of familiar faces will Return to Hogwarts to celebrate 20 years of the Potter films. With the reunion show Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts set to air at New Year, Sky have released a full trailer (building on the previous teaser). Although it’s the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter and the … >