Doctor Who: Rose - Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor

Doctor Who: 20 Years On – the BFI celebrate ‘New Who’

The BFI toast the 2005 revival with ‘Doctor Who: 20 Years On’ – an afternoon of episodes and discussions.  In partnership with the DWAS, the BFI have announced an event celebrating two decades of “new” Doctor Who. With Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, the show burst onto screens in 2005 proving its enduring appeal to … >

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Citadel – a shaky future for the international franchise?

The prospects for Prime Video’s pricey international Citadel spyverse may be in doubt, or about to be trumped by another famous spy, according to reports.  Citadel launched in 2023 with an eponymously titled first season. Fronted by Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, as amnesiac former secret agents (and lovers), the show was recommissioned before … >

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New book on ‘The Quatermass Experiment’ announced

The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV’s First Sci-Fi Classic comes from writer Toby Hadoke.  Written by Nigel Kneale, and broadcast in 1953, The Quatermass Experiment was a genuinely ground-breaking television series. The landmark production, seen as a predecessor to shows like Doctor Who and Sapphire and Steel, was the first science fiction production made … >

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Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise – Christmas Special and Series 15 confirmed

The show’s coming back, but is Don Patterson?  It comes as no surprise, with a dangling plot threat left for DI Mervin Wilson, but Death in Paradise will be back. The show’s official social media confirmed the expected recommission for series 15, along with the now customary Christmas Special too. Series 14 is over… But … >

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Doctor Who Season Two premiere - Varada Sethu & Ncuti Gatwa

Doctor Who Season Two premieres in London

On Monday 31 March 2025, Ncuti Gatwa, Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson attended the premiere of Doctor Who Season Two at the Odeon Luxe West End, Leicester Square, London. The night included a screening of the first episode The Robot Revolution followed by a Q&A with Russell T Davies, Anita Dobson, Millie Gibson Varada Sethu … >

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Only Murders in the Building

Only Murders season 5 – Renée Zellweger joins the cast

Filming commences in New York on season 5 of Only Murders in the Building this week.  As it kicks off, Deadline have broken news of another starry addition to the cast: Renée Zellweger. The Bridget Jones star joins the previously announced Christoph Waltz, Tea Leoni and Keegan-Michael Key. Understandably, character details and plotlines remain rightly under … >

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Doctor Who: Season Two

Doctor Who: Season Two is headed for a specific date

In Doctor Who Season Two, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) is trying to get Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) back home. This means getting back to modern-day Earth, not simply the planet. Trips into Earth’s past are still possible. Why aren’t trips to the planet’s future possible? Russell T Davies hinted at this in SFX magazine 390. … >

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First images from the BBC/Netflix Lockerbie drama

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 follows the investigators who brought the perpetrators to justice.  This year, the story of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing came to television with the dramatization of Jim Swire’s book. In Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Colin Firth played the grieving father whose quest for justice took him from the deserts … >

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