John Nettles as Jim Bergerac in his 1947 Triumph Roadster

Bergerac is returning, re-imagined by Toby Whithouse

The show becomes a 6-part crime series for Drama and UKTV Play.  Based on the exotic location of Channel Island of Jersey, Bergerac bestrode the BBC One schedules for a decade. With nine series and numerous Christmas specials, it was the Death in Paradise of its day. Created by Robert Banks Stewart in 1981, detective … >

Posted Filed under
Mille Gibson, Ncuti Gatwa & Varada Sethu

Varada Sethu to join Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson for 2025 Doctor Who

Varada Sethu is set to take a trip through time and space with Nucti Gatwa and Millie Gibson as the Fifteenth Doctor’s new companion alongside fellow companion Ruby Sunday in the 2025 series of Doctor Who, currently in production. Sethu shared her excitement in joining the long-running science fiction series. “I feel like the luckiest … >

Posted Filed under

The Man Who Fell to Earth is coming to BBC Radio 4

Christopher Eccleston will join Harry Treadaway in an audio drama based on the classic novel. Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel The Man Who Fell To Earth famously inspired the 1976 movie starring David Bowie. More recently, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bill Nighy and Naomie Harris starred in a modern television adaptation for Showtime. Now, the Radio Times reports … >

Posted Filed under
Heroes

Heroes: Eclipsed – another revival for the superhero series?

Series Creator Tim Kring is pitching Heroes: Eclipsed, another sequel series to the late 00s hit.  Heroes, the series which superpowered us through the late 00s is being pitched for another revival. Telling the story of ordinary folk who gained supernatural abilities, the show took superpowers mainstream. Viewers tuned in to watch the Heroes “Save … >

Posted Filed under
Mammoth

Mammoth – trailer for new BBC comedy

Meet Tony Mammoth – a PE teacher out of time.  Defrosting on April 17th, Mammoth is a new comedy co-written and starring Mike Bubbins. It takes the frozen in time concept and applies it to a late 1970s PE teacher, like Captain America without the heroics – or a reverse Ashes to Ashes. Here’s the … >

Posted Filed under
Paul Bettany

Paul Bettany joins Sky’s Amadeus series

The star will play Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, opposite Will Sharpe in the title role.  First mentioned as part of UP NEXT 2024, Sky’s adaptation of Amadeus comes from writer Joe Barton (The Lazarus Project). The series aims to reimagine Peter Schaffer’s play, which famously inspired the lengthy 1984 film by director Miloš Forman. It … >

Posted Filed under
Kit Harrington as Jon Snow

Game of Thrones: Jon Snow spin off no longer in development

Actor Kit Harington reveals they couldn’t find the right story to tell about Jon Snow’s life beyond the wall.  Yesterday we shared exciting progress on one Game of Thrones spin off, now there’s unpromising news of another. The mooted Jon Snow spin off, for which Kit Harington was going to return, is apparently no longer … >

Posted Filed under
Jinkx Monsoon as Maestro in Doctor Who - The Devil's Chord

Jinkx Monsoon Doctor Who character name revealed

In the June 2024 issue of Empire magazine, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies revealed the name of the character Jinkx Monsoon plays in the second episode in the 2024 series of the programme, The Devil’s Chord. “And as for Jinkx, she actually stepped off the stage after a Broadway run of Chicago to get … >

Posted Filed under