Star Trek: reports claim Patrick Stewart is close to returning

Captain Jean-Luc Picard may be appearing on our television sets again in a brand new Star Trek series, because, according to a new report, Sir Patrick Stewart is keen to make it so. Soon after Alex Kurtzman was announced as the new showrunner for the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery, news broke that the … >

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Cold Feet: filming wraps on new series

With an autumn return to our screens expected, it’s been revealed that filming has now wrapped on the new series of Cold Feet. The show has been in production these past weeks at Shape Studios in Manchester, having commenced filming back in March. Post-production now begins, and when we have a transmission date, we’ll let you … >

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Stath Lets Flats episode 1 review

New estate agent sitcom Stath Lets Flats is worth signing on the dotted line for. Back in 2015, BBC Three released a comedy pilot called People Time – a sketch show starring seven writer-performers including siblings Jamie and Natasia Demetriou. It was incredibly well-received, with the New Statesman suggesting it could be “the beginning of … >

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Doctor Who: producer recalls Tom Baker series that was planned but never filmed

Former Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe has revealed some intriguing details about a series of Doctor Who that was planned but never filmed. Hinchcliffe was the boss for Tom Baker’s first three series, but if Hinchcliffe had stuck around for a fourth collaboration with Baker instead of heading off for pastures new, things would have looked very different. “We did … >

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More Doctor Who lands on Netflix

With lots of Doctor Who now available on BBC iPlayer to download, where it’ll be until the end of the new series in November, Netflix has got in on the act too. It’s added another episode to its service, the 2016 Christmas special, The Return Of Doctor Mysterio. Helpfully, it’s classified this as a series … >

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Brexit: first look at Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings

Channel 4 is making a one-off political thriller about the Brexit vote, with Benedict Cumberbatch playing a starring role. The Sherlock, Doctor Strange and Patrick Melrose actor will play a real-life political strategist, Dominic Cummings, who was Director of the Vote League campaign. Today, we have a first-look image to share of Cumberbatch as Cummings… And here’s a snap … >

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Netflix is planning to set up a base in London

Reports suggest that Netflix is planning to set up a base of operations in London, with a new facility intended to create more content for the European market. Diego Bunuel, who used to work as head of documentaries for the French premium cable channel Canal+, is said to be heading up this new Netflix base. … >

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