The classic Doctor Who adventure Genesis Of the Daleks regularly – and rightly – bubbles to the top end of lists of the show’s finest ever stories. Headlined by Tom Baker of course, it’s an astoundingly ambitious, challenging slice of Who, with Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter on top form. It first debuted back … >
Here’s a very welcome update: the new series of Taskmaster is a little closer than we though. Dave has confirmed that Taskmaster series 6 is nearly with us, and that the show will begin its new run this week, on May 2nd! What’s more, we’ve now been gifted a clip from the first episode of the new series. Feast … >
Karen Gillen, who this year finally made the leap from actress to actress-writer-director with the film The Party’s Just Beginning, has been speaking about her inspirations for the project.
Abrupt and sad news for fans of ITV comedy Benidorm, as creator Darren Litten has confirmed that the series will have no new episodes following this week’s installment.
The Crown actress Claire Foy could receive £200,000 in back pay after it was revealed that she was getting less money than her male co-star, Matt Smith.
The BBC has granted a special dispensation of the license fee with regards to The Royal Wedding, allowing places that don’t have TV licenses – such as town halls and community areas – to screen the regal nuptials without having to purchase a TV license especially. His Royal Highness Prince Harry and Suits alum Megan Markle will … >
It has been confirmed that Red Dwarf XIII is pressing ahead. UKTV’s Dave channel has ordered the thirteenth series of Red Dwarf, and Baby Cow Productions will shoot it in the early stages of 2019. Co-creator Doug Naylor will once again write all the episodes, and the core cast of Robert Llewellyn’s Kryten, Danny John-Jules’ Cat, Craig Charles’ … >
From the pen of the brilliant Sally Wainwright comes a brand new BBC drama series, Gentleman Jack. Wainwright, who has written the likes of Last Tango In Halifax and Happy Valley, has written and will direct the new eight-part drama, and the cast for the series has been announced. Suranne Jones is set to headline … >
Irish director Anthony Byrne has been named as the director for Peaky Blinders series 5. This is one of the few shows that maintains a strong directorial voice over the course of a season: Otto Bathurst and Tom Harper shared the episode load on series 1, Colm McCarthy shot every instalment of series 2, Tim Mielants helmed series … >
Dave’s scripted comedy slate isn’t going anywhere, as we’ve just heard that both Zapped and Porters have been renewed by UKTV’s home of witty banter. Both shows will get another series, as Dave continues its commitment to original programming. Zapped centres on a character named Brian Weaver (played by James Buckley, aka Jay from The Inbetweeners), who gets zapped from his mundane … >