(Note: This preview covers the first two episodes out of the three) ‘So, is it good to be back Benjamin, after all this time?’ We’re back in Royston Vasey – it’s fitting we return with Benjamin (Shearsmith), the first character seen – and it doesn’t feel like it’s been away. It’s been fifteen years since … >
Mark Gatiss moves back in front of the camera in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time. He’s regularly written for the show since its return in 2005 too, and unlike Steven Moffat and Peter Capaldi, he’s not strictly departing the programme at the end of the year. He’s suggested he’d be … >
Jason Statham and his company have been developing a television series of Viva La Madness for some time now. It’s based on the book by JJ Connolly, that in turn is the follow up to Layer Cake. Layer Cake was successfully filmed by director Matthew Vaughn, with Daniel Craig in the lead role of the … >
Amongst the many drama big hitters landing on our screens in January is the BBC’s brand new apocalyptic drama, Hard Sun. This one’s come from Luther creator Neil Cross, and it stars Jim Sturgess and Agyness Deyn. They play detectives Robert Hucks and Elaine Renko, who are battling to enforce the law, even as the … >
With seven days to go until the episode hits our screens, the BBC has released a new sneak peak for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, Twice Upon A Time. And it looks like this… Get an exciting sneak peek of the Twelfth Doctor’s final adventure, Twice Upon a Time…#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/XkWCyu9O1G — Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) … >
Here’s some good news. Over Christmas, we get the revival of Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out, with the 25th anniversary of the original Vic Reeves’ Big Night Out being marked with a show on BBC Two. That’s going out on December 29th. But off the back of that, BBC Four has now ordered more … >
If you’re looking for something to keep you company in the cold January evenings, then ITV reckons it might have you covered. It’s put together a new drama by the name of Next Of Kin, billed as a “gripping contemporary family thriller”. It’s penned by Natasha Narayan and Paul Rutman, and stars Archie Panjabi and … >
The time-dashing sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart originally ran between 1993 and 1999, and followed Nicholas Lyndhurst’s Gary Sparrow, as he jumped between the 1940s and the present day. Oh, and managing two relationships with two different women as he did so. Nothing dodgy about that. Not at all. Family friendly stuff. The show was briefly revived … >
The successful television take on the Lethal Weapon movies earned a second season order fairly quickly. But up until now, we didn’t know when Lethal Weapon season 2 would be heading to the UK. Now we do. ITV has confirmed that it’s picked up the rights to show the programme in the UK, and it’s … >
Television viewing habits have changed an enormous amount since the end of 2009. Now, we’re as likely to watch programmes on catch-up services, or eschew broadcast television altogether. And with that in mind, it’s easy to overlook that at the end of 2009, and the start of 2010, there was a point when half of … >