The Brittas Empire: now Chris Barrie suggests a revival

Early next month, the writer and cast of The Brittas Empire are reuniting to reopen the Ringwood Recreation Centre. This is the centre that doubled for the exterior and swimming pool scenes in the show, as we reported here. However, in a new interview with Metro, the show’s title star, Chris Barrie, has suggested that … >

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Red Dwarf: revisiting the third series

Before its twelfth series lands on Dave in October, I’m rewatching all of Red Dwarf from the beginning. This week it’s time to give quiche a chance and ponder where all the calculators go in Red Dwarf III. If the transition from Red Dwarf II to III happened today, it would probably get called a reboot. The long-running … >

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The Moomins are returning, and they’ve attracted a star cast

The childrens’ television archives are being raided once more, and this time, it’s The Moomins who are set to return to our screens. Once again using the Tove Jansson stories as their source, the new series of Moomins is heading to our screens in the spring of 2019. The show is being made by Finnish … >

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The new series of W1A will be its last

Award-winning comedy W1A returns to our screens next week, with the programme about the inner-workings of the BBC debuting on Monday 18th September at 9pm, on BBC One. But enjoy it: for its writer has cautioned that it’s set to be the last run of the show. Writer John Morton confirmed this to the Radio … >

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