The BBC has announced the much-anticipated shortlist for 2016’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. 16 contenders have been nominated for the prestigious main award, reflecting a dazzling year of sporting achievement over the past 12 months. Gabby Logan, who announced the shortlist on BBC One last week, will present this year’s show alongside Gary Lineker and … >
The first promotional pics and storyline details for next month’s festive Grantchester special have been released. James Norton and Robson Green will return as crime-fighting clergyman Sidney Chambers and Detective Inspector Geordie Keating in the 90-minute Christmas episode. The special will air at 9pm on Saturday 24 December on ITV. Norton teased that viewers should expect “snow, … >
Steven Moffat has been chatting about the likelihood of the Doctor’s daughter returning to Doctor Who. Played by Georgia Moffett – who is Peter Davison’s daughter and David Tennant’s wife – Jenny was introduced in 2008’s ‘The Doctor’s Daughter’ episode, written by Stephen Greenhorn. She was created against the Doctor’s will from a sample of his … >
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has responded to fan’s query requesting a multi-Doctor story featuring Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor. McGann made his debut as the Time Lord twenty years ago in 1996’s ‘TV Movie’ and reprised the role in 2013’s minisode ‘The Night of the Doctor’, written by Moffat. Buy ‘The TV Movie’ on DVD on Amazon here. … >
Steven Moffat has dashed he hopes of fans still hoping that David Tennant’s cloned Doctor could return in Doctor Who. Last seen in 2008’s ‘Journey’s End’ heading off with Rose Tyler in Pete’s World, the Meta-Crisis Doctor was a Time Lord/human hybrid, resulting from the Tenth Doctor’s aborted regeneration at the end of ‘The Stolen Earth’ and featuring DNA sampled … >
Reece Shearsmith has announced when the first ever festive episode of Inside No. 9 will be shown. Written by and starring Shearsmith with Steve Pemberton, BBC Two’s anthology comedy series launched in February 2014 and is returning for a third season this winter. Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon. Buy Season 2 on DVD on Amazon. ‘The … >
The first idea of how many people have been watching Class has been revealed. Created by YA author Patrick Ness, the new Doctor Who spin-off launched last month on BBC Three, which is now only available to watch online on BBC iPlayer. BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) have released their TV Player Report for the … >
The first details have been released for the new season of Death In Paradise. The crime drama’s sixth season began filming on the French island of Guadeloupe in August and will open with a two-hour special featuring scenes set and filmed in the UK for the first time. My Family star Kris Marshall is back as DI Humphrey Goodman in eight … >
Russell Howard will write and star in a new series for Sky 1 next year. A two-year deal will see the comedian present a 14-part weekly series, filmed in front of a live studio audience. A pilot episode, not for broadcast, will be shot in December. Russell Howard commented: “I am delighted to be making this … >
Another director has been revealed for the new season of Doctor Who. Following last week’s news that Charles Palmer (‘Smith and Jones’, ‘Human Nature’) and Daniel Nettheim (‘The Zygon Invasion’) are both returning to direct episodes, it has now emerged that Wayne Yip will make his Doctor Who debut helming upcoming Season 10 episodes. Yip has experience … >