This year, audio producers Big Finish celebrate two decades of stories starring Bernice “Benny” Summerfield, the futuristic archaeologist and sometime companion of the Doctor. As well as releasing The Story So Far, two volumes of full-cast dramas set in Benny’s various eras, Treasury draws together short stories from all over her timeline which have been … >
The BBC is once again bolstering the box sets section of its iPlayer, with the complete collection of The Musketeers episodes heading to the Beeb’s online platform.
As part of their twentieth anniversary, Big Finish has commissioned a range of new drama, the first of which to be released is ATA Girl. It’s set in World War II, and is the creation of Louise Jameson (Doctor Who, Tenko, Eastenders, Doc Martin) who also directs. During World War II, the Air Transport Auxiliary … >
Here’s our spoiler-filled review of Stranger Things 2, episode 7 ‘The Lost Sister’.
Cucumber won Russell T Davies a BAFTA: but he laments the fact that it didn’t get the hoped-for ratings…
Mark Gatiss spoke to the Oxford Union yesterday and apparently dropped a few exciting tidbits of information on the League of Gentlemen reunion.
BBC Store is marking the 30th anniversary of Casualty with a look back at some of the long-running medical drama’s A-list guest stars. Famous faces who appeared in Casualty early in their careers include Tom Hiddleston, Daisy Ridley, Kate Winslet, Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom and Christopher Eccleston. Featuring 14 classic episodes, the Casualty: Spot The Star collection is available to … >
You’ve probably heard that to celebrate 20 years(!) since the show first aired, Jonathan Creek is returning with a new one-off special. Titled ‘Daemon’s Roost’ (I already checked to see if there was a sneaky anagram in that title), it will apparently be ‘the spookiest episode ever’ and will see Jonathan in ‘real danger’. And … >
Armando Iannucci has said that BBC Two’s satirical comedy series The Thick of It won’t return because the current world of politics is too “alien and awful”. Starring Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It launched in May 2005 and ran for four seasons and two specials. The final episode aired in October 2012 and a film … >
ITV’s new family drama The Durrells is based upon Gerald Durrell’s classic trilogy of Corfu memoirs. Set in 1935, the six-part series is written by Simon Nye. The story focuses upon Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes) whose life is in meltdown. Her husband died years ago and his money has all but run out. Her four … >