ITV has announced the commission of Jekyll & Hyde, a new action-adventure series written by The Fast Show‘s Charlie Higson. Inspired by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, the ten-part drama has a brief to “exude mystery, fantasy, horror and sci-fi”. Set in 1930s London, Jekyll & Hyde … >
Air New Zealand has unveiled a new safety video to coincide with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, featuring members of the cast from all three films in the Hobbit trilogy. Shot over six days across a number of New Zealand’s Middle-earth locations, the four-minute video includes Elijah Wood (Frodo … >
Atlantis will return to BBC One next month. The channel’s Twitter feed has confirmed that the fantasy drama’s second season launches on Saturday 15 November – the weekend after Doctor Who‘s current season concludes. Watch the teaser trailer… Guest stars in the new season include Amy Manson (Being Human, Outcasts) as Medea and Vincent Regan … >
Comedians Rufus Hound and Ardal O’Hanlon have been cast in Channel 4’s new drama series Cucumber. Currently filming in Manchester, Cucumber is one of three new interlinked shows from Russell T Davies (Queer As Folk, Doctor Who) – with E4’s Banana and online show Tofu – exploring 21st century gay life. Hound will play Rupert, … >
For almost as long as there has been television, its programmes have been making the leap on to the big screen. Film producers are always keen to capitalise on a TV show’s success, aiming to carry a ready made audience with them, and British programmes such as Quatermass, Doctor Who, Porridge, On the Buses and … >
If you don’t like sport then boy, are you fu…ff-finding yourself in a difficult position this summer, because as you sit there, letting your sofa soak up the Pimm’s sweats, and desperately jabbing at the remote, you’ll have noticed something. THERE’S NOTHING ON. Which is no surprise. Summer is traditionally a drama drought featuring just … >
Various photos of filming on Channel 4′s Cucumber and E4’s Banana have been tweeted online. Currently shooting in Manchester, the two new eight-part drama series are written and created by Russell T Davies (Doctor Who, Queer as Folk). Exploring “the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life”, Cucumber stars Vincent Franklin (The Thick of … >
BBC One has confirmed that The Crimson Field will not be returning for a second series. Creator and writer Sarah Phelps revealed on Twitter: “Found out today that #TheCrimsonField won’t be recommissioned by @BBCOne Gutted doesn’t even touch the sides of how I feel.” Starring Oona Chaplin, Hermione Norris and Suranne Jones, the World War … >
A new survey of UK sci-fi fans has revealed that if time travel was possible then the decade that most people (28.2%) would go back to is the 1960’s. The poll by Watchshop also found that Doctor Who‘s TARDIS is the UK’s favourite method of time travel, with 33.65% of the votes. In second place … >
’80s James Bond actor Timothy Dalton stars in Sky Atlantic’s Penny Dreadful, a new psychological thriller series from Skyfall‘s writer John Logan and director Sam Mendes. Featuring some of literature’s most terrifying characters in Victorian London, the cast also includes Josh Hartnett, Eva Green, Billie Piper (Doctor Who), Rory Kinnear (Black Mirror). Dalton plays Sir … >