Sky1’s ‘Sinbad’ confirmed to begin in July
Sky1 has announced that new epic fantasy drama Sinbad will start airing on the channel in the second week of July.
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Sky1 has announced that new epic fantasy drama Sinbad will start airing on the channel in the second week of July.
What was it about?
A novel blend of police procedural and time travel drama, BBC One’s Crime Traveller saw Detective Jeff Slade and police science officer Holly Turner solve crimes and catch the bad guys using Holly’s time machine (a futuristic desk, basically). Written by author and script writer Anthony Horowitz (the Alex Rider books, Foyle’s War), you can pretty much sum up the entire premise of the show as ‘Wibbly-wobbly, Crimey-wimey’.
Dominic Savage’s series of semi-connected, partially-improvised dramas continues with an appearance by Doctor Who star Billie Piper as a teacher who falls in love with one of her pupils.
To celebrate some of the BBC’s winning shows at the recent BAFTA Television Awards, we’ve teamed up with BBC Worldwide to give away a fantastic bundle of BAFTA-winning TV DVD boxsets (including the latest series of Doctor Who, the complete Sherlock set, BBC Three’s The Fades, dark comedy Psychoville and the hilarious Absolutely Fabulous collection … >
Sky1 has released the first trailer for new epic fantasy drama Sinbad.
Already nicknamed ‘Sprint it like Beckham’ in some quarters, this is one British feel-good film we can all rally around even if we don’t do well in the Olympics this summer.
The Famous Five roam the South of England solving mysteries, having picnics and annoying Uncle Quentin with their boundless enthusiasm for just about everything.
Scottish actor Emun Elliott has a busy year in 2012, with roles in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, BBC Three lesbian drama Lip Service and Channel 4’s adaptation of Kate Mosse’s Labyrinth.
Scottish actor Emun Elliott has a busy year in 2012, with roles in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, BBC Three lesbian drama Lip Service and a second series of Doctor Who writer Tom MacRae’s sitcom Threesome.
As one of the most addictive guilty pleasures on TV comes to a close in America this weekend and in the UK on E4 next month, it’s worth reflecting on what made it such a success.