This week brought the surprising but welcome news that comedian Matt Lucas will be reprising his role of the bumbling Nardole in the new season of Doctor Who. Not just for one episode, though – the Little Britain actor will be joining Peter Capaldi and newcomer Pearl Mackie on the TARDIS for a run of adventures, following his … >
The rebooted Danger Mouse will be back on CBBC for a second season. The World’s Greatest Secret Agent returned last September with 52 eleven-minute episodes. The voice cast included Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon as Danger Mouse and Penfold, alongside Dave Lamb, Stephen Fry, Morwenna Banks, Shauna Macdonald and Game of Thrones star Lena Headey. Cheryl Taylor, Controller of CBBC, commented: “Crikey … >
World War II drama Home Fires returns to ITV for a six-part second season. Inspired by the book Jambusters by Julie Summers, Home Fires follows a group of inspirational women at the heart of a rural Cheshire community who steadfastly bring the village together during our nation’s darkest hour. Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca … >
Big Finish has announced details of a brand new Doctor Who spin-off audio box set, featuring Kate Stewart and the UNIT team facing the Silence. Written by Matt Fitton and John Dorney, UNIT: Silenced is available to pre-order today for just £20 from the Big Finish website and will be released through other retailers from 31 January 2017. Created by current … >
BBC One’s The A Word tells the story of a family whose youngest son is diagnosed with autism. Adapted by Occupation writer Peter Bowker from the Israeli series by Prisoners of War creator Keren Margalit, the new six-part drama is a funny and thought-provoking series about parenthood and childhood and what it’s like to have … >
Mr Selfridge returns to ITV for ten new episodes, starring Emmy award-winning American actor Jeremy Piven. The period drama is inspired by the life of charismatic American entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, whose business in London’s Oxford Street has become a much-loved institution. > Buy the complete Season 1-3 box set on Amazon. Season 4 opens … >
Call the Midwife returns to BBC One for a fifth season. The year is 1961, and Poplar is beginning to feel the winds of social change – along with improvements in housing, sanitation and healthcare. But for the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House who care for the sick and bring new life into the … >
Stephen Rea, Pauline Collins, Caroline Quentin and Peter Firth lead the cast of BBC One’s Dickensian. Created by Tony Jordan (Hustle), the 20-part drama series is set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens’ critically acclaimed novels. Dickensian brings together some of literature’s most iconic characters, including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham, as their lives … >
Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine leads the cast of ITV’s new drama Jericho, set in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s. Created and written by Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Doctor Who), the eight-part series focuses upon the shanty town of Jericho, home to a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of … >
Executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat will be leaving Doctor Who after Season 10 airs in 2017. Moffat took over as showrunner from Russell T. Davies in 2010 and wasted no time in putting his own whimsical, madcap spin on the Doctor’s wanderings in time and space. His Doctor Who era has been fraught … >