As soon as O’Donnell (Morven Christie) travelled through time in ‘Before the Flood’ and showed her fan-girl credentials (yelping excitedly about the TARDIS being bigger on the inside, giving a roll call of The Doctor’s greatest hits) it was pretty clear that she was being presented as Potential Companion Who’s Not Going To Make It … >
Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman star in ITV’s new three-part drama of crime and passion. Written and created by Alan Whiting (Strike Back, Kingdom), The Trials of Jimmy Rose tells the story of the notorious armed robber, Jimmy Rose (Winstone), who throughout his lifetime has made crime pay. Redman (New Tricks) plays his wife Jackie. > … >
Ripper Street is back on BBC One this summer for a third season. The eight new episodes star Matthew Macfadyen as Detective Inspector Reid, Jerome Flynn as the newly promoted Detective Inspector Bennet Drake, Adam Rothenberg as Captain Homer Jackson, and MyAnna Buring as Long Susan. > Buy the Season 1-2 boxset on Amazon. > … >
Clara Oswald, in one form or another, has been gracing Doctor Who with her shining presence since the beginning of 2012’s run. In that time, she’s also seemingly departed, for various reasons, enough times to nearly rival the many deaths of Rory Williams. Clara is back again in Season 9, but with Steven Moffat giving … >
Pitched to the BBC in 1977 by Daleks creator Terry Nation as “the Dirty Dozen in space”, Blake’s 7 ran for four hugely successful seasons on BBC One. As the decades since its shocking series finale have passed, the show may be short on new admirers, but those who remember it do so fondly and … >
Private Eye is reporting that a full season of Doctor Who will not be made next year. The magazine claims that “BBC staff have recently been informed that showrunner Steven Moffat’s commitments to his other hit show Sherlock mean that there will be no full series of Doctor Who in 2016.” A tenth season has … >
There’s a lot we knew in advance about Terminator Genisys – too much, you might say, if you saw some of the trailers – but there’s one card that the film always kept close to its chest. We knew that Arnie was back as the titular Terminator, and that Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke was … >
Atlantis returns to BBC One for a second season, starring Jack Donnelly as Jason, Mark Addy as Hercules and Robert Emms as Pythagoras. Pasiphae’s desire to reign has not abated and rivalry with step daughter Ariadne takes her to new depths. Jason’s personal involvement with Ariadne is surely a complication for Pasiphae, but will the … >
Set in a car showroom, BBC One’s Ordinary Lies is a new six-part drama from Shameless writer Danny Brocklehurst. With drama, tragedy, warmth and humour, each episode focuses on one of the colleagues and friends of JS Motors. From party-loving receptionists, Tracy and Viv, to enigmatic salesman, ‘Paracetemol’ Pete, each new and individual story questions … >
Game of Thrones, HBO’s fantasy drama based on the bestselling novels by George RR Martin, returns to Sky Atlantic tonight for a fifth season. > Buy the complete Season 1-4 boxset on Amazon. CultBox caught up with Welsh actor Iwan Rheon for an exclusive chat about playing the evil Ramsay Bolton, his new album and … >