The BBC have been on a good run recently when it comes to original historical drama, what with the excellent The Village and the equally good Peaky Blinders, not to mention the exquisite Wolf Hall. To continue the run they have enlisted the reliable talents of Jimmy McGovern, he of Cracker and The Lakes fame, … >
Focus stars Will Smith as Nicky, a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). To celebrate the movie’s release in cinemas on Friday 27 February, we’ve got Focus goodies to give away to three of our Twitter followers! One lucky winner will receive a RFID blocking passport … >
History hasn’t always been kind to Cromwell. Opinion shifts quite violently to considering him Henry VIII’s right hand man to a shifty planner of self-interest. As Wolf Hall shows, such changes of opinion happened within Cromwell’s time, too. When it was Henry who suddenly decided that he didn’t like you anymore, Tudor life was lived … >
Best known for his contributions for the modern Doctors on screen, Doctor Who writer Gareth Roberts contributed this pair of ‘Missing Adventures’ to the Virgin book range in the mid-nineties. Adapted for audio by John Dorney, both stories both pair Tom Baker’s Doctor with Lalla Ward’s Romana II and K-9, the first time this line-up … >
A new two-part Hunderby special will begin filming this spring. The period comedy launched on Sky Atlantic in August 2012 and ran for eight episodes. Set in an isolated rural parish in the early 1800s, Hunderby was written, created by and starring Nighty Night‘s Julia Davis. Hunderby Revisited finds Hunderby still reeling from the revelations of … >
Three new ‘files’ on the characters of Spooks: The Greater Good have teased new hints about the film’s storyline. The big-screen spin-off from BBC One’s long-running spy drama arrives in UK cinemas on 8 May 2015. Posted on the movie’s Facebook page, the ‘files’ focus on Spooks stalwart Peter Firth, who returns as MI5 chief … >
The second half of the new season of US conspiracy thriller The Blacklist will begin in the UK later this month. James Spader returns as master criminal Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington at 9pm on Friday 27 February on Sky Living with ‘Luther Braxton’. Just before the mid-season break, the last twisting and bloody episode shockingly revealed … >
There’s much to enjoy in this bright and breezy production of Alan Bennett’s most famous play, directed by Kate Sexton. We’re in Cutler’s Grammar School, where a group of history pupils are preparing for the Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations, never quite sure if it’s knowledge or ideas that will get them through. Wolfblood‘s Kedar … >
Atlantis is no more, much to the dismay of its fans; a small but hardy cross-section of viewers that included mythology buffs and those who like buff mythological figures. It hasn’t quite sunk without a trace – the final seven episodes of Season 2 will air on BBC One this Spring and will no doubt … >
Following our recent wishlist of British acting legends that are overdue a guest spot in Doctor Who, here are ten more thespians we’d love to appear in the show. Dame Angela Lansbury Question: compelling though Michelle Gomez was as the (ahem) Master of the Nethersphere, why couldn’t space have been made for giving her … >