The new season of US conspiracy thriller The Blacklist will begin in the UK in October. James Spader returns as master criminal Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington in the US next week and Season 2 will launch in the UK at 9pm on Friday 3 October on Sky Living. Watch the Season 2 trailer… Agent Elizabeth Keen’s … >
She’s the malign Mary Poppins played by Michelle Gomez that first popped up at the end of ‘Deep Breath’ for a spot of brolly-brandishing bonkersness. But who the hell is she? Publicity for Season 8 has described Missy as ‘the Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere’ – the Nethersphere presumably being the sought-after ‘Promised Land’ – but what … >
Just under 51 years ago, two schoolteachers strolled down the corridors of Coal Hill School, and, while it wasn’t an era for overt flirtation in teatime drama, their absolute, made-to-be-together compatibility was evident to everyone watching. Now it’s happening all over again. Former soldier Danny Pink has rocked up in Shoreditch, and already he has … >
The Village returns to BBC One with a second series set in the 1920s. BBC One’s plan to tell the story of the 20th century through the life of one Peak District village moves into the Jazz Age. The shock of the new will turn the lives of our villagers inside out. Outsiders bring in … >
Peter Capaldi made his debut as the Doctor in last year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ahead of his first full series in August 2014. > Like our new Doctor Who page on Facebook for all the latest news on the show. This news summary will be updated regularly as more details are revealed, with the … >
Big Finish’s latest boxset release takes us back to 1982, for a reunion of Peter Davison’s original TARDIS team of Nyssa, Tegan and Adric. The participation of Matthew Waterhouse, who has stayed away from audio up until this point, allows access to an unexplored era of Doctor Who’s chronology. Comprised of two four-parters, the stories … >
Some Doctor Who stories have characters so well written and cast that they leave you wanting more. Like Jago and Litefoot before them, the team from 1988’s Remembrance of the Daleks cried out for their further exploits to be chronicled. Now three series in, Group Captain Ian ‘Chunky’ Gilmore (Simon Williams), Professor Rachel Jensen (Pamela … >
Filming has started in south London on the third series of BBC Three’s comedy Some Girls. The six new 30-minute episodes follow the lives and loves of Viva (Adelayo Adedayo), Holli (Natasha Jonas), Amber (Alice Felgate) and Saz (Mandeep Dhillon) as the end of the term is in sight and they continue their painful and … >
Life is rarely kind to Nessa Stein. The little girl who saw her daddy stabbed in the neck by a waiter (for being boss of an arms company rather than failing to leave a decent tip) has grown up rich and successful as a result of running the family business – but it has come … >
Three years after the sometimes preposterous, frequently gory, entirely entertaining The Shadow Line, writer and director Hugo Blick is back with another satisfyingly noir-ish thriller: lighter on the operatic excess than its predecessor, but no less compelling – or less blood-spattered. Yet whereas The Shadow Line was a London immorality tale about criminals and corrupt … >