ITV has released new story hints for this year’s Birds of a Feather Christmas special. The sitcom, which originally ran for nine seasons between 1989 and 1998 on BBC One, was revived by ITV in January 2014 and became ITV’s most successful comedy launch in over a decade. Buy the complete original series box set on Amazon here. … >
Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) stars in The Shallows, 2016’s suspenseful thriller that taps into one of man’s most primitive fears – what’s lurking beneath the ocean’s surface? The Shallows arrives on digital, Blu-ray, DVD and next-generation 4K Ultra HD™ from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Monday 5 December. Ahead of the movie’s home entertainment release, it’s … >
Three years since their last appearance, the Brockman family will be back on BBC One next month. Filming has commenced on a brand new Outnumbered Christmas special. Original cast members Hugh Dennis (Mock The Week), Claire Skinner (Critical), Tyger Drew-Honey (Cuckoo), Daniel Roche (Little Crackers) and Ramona Marquez (The King’s Speech) will all return in … >
Christmas with family brings with it certain inevitabilities. The host’s house will either be uncomfortably warm or uncomfortably cold, you will eat way too much food, and in spite of everything, you’ll mostly only remember the good stuff. The titular family of Christmas with the Coopers (out on DVD this week) all haul their own baggage … >
ITV’s new crime drama from the producers of Line of Duty will begin next month. Based on the story of a Lanarkshire detective’s quest to bring to justice notorious Scottish killer Peter Manuel, In Plain Sight began filming in Scotland in June. The three-part mini-series stars Douglas Henshall (Shetland) as detective William Muncie and Martin Compston (Line of Duty) as Peter Manuel. Episode … >
Here’s a cool new word I learned this week – so cool in fact that my spell-check refuses to acknowledge it exists: apophenia. It’s the tendency to see patterns in seemingly random data. And maybe I’m suffering from apophenia, but it feels like every week Humans is examining consciousness from different angles. Season 2’s opener was … >
ITV’s new high stakes, high intensity thriller The Level is created by Shetland writers Gaby Chiappe and Alex Perrin. The six-part series stars Karla Crome (Misfits), Noel Clarke (Doctor Who), Robert James Collier (Downton Abbey) and Lindsey Coulson (EastEnders). The cast also includes Philip Glenister (Ashes to Ashes), Laura Haddock (The Inbetweeners Movie), Gary Lewis (Billy Elliott), Jo Absolom (Doc Martin), Amanda … >
The follow-up series to acclaimed German drama Deutschland 83 will begin filming next year. Deutschland 83 premiered in the UK on Channel 4 in January and became the highest-rated foreign language drama launch in UK television history. Buy Deutschland 83 on DVD on Amazon here. Set three years after the events of the first season, Deutschland 86 picks … >
Channel 4 has commissioned a new season of Flowers. Starring Olivia Colman (Broadchurch) and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), Will Sharpe’s acclaimed comedy series launched over five consecutive nights on Channel 4 earlier this year. Flowers will return for six new 30-minute episodes, in association with US comedy streaming channel Seeso. Buy Season 1 on DVD on Amazon here. The first season introduced the world to the eccentric Flowers … >
Many Doctors and companions have gone on to great (but not greater, of course!) things after leaving Doctor Who. The show is often also lucky enough to nab up-and-coming young actors for guest roles before they make their way to fame and fortune. Some of them played fan favourites and Who viewers got to see … >