Long-running crime drama Midsomer Murders returns to ITV for a nineteenth season this winter. Neil Dudgeon is back as DCI Barnaby, alongside Manjinder Virk as pathologist Dr Kam Karimore and Fiona Dolman as Sarah Barnaby. They will be joined by newcomer Nick Hendrix (Marcella, The Crown) as DS Jamie Winter. Buy the complete Season 18 box set on Amazon here. … >
With around 500 original shows vying for attention on TV right now, it’s inevitable that today’s landscape is an extremely competitive one. Some shows spark with the public instantly and become mainstream hits, while others find a smaller, more dedicated audience and prestige from critical raves and awards attention. Very often, however, a new show … >
If there is one area that fascinates scholars of Doctor Who history, it is the stories that never made it to the screen. ‘The Nightmare Fair’ and other casualties of the cancelled Season 23 are among the most famous, more so ‘Shada’ given it did get as far as being partially filmed. The list of … >
As the Doctor Who audio producers rounded out 2016 with another bumper month, Colin Baker was kept busy with a pair of main range releases, while the Early Adventure found the First Doctor enduring his first brush with ‘The Sontarans’. A pair of Short Trip releases were under the tree for the Seventh Doctor; first … >
The Counter-Measures team, first spun out of Remembrance of the Daleks back in the 1960s, now have their feet firmly placed in the early 1970s, at least in terms of style. In this first set of four one-disc stories, the team of Sir Toby (Hugh Ross), Group Captain Ian Chunky Gilmore (Simon Williams), Dr Rachel … >
While it may be chilly here in the UK and we have yet to have our Christmas celebrations, we do find that our mind begins to wander while battling the wind and rain to get to work about our future holiday destination options. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably been dreaming of your … >
“Did you miss me?” Sherlock will return for a fourth season in 2017, following one-off special ‘The Abominable Bride’. This news summary will be updated regularly as more details are revealed, with the latest updates at the top. An * will indicate an unconfirmed rumour. Pre-order Season 4 on DVD on Amazon. Pre-order Season 4 … >
“These violent delights have violent ends.” Truth be told, it was easy to imagine Westworld failing to stick the landing. The last few episodes, with their movement towards upending the entire narrative, put this conclusion in a precarious situation, and the possibility that all of the progress would be erased and the narrative set back … >
“Remember.” Throughout its first season Westworld has shown how the limiting of memory serves as its own form of oppression, with the Hosts’ recall of their cyclical, futile loops erased to keep them as subservient puppets whose individuality is a hollow fiction. It follows, then, that unlimited memory is liberation – the ability to recognise … >
Marketing can make or break a film. It’s a truism that rings clear in distribution and filmmaking circles, much to the ire of filmmakers like populist indie superstar Kevin Smith, who used nothing but his Twitter account for the promotion of his 2011 horror Red State. “I just want to tell stories,” Smith says. “It … >