In another busy month for the Doctor Who audio producers, ‘Doom Coalition 2’ saw the return of the Eighth Doctor, Liv and Helen. This second volume brought them face to face with the Voord, delivered another encounter with Mark Bonnar’s fearsome unhinged villain ‘The Eleven’ and granted Eight a further brush with River Song. Kicking … >
Kieran Bew leads the cast of ITV’s epic re-imagining of one of literature’s greatest and most enduring heroes; Beowulf. Created by James Dormer, Tim Haines and Katie Newman, the 12-part drama series is set in the mythical Shieldlands and also stars William Hurt (Humans) as Hrothgar and Joanne Whalley (Wolf Hall) as Rheda. Beowulf: Return … >
Written by rising star Marnie Dickens, Thirteen is BBC Three’s first online drama. The five-part psychological drama explores how to pick up the threads of a life half-lived and how to survive as a family under the greatest pressure. How to feel again, chance love again. > Buy the complete series on DVD on Amazon. … >
Season 2’s ninth episode, ‘Lady of the Lake’, is at number nine in our list of the Top 10 Merlin episodes. This episode was one of extreme rarity; Merlin finds love! The main adventure was the arrival of a mysterious girl, Freya, who had been captured by villainous bounty hunter, Heilig. His brutal ways led … >
In news you’re bound to find cool (cool cool cool), Season 6 of Community is out now on Digital HD and arrives on DVD on Monday 21 March. Or as Dean Pelton would probably put it, ‘DV-Dean!’. Now all we need’s a movie, and the hashtag, and our lives, will be complete. #sixseasonsandamovie. To celebrate … >
The Walking Dead’s impressive hot streak of episodes continued this week with a taut, compelling bottle episode with a pared-down cast and an impressive thematic focus. ‘The Same Boat’ very much feels like the second half of a thematic exploration begun by ‘Not Tomorrow Yet’ – in the way it flips the perspective to the … >
Mr Selfridge returns to ITV for ten new episodes, starring Emmy award-winning American actor Jeremy Piven. The period drama is inspired by the life of charismatic American entrepreneur, Harry Gordon Selfridge, whose business in London’s Oxford Street has become a much-loved institution. > Buy the complete Season 1-3 box set on Amazon. Season 4 opens … >
Call the Midwife returns to BBC One for a fifth season. The year is 1961, and Poplar is beginning to feel the winds of social change – along with improvements in housing, sanitation and healthcare. But for the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House who care for the sick and bring new life into the … >
Tom Hiddleston (Thor) stars as Jonathan Pine in BBC One’s new six-part adaptation of John le Carré’s 1993 espionage novel, The Night Manager. Adapted by acclaimed writer David Farr (Hanna), the first television adaptation of a le Carré novel in more than 20 years brings together love, loss and revenge in a complex story of modern criminality. … >
Stephen Rea, Pauline Collins, Caroline Quentin and Peter Firth lead the cast of BBC One’s Dickensian. Created by Tony Jordan (Hustle), the 20-part drama series is set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens’ critically acclaimed novels. Dickensian brings together some of literature’s most iconic characters, including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham, as their lives … >