Everyone’s favourite marmalade-lover is making another comeback, with snippets of info coming out – here’s what we know about Paddington 4: Its been announced that there’s more talent attached to the upcoming addition to the world favourite adventuring brown bear. Although certain things are still being kept secret, there’s something to glean from recent information. … >
Taskmaster series 21 is coming to Channel 4 next month This series has an American diner theme, with a lot of filming taking place at Hampton Court Palace. It will run from April 9 to June 11 (Thursdays) at 9 pm. Who is in Taskmaster series 21 Alongside Greg Davies and little Alex Horne are … >
Channel 4 has revealed the Taskmaster series 21 contestants — here’s who’s coming to the show The mighty Taskmaster continues to entertain and now we have the names of the series 21 contestants. No details of when the show will appear, but we expect more news soon. The names were revealed after the New Year’s Treat … >
The show takes place behind the scenes of a major superhero movie franchise. Updated 02/10/24: Official trailer drops for The Franchise. With the show’s launch three weeks out, Sky have revealed the full trailer for its superhero movie series satire. The Franchise also has a new logline: “A hopeful crew finds themselves trapped inside the … >
Season 2 of HBO’s space liner bound comedy Avenue 5 has been a long time coming. The show, which stars Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad, comes from Armando Iannucci (Veep, The Thick of It) and dropped its first season back in early 2020. Understandably, the second run has taken a while… the world’s been a … >
For his first major post-Doctor Who role, Peter Capaldi is joining forces once more with an old colleague. Capaldi is to join the cast of David Copperfield, the new film from Armando Iannucci. Iannucci, of course, being one of the brains behind The Thick Of It, and its associated movie, In The Loop. Capaldi playing … >
For the past few years, the role that Peter Capaldi is best known for has switched to the Doctor, courtesy of his three series of Doctor Who. But to many, of course, he’s still the swearing magician Malcolm Tucker from The Thick Of It and In The Loop. Those were the creation of Armando Ianucci, … >
Arguably the high watermark of spoof/satire television in the UK, The Day Today is unquestionably an important slice of British comedy history. Spawning from the similarly genius radio show On The Hour, The Day Today brought together several now well-known comedic actors and writers – Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber, David Schneider, Peter Baynham, … >
Armando Iannucci has said that BBC Two’s satirical comedy series The Thick of It won’t return because the current world of politics is too “alien and awful”. Starring Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It launched in May 2005 and ran for four seasons and two specials. The final episode aired in October 2012 and a film … >
With 2015’s Christmas special done and dusted, the rumour wheel can start turning in earnest on the next season of Doctor Who. Confirmed to be continuing in his showrunner role, Steven Moffat has been teasing Season 10’s writing line-up with a promise of excitement, revealing: “…we’ve had meetings today with two writers who’ve never written … >