Meet Tony Mammoth – a PE teacher out of time. Defrosting on April 17th, Mammoth is a new comedy co-written and starring Mike Bubbins. It takes the frozen in time concept and applies it to a late 1970s PE teacher, like Captain America without the heroics – or a reverse Ashes to Ashes. Here’s the … >
The show takes the murders and mojitos formula Down Under. As filming begins, the BBC have revealed a first look at the detective who leads Australian investigations in Return to Paradise. The show transplants the familiar Death in Paradise format to locations across Sydney and the idyllic Illawarra coastal region. In a long-anticipated move, Return to … >
The broadcaster is bringing the Cold War thrills to BBC iPlayer. The BBC has announced that it has picked up the Romanian Cold War thriller series Spy/Master. It’s an intense defection drama set in the late 70’s. Here’s what we know about Spy/Master… The six-part series, filmed in Romania and Hungary, spans one perilous week … >
The star takes questions from The Assembly – a panel of 35 autistic, neurodivergent or learning disabled interviewers. The BBC have announced a special half-hour interview special with the award-winning actor and director Michael Sheen. Sheen is known for his roles playing real life figures, such as David Frost and Tony Blair, as well as … >
The series explores the explosive and thrilling music scene in the Midlands in the 1980s. The BBC has dropped the trailer for Steven Knight’s This Town. The six-part series. set in 1981, follows a group of young people at a time of huge social tension. The drama show them fighting to choose their own paths … >
According to press releases from Disney and the BBC, the first two episodes of the 2024 series of Doctor Who will debut at midnight, 00.00 BST, Saturday 11 May on iPlayer in the UK and Ireland, which is 7:00 p.m. ET Friday, May 10 in the United States. The episodes will stream simultaneously globally on … >
Posing in front of the TARDIS interior set at Wolf Studios Wales, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies teased on Instagram what is sure to be some special Doctor Who content to stream on BBC iPlayer and Disney+ on 15 March. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Russell T Davies … >
The animators at Aardman have revived their classic Creature Comforts format for a new BBC promotion. Bristol based animation house Aardman has created six new films for the BBC’s ‘Things We Love’ campaign. In the series of heart-warming animated films, in the style of their classic Creature Comforts shorts, real BBC audience member’s voices and … >
Richard Rankin takes on the role of the famous Scottish detective The BBC acquired the Scottish crime drama Rebus. Made by Eleventh Hour Films for Viaplay, and based on Ian Rankin’s novels, the series stars Richard Rankin (no relation) in the title role. The detective has been previously played, as an Inspector, by both John … >
The debut novel from writer Kaliane Bradley deals with a government initiative involving temporal ‘expats’. Yesterday, the BBC announced a raft of new drama commissions. They include a drama made from James Graham’s hit play Dear England, which follows Gareth Southgate’s transformation of the national football team, and two more series of the Belfast set … >