The Uncanny: Post Mortem podcast airs on BBC Two immediately after the TV episode. The inexorable blending media continues as podcasts spawn television programmes and broadcasts become podcasts. BBC News offers a good example of this – its Newscast podcast is now filmed daily for YouTube. That’s in addition to the weekly in-vision episode following … >
Adventures in the world of secondary school are coming for Motherland‘s Amanda in Amandaland. Updated 13/01/25: Samuel Anderson, Rochenda Sandall and Peter Serafinowicz join the cast at the gates of a different school. Commsioned last year, the BBC have revealed that we can expect Amandaland to land in February. The comedy follows the former alpha-mum Amanda … >
Philomena Cunk searches for meaning in her latest special. In the past few years, we’ve seen Diane Morgan’s alter-ego Philomena Cunk tackle a variety of subjects. She’s investigated the country’s history with Cunk on Britain and the whole planet in Cunk on Earth. Now, Philomena returns to tackle the meaning of life in her own … >
2024 saw the ninth and final series of the horror anthology series Inside No. 9 on our screens. After nine seasons, creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton called time on Inside No.9‘s this year. As they filmed the final six episodes, they also created a documentary to chronicle how the show was put together. The … >
Gordon and Ashley (and Colin) are back for more. In this world of day and date streaming releases, it’s almost novel to wait for a television series. Colin from Accounts Series 2 dropped in its native Australia back in April, but British fans have been (im)patiently holding on. Now, however, the BBC have confirmed that … >
The horror anthology series returns for The Terror: Devil in Silver. News has broken that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) will lead AMC’s returning anthology series The Terror. The third season is subtitled ‘Devil in Silver’ and is based on Victor LaValle’s 2012 novel The Devil In Silver. Looking back to the series announcement in February, … >
Uncanny returns for a second series — get ready for more spooky stories The BBC has announced a second series for Danny Robbins as Uncanny returns to BBC Two. Based on the hit BBC Radio 4 podcast of the same name, the series will be investigating more real-life stories of seemingly supernatural encounters — experiences that … >
It’s the final run for Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s superlative anthology series. What horrors lurk Inside No. 9 this time? Updated 28/04/24: The BBC have dropped a trailer for Inside No. 9. With the series beginning in just over a week, the BBC have landed a trailer for Inside No. 9… It’s a brief … >
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 … >
A new BBC documentary series looks at the past, present and future of the space race. BBC Factual have announced the commission of a new series which promises to tell the human story of space exploration. The show, titled Once Upon a Time in Space, comes from the award-winning team behind Once Upon a Time … >