On Wednesday, CultBox reported that the Doctor Who special will air on New Year’s Day, rather than the traditional Christmas Day air date. BBC Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba cited a possible reason for this decision in his news analysis: One other possible factor could be that a New Year’s Day episode guarantees 2019 won’t be … >
The BBC has confirmed that its new three-part drama, Mrs Wilson starring – uh – Ruth Wilson, will premiere on Tuesday November 27th.
Mum, the BBC’s acclaimed sitcom starring Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville, is set to finish next year after its third and final series… The most recent second series ended with newly widowed Cathy, played by Manville, confessing her feelings to love interest Michael, played by Peter Mullan, much to the annoyance of her son Jason, … >
The BBC have given us our first look at their forthcoming adaptation of Andrea Levy’s The Long Song, which will air either at the end of the year or early 2019… The Long Song is set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica and tells the story of the strong-willed, young slave July on a … >
On November 1, The Mirror reported that the Doctor Who special for Series 11 will air on New Year’s Day of 2019 rather than on Christmas day. “Doctor Who will not have a Christmas Day outing this year for the first time since the reboot in 2005. Instead, 13th Time Lord Jodie Whittaker will have an … >
Bodyguard, Jed Mercurio’s crime drama starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes, went on to become the BBC’s biggest drama of all time earlier this year – and talks about a second series are about to begin… Richard Madden, on the press tour for Bodyguard‘s US release, was chatting to Deadline about the possibility of a second … >
Watership Down, the BBC’s forthcoming adaptation of Richard Adams’ classic, traumatic novel, will be released this Christmas and we’ve now got our first look at the series… The previously announced cast was already studded with stars but now joining James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Olivia Colman and John Boyega is – deep … >
People Just Do Nothing, the BBC’s popular mockumentary sitcom has been officially picked up for a US remake by Amazon, it’s been reported. The sitcom follows a group of London-based pirate radio station and the lives of its hosts, MC Grindah and DJ Beats. It’s created by and stars Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Asim Chaudhry and … >
As filming continues on Peaky Blinders‘ fifth outing a handful of famous names have been added to the already star-studded cast… Anya Taylor-Joy (Split, Thoroughbreds, The Miniaturist) was previously announced as boarding the cast but joining her will be Sam Claflin (Adrift, Me Before You), Brian Gleeson (Phantom Thread). Also cast in series 5 are – deep breath – Neil … >
Due to the rousing success of The Cry, which is currently still airing on BBC One, the production company behind it – Synchronicity – have bought the rights to Helen FitzGerald’s follow-up novel, Australia Day. Though it isn’t out until 2020, the success of The Cry has buoyed the company into optioning a spiritual sequel. Australia Day isn’t connected to The … >