The series also stars Sally Phillips, with Love on the Spectrum‘s Michael Theo in his first acting role. The BBC has acquired Austin, a new eight-part comedy starring Ben Miller (Professor T), Sally Phillips (Veep), and Michael Theo (Love on the Spectrum). The show, co-created by Darren Ashton (Spreadsheet) and Ben Miller, tell the story … >
End of Summer and Jana – Marked For Life, two Swedish psychological thrillers, head to the BBC iPlayer and linear channels. There seems to be no end of enthusiasm for Nordic Noir at the BBC. Here’s the details of two new Swedish thriller series, both novel adaptations, which the corporation has picked up. End of … >
The BBC has released some first-look pictures as Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light finishes filing — we take a look Filming has completed for the adaptation of the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s multi award-winning trilogy. To mark this, the BBC has released a host of first-look pictures — the picture above shows … >
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 … >
BBC Studios takes full ownership of BritBox International in a £255 million deal Reported by both sides from different angles (BBC takes full ownership vs ITV sells its 50% share), it’s clear the deal has been some time coming. Since ITV launched ITVX, its focus has been there, with Britbox coverage increasingly limited. Now BritBox … >
We pick six new shows coming in 2024 we think deserve your attention How to pick just six new shows to watch in 2024? Between terrestrial television and even some of the streamers, it’s not even one show each and whatever we pick will do a disservice to others. In the end we’ve chosen shows … >
A free exhibition at Riverside Studios titled Regeneration at Riverside celebrates the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who in collaboration with the BBC. The exhibition features unique photography from the BBC’s vast photographic archives, including seminal images of Doctor Who production at Riverside Studios, which played a pivotal role in the life of the programme. … >
A new service, Freely, will allow viewers access to live TV from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 directly over the Internet from 2024 Developed by Everyone TV (the new name for the organisation who deliver FreeView and FreeSat), Freely is a new free service giving access to live TV via broadband. No aerial or … >
According to the BBC, the new series of Doctor Who starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Millie Gibson as companion Ruby Sunday will air in spring of 2024. “Three hour-long special episodes of Doctor Who will be available from November 2023, with a Christmas special dropping in December and a new season in Spring … >
The show features a bunch of fresh faces, plus a former king of Westeros! Last month, the BBC announced a run of three new adaptations of The Famous Five. Now, we have the cast details and a first image. Enid Blyton’s classic tales are getting a modern spin under the eye of the Danish director/producer … >