BritBox announces first global commission, Murder in Provence Starring Roger Allam (Endeavour, The Thick of It), Nancy Carroll (The Crown, Father Brown) and Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman), and based on the books by ML Longworth, Murder in Provence follows Antoine Verlaque (Allam), Investigating Judge in Aix-en-Provence, and romantic partner Marine Bonnet (Carroll) as they investigate … >
BritBox UK has announced crime drama Professor T, starring Ben Miller and Frances de la Tour, will be exclusively launching on the service on 3rd June The box-set of the six part drama, based on the hit Belgian series of the same name, will be made available exclusively to BritBox subscribers before airing on ITV … >
After a controversial ITV series and cancellation, Sanditon is coming back for two more seasons, but not to ITV The 2019 adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished Sanditon was magnificent to watch, superbly made and cast, but like a lot of viewers, we didn’t like the ending. The Austen novels (if you simplify a lot) were self-contained and … >
Claire Foy is reported as starring in new Britbox drama Marlow Thanks to The Knowledge Bulletin, we can tell you Claire Foy will star in Marlow, a Britbox Original crime drama from Motive Pictures and Endeavor Content. Due to be 8 one hour episodes, it’s the story of two warring families — the Marlows and the Wyatts … >
Production begins on BritBox thriller, Crime The thriller adapted from the best-selling novel by Irvine Welsh, begins production this week in Edinburgh and Glasgow for a duration of twelve weeks. Marking Welsh’s first adaptation for television, Crime will be exclusive to BritBox and will be available to subscribers in the latter half of 2021. It … >
You can enjoy this years Gerry Anderson Day with both Big Finish and Britbox — we tell you how is the first ever InternationalGerry Anderson Day (as announced by The Official Gerry Anderson) and the godfather of supermarionation can be commemorated on audio or on screen. Big Finish holds a Terrahawks Tweetalong listening party for Gerry Anderson … >
The BBC Commercial plans make for an interesting read (if you’re wondering about the future of TV consumption) but need some context We have already reported on the BBC’s need to consider it’s long-term strategy, and in particular it’s dependency on the licence fee. Today the BBC has released what it describes as “ambitious plans … >
From spring 2021 you will (in the UK [for now]) be able to get BritBox on Prime In the UK (though we wonder if this is a first step) you will be able to get BritBox on Prime from the coming spring. It’s not free, but will work like the other channels also available on … >
Eye in the Sky with Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman is one of a crop of new films on BritBox in March BritBox has revealed the titles coming this March, and film lovers have a lot to look forward to. The 4th of March brings the ’90s collection: all six seasons of Drop the Dead Donkey … >
Christmas is not quite with us yet plans are well underway for January’s entertainment. Britbox breaks the holiday mood with This is England — a dark coming of age drama set in ’80s England New Years Day on Britbox sees new films added, including Dog Soldiers (2002), Topsy Turvy (1999), The Winter Guest (1997) and This is England (2006). The last of these … >