Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth season of comedy Friday Night Dinner. Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal will all return as the Goodman Family, along with Spaced star Mark Heap as Jim. Creator Robert Popper commented: “I am verry hapy I am writin a new serries of Friday Niht Dinners for … >
It’s a pity, really, that Germaine (Helen Monks) is home-schooled, because it means that she missed the science lesson about the centre of the universe. Clue: it isn’t, as she appears to think, her. So it’s with slightly too much glee that she bounds up the stairs to interrupt Grampy’s moment of solace with the … >
Channel 4’s epic new ten-part period drama tells the story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India. Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, Indian Summers stars Julie Walters (Harry Potter), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (The Inbetweeners), Jemima West (The Borgias), Nikesh Patel (Bedlam), … >
There’s a party going on. The kind of function where the adults are dysfunctional beside a sad little barbeque and the kids get their game on in the front room. Della is keen that the family get out there and socialise because, as she notes, lying on top of someone doesn’t count as socialising – … >
AMC has released the first trailer for Humans, featuring Bedlam star Gemma Chan as ‘Synth’ Anita. Based on the hit Swedish drama Real Humans, the eight-part series is written by British duo Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Spooks). Vincent and Brackley have also written the upcoming Spooks movie, Spooks: The Greater Good. Watch the teaser… … >
There’s a heatwave going on, and cousin Cathy is coming over to visit. Della doesn’t have the good china to dig out, but the guest does get to have a can of fizzy coke, a privilege not awarded to the rest of the family. Cathy is immediately funny and interesting (‘She’s had experience of life … >
With one right of passage (your first period) covered in the previous episode, we’re onto another: buying decent underwear. Germaine (Helen Monks) hopes the lingerie department will introduce her to a grown-up world of lace and frills. Matriarch Della, a romantic not given to romanticism, is more pragmatic. When you’re a teenager on an estate … >
This first episode of Channel 4’s Raised by Wolves is a triumphantly confident opening to a series. Sure, there was a pilot last year, but that is in no way required viewing to get up to speed: it can be assumed that this episode wouldn’t have been much different even if it was the first … >
Channel 4’s End of the World Night will reveal the fate of humanity this spring. The special one-off 90-minute programme will take a look at the science facts behind the science fiction, with some of the world’s foremost academics evaluating the many threats to our civilization, and answering the question ‘How will the world end?’. … >
Channel 4 has released the first image of Merlin star Colin Morgan in Humans. Based on the hit Swedish drama Real Humans, the eight-part series is written by British duo Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley (Spooks). Vincent and Brackley have also written the upcoming Spooks movie, Spooks: The Greater Good. The pic features Ivanno Jeremiah as … >