Ofcom has made the news today with predictions of the end for BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 as the online world is leaving current approaches behind Ofcom has been consulting on the future of the UK TV industry as part of its Small Screen: Big Debate initiative. That phase of study is complete … >
Channel 5’s upcoming crime drama, Blood, starring Line of Duty‘s Adrian Dunbar will air in a few weeks time, it’s been confirmed… According to the lengthy press release, “the six-part Blood explores family, memory, and the impact the past can have on the present. Cat Hogan, played by Carolina Main, is an isolated woman on the run from her … >
Channel 5 has yet to announce a premiere date for season three of US comic-book series Gotham, and UK audiences were beginning to wonder whether they’d ever get to see it. Well, now it’s being reported (via Geektown) that the DVD/Blu-ray release of the show’s third season will actually come before the television air date … >
Tabloid reports claim that the DJ and ex-Top Gear presenter is now attempting to bring a quiz classic back to TV.
Following massive viewing figures for its return earlier his year – far beyond what Fox were likely hoping for – it’s almost certain that The X-Files will be back for an eleventh season. There’s certainly plenty of life left in these characters and the mythology they dwell within. The revival had a lot of problems, but the willingness of … >
I’m shocked. And angry. And trying to find a way to compute exactly what it is that I just watched and how it fits into my feelings about this year’s X-Files mini-series as a whole. Writer/creator Chris Carter has now had a third opportunity to provide some closure to The X-Files, after the original series … >
So, we arrive at the final standalone episode of the X-Files revival before we hit next week’s big finale, and what we get is so utterly bizarre that no other show could have pulled this off. We’re not entirely sure that The X-Files has managed to pull it off either. After the earlier episode with … >
“Mulder, back in the day, I used to do stairs and in three-inch heels.” “‘Back in the day’. Scully, ‘back in the day’ is now.” Of the four episodes we’ve seen so far, as an actual X File, this one might be the best yet. While the central mystery is poorly explained and Mulder and … >
“We’ve been given another case, Mulder. It has a monster in it.” It’s an evocative title, telling you all you need to know and probably putting the viewer in a very specific mind-set before the episode has even started. So we know we’re getting a monster and given that this is a script from Darin … >
When we were told The X-Files was returning for a limited ‘event’ season, the creators assured us it would be a mix of the mythology episodes and some Monster of the Week episodes too. Last week’s opening episode, ‘My Struggle’, was firmly in the alien conspiracy format and at times it came across a little … >