George Clooney and Joanna Lumley appeared in a Downton Abbey sketch for tonight’s Text Santa on ITV. The annual charity appeal returned earlier this evening with a three-hour fundraising show. It’s Christmas at Downton and Lord Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville) seems to be facing financial ruin once again. He’s beginning to wonder if his family … >
A crowded room. Friends with tired eyes. It could only be the press launch for the Doctor Who Christmas special where BBC top brass, Doctor Who production staff and assorted hacks and ne’er do wells join in the annual celebration of that most seasonal of figures: the Doctor. We know the drill by now – … >
In 1984, the BBC produced one of the most memorable and ambitious children’s television programmes of all time. Based on the novel by John Masefield, The Box of Delights was a tick-all-the-boxes psychedelic alchemy that combined captivating story, superb ensemble performance and special effects that transcended the clunky, pre-digital technology of the age to create … >
This Christmas special of Charlie Brooker’s techno-horror show manages to compact the show’s usual three-part run into one, feature-length, portmanteau episode. Rafe Spall’s Potter wakes up in a shelter in the middle of a featureless snowy tundra, and finds Jon Hamm’s relentlessly upbeat Matt making a Christmas meal for them. Anyone who has seen Prometheus … >
Earlier this week, very sympathetic to the fact that everyone is probably suffering from festive fatigue, Channel 4 held a preview event in London for Charlie Brooker’s upcoming Black Mirror Christmas special, ‘White Christmas’. In various states of recovery from our respective office Christmas parties – aided by multiple mince pies and several glasses of … >
A new trailer and another clip have been released ahead of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. Written by showrunner Steven Moffat, ‘Last Christmas’ guest stars Spaced actor Nick Frost as Father Christmas, alongside Misfits actor Nathan McMullen and Michael Troughton, the son of actor Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor. Watch the clip… The … >
In 1984, the BBC produced one of the most memorable and ambitious children’s television programmes of all time. Based on the novel by John Masefield, The Box of Delights was a tick-all-the-boxes psychedelic alchemy that combined captivating story, superb ensemble performance and special effects that transcended the clunky, pre-digital technology of the age to create … >
BBC One has released a trailer for The Boy in the Dress, based on David Walliams’ first children’s book Following the success of Gangsta Granny and Mr Stink, the one-hour special stars Jennifer Saunders, Meera Syal, James Buckley, Tim McInnerny, Felicity Montagu, David Walliams and Kate Moss as herself. The Boy in the Dress airs … >
Steve Pemberton’s adaptation of EF Benson’s comic drama Mapp and Lucia will air over three consecutive days in the week after Christmas. Set in the summer of 1930, the three-part mini-series begins at 9.05pm on Monday 29 December on BBC One, concluding at 9pm on Wednesday 31 December. > Order Mapp and Lucia on DVD … >
Harry Hill makes his acting debut this Christmas in BBC One’s The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm. Adapted by Charlie Higson from Norman Hunter’s classic children’s books, the hour-long family film airs at 8.30pm on Wednesday 24 December on BBC One. Hill stars as Professor Branestawm, an absent-minded inventor who is oblivious to the chaos … >