Three years since their last appearance, the Brockman family will be back on BBC One next month. Filming has commenced on a brand new Outnumbered Christmas special. Original cast members Hugh Dennis (Mock The Week), Claire Skinner (Critical), Tyger Drew-Honey (Cuckoo), Daniel Roche (Little Crackers) and Ramona Marquez (The King’s Speech) will all return in … >
Christmas with family brings with it certain inevitabilities. The host’s house will either be uncomfortably warm or uncomfortably cold, you will eat way too much food, and in spite of everything, you’ll mostly only remember the good stuff. The titular family of Christmas with the Coopers (out on DVD this week) all haul their own baggage … >
Hank Zipzer will return to CBBC next month with a feature-length festive special, Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe. The 90-minute film began filming in Yorkshire in August. CBBC controller Cheryl Taylor commented: “Our fabulous standalone Xmas special will delight Hank’s growing army of fans and we’re thrilled to have a full 90 minutes to enjoy his Christmas capers alongside … >
High street wine and beer merchant Oddbins has released its latest unconventional Christmas video this morning. 2016’s festive ad showcases 12 chimps, each named after 12 brand attributes ascribed to Oddbins by its customers. It’s probably safe to say that it’s the only Christmas ad this year to feature chimp poo being thrown at a store manager, unless there’s a … >
A new teaser has been unveiled for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. The 30-second trailer from Fathom Events is to promote the release of ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’ in select US cinemas next month. For the second year in a row, Fathom Events and BBC Worldwide present a special two-night presentation of Doctor Who‘s festive adventure … >
The first footage has been unveiled from this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special. 2016’s festive adventure began filming in Cardiff last month and features the return of Matt Lucas as Nardole alongside Canadian actor Justin Chatwin (Shameless, American Gothic) as a “superhero character.” The episode is titled ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’ and is written by showrunner Steven Moffat. Watch the trailer… The new season of Doctor Who will … >
The title has been announced for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff last month and features the return of Matt Lucas as Nardole alongside Canadian actor Justin Chatwin (Shameless, American Gothic) as a “superhero character.” Written by showrunner Steven Moffat, the episode is reportedly titled ‘The Return of Doctor Mysterio’. Doctor Who is known as Doctor … >
Matt Lucas will apparently be “quite different from your normal companion” in Doctor Who this Christmas. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff earlier this month and features the return of the Little Britain star as Nardole. It is also rumoured that Canadian actor Justin Chatwin (Shameless, American Gothic) will guest star as a “superhero character.” Lucas made his debut as Nardole, who met … >
Filming is underway on this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode and the special’s director has been confirmed. The new issue of DWM reveals that Ed Bazalgette will helm 2016’s festive outing. Bazalgette has previously directed episodes of Poldark, Casualty and DCI Banks. He also directed two of last year’s Doctor Who episodes, ‘The Girl Who Died’ and ‘The Woman … >
The companion in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode has been revealed. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff this week. Steven Moffat revealed in June that the Christmas ep will not feature Pearl Mackie and that new companion Bill won’t be introduced until the first episode of Season 10 next year. He teased: “So there’ll be somebody else – a … >