I don’t know where Negatus got those sweet sailboat pyjamas in this week’s episode of Yonderland, but boy do I wish I did: as he and his team face a vicious downsizing, at least he’s doing it in style. This week, Nick the Stick celebrates his 400th birthday by getting thoroughly plastered with Elf and … >
Ugly Betty star Ashley Jensen will return as Agatha Raisin for a full season of Sky1’s quirky crime drama. Following the success of last year’s one-off Christmas special, Agatha Raisin and The Quiche of Death, Sky1 has commissioned eight new 60-minute episodes. The new season will see Jensen resume her role as the notorious Agatha, … >
Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones have started shooting the new season of BBC Four’s comedy Detectorists. Written and directed by Crook, six new episodes and a one-off Christmas special will be filmed in Suffolk, Essex and London this summer. Detectorists launched last October and follows the relationship between two friends who share a passion for … >
Ted 2 is a film that holds absolutely no surprises. Whoever you are, it’s exactly the film that you think it’s going to be. Trailer had you in stitches? You’ll be in heaven with Ted 2. It’s as funny as you think. Did you hear the announcement that 2012’s first film was getting a sequel … >
The brave Debbie of Maddox (and the many idiots she finds herself entangled with) return for a second of Yonderland – and what a triumphant return it is. ‘Panic On The Streets Of Yonderland’ begins with Mackenzie Crook (The Office) as an older gentleman who seems to know something fairly significant about Debbie’s past. Indeed, … >
The first trailer has been unveiled for this summer’s Bad Education film. Based on BBC Three’s hit comedy series, The Bad Education Movie opens in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday 21 August. The official synopsis reads: “Alfie Wickers is probably the worst teacher to (dis)grace the English education system, but no one … >
Sky1 will be the UK home of the Muppets when their new documentary-style TV series begins this autumn. The Muppets will take viewers behind the scenes to lift the lid on the ups and downs of the Muppets’ day-to-day lives as they prepare to reunite for a new TV series. Adam MacDonald, Director of Sky … >
The uproariously brilliant puppet-infused fantasy family adventure series Yonderland returns to Sky1 next week. Following on from last year’s first season, the seemingly average Debbie continues to negotiate the mysterious and very silly world of Yonderland through a portal in her pantry, with the help of her friend Elf, in between ferrying the kids to … >
The fourth season of HBO’s Veep will begin in the UK later this month. Armando Iannucci’s political comedy returns to Sky Atlantic with the first of ten new episodes at 10.10pm on Wednesday 15 July. Watch the Season 4 trailer… Directed by The Thick of It star Chris Addison, ‘Joint Session’ kicks off as Selina … >
As we say farewell to My Mad Fat Diary, I feel somehow perfectly satisfied with the story’s conclusion. It ended exactly as it had to: not with massively overblown tragedy or everything perfect, but just as it should be. Poor Rae, who’s been through so much, seems not to be coping terribly well with Finn’s … >