‘Yonderland’ preview: The cast chat about Season 2 of Sky1’s puppet comedy

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 … >

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Sky1 confirms ‘Yonderland’ return date for Season 2

The Horrible Histories team’s puppet-filled fantasy comedy Yonderland is back this month. Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond will all reprise their many roles in the new eight-part season. A double-bill, ‘Panic in the Streets of Yonderland’ and ‘The Winging Detective’, will air at 8pm on Monday 13 July on … >

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Reece Shearsmith and Sharon Rooney join BBC Two’s dark comedy ‘Stag’

BBC Two’s new comedy-thriller about the Stag weekend from hell has begun filming in Scotland. Created by Jim Field Smith (producer/director of The Wrong Mans) and George Kay (The Tunnel), Stag follows a meek schoolteacher (Jim Howick – Peep Show), his future brother-in-law (Stephen Campbell Moore – Our Zoo) and several obnoxious friends on a deer-stalking … >

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BBC Two orders comedy thriller ‘Stag’

BBC Two Controller Kim Shillinglaw has announced the commission of Stag, a new “darkly comic thriller”. Created by Jim Field Smith (producer/director of The Wrong Mans) and George Kay, the three-part series follows a meek schoolteacher (Jim Howick – Peep Show, Babylon) as he struggles to survive the Stag weekend from hell. He is joined … >

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