Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – June 2024

Here’s our June 2024 Podcast Roundup – what we’ve been listening in the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, our picks this month are… The Gaby Roslin Podcast: Laura Checkley Gaby spent time in the company of actor Laura Checkley, star of Detectorists, King Gary and Screw. The chat ran through her career, from … >

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Douglas Is Cancelled – start date confirmed for Moffat comedy drama

Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan star, with Alex Kingston, Nick Mohammed and Simon Russell Beale.  Updated 14/06/24: ITV confirm the air date for the first episode of Douglas is Cancelled. The show launches on ITV1 at 9pm on Thursday, 27th June 2024. The programme listing also confirms the show’s wider cast, including another Moffat-era Doctor … >

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Fools – Karen Gillan to star as Mary Tudor

The period comedy will chronicle the friendship between a Queen and her court jester.  Karen Gillan is taking a regal role in the forthcoming comedy Fools, according to Deadline. The former Doctor Who star, who jumped to the big screen with roles in The Guardians of the Galaxy and Jumanji, will star as in Fools … >

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Marvel drops a trailer for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (updated)

Christmas means bacon… Kevin Bacon, that is, in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.  Updated 21/11/22: With its release imminent, James Gunn has been discussing the forthcoming Disney+ ‘Special Presentation’. Speaking to ComicBook.com, the director talks about how the characters have moved on since their last appearance and that the special allows the subsequent … >

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Doctor Who stars Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill share Pond family reunion

Doctor Who stars Matt Smith (the Eleventh Doctor), Karen Gillan (Amy Pond), and Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) reunited for a Metaverse interview. The interview was available for a limited time on YouTube. Each actor explained their first experience with Doctor Who. “It was on when we were really young and then it wasn’t,” said Arthur … >

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Join Matt Smith and Karen Gillan for Doctor Who ‘Vincent and the Doctor’ live tweets

Following the successful fan events, #SaveTheDay, and #TripOfALifetime Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook has organized another communal fan watch-along and live tweet of the Doctor Who series 5 episode Vincent and the Doctor – on Vincent van Gogh’s birthday. On Monday March 30, Cook invites fans all over the world to watch Vincent and … >

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