Harry Potter

Return to Hogwarts – Sky to show Harry Potter 20th Anniversary special (updated)

The celebratory ‘making-of’ retrospective will air on New Years Day.  Twenty years on from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, a new retrospective special will reunite Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson with director Chris Columbus. Promising a magical first-person journey through the franchise, the documentary will feature all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations … >

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Father Brown: series 7 confirmed by BBC

The hit daytime TV show Father Brown has been greenlit again by the BBC. Series seven of the show, that’s based on the writing of G K Chesterton, has been given the go ahead, with Mark Williams set to reprise the title role. He’s joined in the cast by Sorcha Cusack, Jack Deam and Emer … >

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The Fast Show’s greatest ever characters

It’s testament to The Fast Show’s incredible depth of quality that narrowing this list down to a manageable number proved to be so exceedingly difficult. There were so many brilliant characters across the show’s run, it’s easy to forget some absolute gems.There was the thespian who spent “over six hours in make up”, the ever-so … >

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5 of the best one-off characters in ‘Merlin’

Merlin’s ensemble cast was brilliant – each actor was nothing like any other adaption of their character. As the writers say in the DVD extras, two strong actors were needed who had already got a big reputation as a foundation for the story, which ended up being Richard Wilson as Gaius and Anthony Head as … >

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