Neighbours: the infamous Bouncer dream sequence

With over 7,500 episodes clocked it, it wouldn’t be unfair to say that the majority of instalments of the Australian soap opera Neighbours have been consigned to history now. That, or someone somewhere has an enormous boxset sat in their garage, that they need a forklift to transport. But of all the episodes, perhaps the … >

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5 Australian TV shows that have broken through to the UK

When it comes to Australian slang, of course you know that ‘barbie’ means barbecue. Just like you know that ‘stoked’ means excited. But did you know ‘arvo’ is short for afternoon, or that the Aussie slang for a poker machine is a ‘pokie’? All true, cobber. If you won on a pokie one arvo you’d … >

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Another ‘Being Human’ writer joins ‘Doctor Who’ for Season 9 ep

A second female writer for the new season of Doctor Who has been announced. Sarah Dollard has previously written episodes of Being Human, Aussie soap Neighbours and BBC Two’s recent spy thriller The Game. The Game is created by Doctor Who writer Toby Whithouse, who returns in Season 9 with a brand new two-part story. … >

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Win ‘The War of The Worlds’ goodies!

Coming to UK cinemas for the very first time on Thursday 11 April, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds – Alive On Stage! The New Generation will be screening in high definition and superb 5.1 surround sound.

To celebrate the release, we’ve got a t-shirt, programme, signed poster and album to give away to one of our Twitter followers!

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Win ‘Neighbours’ boxsets!

To celebrate the release of Neighbours: From The Beginning Volume 2 on DVD on Monday 25 March, we’ve got boxsets to give away to three of our Twitter followers!

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Win ‘Neighbours’ boxsets!

To celebrate the release of Neighbours: From the Beginning Volume 1, out now, we’ve got copies of the DVD boxset to give away to two of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow CultBox on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @cultboxtv and RT for a chance to win one of … >

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Comedian Ed Gamble’s TV choices

Chortle Award Nominees 2011 Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble (Russell Howard’s Good News) will be performing their Peacock and Gamble Emergency Broadcast show at the Edinburgh Fringe this August at the Pleasance Dome before taking the show on a nationwide autumn tour. > Book tickets here. We caught up with Ed to find out what … >

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