Cozy Crime Catchup for September 2025 has news on Bookish, Ludwig and Signora Volpe Some weeks there’s too much news to blog or too many smaller items needing company to make a complete article. Welcome to Cozy Crime Catchup, an occasional posting where we collect together news you may have missed. It turns out there’s quite … >
Christopher Eccleston returns as Fagin with his gang set on pinching Queen Victoria’s crown. Updated 30/11/23: Dodger‘s ‘Coronation’ lands on BBC iPlayer With December just around the corner, the new Dodger Christmas Special has landed. The hit family show, which should get festive airings on both BBC One and CBBC, is now available to stream. A … >
Simon Callow, Asim Chaudry, Harriet Walter and Zoë Wanamaker all guest star. As Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead returns, the BBC have released first-look images for The Cleaner series 2. The new run of episodes promise bigger crime scenes and even more larger-than-life guests. Here’s what we know: Co-written by and starring Greg Davies, comedy series The … >
The Christmas Eve special stars Simon Callow, Mark Gatiss and Tamsin Greig. Sky have released a trailer for one of their seasonal treats: The Amazing Mr Blunden. The time-travel story is an adaptation of the 1972 novel The Ghosts by Antonia Barber and was previously made for the big screen, starring Diana Dors. We first … >
Simon Callow, Tamsin Greig, and Mark Gatiss to star in new Christmas Sky Original, The Amazing Mr Blunden Filming has begun on The Amazing Mr Blunden, a Sky Original family adventure for Christmas 2021. Written and directed by Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Dracula) and produced by Adorable Media in association with Sky Studios, the 90-minute film … >
The Rebel is a short, slightly-sharp sitcom based upon comic strips from The Oldie. The first series ran quite discreetly on Gold last year but clearly did sufficiently well to merit a comeback as, today, UKTV have announced a fresh run of six, half-hour episodes – twice the length of the original stretch. Andrew Birch, … >
Returning to our screens for a full season after a 16-year absence, Doctor Who managed to pull in a wealth of talent for its 21st century debut. Some of the faces, such as Anna Maxwell Martin (The Bletchley Circle), Noel Clarke (Kidulthood), Jo Joyner (EastEnders) and Eve Myles (Broadchurch) have gone on to greater success; … >
Sky Arts’ Playhouse Presents… will return this summer with a new series of one-off comedies and dramas. Airing from May, the 30 episodes will feature Billie Piper, Matthew Perry, Jane Horrocks, Jo Brand, Simon Callow, Cara Delevingne, Lindsay Duncan, Kevin Eldon, Daniel Mays, , Mark Strong, Sylvia Syms, Ashley Walters, Jason Watkins, Ben Whishaw and … >
The script is a dazzling theatrical mosaic that requires Simon Callow to play no less than 49 separate characters.
Sky Atlantic have announced today that a second series of cult comedy This Is Jinsy will air on the channel in 2013.