The Dream Lands cast

The Dream Lands – BBC announces new drama with Anna Friel & Connor Swindells

The six-part drama also stars Pascale Kann, Clara Rugaard, Katherine Parkinson and Golda Rosheuvel.  The BBC have announced The Dream Lands, a new futuristic coming-of-age drama from writer Kayleigh Llewellyn (Killing Eve). The series adapts Rosa Rankin-Gee’s novel Dreamland and takes place in 2039. The Dream Lands comes from producer SISTER (KAOS) and Universal International … >

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Channel 4’s cyber-thriller The Undeclared War returns for series 2

Simon Pegg and Hannah Khalique-Brown return for series 2 of the cyber-thriller.  Channel 4 has announced a second series of The Undeclared War. The new six-part run of the cyber-thriller comes from writer Colin Teevan (Das Boot), with Paul McGuigan (Inside Man) directing. Series 1 was presaged with a chilling faux-Prime Ministerial broadcast, so look out for … >

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Dodger 2023 Christmas Special - Nicola Coughlan as Queen Victoria

Dodger lands a right royal 2023 Christmas Special (updated)

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 … >

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Everyone Else Burns – Series 2 confirmed for the hellish comedy

Series 2 promises an inferno of family strife, marital chaos and righteous revolution.  Channel 4 have confirmed that its hit apocalyptic comedy Everyone Else Burns is returning for a second series. The show follows the Lewis family, who are desperate to avoid eternal damnation despite the myriad temptations of modern life. Simon Bird (Friday Night … >

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Andrew Garfield

Hot Air – Andrew Garfield is set to play Richard Branson

Hot Air will dramatize the early days of Virgin Atlantic and how British Airways tried to stop them.  News has broken that Andrew Garfield, fresh from his Emmy nomination for Under the Banner of Heaven, is to headline Hot Air. Cast as the Virgin founder, Garfield will play the billionaire Sir Richard Branson in an … >

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The Undeclared War

The Undeclared War – more details and a start date

Now we’ve recovered from that “emergency broadcast”, which introduced us to the threat of The Undeclared War (with a side-order of Prime Ministerial wish fulfilment), we’ve been able to find out a few more details about Channel 4’s upcoming thriller. First up, we have a quote from series creator Peter Kosminsky on what the show … >

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