BBC Studios and Toshiba TV have unveiled new partnership to mark the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who which includes a live interactive panel, Doctor Who: Beyond the Screen, featuring some of the experts and creative minds who have shaped the show into what it is today. The invite-only event will be hosted on Saturday 9 … >
YouTube’s Primetime Channels are being launched in the UK — we bring you the lowdown on yet another way to watch your favourite shows Various industry outlets, including Broadcast Now and Digital TV (Europe), are reporting on the latest foray into the Uk streaming market. This time it’s YouTube with their Primetime Channels. Every few weeks … >
The DIY Doctor Who project returns for the show’s big birthday – which scene will you recreate? Back in 2020, during those interminable lockdowns, the Doctor Who fan community rallied to keep people engaged and entertained. While the restrictions generated choirs and tweetalongs, which played a part in David Tennant’s return to the show, some … >
The show’s UK broadcaster sees bumper figures… and makes episode 1 free to view via YouTube. Based on George R.R. Martin’s boom Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon, the new Westeros-set show takes place some 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones. However, thanks to viewing figures being trumpeted by Sky, the prequel … >
The veteran broadcaster is donning Sir Patrick Moore’s skullcap for the E4 gaming show reboot. E4 have announced that Sir Trevor McDonald will take on the role of the eponymous GamesMaster in their upcoming revival of the 90s television show. Airing from 1992 to 1998, GamesMaster was one of the world’s first dedicated video gaming … >
BBC Studios will premiere a new production of Mission to the Unknown, a missing Doctor Who episode that has been faithfully recreated by a team of students, graduates and staff of the University of Central Lancashire. Mission to the Unknown, the recreation will premiere on the Doctor Who YouTube channel on October 9, to mark … >
To celebrate 20 years of Doctor Who on audio at Big Finish, the official Doctor Who YouTube channel will host a 20-hour weekend livestream marathon of their audio dramas. Over two days on the 20th and 21st July, the official Doctor Who YouTube channel will broadcast more than 20 episodes of Big Finish audio adventures … >
YouTube have ordered a pilot episode for a loose adaptation of The Edge of Seventeen, 2016’s acclaimed teen comedy starring Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson. While not a direct remake – it’ll merely evoke the original’s tone – the pilot will be executive produced by The Edge of Seventeen‘s director, Kelly Fremon Craig. Writing and directing duties … >
Just because you don’t have a television, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch quality entertainment! A little website called YouTube contains more videos than you could ever watch in a lifetime, but there are obviously channels to check out, channels to avoid like the plague, and even channels to catch up on older TV … >
» ‘The party’s arrived…’ Advertising slots during the Super Bowl are the most highly-prized (and expensive) on American TV. This year, a couple of the companies investing in commercials to be shown during the match between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants have produced ads with a cult theme – including Audi, with this slightly dated but funny Twilight parody.
» ‘Oh, good morning, Dean!’ Memes involving a re-voiced Darth Vader rarely fail to amuse. This week, it’s the turn of Kenneth Williams to don the mask, breathe heavily and ask Imperial commanders about the possibilities of gender realignment.
» ‘I’m coming… all the time…’ If you haven’t experienced Cassetteboy’s cutups of Stephen Fry reading JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, you’re missing out. Go and search for them in a couple of minutes – but first, enjoy their riotous video edit, ‘Harry Potter and the X-Rated Trailer’…
» ‘Now please stop buggering me!’ For high-quality Doctor Who mash-up magic, Farmergeddon has been the go-to guy since the days when editing videos together was a matter of hooking up two VCRs and pressing pause at the right time. His take on The Five Doctors is indisputably a work of comedy genius.
» ‘The dog is funnier than the Vader kid.’ Back to Super Bowl XLVI for the last of this week’s selections. Volkswagen’s kid-activates-car-with-the-Force ad became a worldwide hit after airing during the 2011 final, and this year, the full-length version of the company’s game day promo contains a coda set in a familiar cantina….