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TV Review – Prehistoric Planet

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Chris Connor reviews Prehistoric Planet… Walking With Dinosaurs was a landmark achievement in 1999 providing incredible visuals and delivering the latest information available on the world of the dinosaurs, informing younger audiences and providing a sense of scale and effects previously unseen on TV.  Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the series was followed by two follow-up […]

David Tennant and Catherine Tate returning to Doctor Who for 60th anniversary

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After last week’s reveal that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa will be taking on the role of the Fourteenth Doctor, the BBC has some further huge news for Doctor Who fans today with the announcement that David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be returning to the series in 2023 as part of the show’s 60th […]

First images from BBC Three slasher comedy series Wrecked

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The BBC has released casting news and a batch of first look images for BBC Three’s upcoming slasher comedy series Wrecked from writer and creator Ryan J. Brown. The series is set aboard the Sacramentum cruise ship and follows “20-year-old new recruit, Jamie, as he infiltrates the 3000 strong crew in a desperate race to […]

Eve Online and Doctor Who universes crossover in a new event this month

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CCP Games, creators of the free to play space MMO EVE Online, have announced a crossover event with the BBC’s Doctor Who will start on 13th January and run until 1st February.  This collision of universes is the first crossover event for the popular spacefaring MMO and will see fans of both franchises able to search […]

This will be the end of it in Peaky Blinders final season trailer

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The Shelbys are back as BBC has released the first trailer for the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders. The series, created by Steven Knight and starring Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby, promises an epic conclusion as Thomas’ line up against him in the changing times. Watch the trailer below… Peaky Blinders season six sees […]

Jamie Dornan suffers amnesia in the outback in the trailer for The Tourist

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The BBC and HBO Max have released the first trailer for the upcoming thriller series The Tourist which stars Jamie Dornan as a British man who wakes up with no memory of who he is after being pursued and ran of the road by a truck in the Australian outback; take a look here… Jamie Dornan […]

Peaky Blinders movie will start filming in 2023, confirms creator Steven Knight

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Earlier this year, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight confirmed that the upcoming sixth series of the hugely popular BBC series will be the final series but the story will continue in film form. Now, during a panel at the BFI London Film Festival (via Variety), Knight not only confirmed that the final season is currently in […]

Killing Eve final season has started filming, teaser released

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The BBC have revealed that the fourth and final season of the hugely popular and award-winning spy thriller series Killing Eve has finally started production via a teaser on the Killing Eve Twitter account with the caption “Our lips are sealed. Mostly.” https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1445418507831816196?t=sKHLztpFnEB-gD-B7jEN-Q&s=19 Killing Eve stars Sandra Oh as MI6 agent Eve Polastri and Jodie Comer as […]

Steve Coogan to play Jimmy Savile in controversial BBC drama

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The BBC has caused controversy today with the news that Steve Coogan has been cast as Jimmy Savile in a new drama entitled The Reckoning, which is said to delve into how the paedophile used his powerful connections and celebrity status to hide his heinous crimes. “To play Jimmy Savile was not a decision I […]