Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa cast in Oscar Wilde play this winter

Ncuti Gatwa will join Sharon D Clarke and Hugh Skinner in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre in London this winter. Wilde’s play is a comedy farce set in the Victorian Era with its burdensome social conventions involving marriage. Gatwa and Skinner will play bachelors Algernon Moncrieff and … >

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Mark Gatiss & Polly Walker on set, with a clapperboard for the first shot of Bookish

Bookish – Mark Gatiss to write and star in new detective drama (updated)

The consulting detective Gabriel Brook will investigate crimes on UKTV’s Alibi.  Updated 29/04/24: Additional casting and a first image as production begins. With filming underway on Mark Gatiss’ new detective series Bookish, further cast details are emerging. In the 1940’s set drama, Gatiss himself takes on the lead role of Gabriel Book, with Polly Walker … >

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Beyond Paradise series 2 cast: Anne Lloyd (Barbara Flynn), Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton), Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall), Zahra Ahmadi (DS Esther Williams), Margo Martins (Felicity Montagu), PC Kelby Hartford (Dylan Llewellyn)

Beyond Paradise Series 3 and Christmas Special confirmed

Investigations in Shipton Abbot have concluded for now, but Humphrey and his team will be back for more. As Series 2 of Beyond Paradise drew to a heart-warming, if suitably unconventional close, the BBC instantly confirmed the show’s future. Fans of the investigations of DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and his team, as well as … >

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Inside No. 9 final series - Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith

Inside No. 9 – final series trailer

It’s the final run for Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s superlative anthology series. What horrors lurk Inside No. 9 this time? Updated 28/04/24: The BBC have dropped a trailer for Inside No. 9. With the series beginning in just over a week, the BBC have landed a trailer for Inside No. 9… It’s a brief … >

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Doctor Who 2024 series premieres in London

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson were the headliners at a spectacular Doctor Who 2024 series premiere at the Regent Street Cinema in London on 25 May 2024. The day started with a special Doctor Who-emblazoned London Double-Decker bus which took some lucky premiere ticket contest winners on a tour of London, starting with Royal Albert … >

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Doctor Who production employs LED screen technology

In Doctor Who Magazine 603, Paul Kirkley revealed that LED screen technology used by other high-end productions was used for the first time on the third 2024 series Doctor Who episode Boom, written by Steven Moffat. “Boom also marks a significant first for Doctor Who, through its use of in-camera VFX technology to create the … >

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Wednesday Season 2 – Thandiwe Newton joins the cast

The much-anticipated Addams Family show is set to begin filming this month.  With the cameras set to roll on Wednesday‘s second season there have been a few casting reveals. While Netflix are remain tight-lipped, Variety announced the involvement of Steve Buscemi a few days ago, suggesting he’ll play Nevermore Academy’s new Principal. Now, they’ve dropped an … >

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