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The CultBox Podcast Roundup – June 2023

Hailing frequencies open, here’s our June 2023 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox.  Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… We Can Be Weirdos Ep 6 – The Ghostbuster: Dan Aykroyd and his Close Encounters Presenter Dan Schreiber (of No Such Thing As A Fish) talks to the comedy … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ not recommissioned for Season 4

Wizards vs Aliens looks unlikely to return for a fourth season this year. CBBC’s sci-fi adventure drama has apparently been placed on hiatus due to budget constrictions. The show’s co-creator Russell T Davies told Broadcast that there is currently “not enough money” to make new episodes, but says it has not been axed. Starring Scott … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘Twilight Falls’

A very good run of stories – and a few hundred years of wizard history – culminate in ‘Twilight Falls’, the final story of Wizards Vs Aliens’ third season. I will always be delighted by the sight of Dan Starkey’s actual face, and what a treat it was to see it make an appearance sans … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘The Key Of Bones’

This week’s Wizards Vs Aliens story, ‘The Key of Bones’, is Season 3’s penultimate adventure and very much feels like it. It seems like most of this story exists to set up what’s to come in next week’s two-part finale; indeed, the real action of this story doesn’t come until Part 2. It’s a complex, … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ Season 3 episode guide

Created by Russell T Davies (Doctor Who) and Phil Ford (The Sarah Jane Adventures), fantasy adventure drama Wizards vs Aliens returns to CBBC for ten new episodes this autumn. Wizards vs Aliens follows the young wizard Tom Clarke and his science-savvy friend Benny as they attempt to stop the Nekross, who are threatening to destroy … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘The Daughters of Stone’

Oh Wizards vs Aliens, you arch manipulators of emotion. I can honestly say, when I set about to watch ‘The Daughters of Stone’, I did not expect to find myself uttering the above sentiment, but here we are. What drives this adventure of witches and deceptions and haunting are a series of overlapping stories about … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘The Quantum Effect’

When I set out to watch this week’s Wizards vs Aliens story, ‘The Quantum Effect’, I was not prepared for quite the onslaught of emotions that was the culmination of these two episodes. I’m pretty sure neither Tom nor Benny were either, as Benny is presented with the opportunity to be scientific full-time at MIT, … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ review: ‘The Secret of Room 12’

Wizards vs Aliens makes a welcome return to CBBC with ‘The Secret Of Room 12’, the first two-part adventure of the show’s third season, penned by co-creator Phil Ford. Our story begins (after a teaser in which sinister forces cause an innocent teacher to make a mess of his shirt) with a report on What … >

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‘Wizards vs Aliens’ Season 3 preview

Fans of CBBC’s Wizards vs Aliens have much to look forward to with the launch of the fantasy drama’s third season this week, and ‘The Secret Of Room 12’ is a dynamite way to kick off the new adventures. If Tom (Scott Haran) and his friends – wizards and unenchanted alike – thought the Earth … >

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