Further veterinary adventures await in Darrowby as the hit drama scores a double recommission. ViacomCBS have announced that the bucolic delights of All Creatures Great and Small will return for two more series. The show, a modern take on the works of James Herriot’s Yorkshire veterinary stories, is produced by Playground for Channel 5, as … >
A new service, Freely, will allow viewers access to live TV from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 directly over the Internet from 2024 Developed by Everyone TV (the new name for the organisation who deliver FreeView and FreeSat), Freely is a new free service giving access to live TV via broadband. No aerial or … >
Fresh faces on the Dales include Neve McIntosh and James Bolam. Based on the novels of James Herriot, Channel 5’s adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small is gearing up for its fourth season. Due in the autumn, and on MASTERPIECE in the US in early 2024, the show is back for six further hour-long … >
He’s reached the ‘ghost’ phase of his career. Peter Davison is one of those actors who’s rarely off our screens. Of late, he’s appeared in Gentleman Jack (as a crabby relative), The Larkins (as the gloriously seedy vicar) and The Gold as a senior Police Officer. He also has a role in the upcoming second … >
Dinosaur – with Stephen Fry plans to recreate a hyper-realistic prehistoric environment. Channel 5 have announced Dinosaur – with Stephen Fry, an upcoming four-day event focussed on the prehistoric beasts. The show promises to “chronologically tell the definitive story of 165 million years on earth – from the dawn of the dinosaurs to their extinction.” … >
Fans of the Yorkshire vet can look forward to Series 3 and 4, plus two more Christmas Specials. Hot on the heels of its 2021 Christmas special, ViacomCBS have announced two further six-episode runs for All Creatures Great and Small. The 1930’s set Yorkshire veterinary drama will also be back for two further festive visits … >
Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off feature length documentary Ben Fogle: Inside Chernobyl Thirty-five years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, this new documentary follows presenter Ben Fogle as he spends a week living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The team was given special access deep inside the exclusion zone and the deserted towns and … >
Ofcom has made the news today with predictions of the end for BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 as the online world is leaving current approaches behind Ofcom has been consulting on the future of the UK TV industry as part of its Small Screen: Big Debate initiative. That phase of study is complete … >
Channel 5’s upcoming crime drama, Blood, starring Line of Duty‘s Adrian Dunbar will air in a few weeks time, it’s been confirmed… According to the lengthy press release, “the six-part Blood explores family, memory, and the impact the past can have on the present. Cat Hogan, played by Carolina Main, is an isolated woman on the run from her … >
Channel 5 has yet to announce a premiere date for season three of US comic-book series Gotham, and UK audiences were beginning to wonder whether they’d ever get to see it. Well, now it’s being reported (via Geektown) that the DVD/Blu-ray release of the show’s third season will actually come before the television air date … >