Remember when David Jason was blocked from doing Doctor Who?

Doctor Who’s roster of guest stars since it returned to our screens in 2005 has been comfortably on the impressive side. But not everyone the Doctor Who team has approached has been able to take the job on. One of UK television’s biggest stars, David Jason, was approached by Russell T Davies, after reading that … >

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BBC One orders third season of ‘Still Open All Hours’

Still Open All Hours will return to BBC One later this year for a Christmas special, followed by a third season in 2017. Written by Roy Clarke, the Open All Hours spin-off series launched in 2014, with Season 2 becoming the highest rated comedy series of the past 12 months. Season 3 and this year’s festive episode will start filming … >

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Second season of ‘Still Open All Hours’ begins filming

BBC One has ordered new episodes of David Jason’s sitcom Still Open All Hours. Written by Roy Clarke, Season 2 will open with a Christmas special, which began filming on location in Doncaster last month. The festival episode will see Granville (Sir David Jason) bag himself a bargain Christmas tree, which gives him more problems … >

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10 more actors we’d love to see in ‘Doctor Who’

Following our recent wishlist of British acting legends that are overdue a guest spot in Doctor Who, here are ten more thespians we’d love to appear in the show.   Dame Angela Lansbury Question: compelling though Michelle Gomez was as the (ahem) Master of the Nethersphere, why couldn’t space have been made for giving her … >

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Win ‘Still Open All Hours’ on DVD!

After 28 years the much- loved sitcom is back. Still Open All Hours is available for the first time ever on BBC DVD this week. To celebrate the release, we’ve got DVDs to give away to three of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following … >

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‘Still Open All Hours’ new series begins filming

Production has started on the new series of David Jason’s BBC One sitcom  Still Open All Hours on location in Doncaster and at the studios in Teddington. Following the success of last year’s one-off special, Jason reprise his role as Granville, running the corner shop with his son Leroy (James Baxter). We follow Granville’s antics … >

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