GoT Prequels: House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon Season 2 – final trailer

It’s time to pick a side. Are you Green or Black? Updated 14/05/24: The final trailer for Season 2 is released. With just over a month until its return, there’s a new trailer abroad for House of the Dragon Season 2. Running to just over two minutes, it focusses on the prize the two houses … >

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Matt Smith on stage with Orbital at Glastonbury

The CultBox Podcast Roundup – April 2024

Here’s our April 2024 Podcast Roundup – what we’ve been listening in the worlds of CultBox.  In no particular order, our picks this month are… Table Manners S16, Ep 25: Billie Piper Jessie and Lennie are joined for breakfast by Billie Piper, who was out promoting Scoop. However, the chat goes much wider and covers … >

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Matt Smith & Nick Cave

Matt Smith to star in The Death of Bunny Munro for Sky

Nick Cave’s darkly comic novel is becoming a six-part series.  Sky have announced that Matt Smith (Doctor Who, House of the Dragon) is to take the title role in an adaptation of Nick Cave’s The Death of Bunny Munro. The series begins filming in Spring 2024 across the south of England, presumably after Smith’s forthcoming … >

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Doctor Who Children in Need 2023 - David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor

Doctor Who on Children in Need – a colourful history

In preparation for another exclusive Doctor Who scene on BBC Children in Need night, we reflect on the show’s long association with the charity fundraiser.  Doctor Who is back on our screens this month. Saturday 25th November brings us the first of three 60th Anniversary Specials starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate as the Fourteenth … >

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Matt Smith returns to the West End stage in 2024

The star will appear in a new production of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. Thanks to Stageberry, we’ve learned that Matt Smith (House of the Dragon) is returning to the West End. The former Doctor Who star is cast as Dr Stockmann in Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, his first stage role … >

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BBC Shop offers limited edition 2005-2022 Doctor Who Blu-ray set

In time for the 2023 holidays, the BBC Shop is offering a limited edition complete New Who years Blu-ray collectors set. 6,000 of the Doctor Who: Limited Edition Complete New Who Collectors Blu-Ray Set will be available with thirteen remastered seasons and exclusive content from Russell T. Davies and David Tennant. Each set will feature … >

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Matt Smith talks House of the Dragon and leaving Doctor Who

The actor opens up about playing princes and a (Time) Lord.  While we’ve been obsessing over ‘The Power of the Doctor’ and its gallery of returning faces this weekend, House of the Dragon has just concluded its first season. As Prince Daemon, former Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith has won acclaim for a magnetic performance in … >

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House of the Dragon – a new trailer lands showing simmering tensions (updated)

The Game of Thrones prequel show premieres this August.  Updated 23/06/22: As the promotional engine ramps into gear for House of the Dragon, against other high-profile shows, HBO have released a killer poster via social media. Fire will reign. August 21 on @HBOMax. #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/A8d4xtw8YT — House of the Dragon (@HouseofDragon) June 22, 2022 It … >

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