Big Finish announce two more Lost Doctor Who Stories

‘Operation Werewolf’ and the original plan for ‘The Three Doctors’ both become Doctor Who Lost Stories.  Doctor Who has a long and varied back catalogue of stories, stretching over six decades. Of course, all the tales we treasure went through changes before entering production. Since 2009, audio producers Big Finish have explored various scripts and … >

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Doctor Who ‘Space Babies’ cast list

The cast list for the first 2024 Doctor Who series episode Space Babies was released on the BBC One listing for the programme. In the episode, the Doctor and Ruby travel to the far future to a baby farm, run by babies, which is terrorized by a monster called the Bogeyman. The Doctor: Ncuti Gatwa … >

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Doctor Who 2024 series: comedy, horror and heartbreak

In a video interview conducted by The Sun at the London premiere of the Doctor Who 2024 series, showrunner Russell T Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson shared some of their insights about the upcoming series. “What we’ve got coming up is the full range of adventures,” Davies revealed. “We’ve got comedy stories. … >

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Scooby-Doo live-action series in the works for Netflix

Pump up the tyres on the Mystery Machine and get the snacks in, Scooby-Doo is preparing for new adventures.  News has broken, via The Hollywood Reporter, that Netflix is planning for a live-action version of Hanna-Barbera’s Scooby-Doo. The classic cartoon franchise, which has endured since 1969, features four young adults and a talking dog who … >

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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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