Posts By David Farnor
Google Play Movies app exits Daydream VR
June 24, 2019 | David FarnorThe Google Play Movies & TV app has disappeared from Google’s Daydream virtual reality (VR) platform.
Google’s flagship VR platform, which launched in 2016, is built into the Android OS and Google’s Daydream View headset. One of the apps featured … Read More
Alan Carr to reboot Play Your Cards Right and Bullseye for ITV
June 24, 2019 | David FarnorAlan Carr will bring back Play Your Cards Right, Bullseye and other classic gameshows for a new series on ITV.
Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow will see five of the country’s all-time favourite game shows supersized and reinvigorated for 2019. The … Read More
Russian Doll and Pose lead TCA 2019 nominations
June 23, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix’s Russian Doll and FX’s Pose are leading this year’s 2019 Television Critics Association awards.
The Netflix comedy, starring and created by Natasha Lyonne, is up for Individual Achievement in Comedy, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, Outstanding New Program, and Program … Read More
NextUp heads to Edinburgh for Fringe filming frenzy
June 22, 2019 | David FarnorNextUp is gearing up for its biggest year yet at Edinburgh’s Fringe. The subscription VOD service, which is dedicated to stand-up comedy, is sending a full crew up to the festival this summer to film new specials for streaming online.
Netflix cancels Chambers after one season
June 22, 2019 | David FarnorNetflix has cancelled Chambers after only one season.
The streaming giant has increased the number of shows it cancels just as it increases the number of shows it commissions, balancing its investment in productions with a culling of those that … Read More
David Walliams, Sian Gibson and Celia Imrie to star in Sky’s Cinderella: After Ever After
June 21, 2019 | David FarnorDavid Walliams, Sian Gibson, Celia Imrie and Tom Courtenay will star in this year’s Christmas TV production from Sky.
The original special from King Bert Productions will turn the classic Cinderella story on its head. All fairy tales end with … Read More
BBC Four to host A Night In with Bros
June 21, 2019 | David FarnorBBC Four is hosting A Night In with Bros this summer.
Following the success of the documentary Bros: After The Screaming Stops, 1980s pop icons Matt and Luke Goss have been invited to return to BBC Four in July to … Read More
Watch: MUBI drops new trailer for Knight + Heart
June 21, 2019 | David FarnorThis July, MUBI serves up the latest offering from Yann Gonzalez (You And The Night), and a new trailer gives us a glimpse of the filmmaker’s twisted mind.
Knife + Heart is an erotically kitsch love letter to European … Read More
Watch: New trailer for Stranger Things Season 3
June 21, 2019 | David Farnor“You let us in…and now…you are going to have to let us stay.” It’s the summer of ‘85 in Hawkins: Everything is at stake. And only they can stop it. As Netflix’s Stranger Things returns for Season 3, … Read More
What’s leaving Sky and NOW TV in June / July 2019?
June 20, 2019 | David FarnorSummer’s here, and there’s no better time to run and frolic outside, but before you do, make sure you won’t miss the departure of your favourite film or TV show from Sky and NOW. Whether its gripping historical drama or … Read More