Netflix’s The 13th and Black Mirror join London Film Festival 2016 line-up

Ava DuVernay’s T​he​ 13th and new episodes of Black Mirror will premiere at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival this October, with Amazon’s Chi-Raq competing for the red carpet spotlight.

Netflix and the BFI event first joined forces in 2015, … Read More

BBC Three to cut the fat with new post mortem obesity doc

BBC Three will be cutting the fat with a new groundbreaking post mortem documentary exploring the impact obesity has upon our bodies.

Obesity: The Post Mortem will see leading pathologist Dr. Mike Osborn, a consultant for the Royal College of … Read More

Netflix snaps up rights to The Worst Witch as tweens take centre stage

Netflix has snapped up the rights to CBBC’s reboot of The Worst Witch, as the streaming giant sets its sights on tween viewers.

Magical mayhem will meet routine school life in the new series based on the books by … Read More

What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in September 2016?

September is here. Summer has fled. The nights are starting to get darker. And the TV is looking more alluring than ever. But what is there to watch on Sky – or, for non-Sky customers, on subscription-free VOD service NOW … Read More

Raindance Film Festival announces 2016 web series awards nominees and VR showcase

The Raindance Film Festival returns to London’s West End this September – and with it will bring not just its usual web series awards but also a showcase for VR videos.

The festival has established itself as an important event … Read More

All 4: Shorts coming soon to Channel 4’s VOD service in September 2016

Shorts continue to be a central part of Channel’s VOD service, All 4. In September, All 4 has exclusive rights to popular series Seven Year Switch Australia, which sees four couples take a drastic step to save their faltering relationships. … Read More

What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in September 2016?

It’s not often that the winner of the Best Picture Oscar is upstaged by a TV show, but it’s a testament of how good Amazon Prime Video’s line-up has become that it might happen this September.

Yes, this month marks … Read More

ITV orders second season of Marcella

ITV has ordered a second season of Marcella.

The crime thriller, which was billed as bringing Scandinavian noir to the streets of Britain, is co-created by Hans Rosenfeldt and Nicola Larder (Sky’s development executive on The Tunnel, Lawless, Psychopath Next … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (27th August)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s This Filthy Earth.

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New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (27th August 2016)

Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More