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We Are Lady Parts, Landscapers lead BAFTA TV Craft Award winners
April 25, 2022 | VOD NewsBAFTA has announced the winners of its 2022 Craft Awards, celebrating behind-the-scenes television talent of 2021.
We Are Lady Parts, the musical comedy about a Muslim female punk band, led the way, winning three prizes: creator and first-time nominee … Read More
Is Netflix’s reign over?
April 24, 2022 | David FarnorThis week saw Netflix lose subscribers for the first time in 10 years. The streaming service saw its overall number of households drop by 200,000 in the first three months of this year, the first time it has seen a … Read More
Classic Doctor Who: The best of Tegan Jovanka
April 24, 2022 | Mark HarrisonOffering more than 600 Classic Doctor Who episodes broadcast between 1963 and 1996, BritBox and BBC iPlayer’s The Whoniverse are bigger on the inside. If you’ve watched all of the new series already, then why not join us as we … Read More
Channel 4 orders The Horne Section TV Show
April 24, 2022 | VOD NewsChannel 4 has commissioned a new comedy series from The Horne Section, the band led by Alex Horne.
Horne has been working with the music group since 2010, when they first performed together at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Horne … Read More
Dave renews Question Team for Season 2
April 24, 2022 | VOD NewsDave has renewed Question Team for a second season.
The quiz show, hosted by Richard Ayoade, re-writes the panel show rule book by making its comic players set the questions. Each guest must bring a unique round of questions, inspired … Read More
Watch: New trailer for Amazon’s Night Sky
April 24, 2022 | VOD NewsWhat would you do if you found a strange space portal in your garden? That’s the question at the heart of Night Sky, starring Sissy Spacek and JK Simmons – and a new trailer gives us a first look at … Read More
MUBI Weekly Digest | 23rd April 2022
April 23, 2022 | VOD NewsWith The Worst Person in the World coming to MUBI in May, the streaming service is continuing its revisiting of director Joachim Trier’s Osly Trilogy this week. It’s joined by the ongoing retrospective of Béla Tarr and the exclusive release … Read More
BBC Two renews Alma’s Not Normal for Season 2
April 23, 2022 | VOD NewsBBC Two has renewed Alma’s Not Normal for a second season.
Following a pilot that became a smash hit back in 2020, BBC Two ordered a full series from writer Sophie Willan. Following Boltonian wild-child, Alma Nuthall and her family … Read More
What impact does video streaming have on the environment?
April 22, 2022 | David FarnorThis Earth Day, there are a number of nature documentaries that can help raise awareness of important environmental issues, from climate change and extinction to poaching and pollution. But as you settle down with David Attenborough’s dulcet tones to reflect … Read More
First look: John Cho stars in Amazon’s Don’t Make Me Go
April 22, 2022 | VOD NewsJohn Cho is heading to Amazon Prime Video this July in new drama Don’t Make Me Go.
The film, which is directed by Hannah Marks and written by Vera Herbert, co-stars Mia Isaac, with the cast also including Jemaine Clement, … Read More















