BBC One acquires hit Australian drama The Heights

BBC One has acquired Australian drama The Heights.

At a time when schedules need filling and productions are preparing to resume filming, the Beeb is looking overseas to keep its daytime schedules filled. It has bagged the rights to the … Read More

Hollyoaks leads Channel 4 line-up on Snapchat

Channel 4 is heading to Snapchat with a wave of shows being reworked for the social video platform – and Hollyoaks is leading the way.

More than 300 short-form edits of Channel 4 content will stream on Snapchat’s Discover platform … Read More

What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 set for June UK air date

Season 2 of the What We Do in the Shadows TV series finally has a confirmed UK air date, with the show set to premiere once more on BBC Two this June.

Based on the mockumentary horror comedy film of … Read More

Trailer: Reality Z arrives on Netflix this June

Reality Z, Netflix’s remake of Dead Set, arrives this June, and a new trailer gives us our first look at the Brazilian zombie series.

Adapted by director, screenwriter and executive producer Cláudio Torres, the show relocates Charlie Brooker’s horror satire … Read More

Criterion Channel releases free films focusing on Black lives

The Criterion Channel has released a collection of films focusing on Black lives.

The US streaming service, which launched last spring following the closure of FilmStruck, is the digital home of the Criterion Collection, known for its high quality of … Read More

Shudder makes Horror Noire available for free

Shudder has made Horror Noire available for free, in an act of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

The documentary is one of the few non-fiction original projects released by the horror streaming service, which is operated by AMC. … Read More

MUBI Weekly Digest | 6th June 2020

MUBI follows Benedikt Erlingsson’s dark comedy Woman at War with a week of modern gems, from Una, directed by Seberg helmer Benedict Andrews (also behind the Young Vic’s A Streetcar Named Desire), to Hong Khaou’s Lilting and Mia Hansen-Løve’s Eden … Read More

Kes Reimagined streams for free online

Kes Reimagined is streaming for free online thanks to The Space.

A celebrated retelling of a modern classic, the production combines dance, music and puppetry to create a family-friendly alternative to War Horse. It brings to life the story of … Read More

Trailer: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts returns to Netflix this June

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts is returning to Netflix this June – and a new trailer gives us a first look at Season 2.

The Great Mutant Outbreak of 2017 caused creatures to grow to an incredible size and … Read More

Netflix cancels Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show

Netflix has cancelled the sketch show Astronomy Club after one season.

The comedy series is produced Kenya Barris, the creator of black-ish and Grown-ish, as well as Girls Trip. As part of his multi-year deal at Netflix with his Khalabo … Read More