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Sky and A+E team up to launch Sky History channel
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorA+E Networks UK and Sky are teaming up to launch Sky History this spring.
The co-branded channel, effectively renaming A+E’s HISTORY, builds on a 25-year relationship between the two broadcasters, and also reinforces Sky’s ongoing strategy of grouping its content … Read More
Trailer: Netflix opens The Letter for the King this March
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorNetflix is venturing into the family fantasy arena this March with new series The Letter for the King.
The show, which is pitched somewhere between CBBC’s Raven and HBO’s Game of Thrones, is a epic for tweens, which sees a … Read More
Crunchyroll announces first slate of original anime
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorCrunchyroll is stepping into the world of original content with its first slate of original anime.
The eight series, spanning adventure, fantasy, romance and historical fiction, will build upon Crunchyroll’s global collection of anime, with more than 1,000 titles and … Read More
What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in March 2020?
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorAmazon continues beam up new episodes of Star Trek: Picard every week, but also touching down is one of Amazon’s higher-profile movies from last year, The Aeronauts.
They join Amazon’s new fashion contest, a double-dose of tennis and a hidden … Read More
Get Off Your Ass: BBC Three orders Michelle Visage talk show
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorMichelle Visage has got her own talk show on BBC Three, with the online channel ordering eight episodes of Get Off Your Ass from World Of Wonder.
The show, which is centred around the Drag Race and Strictly Come Dancing … Read More
The MUBI Weekly Digest | 29th February 2020
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorMUBI continues its retrospective of the cool helmer Jean-Pierre Melville this week, served up with a slice of Ingmar Bergman on the side. And, with Bong Joon-ho’s double-bill still available to stream, they’re joined by another South Koean corker from … Read More
Frank of Ireland: Gleeson brothers head to Channel 4
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorThe Gleeson brothers are heading to Channel 4 for new comedy Frank of Ireland.
The first comedy penned by brothers Brian and Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney, it follows Frank Marron, played by Brian Gleeson (Peaky Blinders, The Bisexual), a … Read More
Trailer: Ugly Delicious returns to Netflix this March
February 29, 2020 | David FarnorUgly Delicious is back this March for a second helping, and a new trailer gives us a first taste of the show’s return.
The Netflix Original Documentary series from James Beard Award-Winning Chef David Chang and Academy Award-Winner Morgan Neville … Read More
Dawn: Amazon and Ava DuVernay team up for sci-fi adaptation
February 28, 2020 | David FarnorAva DuVernay is teaming up with Amazon for a new adaptation of sci-fi novel Dawn.
Dawn is the first book in the Xenogenesis trilogy by the Hugo, Locus and Nebula award-winning author Octavia E. Butler. It is set in a … Read More
Trailer: Blood Quantum heads to Shudder this spring
February 28, 2020 | David FarnorFirst Nations zombie thriller Blood Quantum is being released by Shudder this spring, and a new trailer gives us a first look at the horror.
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, … Read More