Netflix’s Death Note joins FrightFest 2017 line-up

Netflix’s Death Note will have its European premiere at this year’s FrightFest.

Returning to its old home of the Empire (now Cineworld) Leicester Square in August, the 2017 FrightFest sees the festival embrace VOD more than ever, with the opening … Read More

Netflix renews Dear White People for Season 2

Netflix has renewed Dear White People for Season 2.

The Netflix original series, which is created and executive produced by Justin Simien, is based on Simien’s own film, first released in 2014.

Exploring post-racial America with satirical wit, the … Read More

What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in July 2017?

Game of… Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones… If you haven’t started singing the words of HBO’s fantasy epic to its theme tune again yet, you soon will, because it’s only a matter of days until the show returns for … Read More

Netflix now supports Dolby Atmos

This week saw the premiere of Netflix’s Okja, the new film by Bong Joon-ho. The first Netflix original to premiere at Cannes, the movie has sparked a serious debate about the merits of watching film in a cinema versus on … Read More

Riverdale Season 2 will premiere in the UK on 12th October

Put 12th October in your diary, because that’s when we finally get to go back to Riverdale.

Season 2 of The CW’s teen drama was snapped up by Netflix as an exclusive in the UK last year, introducing a wave … Read More

Alan Moore anthology Show Pieces lands on Shudder

From the mind of legendary writer Alan Moore (creator of Watchmen, V For Vendetta and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and acclaimed photographer and director Mitch Jenkins comes the multi-layered anthology Show Pieces.

The film, which launches today on Shudder, … Read More

Three Girls May’s most popular programme on BBC iPlayer

BBC One drama Three Girls was the most-watched drama on BBC iPlayer in May.

The three-part drama – which starred Maxine Peake, Lesley Sharpe and Lisa Riley – was based on the true stories of victims of grooming and sexual … Read More

BBC renews White Gold for Season 2

White Gold has been renewed for a second season by the BBC, following a successful run as a box set on BBC iPlayer.

The show introduced viewers to the sex, drugs and often amoral world of the 1980s double glazing … Read More

More4 to air Outlander on UK TV for first time

More4 has snapped up the rights to Outlander, the hit time-travelling fantasy series. The show, which is based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling books, was originally acquired as an exclusive for Amazon Prime Video, with Season 2 airing last year on … Read More

FACE: Amazon unveils Japanese original sci-fi series

Amazon has announced its first Japanese original sci-fi series.

FACE: Cyber Crime Special Investigation Unit has been commissioned by the online giant and will premiere in July. The show, which stars Ayame Goriki, follows a cyber-crime special agent, who will … Read More