Channel 4 lines up Paralympian shorts in run-up to Rio

Channel 4 has commissioned a new series of Paralympian shorts in the run-up to Rio.

Dare to Believe, in partnership with Allianz Insurance, tells the story of seven Paralympians and the life-changing moments that led to them becoming world class … Read More

Amazon’s The Grand Tour heads to UK – your chance to win tickets

Amazon’s The Grand Tour is officially heading to the UK for its next run of live studio recordings.

Clarkson, Hammond & May’s show, which will premiere on Amazon Prime Video later this year, announced earlier this year that it would … Read More

Sky commissions new family originals as kids VOD grows

Sky is doubling down on its kids on-demand content with the order of new original shows.

The battle for younger viewers is becoming increasingly competitive, with everyone from YouTube and Netflix to Amazon offering dedicated family-friendly services. Sky has been … Read More

MUBI to release Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room in cinemas this September

MUBI will premiere Mathieu Amalric’s “deliciously seductive” The Blue Room in UK cinemas this September, before releasing it exclusively online.

The César-nominated thriller, directed by the former Bond villain, stars Amalric alongside Léa Drucker and Stéphanie Cléau. He plays Julien, … Read More

Netflix releases first images for The Siege of Jadotville

Netflix has released the first images from upcoming war film The Siege of Jadotville.

The thriller, starring Jamie Dornan, was picked up by the VOD service at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival – just as Fifty Shades of Grey was … Read More

Brian Cox turned down a role in Game of Thrones

Max von Sydow. Jonathan Pryce. Charles Dance. Iain Glen. Sean Bean. Everyone’s been on Game of Thrones. You might well wonder, then, why someone like Brian Cox – who is so easy to imagine donning furs and a sword and … Read More

15 TV shows to fill the Game of Thrones gap

There is no worse feeling in life than knowing there will not be a new episode of Game of Thrones this week. The season has finished. It’s gone. It’s over. There are 40 odd weeks until the next one.

What … Read More

Marvel’s Daredevil set for October DVD release

Season 1 of Marvel’s Daredevil is heading to DVD and Blu-ray this October.

The show, which premiered on Netflix way back in April 2015, is a Netflix original produced by Marvel TV and ABC Studios.

Executive Produced by Steven … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (2nd July)

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 Abel Ferrara’s biopic, … Read More

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

Shorts continue to be a central part of Channel’s VOD service, All 4. From delving into the world of hip hop to what it means to be a drifter, July’s original short films uncover secretive worlds and communities. Here’s what’s … Read More