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Netflix cancels Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show
June 6, 2020 | VOD News
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
Bad Boys for Life tops UK Film Chart
June 5, 2020 | VOD News
Bad Boys For Life is at the top of this week’s UK Official Film Chart – the only weekly chart in the world to count both physical disc and digital download sales.
Following its release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K … Read More
Netflix cancels Next in Fashion after one season
June 5, 2020 | VOD News
Netflix has cancelled Next in Fashion after one season.
The reality series, which premiered earlier this year, is part of Netflix’s concerted push into unscripted telly territory. The competition show featured some of the world’s best and quietly innovative designers … Read More
Chernobyl, The Crown, Giri/Haji lead 2020 BAFTA TV nominees
June 4, 2020 | VOD News
The BAFTA TV Awards will be broadcast at 7pm on BBC One on Friday 31st July with a pre-show hosted by Tom Allen live on Twitter and YouTube from 6pm.
HBO’s Chernobyl and Netflix’s The Crown are leading this year’s … Read More
Bristol Old Vic theatre streams Messiah for free
June 3, 2020 | VOD News
The Bristol Old Vic theatre is bringing back its production of Messiah for free online.
Exploring the dramatic heart of Handel’s composition, the production is a dramatisation of the piece that turns it into a stage show. First performed in … Read More
Emilia Fox to host Channel 4 true crime series
June 3, 2020 | VOD News
Emilia Fox will host a new true crime series for Chanel 4.
The three-part series, with the working title In the Footsteps of Killers, will return to the scene of unsolved murders with the Silent Witness star and criminologist Professor … Read More
El Presidente: Amazon explores FIFA corruption in new series
June 3, 2020 | VOD News
Amazon will explore the 2015 FIFA corruption scandal in new series El Presidente, and a trailer gives us our first look at the comedy-drama.
The series will bring the story of the scandal to screens in eight one-hour episodes. Set … Read More
BBC One’s Doctors films episode in lockdown
June 3, 2020 | VOD News
BBC One daytime favourite Doctors is the latest scripted series to film a special episode in lockdown.
Hot on the heels of ITV’s Isolation Stories, BBC Four’s Unprecedented and Apple TV’s Mythic Quest quarantine recordings, Doctors has recorded a special … Read More
Celebrity Supply Teachers: The CBBC schedule for June
June 3, 2020 | VOD News
Stars including Geri Horner, Matthew Morrison, Marcus Rashford, Gary Lineker, Tim Peake, Ricky Wilson, Heston Blumenthal and Kelis will deliver lessons in lockdown as part of CBBC’s new series, Celebrity Supply Teachers.
A host of famous faces will deliver fun-filled … Read More
Whispers: Netflix to release Saudi thriller this June
June 2, 2020 | VOD News
Netflix is heading to Saudi Arabia this June for Whispers, a new family thriller.
The streamer’s first Saudi thriller and drama series, produced by the Saudi Entertainment Phenomena Company “EP Saudi”, Whispers tells the story of a family who … Read More
