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Russell T Davies to return as Doctor Who showrunner
September 25, 2021 | David FarnorRussell T Davies will return to take control of the TARDIS once more as the next Doctor Who showrunner.
Responsible for Doctor Who’s revival in 2005, Davies is credited with propelling the show into a global phenomenon and making it … Read More
Watch: First trailer for BBC One’s Around the World in 80 Days
September 19, 2021 | David Farnor“I’m going to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days.” That’s the sound of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days heading to BBC One, and a new trailer and images give us a first glimpse of David Tennant in … Read More
The Gallows Pole: Thomas Turgoose, George MacKay, Tom Burke to star in Shane Meadows series
September 11, 2021 | David FarnorThomas Turgoose, George MacKay and Tom Burke are leading the line-up of impressive names set to star in The Gallows Pole, Shane Meadows’ new BBC drama.
Based on the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers, the director’s … Read More
BBC picks up Australian comedy Bump
September 4, 2021 | David FarnorThe BBC has acquired the Australian comedy drama Bump.
The 10-part series follows an ambitious teenage girl who has a surprise baby and the complications that arise for two familiee.
Overachieving Year 11 student Olympia Chalmers-Davis (Nathalie Morris), who knows … Read More
Black Ops: BBC orders comedy thriller from Gbemisola Ikumelo
August 28, 2021 | David FarnorFamalam’s Gbemisola Ikumelo is reteaming with the BBC for new comedy thriller Black Ops.
Produced by BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe, the six-part series is created by Ikumelo (Famalam, Brain In Gear) and actor and producer Akemnji Ndifornyen … Read More
Strictly Come Dancing 2021: The contestant line-up
August 16, 2021 | David FarnorThe line-up of contestants taking to the floor for 2021’s Strictly Come Dancing has been revealed, and Adam Peaty, Nina Wadia and Robert Webb are leading the line-up.
Peaty is fresh from winning at the Tokyo Olympics, while Nina Wadia … Read More
Paapa Essiedu to star in The Capture Season 2
August 12, 2021 | David FarnorPaapa Essiedu will co-star in The Capture when it returns for Season 2, alongside returning star Holliday Grainger.
Escalating from the CCTV thriller of Season 1, the second season of the surveillance thriller will again question if we can really … Read More
First look: Maxine Peake, Alison Steadman in BBC One’s Rules of the Game
August 2, 2021 | David FarnorBBC One has released a host of new images from Rules of the Game, produced by The Forge (Roadkill, National Treasure). The four-part thriller about sexual politics in the modern workplace stars Maxine Peake (Three Girls, Silk) as Sam, a … Read More
Inside the President’s War Room: BBC and Apple TV+ announce 9/11 documentary
July 13, 2021 | David FarnorApple TV+ and the BBC are teaming up for a new documentary that tells the story of 9/11 through the eyes of the presidency by gaining unprecedented access to the key decision makers who responded for the nation.
Narrated … Read More
Romesh Ranganathan to host Weakest Link revival
June 28, 2021 | David FarnorBBC One will be playing the Weakest Link once more and it’s got a new host in the shape of Romesh Ranganathan.
Romesh is no stranger to the BBC, having starred in King Gary, appeared in Staged and hosted The … Read More