Chernobyl, The Crown, Giri/Haji lead 2020 BAFTA TV nominees

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

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

BBC One’s Doctors films episode in lockdown

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

The Greatest Wealth: Old Vic streams monologues to celebrate NHS

The Old Vic is streaming a series of monologues online for free to celebrate the NHS.

Originally staged in 2018, The Greatest Wealth is a string of one-person shorts. Durated by Lolita Chakrabarti and directed by Adrian Lester to mark … Read More

Hitched at Home: Channel 4 hosts lockdown wedding this June

Channel 4 will host a lockdown wedding this June and is inviting the nation to watch.

Across the country, thousands of couples have had to cancel their dream wedding day this summer. In this one-off feature length documentary, Fred Sirieix … Read More

BBC and Lyric Theatre team up for lockdown drama shorts

The BBC and Lyric Theatre are teaming up to film a group of drama shorts.

BBC Arts, the Lyric Theatre, BBC Northern Ireland – with support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland – are collaborating on six theatre … Read More

Apple TV+ brings back Fraggle Rock mid-lockdown

Never let a lockdown come between you and your favourite childhood TV show. That just might be the motto at tech giant Apple, which is bringing back Fraggle Rock for a brand new series.

Fraggle Rock: Rock On! revives the … Read More

The Uncertain Kingdom: Short film anthology captures state of the nation

Update: BFI Q&A set for 25th June 2020

20 short films exploring climate change, migration, disability, homelessness and sexuality and more are being released online this June.

The Uncertain Kingdom, a state-of-the-nation anthology from 20 different directors, offers a unique … Read More

Run Sweetheart Run: Amazon acquires supernatural horror

Amazon has acquired supernatural horror Run Sweetheart Run, after its release was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Written and directed by Shana Feste (The Greatest), the film follows timid and hardworking single mother Shari (Ella Balinska, Charlie’s Angels), who brushes … Read More

Family musical The Hunting of the Snark released online

Families looking for entertainment during lockdown can get a trip to the theatre for free, with fantasy adventure The Hunting of the Snark released online.

Inspired by the classic poen from Lewis Carroll, the play enters the imaginative world of … Read More