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The announcement of a deal with Sky was all smoke and mirrors after all. At midnight on Friday, a surprise news conference was held in The Groucho Club in the heart of London's Soho, journalists were invited to partake in glasses of champagne and a small mound of cocaine before a BBC spokesman named Del introduced[...]

The cover to the upcoming Doctor Who Free Comic Book Day title has been revealed from Titan Comics, and it shows The Fugitive Doctor, as portrayed by Jo

Dyer has played pub landlord Mick Carter for 9 years, becoming a fan favourite and one of the faces of the show. Danny Dyer in "Eastenders", still courtesy of the BBC Dyer and his daughter Dani Dyer host a regular podcast "Sorted with the Dyers podcast", and on a recent episode, he explained why he was leaving[...]

EastEnders, the BBC's long-running soap opera is about to lose a major fan favourite character in 2022 Danny Dyer, arguably "The World's Most Cockney Man" who has been the landlord of the fictional Queen Vic pub that's the central location of the show, will be leaving the show after a 9-year run. Danny Dyer in "Eastenders",[...]

Around the World in 80 Days has been airing on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer in the UK and on PBS in the US They have also announced a second season, which has naturally confused some Spoilers for those who have not yet watched the conclusion ahead. A sequel might seem tricky as the series[...]

It was a huge gamble because no one in the industry was sure the show would succeed even though the British audience's hunger for the show never went away. "Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks" key art, BBC Davies made a point of introducing LGBTQ characters to the show to reflect the social realities of a diverse[...]

Grange Hill, the gritty high school soap opera that ran on the BBC from 1978 to 2008, will be returning in 2023 as a theatrical movie Sir Phil Redmond, the creator, producer and original showrunner, announced that after the last 15 years of fan demand, he was finally ready to pull the trigger Grange Hill[...]

BBC One debuted the first episode, dropped the whole series on the iPlayer, and also included the Toast Of London series previously shown on Channel 4 and streamed on All 4 The sitcom starring Matt Berry as the eponymous Toast, follows the life of a voiceover and actor living a failed life, through all sorts[...]

Streaming service Britbox has released a New Year's special that may inadvertently turn out to be a very real harbinger of doom. "Staged New Year's Eve Special", Britbox, BBC Just when you thought it was all over, they come back for one more That was what we all thought when the 2nd series of Staged suddenly came[...]

It marks Cunk's return to the BBC and this time Netflix is co-producing it, which means Cunk will be streaming worldwide to warp the eyeballs and brains of many more viewers across the world instead of just the UK! Programme Name: Cunk on Britain – TX: n/a – Episode: n/a (No Generics) – Picture Shows: Philomena[...]

Though she didn't have much to offer about the former (though we have something on that below), Whittaker did confirm that she's filmed the regeneration scene and revealed to EW what it was like filming her final day. Image: BBC "I've shot my version of regen, and it was singularly the most emotional day on set I[...]

In less than 24 hours, Steven Toast's (Matt Berry) rise to the top of the acting world will bring him to Hollywood… and to a major role in an upcoming "Star Wars" film? That's how things are looking heading into the BBC's six-part Toast of Tinseltown Written and created by Arthur Mathews & Berry and produced[...]

What's unexpected is how the plot is really about letting a creepy guy off the hook and letting him win the heart of the girl he's been stalking. "Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks" key art, BBC The plot has the Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and companions stuck in a loop where they keep getting killed by Daleks[...]

But since we have a few months to kill, the BBC is taking viewers behind the scenes to offer some insight into the special's unique take on one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes. Image: Screencap In the following featurette, Whittaker, Gill, Bishop, showrunner Chris Chibnall, and executive producer Matt Strevens discuss the creation of the[...]

That's how things stack up in BBC Studios & Amazon Prime's Good Omens 2 (the sequel series to Neil Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett's Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch) as production continues to roll along But just because he's in the middle of playing an angel doesn't mean Sheen[...]

60th anniversary next year along with the BBC's 100th. 3 We've Been Here Before With Doctor Who   It's not the first time the Doctor has been caught in a time loop In Meglos, the Doctor and Romana broke a time loop by deliberately recreating the events of the loop out of phase with the loop itself[...]

But for now, Whittaker and Chibnall still have some serious time & space to cover and they'll do that this Spring in "Legend of the Sea Devils," featuring the return of one of the Doctor's classic monster. Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC Image: BBC With Arthur Lee joining the cast as Ji-Hun and Marlowe Chan-Reeves as Ying Ki, here's a look[...]

Big Finish is keeping things in the Doctor Who family, with Michael Troughton cast as the Second Doctor (the role his father Patrick played).

Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) explained why he was "relieved" when GOT ended as well as what he misses most.

While series creator & writer Steven Knight has made it clear that the show will continue on beyond Series 6 in film form, fans of the BBC's Peaky Blinders have their sights set on what is the beloved series' final run Focusing on the story of Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) and his family's rise to[...]

BBC Maestro is a licensed creative e-learning service, in partnership with BBC Studios, where courses are taught by those deemed the most experienced creators in the world through a series of digital tutorials. BBC Maestro offers never before granted access to the minds of some of the worlds' greatest creative talents, who for the very first[...]

The latest video has the Doctor and her latest companions competing to see who can trace a path through a maze to the TARDIS. Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gil from "Doctor Who" play at mazes, BBC The cast and crew of Doctor Who have to actually live on location in Wales where the studios and most of[...]

Doctor Who & Broadchurch star David Tennant threw his support behind the campaign to renationalize Britain’s National Health Service (NHS).

With the special kicking off Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's final run on the BBC series, viewers should expect some major twists and turns along the way In fact, episode director Annetta Laufer revealed one of those twists recently, explaining to the Radio Times the twist that Chibnall has added to the "time loop" concept. Image:[...]

Romantic comedies are about the conflicts that might keep the lovers from getting together. "Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song" key art, BBC Screwball comedies are about the conflicts that force two people together and keep them stuck together until they fall in love The beauty of Doctor Who is it's a flexible enough format to[...]

Earlier this month, fans of Toast of London were treated to a quick preview of the next chapter in Steven Toast's (Matt Berry) rise to the top of the acting world with a look at the BBC's six-part Toast of Tinseltown Written and created by Arthur Mathews & Berry and produced by Objective Fiction in[...]

First, we're covering The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan's (John Bishop) New Year's Day return with "Eve of the Daleks," which serves as the beginning of the end of Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's runs on the BBC series Then we have new/returning showrunner Russell T Davies dropping some intel on Series[...]

When The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) return on New Year's Day for "Eve of the Daleks," it serves as the beginning of the end for Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chibnall's runs on the BBC series After three specials, Russell T Davies returns as showrunner with a new Doctor And[...]

Thankfully, Davies was in a sharing mood when he spoke with The Guardian in honor of Davies' It's A Sin! topping their list of best 2021 television series. Image: BBC When asked about his future projects- and in particular, his return to Doctor Who after an 11-year hiatus- Davies gave a pretty definitive response: "Because I love[...]

So what better way could there be for The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) to spend New Year's Day than trapped in an ELF storage unit and stuck in a terrifying time loop with some unexpected guests? How about the big bads mentioned in the title of the BBC's upcoming New[...]