bbc Archives

As the latest series of Doctor Who draws to a close – it's not over yet, we still the New Year's Special to cap it off – the BBC has released the full theme for the 13th Doctor, composed by new series composer Segun Akinola. BBC When the show was brought back in 2005, Russell T[...]

BBC's supernatural radio series Pilgrim is back for a 2-part Winter Special beginning this Monday, with part 2 coming next Monday. As the legend goes…in 1195, while on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, William Palmer (Pilgrim) was cursed with immortality by the King of the Greyfolk for denying the presence of 'the other world' – a world[...]

While the press has been busy writing reviews and opinion pieces, the fans have let their viewing habits do the talking – and the news is really positive for BBC America and Whittaker's Doctor. BBC Based on figures reported on by Vulture, Doctor Who Series 11 averaged 1.6 million U.S viewers per episode over the first eight episodes of this[...]

Tolkein In Loveis a new BBC drama based on the young life of J R R Tolkien as a 16-year-old living in Birmingham, studying to apply to Oxford University, and meeting the 19-year-old Edith Mary Bratt in the same orphanage at 1908. It includes a number of concepts that Tolkien would make famous in The Hobbit[...]

The Doctor Who Series 11 finale is finally here and with the exception of two short trailers and an episode description released by BBC Studios, we know very little about the episode itself However, by combining the released episode descriptions with the visuals and dialogue from the trailers we can begin to put the pieces together. BBC[...]

Doctor Who Series 11 feels different from the previous seasons because it feels more like a social drama, there's less continuity-heavy lore, the stories aren't high in the "cosmic universe-in-danger sense" and sometimes feels slighter than before. BBC But there are moments from this season that are loads darker than they first appear – here's a look[...]

With John Malkovich (Billions, Burn After Reading) set to stretch his "little gray cells" as Agatha Christie's literary detective Hercule Poirot in BBC One/Amazon's The ABC Murders later this month, mystery fans are getting their first full look at the three-night lmited series adaptation with the release of the limited series' official trailer: Adapted by Sarah Phelps (The Casual Vacancy, EastEnders) and directed by Alex[...]

Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor will get to spend a little more time – at least one more season's worth –  spinning around time and space, with the actress confirming her return for at least one more season/series in BBC's Doctor Who The first female Doctor was expected by many to return for a new season,[...]

Series 11 of Doctor Who finally found its defining moments in the 9th episode 'It Takes You Away,' when The Doctor finds herself talking to a sentient universe that's taken on the form of a talking frog. BBC Grief and loss are themes throughout this season, with Graham and Ryan mourning the loss of Grace (revisited and[...]

Fans of Classic Doctor Who have been desperate for years to find a way to re-watch the 97 missing classic Who episodes destroyed to make room in the BBC Archives Over the past several years, the BBC has used audio and visual recordings, photographs, and other media to recreate the lost episodes 'The Power of the[...]

Last week, in honor of Doctor Who's 55th Anniversary, BBC posted an updated compilation of all of the Doctor Who title sequences on the show's YouTube channel The approximately eleven minute long video includes both the audio and visual sequence changes over the course of the show, 18 different versions Notably, the collection does not include[...]

Yes, you can be a parent and a proper television-viewing geek at the same time! Here are the 40 (yup!) easy steps I take to find my way to binging bliss.

Though it's been some time since Idris Elba (Thor: Ragnarok) first announced Detective John Luther was "back in London, back in the coat," fans of BBC One's Luther are getting an exclusive trailer for the upcoming season This season will be a co-production between BBC Studios and BBC America, with Jamie Payne (The Alienist, White Princess) tapped to direct all four episodes;[...]

Netflix and the BBC have found their "Lord of the Vampires" in The Girl in the Spider's Web's Claes Bang, casting the Danish actor in the lead role in the three-part series Dracula Written and created by Sherlock's Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the series is inspired by Bram Stoker's classic novel and set in 1897 Transylvania[...]

This is no time for the weak." BBC After the encounter with the King the Doctor says, "These are hard times for women: if we aren't being drowned, we are being patronized to death." While it is awesome to see the Doctor realizing that she cannot do things the same way she could as a man and[...]

The episode will star Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, Tosin Cole as Ryan, Bradley Walsh as Graham, and Mandip Gill as Yaz. Instead of the usual Christmas special, there will instead be a marathon which will begin at 12pm ET/PT on December 24th on BBC and lead into Christmas Day proper After that, it will be[...]

With John Malkovich (Billions, Burn After Reading) set to stretch his "little gray cells" as Agatha Christie's iconic literary detective Hercule Poirot in BBC One/Amazon's The ABC Murders, viewers getting a first-look at Rupert Grint's (Snatch, Harry Potter franchise) Inspector Crome and key cast members from the upcoming three-part miniseries adaptation As we can see from[...]

Below is a list of shows that my kids loved and I thoroughly enjoyed. There still might be singing and dancing…no promises: Credit: Netflix/Cartoon Network/Hulu/BBC/Amazon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Netflix) https://youtu.be/iN_Cgj8vpUUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: MLP: Friendship is Magic – 'Beyond Equestria' Season 8 EXCLUSIVE Official Trailer 🦄 (https://youtu.be/iN_Cgj8vpUU) I was skeptical when my five-year-old[...]

Doctor Who is a family show that kids watch with their parents that carries the BBC remit to educate and entertain. This is what Doctor Who does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeI4vZUeBoAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Anna's Doctor Who Surprise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeI4vZUeBoA) Since the premiere, UK ratings for Doctor Who have held steady at an average of 7 million total[...]

Not all holiday specials are created equal, so here is a list of some holiday episodes from past years that should be passed over like...jello salad?

So on Wednesday night, I went to my Amazon Prime app and loaded up Season 11 Doctor Who, clicked on last Sunday's seventh episode 'Kerblam!' and started watching. BBC Then the episode starts – with 'The Witchfinders' displayed on the screen, and the episode starts with the Doctor and her companions at an early 17th Century England witch trial[...]

Change comes with the territory for fans of a show about a time-and-space travelling alien who regenerates about every two years. BBC Through five Doctors, numerous companions, many wardrobe changes, and dozens of alien species, one thing remained the same: The Doctor Who Christmas Special Every year of the New Who era, starting with The Christmas Invasion[...]

From the focus on the poppies, the Prim's role in World War II, to the new role for the aliens, no longer assassins but those who stand watch, observe and remember the dead, it followed BBC's Remembrance Day coverage and for the first time became part of it Watching over the Unacknowledged Dead is straight[...]

Though it's been awhile since Idris Elba (Thor: Ragnarok) first announced that Detective John Luther was "back in London, back in the coat," fans of BBC One's Luther are getting an early holiday present with a sneak preview of the upcoming season Wit hte new season serving as a co-production between BBC Studios and BBC America, Jamie Payne (The Alienist, White Princess)[...]

Stern. It does seem a chilling thought to realize that the previous BBC adaptation of the dark fantasy series was from the year 2000, eighteen years ago, which starred Warren Mitchell, Celia Imrie, John Sessions,, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Christopher Lee starring. The "Gormenghast" books are considered one of the greatest influences of 20th gothic fantasy writing,[...]

John Malkovich starred in a new Tarzan drama for the BBC that aired over the weekend, and is available free, globally, on the iPlayer right now. Entitled Me, Cheetah, the show stars Malkovich as Cheetah, the chimpanzee actor who appeared in the Tarzan movies in the first half of the twentieth century, and died from diabetes-related illnesses at[...]

Doctor Who series 11 episode 5 "The Tsuranga Condundrum" has just aired in the UK, so BIG GIANT SPOILER ALERT for our US readers. We're off to a space

BBC and Netflix's Watership Down added four big names to what's already proven to be an A-list cast, with  Rosamund Pike (A Private War), Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), Gemma Chan (Crazy Rich Asians), and Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) joining the voice cast of the series adaptation. Pike will play The Black Rabbit Of Inlé, Capaldi[...]

It would appear that Netflix and BBC are teaming up with the creative pair behind Sherlock to bring an all-new series about Dracula to the public. Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat have been hard at work developing this new Dracula property for the better part of a year, and according to Variety, the BBC has ordered three 90-minute installments of the[...]

The new season of Doctor Who is expected to be a clean break from the tenure of previous showrunner Steven Moffat. No Daleks, no Cybermen, and no