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BBC Radio 4 is currently repeating the second series of the sitcom Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully Which has given me the motivation to find the first series and listen to the lot. And maybe suggest you do too. The writer Eddie Robson, is also known for his Doctor Who audio, book and novel work, as[...]

Or that his sister isn't doing too badly these days. Well, BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight is also running a piece at the end of tonight's show I know, because they just called me up, because Paul Gravett was busy I spouted something vaguely around the idea of how Captain Britain has been about the[...]

His King Richard III still sticks out "Can you imagine it, I'm the last Plantagenet" As does his role as Douglas Barder in the history of the Battle Of Britain in boy band style… Sticking with the same acting/writing troop, he made Yonderland for Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D__exIbE6nkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Yonderland Ep1 Crone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D__exIbE6nk) And the film Bill, where[...]

It could be described as the antidote to the Hangover films. The BBC2 three-part thriller Stag about a stag do that goes very wrong indeed As a group of school friends and business partners of the groom head out to the Scottish moors for a stag hunting weekend that leads to them being picked off, one[...]

According to the Radio Times, the BBC has asked current Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi to stay on after Chris Chibnall takes over as show runner When it was announced that Steve Moffat would be moving on the question of whether or not Capaldi would remain became the hot topic It was speculated that Chibnall would[...]

Bleeding Cool has written a lot about the magical realism drama Pilgrim, aired by the BBC Often tagged "Hellblazer done right", it tells the story as the reluctant and unthanked hero protecting mankind from an enemy they resist believing in, written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.  Well not only is series 7 available on the BBC iPLayer, free, worldwide,[...]

You don't get that from asking your mum to review it. The final episodes, when recorded – and after Sherlock become big news – were the most oversubscribed radio tickets in BBC history. But that's BBC radio history So even so, hardly anyone has heard of it, even in Britain, let alone the rest of the world. So,[...]

Last year Bleeding Cool reported that the sales of the Japanese manga based on the BBC TV show Sherlock has been banned from the USA We theorised that another publisher may be vying for the English language rights to the adaptation. Well, at ComicsPRO, that's exactly what Titan Comics has announced And they will begin with[...]

It has just been reported that ubiquitous British/Irish TV and radio broadcaster and presenter for six decades Terry Wogan has died, aged 77, after

2016 is spoilt with national moments including the Euros and Olympics and I want to hold something big back for 2017 – I promise it will be worth the wait," BBC One controller, Charlotte Moore said. Speaking about his decision to quit, Moffat said: "Feels odd to be talking about leaving when I'm just starting work[...]

But first, courtesy of the BBC and comic creator Adam Cadwell, we get the comic book version In a style familiar to those who spent the seventies curled up with a boys adventure comic book…. Read the whole thing here Could BBC News report other stories in such a fashion?   It was a seventies style[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes Tumanbay, BBC Radio 4's epic historical drama reached episode seven out of its ten-week run this week. This week, we interview Rufus Wright, who plays Gregor, the Sultan's spymaster charged with rooting out traitors and spies who would seek to bring down the empire Gregor's progress set one of the main threads of the[...]

There will be some potential spoilers for last night's episode... so come back after you have watched it. . . . After a two year wait, last night we got

The new Orphan Black season 4 teaser trailer is quite an eye-full. It goes along with the previous announcement that the season was in production. Season

Merry Christmas all. We've all just watched the new Doctor Who... 1. The Two Towers In Silence In The Library and Forest Of The Dead, the first time we

This was the Alex Ross cover, as solicited, for Amazing Spider-Man #5. This is how it was received by the creator of The Thick Of It.

    Daniel is a massive Doctor Who fan and was due to attend the recent Doctor Who festival in London. Daniel suffers from Ehlers-Danlos

Fans of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman's Sherlock are eagerly awaiting the new holiday special airing on January 1st. In this latest trailer we

Adi Tantimedh writes, The subtext of this season of Doctor Who has come and gone, but I realised its subtext was about male midlife crisis. Underneath the

The BBC has released a new teaser trailer and two classic style posters for the special. [youtube]https://youtu.be/5nhUqH_J_7o[/youtube] Following in the footsteps of Doctor Who, Sherlock will have a holiday special… but it takes place outside of the normal continuity Here we get Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr[...]

Spoilers follow for Doctor Who: Hell Bent and Doctor Who: Earthshock. https://twitter.com/JosieTurner20/status/673430722431029249 The Cyberman had shot

"You like a cliffhanger" - Clara So we have the finale of the current series of Doctor Who which has, overall, seemed to have gone down rather well

Don't lose your head over it though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ovIXviAwsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Husbands of River Song: Next Time Trailer – Doctor Who Christmas Special 2015 – BBC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ovIXviAws) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWwi_q2k9AgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Husbands of River Song: Official TV Trailer – Doctor Who Christmas Special 2015 – BBC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWwi_q2k9Ag) And[...]

The BBC has released a clip from the series / season 9 finale of Doctor Who where we see Gallifrey and the Time Lords seem to be very concerned because the bells are ringing and they don't know where the Doctor is. Doctor Who airs Saturdays on BBC America. [youtube]https://youtu.be/hXOjUO23bD8[/youtube] The BBC has released a clip from[...]

That's the guest star, Alex Kingston as River Song, Matt Lucas as Nardole, Greg Davies as King Hydroflax and Nonso Anozie as the big bad. The Husbands Of River Song, the Doctor Who Christmas Special airing on Christmas Day, BBC1 Oh and look, Santa has brought him a new screwdriver[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes, While radio and audio dramas are a lost art in the US slowly being rediscovered by certain pockets of the podcast world, the BBC and Europe never really stopped producing them for the radio for nearly 100 years now John Dryden is the writer and producer of some of the most ambitious and[...]

The Radio Times website has run an exclusive site interview with Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, also recently interviewed in the print magazine. It

The BBC said they would love him to direct an episode And then… silence, with occasional rinse and repeats. This video, featuring Peter Jackson polishing his Oscars and Peter Capaldi delivering paperwork from Steven Moffat, could be the first actual move. Although, unsigned, could this be an announcement by way of teasing sketch?   [...]

Spoilers for Doctor Who...

So we've all just watched the latest episode of Doctor Who. Heaven Sent. If you haven't, wait till it plays in your territory and come back. Because we