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ITV has announced the fourth series of the critically acclaimed detective drama Grace, starring John Simm as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. The series, based on the best-selling novels by Peter James, returns with four feature-length films set in Brighton. Joining Simm are Richie Campbell as DS Glenn Branson, Zoë Tapper as Cleo Morey, Craig Parkinson […]

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Line of Duty Season 2 brings back Tommy Hunter, the criminal boss from Season 1 Season 2 introduces new characters, such as DC Georgia Trotman, Di Lindsay Denton and DS Jayne Akers. The Season 1 revelation of Matthew "Dot" Cottan's involvement with Tommy Hunter plays a big role in Season 2, as Dot returns and works with AC-12.

Line of Duty is a critically acclaimed and popular British TV crime drama that centers around the Anti-Corruption Unit (or AC-12) and their investigations. Unlike other police procedural dramas like Law & Order or Criminal Minds, Line of Duty investigates crimes and corruption within the police force. The storylines develop throughout the season, with each new season introducing a new investigation with a new set of cast and characters. But at the same time, Line of Duty includes multiple-season story arcs with recurring characters.

Line of Duty Season 2 is a prime example of this, as the season involves...

The following contains major spoilers for Grace Series 4, Episode 2, "Want You Dead," now streaming on BritBox. It also contains mention of child abuse and descriptions of violence.

If the Grace Series 4 premiere was an excellent example of a reliable TV mystery, Series 4, Episode 2, "Want You Dead" is a cautionary tale about how easy it is to miss the mark. It's still a worthwhile watch -- but largely because of the performances of the BritBox series' impressive cast. Plot-wise, there are some clear deviations from Peter James' book of the same name, and some massive plot holes that the episode falls flat into.

"Want You Dead" picks up shortly after the events of the premiere, with Detective Inspector Roy Grace convinced his nemesis Alvin Smallbone is plotting against him and his pregnant fiance. However, the discovery of a body in a park leads Grace and his team through a chain of magic-related murders.

The following contains major spoilers for Grace Series 4, Episode 1, "Dead Man's Time," now streaming on BritBox.

The crime drama has become a British television staple because of series like Grace, which returns for its fourth series on BritBox for U.S. audiences. The show follows a proven path to success: take the works of a successful British mystery author -- in this case, Peter James -- find a compelling lead actor, and build a series around those two things. But in the hands of veterans like writer Ed Whitmore and star John Simm, it never feels formulaic. Rather, it feels like an example of why British crime dramas are so good.

The Grace Series 4 premiere "Dead Man's Time" adapts James' novel of the same name, which centers on an elderly woman attacked in her home. But what seems like a typical home invasion, of course, turns out to be something...

BritBox is back with new titles this July! It’s a lighter-than-usual month at the best of British TV and film streamer, but there’s no shortage of great crime and espionage drama additions, including the Emmy Award-winning “Killing Eve,” starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, which will have its first and second seasons join the library this month.

Also up next are Season 4 of the John Simm-led “Grace” and Season 2 of the critically acclaimed “The Responder,” starring Martin Freeman. BritBox will also add new seasons of classic British series like “Silent Witness” and “Lovejoy.” Plus, the beloved action spy series “Callan” will see its first two seasons join BritBox’s library.

Find out everything coming to BritBox in July, including The Streamable’s top picks for the month!

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When clever and courageous Nell Jackson finds herself framed for murder, she must turn to life on the lam as the most feared highwaywoman in war-torn England. Helped by a magical spirit, Nell only has to wait for fate to reveal her freedom. Created by Sally Wainwright and starring Louisa Harland (“Derry Girls”), “Renegade Nell” will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, March 29. You can watch Renegade Nell: Season 1 with a subscription to Disney+.

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About ‘Renegade Nell’ Series Premiere

Created by Sally Wainwright, the new British action-adventure fantasy series “Renegade Nell” stars Louisa Harland (“Derry Girls”) as the quick-witted and courageous Nell Jackson, who finds herself framed for murder and becomes the most notorious outlaw in 18th century England.

“I’m beginning to wonder if you’re not destined for very great things, Nelly Jackson. I’m beginning to wonder if you’ve been sent to the planet for something special.” So Nell (Louisa Harland) is told midway through Disney+’s Renegade Nell, but by that point the prediction feels like a wild understatement. After all, it’s coming from Billy Blind (Nick Mohammed), the mysterious sprite who occasionally grants her otherworldly gifts of strength, speed and invulnerability. Surely the narrative gods never intended her to apply such strange talents to a humdrum life.

What that specific “something special” might be, however, proves more difficult to pin down. Nell accomplishes plenty over the adventure’s first season, such that this common nobody even gets tangled up in the struggle between Queen Anne (Jodhi May) and the Jacobite traitors who would overthrow her. But Renegade Nell never does deliver on...

Having established herself at the BBC with the police procedural “Happy Valley” and the crossdressing costume drama “Gentleman Jack,” screenwriter-turned-showrunner Sally Wainwright has followed countless creatives and taken the Disney shilling to initiate her latest project. You can hardly blame her, given the reduced offer the cash-strapped British broadcaster is now extending even to its more illustrious dramaturges: rarely more than three episodes per series and four characters per scene. Imposed by post-Brexit belt-tightening, this sorry set of limitations has exasperated those obliged to work within them while dispiriting viewers, left watching the life — and the talent — drain from primetime broadcasts.

Mashing up historical and fantastical elements, the pricey-looking, eight-part “Renegade Nell” rides into a surprisingly crowded field for light period entertainments straddling the Stuart and Georgian eras, emerging after the sadly short-lived BBC comedy “The Witchfinder” and Apple TV+’s recent “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.” While...

Disney+’s official trailer for Renegade Nell shows the titular character in action, taking on all comers and warning everyone never to call her Nelly. Louisa Harland (Derry Girls) stars as Nell in the action-adventure fantasy series premiering on the streaming service on March 29, 2024.

The cast also includes Frank Dillane as Charles Devereux, Alice Kremelberg as Sofia Wilmot, Ényì Okoronkwo as Rasselas, Jake Dunn as Thomas Blancheford, Bo Bragason as Roxy Trotter, and Florence Keen as George Trotter. Nick Mohammed plays Billy Blind, Joely Richardson is Lady Eularia Moggerhangar, Adrian Lester is Robert Hennessey, Pip Torrens is Lord Blancheford, and Craig Parkinson is Sam Trotter.

Ényì Okoronkwo as Rasselas and Louisa Harland as Nell Jackson in ‘Renegade Nell’

“Nell Jackson, a quick-witted and courageous young woman, finds herself framed for murder and unexpectedly becomes the most notorious outlaw in 18th-century England,” reads Disney+’s synopsis. “But when a magical spirit called Billy Blind appears,...

Disney+ released the official trailer for the upcoming Original series ‘Renegade Nell’. All episodes of will be available to stream on March 29, 2024, exclusively on Disney+.

In this latest look at the action-adventure fantasy series, Nell Jackson, a quick-witted and courageous young woman, finds herself framed for murder and unexpectedly becomes the most notorious outlaw in 18th-century England. But when a magical spirit called Billy Blind appears, Nell realizes her destiny is bigger than she ever imagined.

The series stars Louisa Harland (Derry Girls) in the leading role of “Nell Jackson” with Frank Dillane as “Charles Devereux”, Alice Kremelberg as “Sofia Wilmot”, Ényì Okoronkwo as “Rasselas”, Jake Dunn as “Thomas Blancheford”, Bo Bragason as “Roxy Trotter”, Florence Keen as “George Trotter”, with Nick Mohammed as “Billy Blind”, Joely Richardson as “Lady Eularia Moggerhangar” and Adrian Lester as “Robert Hennessey, Earl of Poynton”. Pip Torrens as “Lord Blancheford” and Craig Parkinson as “Sam Trotter” also star.

"She fights as though she's possessed." Disney+ has revealed an official trailer for an entertaining adventure comedy series called Renegade Nell, created by English TV creator Sally Wainwright, inspired by a true story. Of course. This cracking new series will be streaming on Disney+ worldwide starting at the end of March for everyone to enjoy. A quick-witted and courageous young woman framed for murder unexpectedly becomes the most notorious "highwayman" outlaw in 18th-century England. When a magical spirit called Billy appears, Nell realizes her destiny is bigger than she ever imagined. So – a bit of a superhero story, too? Renegade Nell (formerly The Ballad of Renegade Nell) is a British historical adventure series produced by The Lookout Point. Starring Louisa Harland as Nell Jackson, Joely Richardson, Adrian Lester, Nick Mohammed, Craig Parkinson, Florence Keen, Frank Dillane, Alice Kremelberg, Jake Dunn, and Pip Torrens as Lord Blancheford. This actually looks pretty cool!

Spring is now only a few weeks away, and this March at Disney+, a red rose is growing up out of ice frozen ground!

Probably the biggest title on the House of Mouse streamer’s calendar this month is the exclusive streaming premiere of “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version),” the ground-breaking and record-setting concert film tracking Swift’s Eras Tour. The new “(Taylor’s Version)” edit will feature the concert film in its entirety for the first time, plus the song “cardigan” and four additional acoustic songs.

Also premiering this month, “X-Men: The Animated Series” gets a long overdue revival with the new animated series “X-Men '97,” featuring the returns of original cast members Ray Chase, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, and more. Plus, the British historical adventure “Renegade Nell” finally gets its series premiere at the end of the month.

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Andrew Scott appeared to walk away from a BBC News red carpet interview at the BAFTA Film Awards after being asked about Barry Keoghan’s Saltburn nude dance.

Scott was asked about his reaction to the scene by BBC entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson. “I won’t spoil it for anyone. It’s great, it’s great,” Scott replied.

Paterson then invited Scott to “spoil away” and asked: “There is a lot of talk about prosthetics. How well do you know him?” He waved away the question and motioned to move down the red carpet.

A clip of the exchange has been viewed more than 2M times on Twitter, now known as X. Paterson’s line of questioning to Scott, who is gay, was criticized by X users.

Line of Duty actor Craig Parkinson accused the BBC of “lazy and possibly offensive journalistic pit falls,” while former BBC entertainment commissioner Sohail Shah said it was cringeworthy.

Apple TV+ Renews “Invasion”

Apple TV+ will continue its intergalactic expansion: the streamer has announced a Season 3 renewal for its global hit “Invasion.”

The sci-fi drama series, which debuted in October 2021, follows an alien invasion of Earth through different perspectives around the world, following the events as they unfold in real-time through the eyes of five ordinary people struggling to make sense of the chaos happening before them.

Watch the trailer for “Invasion” Season 2 below:

The cast stars Golshifteh Farahani, Shioli Kutsuna, Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Billy Barratt, Azhy Robertson, Paddy Holland, and Tara Moayedi with Season 2’s newly added regulars Enver Gjokaj, Nedra Marie Taylor, and Naian González Norvind.

Season 3 of “Invasion” is expected to begin production later this month. A premiere date will be announced later.

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RadioTimes.com is launching a new video and podcast series The Best Ever – with guests from the worlds of TV, film, sport, gaming and entertainment tackling some of pop culture’s biggest conversation points – from action movies to TV detectives – asking: which truly was the best ever?

Hosted by Morgan Jeffery, Executive Editor, RadioTimes.com, The Best Ever sees a different panel of guests each week go head-to-head to compete for The Best Ever trophy.

Morgan Jeffery says: “Expect strong opinions, fiery debate and big laughs each week as the panel compete to pick up the coveted The Best Ever trophy. The first episode sees me joined by Nicholas Briggs, voice of the Daleks and Cybermen; Beth Axford, author and super-fan, and RadioTimes.com's Sci-Fi and Fantasy Editor Louise Griffin to debate the best ever Doctor Who story. It’s a hotly contested question and a lively panel – the end...

Netflix Releases Trailer for “The Crown” Season 6, Part 2

Netflix has released the trailer for the second and final half of “The Crown” Season 6, concluding the reign of the award-winning period drama.

Part 2 of the final season, which premiered its first four episodes on Nov. 16, will pick up in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death as Queen Elizabeth (played by Imelda Staunton) must reflect on her life and legacy and pave the way for her successors, Charles and William.

Watch the trailer for “The Crown” Season 6, Part 2 below:

Dominic West, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Claudia Harrison, Olivia Williams, Bertie Carvel, and Salim Daw make up the rest of the ensemble with Ed McVey, Luther Ford, and Meg Bellamy joining in the final part as Prince William, Prince Harry, and Kate Middleton, respectively.

The final six episodes of “The Crown” will premiere on Netflix on Dec. 14.

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Louisa Harland as Nell in ‘Renegade Nell’ (Photo Cr. Robert Viglasky / Disney+ 2022)

Disney+ has shared the first photos from the upcoming fantasy adventure series Renegade Nell, coming to the streaming service in spring 2024. The eight-episode season stars Derry Girls‘ Louisa Harland as a woman who’s framed for a crime she didn’t commit.

Set in the 18th century, the action series also stars Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso) as Billy Blind, Frank Dillane (Fear the Walking Dead) as Charles Devereux, Adrian Lester (Trigger Point) as Earl of Poynton, and Alice Kremelberg (The Sinner) as Sofia Wilmot. The cast also includes Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) as Lady Eularia Moggerhanger, Pip Torrens (The Crown) as Lord Blancheford, Jake Dunn (Half Bad) as Thomas, Ényì Okoronkwo (The Lazarus Project) as Rasselas, and Craig Parkinson (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) as Sam.

BAFTA winner Sally Wainwright created the series and serves as writer and executive producer.

Disney+ has just shared some exciting first look images of its new UK Original Series, “Renegade Nell.” Scheduled for a Spring 2024 release, this series is generating quite a buzz. Created and written by the talented Sally Wainwright, known for her work on “Happy Valley” and “Gentleman Jack,” and directed by Ben Taylor, of “Sex Education” fame, the show promises a thrilling adventure.

“Renegade Nell” stars Louisa Harland in the lead role. She portrays Nell, a young woman with a sharp wit and bravery, who finds herself falsely accused of murder. This accusation turns her into a notorious highwaywoman in 18th Century England. Things take a magical turn when Nell meets Billy Blind, a mystical spirit played by Nick Mohammed. Nell’s journey is not just about escaping her false accusation but also about embracing a destiny far greater than she ever imagined.

The series features a rich cast, including Frank Dillane as Charles Devereux,...

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Major spoilers for The Winter King season 1 finale below!

In The Winter King season 1 finale, Arthur is forced to make difficult choices as he trades with the Saxons and agrees to a temporary. The show sets up future conflicts with Arthur fighting King Gorfydd and Powys, while also preparing to take on Aelle and the Saxons in season 2. Arthur's use of Excalibur to break down the prison wall and save Derfel and Nimue reveals the sword's magic qualities and connection to the Thirteen Treasures of Britain.

The Winter King season 1 finale sees Arthur preparing for the many battles to come. The first season of the show was really about Iain De Caestecker's Arthur coming to terms with becoming leader of Dumnonia, years after his father King Uther (Eddie Marsan) banished him. While his heart might be pure, Arthur makes some big mistakes,...

To celebrate the release of Mrs Sidhu Investigates, available to own on DVD & Digital from 30th October, we are giving away DVDs to 2 lucky winners!

Two Of the UK’s most respected actors, Meera Syal and Craig Parkinson, team up for Mrs Sidhu Investigates – a fantastic, feel-good, wryly witty new crime drama that offers an exciting, unique take on the mystery format, spearheaded by a refreshingly diverse cast.

Based on the hugely popular, hit BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, this endearing four-part Acorn TV Original drama created by Suk Pannu (The Kumars at No. 42) is set to arrive on DVD and digital on 30 October 2023 courtesy of Acorn Media International, following its premiere on UKTV Drama tonight. The Mrs Sidhu Investigates Series One DVD also contains a mini featurette filmed during production, which includes a conversation with Meera Syal on set.

Meet Mrs Sidhu (Syal), a caterer from...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Doctor Who: Redacted Season 2

Doctor Who: Redacted Season 2 reveals the current state of Torchwood, with all hubs closed and the organization defunct. Abby and Shawna visit Torchwood Two in Glasgow, where they meet a mysterious century-old man hosting an alien life form. It's unlikely that Torchwood will appear in Doctor Who Season 14, but there are rumors of a Torchwood revival in Rtd's new Doctor Who era via Unit.

Doctor Who has revealed what happened to Torchwood after their last TV appearance 12 years ago. The more adult-orientated Doctor Who spinoff aired between 2006 and 2011, coming to an abrupt end with the UK/US co-production Torchwood: Miracle Day. While it was thought that the BBC's deal with Starz may lead to more from Torchwood, it was never to be, despite the best efforts of Captain Jack Harkness actor John Barrowman. Audio production company Big Finish...

Mrs. Sidhu Investigates looks set to be an engaging mystery series with a comedic lick of humor.

The new drama series, headlined by Meera Syal, premieres Monday, September 18, on Acorn TV.

TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the series premiere in which Mrs Sidhu goes up against Dci Burton (Craig Parkinson).

Mrs. Sidhu, a caterer with a taste for solving crimes, is shocked when her niece, Rani, is taken away for questioning after some incriminating evidence.

All of this happens on Mrs. Sidhu's first day catering at Sharpetone, a high-end health club.

Things take a shocking turn when two bodies are found inside the spa.

Initially, Mrs. Sidhu is far more concerned with staying out of the drama until her niece is hauled in for questioning.

Mrs. Sidhu poses plenty of questions to Burton, who is taken aback at the fact that he should be asking the questions.

Acorn TV has been killing it with its mystery dramas filmed across the pond, and its latest looks like another murder-filled winner.

The streaming service has shared a promo of the series premiere of Mrs Sidhu Investigates, and let's say we're hungry for more.

Mrs. Sidhu Investigates stars Meera Syal, Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge), Craig Parkinson, and Naana Agyei-Ampadu (Death in Paradise).

Mrs Sidhu Investigates follows Mrs. Sidhu (Syal), a high-end caterer with a taste for crime who solves murders and other ghastly crimes amongst the affluent residents of Berkshire.

A lifetime of being an "Indian Aunty," invisible to the elite, has sharpened her skills as an investigator: an instinct for truth, a warmth with people and a persistent sense of nosiness.

Recently widowed, Mrs. Sidhu juggles her new catering business with wrangling her wayward son, Tez (Singh), all while serving up justice to those who believe they are above the law.

The Doctor has defeated many villains that have wasted their potential over the years, and this can be addressed in Doctor Who season 14 and beyond. The big-hitter Doctor Who villains: the Daleks, the Master, and the Cybermen have heavily featured across the whole history of Doctor Who, and will likely continue to appear in the show's future. Meanwhile, second-tier villains like the Sontarans, Ice Warriors, and Zygons have all had modern-day updates that have brilliantly realized them for a modern audience. However, there is still a wealth of niche Doctor Who monsters and villains that have a great deal of untapped potential, making them ideal candidates for a return.

Neil Patrick Harris' rumored Celestial Toymaker is one such niche Doctor Who villain that could appear in the new era, but there's room for many more. Many villains either fail to fully live up to their potential either because of weak scripts,...

The success of “Fleabag” loosed a glut of shows about young women tottering – heels broken, mascara smeared – in the vague direction of adult responsibility. Few have been as purely enjoyable as “Everything I Know About Love,” Dolly Alderton’s adaptation of her own memoir, which debuts on Peacock this week after winning plaudits on the BBC in midsummer.

With its photogenic cast, pyjama-party vibe and commitment to steering its characters towards better things, this Working Title-produced, London-set miniseries should provide superior comfort TV for anyone constitutionally unable to face Nathan Fielder’s postmodern provocations or the carnage of a “Game of Thrones” prequel. It’ll be only more comforting the more years you have on the show’s fresh-faced principals.

Alderton’s onscreen surrogate is Maggie Marshall (Emma Appleton), encountered just before the 2012 Olympics as a flighty 24-year-old blogger with a thrusting new beau in porkpie hat-sporting, multiple red flag-raising...

Louisa Harland, Nick Mohammed, Joely Richardson, Adrian Lester have boarded upcoming Disney+ series “The Ballad of Renegade Nell,” Variety can exclusively reveal.

The Lookout Point production, which is written and exec produced by “Gentleman Jack” writer Sally Wainwright, is an upcoming eight-part adventure and fantasy series about an 18th century young woman who finds herself unwittingly becoming the most famous highwaywoman in the country.

“Derry Girls” star Harland will play the quick-witted and courageous Nell, who ends up on an extraordinary adventure after she is framed for murder – a twist of fate that has far bigger consequences than Nell could ever dream of. Mohammed (“Ted Lasso”) joins as Billy Blind, a “plucky but prickly” spirit while Richardson (“Nip/Tuck”) is eccentric newspaper magnate Lady Eularia Moggerhanger.

“Trigger Point’s” Lester stars as Nell’s nemesis and political schemer the Earl of Poynton.

Alice Kremelberg, Craig Parkinson, Frank Dillane courtesy of...

Exclusive: Line of Duty star Craig Parkinson, Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge) and Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Death in Paradise are joining Acorn TV’s four-part mystery drama Mrs Sidhu Investigates. Meera Syal is fronting the four-part series as a crime-solving Indian chef, having voiced the eponymous sleuth in a popular BBC Radio 4 series of the same name.

The series, created by Suk Pannu, will follow Mrs Sidhu (Syal), a recently widowed high-end caterer who solves murders and other crimes among the affluent residents of the English county of Berkshire.

She uses a lifetime as an ‘Indian Aunty’ to sharpen her skills as an investigator, while juggling her new catering business with wrangling with her wayward son Tez, played by Gurjeet Singh (Ackley Bridge). She forms an unofficial partnership with world weary police office Dci Burton, much to the amusement...

With two episodes left before she regenerates, we’re only now starting to see the Thirteenth Doctor’s character arc forming: like many Doctors, her whimsy is a front masking a more serious flaw. In this case, it’s that she talks a lot but says little. She’s inactive, preferring to shut people out rather than talk about what’s bothering her (she’s repeatedly snippy in response to Yaz asking reasonable questions). This started to change at the end of ‘Flux’ and during the course of ‘Eve of the Daleks’, which forced her to reach out to everyone in order to save their lives. At this point in her story though, the development feels too little too late.

Have you ever been in a work situation when someone insists on everything going through them, but they’re so busy and/or distracted that this takes forever and they never reply to your emails?...

BBC Three has commissioned its latest factual drama from the BAFTA-winning BBC Studios team behind Killed By My Debt, Murdered By My Father and Murdered For Being Different.

Life and Death in the Warehouse from highly-regarded BBC Studios Drama exec Aysha Rafaele stars Peaky Blinders’ Aimee-Ffion Edwards, In My Skin’s Poppy Lee Friar and Line of Duty’s Craig Parkinson as workers and a manager in a Welsh warehouse, telling of the exploration of working conditions in modern distribution centers.

In the “customer-fixated” culture of these centers, “idle time” (toilet breaks and conversations) and “pick” or “aspirational” rates (number of items picked per hour) are constantly measured with 24-hour surveillance, which can lead to disciplinary hearings and ruthless “off-boarding” (sacking). In a desperate attempt to keep her new job, Megan (Edwards) presses pregnant Alys (Friar) to get her “pick rate” up, putting Alys and her baby at risk.

As...

Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who: Flux Episode 5 ‘Survivors of the Flux’

The first Master story my son ever saw was ‘Spyfall’, last year. A bit later we finally began the pilgrimage and watched the entire New Series over the space of eight or nine months. ‘Spyfall’ clearly had an impact, because every time a new character in a suit turned up, he’d immediately point to the screen and tell me “That’s the Master!”

So, when a mysterious, arch, obviously evil figure in a dapper black suit shows up and people begin to ponder whether he could, in fact, be our favourite renegade Time Lord (now that the Doctor doesn’t count) my first response is scepticism. And yet the recurring and oddly superfluous seeming character of The Grand Serpent does seem to have an awful lot of evidence stacking up against him.

Exhibit A: The Look

For...

Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who: Flux Episode 3 ‘Once, Upon Time’

Amid the confusion masquerading as mystery in ‘Once, Upon Time’, two characters shone with gratifying simplicity: Bel and Vinder – soldiers, heroes, lovers, and soon-to-be parents. While the scree of main plot offered obfuscation and revelations that didn’t reveal much, Bel and Vinder are a foothold. They’re good people in love who’ve been forced apart but who want to be together, and we want them to succeed. Forget the end of the universe; those are all the stakes a story really needs.

We met Bel on the run from the Daleks, reflecting on life post-Flux to an absent Vinder and a present ‘Tigmi’ – a handheld electronic device that displays emoticons..

Bel escapes the Daleks, shoots her way through a battalion of Cybermen, and tells one who calls her stated mission of “love” invalid that “Love is the only mission,...

It wouldn’t be Doctor Who without monsters. And even though the show is now known as Doctor Who: Flux, it promises more creatures great and small.

The trailer for the show’s 13th season is out now (watch it above), revealing a first look at the guest actors and monsters that will be featured across the six-episode series. The character names of the guests and the monster names, as well as who will be playing them, will be announced at a later date.

The shows will be among the last for Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor in the iconic role. Three specials next year will be her swan song, with showrunner Chris Chibnall also departing for returning showrunner Russell T. Davies.

Joining regular cast members Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop and Jacob Anderson are:

Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet), Thaddea Graham (The Irregulars), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Kevin McNally...

The full-length Doctor Who Season 13 trailer is here!

Joining cast members Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, and Jacob Anderson are for Whittaker's last season are Robert Bathurst, Thaddea Graham, Blake Harrison and Kevin McNally.

The cast also includes Craig Parkinson, Sara Powell, Annabel Scholey, Gerald Kyd, and Penelope Ann McGhie.

The trailer also gives us our first look at the monsters on the way for the new episodes - Sontarans, Weeping Angels, Cybermen, and the Ood, as well as a range of new monsters, one of whom is named Karvanista.

The new season of Doctor Who airs on BBC One, BBC America, and BBC iPlayer on October 31st with further casting to be announced at a later date.

“I can’t wait for the audience to come on the Flux ride with us. It’s our biggest adventure yet with so many brilliant new characters to fall in love with.

A mother’s love can move mountains. It must in the case of Paul Dood (Tom Meeten) since he doesn’t really have anything else propelling him forward. Did he aspire to be a superstar? No. He merely asked his mom (June Watson’s Julie) if she thought he had what it took while watching an episode of Britain’s Got Talent. She of course said yes. She said he was “better than anyone else on that show.” Love is blind, though, and unwittingly creates lies—Paul is hardly a Susan Boyle with talent to spare if someone would simply give him a chance. He’s not even a William Hung earning views for second-hand embarrassment. He’s lucky to get three viewers per stream: Mum, Clemmie (Katherine Parkinson), and Bruce (Jarred Christmas).

Director Nick Gillespie and co-writers Matthew White and Brook Driver nevertheless introduce their lead with extreme confidence as...

Sky One sci-fi Intergalactic is part conspiracy thriller, part prison break drama, and all space romp. It’s set 150 years in the future, when all of Earth’s nations have united into a single authority known as the Commonworld, and a new element has enabled Earth’s people to escape ecological collapse and colonise other planets via intergalactic travel. Over eight episodes, available to stream as a box-set on Now, we follow a group of female fugitives searching for freedom and uncovering long-buried lies.

The cast has been gathered from far and wide, ranging from relative newcomers to TV like Diany Samba-Bandza to more familiar faces Natasha O’Keeffe, Thomas Turgoose and Eleanor Tomlinson, and established actors Parminder Nagra, Craig Parkinson and Neil Maskell. Here’s who everybody is playing, and the major roles where you may have encountered them before.

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Coopersmith plays space pirate Echo in Intergalactic,...

This week marks the launch of new Sky Original series Intergalactic, and to mark the occasion we had the pleasure of speaking to several members of this illustrious ensemble. Below find interviews with Parminder Nagra (Bend it Like Beckham) and Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty), as well as Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Rogue One) and Oliver Coopersmith (Tin Star), before ending on Thomas Turgoose (This is England).

We discuss everything, ranging from the remarkable sets the actors worked on, to the costumes, and the characters they’ve been given. We talk about the film’s strong, empowering feminist approach, and why even though who turn up their nose to science-fiction, ought to give this one a go. We ask whether the actors were able to nab any memorabilia from the shoot, and we even chat to Parkinson about Line of Duty. Enjoy!

Parminder Nagra and Craig Parkinson

Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Oliver Coopersmith...

Sky has debuted a first look image for brand new Sky Original prison break drama, ‘Intergalactic’ which imagines life ‘off-earth.

The first look image gives viewers a taste of what to expect from this high octane drama from Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sex Education), Natasha O’Keeffe (Peaky Blinders, Misfits), Savannah Steyn (The Tunnel, Wannabe), Oliver Coopersmith (Tin Star), Imogen Daines (Black Mirror), newcomer Diany Samba-Bandza (Jack Ryan), Parminder Nagra and Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty) against the backdrop of the galaxy.

The eight-part series tells the story of a fearless young cop and galactic pilot, Ash Harper (Steyn), who has her glittering career ripped away from her after being wrongly convicted of a treasonous crime and exiled to a distant prison colony. But on the way there, Ash’s fellow convicts stage a mutiny and seize control of their prison transfer ship.

Netflix has launched a new trailer for the latest series from ‘Downton Abbey’ creator Julian Fellowes, ‘The English Game’.

The six-part drama charts the origins of football and how those involved in its creation reached across the class divide to establish the game as the world’s most popular sport.

Directed by Birgitte Stærmose and Tim Fywell, the series stars Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope, Craig Parkinson, James Harkness, Niamh Walsh, Gerard Kearns, Joncie Elmore, Sam Keeley, Daniel Ings, Kate Dickie, Henry Lloyd Hughes, Kate Phillips, Ben Batt, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Harry Michell and Anthony Andre.

Also in trailers – Michiel Huisman stars in trailer for ‘The Other Lamb’

The show will launch on Netflix March 20th

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A major ensemble of stars from British TV and film has come together for upcoming dark comedy Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break. 

Tom Meeten (The Ghoul), Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd), Kris Marshall (Love Actually), Kevin Bishop (Star Stories), Johnny Vegas (Benidorm), Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Mandeep Dhillon (After Life), Craig Parkinson (Black Mirror), Steve Oram (The End of the F***ing World) and Pippa Haywood (Green Wing) are set to star in the film from Nick Gillespie. 

Ben Wheatley's 2nd unit director and Shane Meadow's director of photography, Gillespie once again teams with producer Finn Bruce ...

A major ensemble of stars from British TV and film has come together for upcoming dark comedy Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break. 

Tom Meeten (The Ghoul), Katherine Parkinson (The It Crowd), Kris Marshall (Love Actually), Kevin Bishop (Star Stories), Johnny Vegas (Benidorm), Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Mandeep Dhillon (After Life), Craig Parkinson (Black Mirror), Steve Oram (The End of the F***ing World) and Pippa Haywood (Green Wing) are set to star in the film from Nick Gillespie. 

Ben Wheatley's 2nd unit director and Shane Meadow's director of photography, Gillespie once again teams with producer Finn Bruce ...

The made-for-tv movie was a programming staple for the broadcast networks in the 1970s and 1980s. While it fell out of favor in the 1990s and was even dropped as an Emmy Awards category for three years beginning in 2011, it has been on an upswing as of late. This year, 21 telefilms are in contention for the five nominations that will be revealed on July 12.

All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 24 to cast their 2019 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. In 2017 that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.

See 2019 Emmy nominations ballot: 732 programs vie for your consideration (that is 4 more than last...

When Netflix enticed “Black Mirror” creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones to make their first interactive non-children’s episode, little did they realize what a complicated rabbit hole they were falling into. With “Bandersnatch,” though, life imitated art, as they created not only the ultimate “Black Mirror” story about the dark side of tech, but also a landmark achievement for Netflix with all sorts of future interactive programming possibilities.

And what a tangled web it was to edit “Bandersnatch,” which had to compellingly satisfy as both a “Black Mirror” entry and an interactive journey. In “Bandersnatch,” viewers decide the fate of a young programmer from 1984, Stefan (Fionn Whitehead), who adapts a choose-your-own adventure fantasy novel into a video game. Along the way, Stefan collides with his widower father, Peter (Craig Parkinson), a legendary video game creator/mentor, Colin (Will Poulter), and several subsidiary characters. And each choice the viewer makes becomes progressively more dangerous,...

Production has kicked off on Julian Fellowes’ Netflix drama The English Game. This comes after HBO picked up Downton Abbey creator’s period drama The Gilded Age, taking over from NBC.

The English Game, which is written and exec produced by Fellowes and produced by Traitors and Watership Down producer 42, is a six-part series that charts the origins of football and how those involved in its creation reached across the class divide to establish the game as the world’s most popular sport. It is currently shooting in the UK and will launch on Netflix in 2020.

The series will star Edward Holcroft (Kingsman: The Golden Circle), Kevin Guthrie (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald), Charlotte Hope (The Spanish Princess), Craig Parkinson (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch), James Harkness (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Niamh Walsh (Jamestown), Gerard Kearns (Last Kingdom), Joncie Elmore (Downton Abbey), Sam Keeley (Anthropoid), Daniel Ings (The Crown...

(Warning: While not necessarily a spoiler alert due to the multiple versions of the story, if you want to find all the different endings for yourself, we would not suggest reading the below. So go watch them and then Be Right Back).

We’ll get right to it (instead of making you choose the content of this post): “Bandersnatch” — the feature-length choose-your-own-adventure installment of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series, “Black Mirror” — landed on Netflix on Friday and since then TheWrap has gone through several viewings trying to figure it out.

As best as TheWrap can tell — after an unhealthy amount of viewings and backtracks — the interactive story about ’80s video game programmer Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) and his attempts to develop the fantasy novel “Bandersnatch” into a video game, has 5 “main” endings. By which we mean, endings that trigger the closing credits — or rather, the option to “exit to credits...

Keely Hawes, one of the breakout stars of Bodyguard, Veep’s Sally Phillips and Three Girls’ Jill Halfpenny have joined IFC and Channel 4’s comedy series Year of the Rabbit.

The trio have joined the show, which stars Toast of London’s Matt Berry, as it goes into production on location in the UK.

Hawes stars as the mysterious Lydia, Phillips is Princess Juliana of Bulgaria, and Halfpenny features as Rabbit’s ex, the deadly Flora.

The six-part series follows a group of Victorian detectives; Berry, who stars in Jim Hosking’s An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn and Matt Groening’s Netflix animation Disenchantment, plays Detective Inspector Rabbitt, a hardened booze-hound who’s seen it all, and his new, hapless, by-the-books partner, played by Parade End’s Freddie Fox. While investigating a local murder, the chief of police’s lewd but insightful adoptive daughter, played by Chewing Gum’s Susan Wokoma,...

Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe, Asim Chaudhry, Tallulah Haddon, Catriona Knox, Paul Bradley | Written by Charlie Brooker | Directed by David Slade

Charlie Brooker’s seminal TV series Black Mirror returns on Netflix with an advantageous subtextually corrupted and ironic damning assessment of a “choose your own adventure” feature-length episode in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Directed by David Slade, Bandersnatch offers a distinctive and unique outlook on the format of typical narratives found in cinema, yet often comes unstuck with its underwhelming lacklustre anecdote and now far too overly strong ethos that is becoming stale and predictable.

Fionn Whitehead as Stefan Butler impresses with leading actor status after his rather quiet but sizeable performance in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. He showcases an efficient and explorative emotional range. Benefitting the film due to the character crux structure and the resulting impact each sequence depends upon to engage with the audience.

NetflixThe Netflix film asks viewers to make choices on behalf of the characters, altering the narrative accordingly.Saraswati DatarBlack Mirror: Bandersnatch is the next instalment in the pathbreaking Black Mirror series now streaming on Netflix. Directed by David Slade and written by Charlie Brooker, this ‘interactive film’ begins with a robotic female voice explaining the basic premise of choosing between two options when prompted using the device you are watching it on. Once you click Yes to say you have understood, the film takes you to England in 1984, where Stefan Butler (Fionn Whitehead), is hoping to sell a game he has created based on Bandersnatch, a fictional book by writer Jerome F Davies. The book has been written to allow for multiple outcomes, depending on choices made by individual readers, giving them control of the narrative. Stefan’s struggles with writing code for the various paths that will mirror the...

So what’s it going to be, folks: Sugar Puffs or Frosted Flakes?

That’s the first choice you have to make in Bandersnatch, the Black Mirror stand-alone “event” — basically a movie, possibly the show’s fifth season en toto — that dropped 11th-hour–ishly into Netflix queues at the beginning of the weekend. It’s an innocuous decision, really: A British video-game nut named Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) wakes up one July morning in 1984, pads down the stairs and joins his dad (Craig Parkinson) at the breakfast table. The young man is going to pitch Tuckersoft,...

Tony Sokol Dec 27, 2018

Relax, the frumious Bandersnatch is just a glitch in the system in Netflix's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch trailer.

Forget the Jabberwock, the frumious Bandersnatch will catch you in a dream. The sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror is launching as a stand-alone film on Netflix. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch will be available for streaming starting on Dec. 28. With only one day of warning before the debut, the streaming station dropped its premiere date and a trailer.

The film is directed by David Slade, who directed Starz’ American Gods, the feature films Hard Candy, 30 Days Of Night, the Twilight movie Eclipse, and Black Mirror's season 4 episode “Metalhead,” which makes a titular cameo in the trailer in the forms of a poster for a computer game called “Metl Hedd.”

Further reading: Black Mirror Season 5 Release Date and Everything Else We Know

According to Netflix’s title page, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a “mind-bending,...

Black Mirror previewed its upcoming stand-alone movie, Bandersnatch, with an ominous new trailer. The “event” film, which debuts Friday, December 28th on Netflix, follows a young programmer named Stefan (Dunkirk‘s Fionn Whitehead) who plummets down a surreal rabbit hole while attempting to create a computer game based on a classic adventure novel.

“I keep having these vivid dreams, like thinking weird things,” Stefan says to open the Eighties-set clip. We see the protagonist accepting his job at the game company (which his boss describes as “a hit factory, like...