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Paul McGann has said he would be open to returning to Doctor Who for its 50th anniversary next year. The actor played the 8th Doctor in the 1996 television movie which was intended to be followed by a full length series. However, while the television movie rated well in the UK with over 9 million viewers it didn’t meet expectations […]

The sixteenth series of adult cartoon comedy South Park returns to Comedy Central in the UK later this month with an unimaginable catastrophe occuring in the premiere episode. Reverse Cowgirl is the first of the new episodes to air in the UK on Comedy Central with Clyde being told by his mother time and time again about leaving the toilet […]

Production has begun this week on the second series of Friday Night Dinner, with six episodes to air this autumn and a Christmas Special for December 2012. Featuring cast including Tamsin Grei of Black Books fame, Simon Bird from The Inbetweeners and Green Wing star Mark Heap. Friday Night Dinner has been described as a truly original series about growing […]

Chat show host and celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh has warned against Britain’s technology reliant culture, saying that if we don’t get more hands on with nature there is little hope for our future. Alan Titchmarsh spoke out in his role as B&Q’s celebrity ambassador: ‘”W are now part of a fast-paced culture that has become increasingly reliant on technology – […]

Denmark’s legalisation of gay marriage will take effect in June it has been announced. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announced that from June 15th gay couples in Denmark will legally be allowed to marry. The Danish Prime Minister made the announcement at a press conference where the Copenhagen Post reports her as saying ‘We have looked at two laws that will […]

Actress Jacqueline Pearce is set to reprise her iconic role of Servalan in several new Blake’s 7 audio dramas. SFX reports that the actress will return to the world of Blake’s 7 to play Servalan in B7 Enterprises new audio series The Liberator Chronicles. Servalan will make her first appearance in the audio drama Wolf, written by Nigel Faris, on […]

Following the controversy surrounding the death of a third horse during production of Luck, HBO has cancelled the Dustin Hoffman drama. Statement from HBO: It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series Luck. Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest […]

CBS has handed new season orders to a sleuth of its shows; 18 in total but dramas such as CSI: New York and Unforgettable are notably absent from the list. CBS has renewed 18 shows in all in one mega-renewal swing and to be honest few shows on the list of renewals are particularly surprising. NCIS and its spin-off NCIS: […]