(courtesy IMDb (c) BBC) SNAPSHOTBlue Planet III is a forthcoming British nature documentary series co-produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, ZDF, France Télévisions, and Skai TV in partnership with The Open University. [With David Attenborough returning as narrator] Blue Planet III will have six hour-long episodes, with filming taking Continue Reading
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“I didn’t think it might actually be real.” Trailer drops for delightful British series Small Prophets
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTSmall Prophets is a comic tale of the eccentric Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley) who, since his darling Clea disappeared seven years ago, has lived a very ordinary life. He works in a DIY store, visits his dad Brian (Sir Michael Palin) and hopes for Clea to return. One Continue Reading
Christmas preview: All-new Peanuts and Fraggle Rock specials landing for this year’s festive celebrations
(via Shutterstock) One of the most delightful parts of any festive season is watching as many animated specials as time will allow and your hungry-for-happiness soul needs. There’s something quite special not just about the artform, which allows for the kind of visual Christmas energy and colour that live action Continue Reading
And so the season ends … review of Strange New Worlds S4 E9 “Once La’An a Time” and E10 “Tomorrow’s Enterprise”
(courtesy Star Trek Strange New Worlds Memory Alpha) E9 “Once La’An a Time” If ever you needed proof that Strange New Worlds is not interested in doing things as they have always been done in Star Trek, then “Once La’an a Time” (no prizes for guessing what that’s a play Continue Reading
Trio o’ terrific trailers (September 2026): MADFABULOUS, Treasure Island + Onwards and Sideways
(via Shutterstock) In an act of huge pop culture consuming nerdery, I keep lists of movies and TV/streaming shows I’d like to watch. I apologise for none of it because frankly with the sheer volume of content happily sliding down onto streaming platforms and into cinemas, it seems the only Continue Reading
The Muppet Show flashback: Animal goes all out on “Fever” until Rita Moreno puts him in his place
(courtesy Muppet Wiki (c) The Jim Henson Company) SNAPSHOTIn a 1976 episode of The Muppet Show, the great Rita Moreno performed a sultry cover of the classic song “Fever”, famously recorded by Peggy Lee, with Animal on the drums. At first, everything was going smoothly, but about halfway in, Animal Continue Reading
The key to the future lies in the past … Thoughts on Silo S3
(courtesy IMP Awards) Unless you live under a rock, and honestly as living strategies go it’s not a completely unreasonable one at the moment, it won’t have escaped your notice that humanity is potentially screwed in any number of emphatically species-ending ways. As one character in the third gripping season Continue Reading
They’re not back … they never left: Trailer drops for Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOT‘This Halloween, secrets will be unlocked…’ The beloved and award-winning BBC comedy Ghosts arrives on the big screen this Halloween. Ghosts‘ stars, writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond are all back, along with Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie Continue Reading
Life is a rollercoaster: Thoughts on Trying S5
(courtesy IMP Awards) Making all your dreams come true is an intoxicating feeling, but what happens when the dust settles and reality bites and you have to deal with the fact that the dream may be wonderful but it has some thorns attached with all the floral zest and colour? Continue Reading
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S4 review: “Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass” (E7) and “Orders of Magnitude” (E8)
(courtesy Memory Alpha) “Like Chronotons Through the Hourglass” One of the best things about Star Trek storytelling in general and Strange New Worlds (SNW) in particular, is its ability to channel what I like to call the “Nordic Effect”. In essence, it’s the co-existence of both light and dark in Continue Reading