Showing 1 - 15 of 279 articles tagged "BBC"

• Posted Wednesday 4/17/19 at 6:48PM EDT

  Russell T. Davies says he'll never return to Doctor Who, not even for an anniversary special

  Davies, who revived the Doctor Who franchise in 2005 and led it for five seasons, says of potentially returning: “It’ll...

• Posted Sunday 4/14/19 at 8:03PM EDT

  A Benedict Cumberbatch photo inspired BBC and Netflix's new Dracula TV series

  Mark Gatiss, co-creator of Sherlock, says of the inspiration for his and Steven Moffat's new BBC/Netflix Dracula series: “It came...

• Posted Monday 4/08/19 at 7:41PM EDT

  Peaky Blinders plans to redeem ruthless gangster Tommy Shelby, making him "good"

  Creator Steven Knight says Cillian Murphy's character will undergo a surprising transformation.

• Posted Monday 4/08/19 at 8:43AM EDT

  Steve Coogan to host a BBC British history show as his Alan Partridge character

  Coogan will spoof BBC historian/documentary star Simon Schama on the tentatively titled, And Did Those Feet, With Alan Partridge.

• Posted Friday 4/05/19 at 10:58PM EDT

  BBC's Trust Me is making a lot of Doctor Who references in honor of departed star Jodie Whittaker

  Whittaker had to exit the BBC medical drama after one season when she was tapped to play The Doctor.

• Posted Friday 4/05/19 at 10:58PM EDT

  Bodyguard's Keeley Hawes recalls meeting her real-life counterpart

  It's widely believed that Hawes' British home secretary character was based on the real-life former Home Secretary Amber Rudd.

• Posted Thursday 4/04/19 at 1:24PM EDT

  John Boyega and Lupita Nyong’o to narrate BBC and Discovery's natural history series Serengeti

  Boyega will narrate the BBC British version of the docuseries, while Nyong’o will narrate Discovery Channel's American version.

• Posted Monday 4/01/19 at 9:12AM EDT

  Discovery and BBC strike deal on new streaming service

  Discovery will own 100% of the new streaming service after reaching an exclusive 10-year agreement with BBC Studios for its...

• Posted Tuesday 3/12/19 at 11:58AM EDT

  Bodyguard creator is "optimistic" about Season 2

  “It would be great if there was a second season," creator Jed Mercurio said at the INTV conference in Israel,...

• Posted Thursday 3/07/19 at 1:50PM EST

  BBC boss: Bodyguard easily tops Netflix's The Crown among British viewers

  BBC director general Tony Hall said Bodyguard, which airs on BBC in Britain and on Netflix in the rest of...

• Posted Monday 3/04/19 at 8:16AM EST

  BBC renews Call the Midwife for two more seasons

  The period drama, which scored its highest ratings in Season 8, will be around through 2022.

• Posted Thursday 2/28/19 at 3:23AM EST

  BBC announces its own Michael Jackson documentary

  BBC says Michael Jackson: The Rise and Fall, premiering later this year, will ”take a close look at each stage...

• Posted Wednesday 2/27/19 at 6:38PM EST

  Doctor Who could return to Saturdays

  A report in The Mirror says that BBC is considering returning to Doctor Who to its original Saturday night timeslot...

• Posted Tuesday 2/26/19 at 1:32PM EST

  Doctor Who alum Alex Kingston admits she was originally "conflicted" about Jodie Whittaker's casting

  "To be honest, at first I was a little conflicted because I just thought, 'All those little boys, how are...

• Posted Sunday 2/24/19 at 5:50PM EST

  Watch a teaser for His Dark Materials, starring James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda

  The British fantasy adventure from HBO and BBC is based on Philip Pullman's novel of the same name.