Television

  • Five comes to freesat

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    Bosses at Freesat have confirmed that the fledgling free-to-air service is finally to terrestrial channel Five from Tuesday November 18. The channel was initially unavailable to the service at launch and was only available to viewers of Sky’s satellite TV service.

  • ‘Darker’ role for Shaw in BBC exorcism drama

    ‘Darker’ role for Shaw in BBC exorcism drama

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    Originally announced as a two-part drama, Apparitions (Thursday 13th November) is a major new drama series starring Martin Shaw as Father Jacob, a Roman Catholic priest who is drawn against his will into the world of exorcism.

  • Martin Shaw on exorcising demons

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    Judge John Deed and George Gently actor Martin Shaw is set to return to BBC One next week in role “darker” than any his fans have seen before.  In Apparitions Shaw plays Father Jacob, a Roman Catholic priest drawn against his will into the world of exorcism. What kind of character is Father Jacob? Jacob…

  • Joe Ahearne – Apparitions interview

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    As the creator of Channel 4’s acclaimed vampire drama Ultraviolet, Joe Ahearne is no stranger to mixing the occult and modern day. Here he discusses his new BBC One drama Apparitions which stars Martin Shaw as a Roman Catholic priest drawn against his will into the world of exorcism.

  • BBC One set for classic Sci-Fi revival

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    Late November sees the “re-imagining” of classic Sci-Fi drama Survivors, based on the book by Doctor Who scriptwriter and Dalek creator Terry Nation. Fittingly the cast includes former Doctor Who actress Freema Agyeman as Jenny, one of a group of bewildered but resilient group of survivors coping with the aftermath of a devastating virus which…

  • Tennant on BBC Two’s Einstein And Eddington

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    David Tennant and Andy Serkis star in Einstein And Eddington later this month, a one-off drama for BBC Two based on the intertwined lives of two of the most significant men in 20th-century science. Here Tennant discusses Eddington’s fascination with numbers, his Quaker beliefs and his view of Einstein’s Theory.