Television

  • Dimbleby's Seven Ages of Britain explores Empire

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    Over the past few weeks BBC One has served up an absolute gem in the shape of David Dimbleby’s Seven Ages of Britain. Following on from Dimbleby’s A Picture of Britain and How We Built Britain, Seven Ages explores the history and shaping of our nation through the arts and treasures left behind by generations…

  • Street Hawk

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    Classic 80’s series Street Hawk comes to DVD this month boasting some all-new features including ‘making of’ documentary and an unaired version of the pilot episode.

  • Film4 HD to launch exclusively on Virgin Media

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    Virgin Media customers will soon be able to enjoy HD films from Film4 after the cable broadcaster announced an exclusive deal to launch Film4 HD “this summer”. From April Virgin Media viewers will also be able to watch the E4 HD channel which offers High Definition episodes of popular E4 shows such as Glee, Skins…

  • Two more series confirmed for Sarah Jane Adventures

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    Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures has been renewed for two further series, the BBC announced today. The series, which stars Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, one of Doctor Who’s most famous and loved companions, has been a ratings hit for CBBC.

  • Doctor Who’s new Exec Producers talk to DWM

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    Doctor Who’s new production team talk to this month’s Doctor Who Magazine (out Thursday 4 March 2010) about the challenges in store for Matt Smith’s Doctor and changes to the look and feel of the show when it returns at Easter.

  • Ashes to Ashes returns this month for final series

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    Ashes to Ashes, the follow up to Life on Mars, returns later this month for its final series with producers promising to finally reveal the truth about Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister). The second series ended with time-travelling copper Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) apparently making it home to the present day but all’s not what it…