[ad_1] Amazon’s deal to develop Warhammer 40,000 for the screen is a triumph for the geeks – and the economy December 19, 2023 5:59 pm(Updated 7:40 pm) Warhammer is coming to the screen (Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty) Most people will have read the news that Amazon has signed a deal with Games Workshop, the…
[ad_1] Few English writers have made as much impact on British culture as Charles Dickens. Besides arguably inventing our modern concept of Christmas with A Christmas Carol, Dickens has been synonymous with Victorian London since titles like Great Expectations and Oliver Twist were first published into it. Less well known is his time in Italy,…
[ad_1] As the already-struggling studio cuts ties with its star following his assault conviction, surely the wisest course would be to rip up the script and give us a new villain December 19, 2023 2:06 pm(Updated 2:52 pm) Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man and Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania…
[ad_1] The BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony is fast approaching, with some of the biggest names in the industry gathering to honour the UK’s brightest and best sportsmen and women. The past year has seen a series of major events, with England’s Lionesses reaching the World Cup final, only to be knocked…
[ad_1] When Russell T Davies revived Doctor Who in 2005, few people at the BBC – or indeed in the wider media – thought it was a good idea. “Everyone thought it was going to fail,” the screenwriter told Alan Yentob in last night’s imagine… film, The Doctor and Me. “Everyone queued up to say the…
[ad_1] The final six episodes of the last series of The Crown have been released turning the focus from the life and death of Diana, Princess of Wales to the aftermath for rest of the Royal family. Prince William and Prince Harry come to the fore in the second part of the Netflix series, which…
[ad_1] If too many ‘celebrity special’ contestants went to Oxford or Cambridge, that’s a problem for Britain, not the BBC December 18, 2023 1:50 pm(Updated 2:35 pm) Christmas University Challenge begins tonight on BBC Two (Photo: Ric Lowe/BBC/Lifted Entertainment, Part of ITV Studios) Not for the first time in its 61-year history, the BBC’s much-loved…
[ad_1] More than 130 years after he solved his first mystery, Sherlock Holmes is more popular than ever. The pompous, brilliant fictional detective is the (human) literary figure who has been adapted most often for the screen – 245 times. The 54 short stories and six novels about him have been translated into 90 languages….
[ad_1] Christmas is a time of goodwill and generosity, and that is the spirit in which the silly and disposable seasonal special of Murder, They Hope was best enjoyed. Siân Gibson and Johnny Vegas were back as Gemma and Terry, the cosy-crime solving couple whose dreams of a Christmas getaway were ruined when they blundered…
[ad_1] Who is Engelbert Humperdinck? Wikipedia tells us it’s an 87-year-old British singer who cheekily took this stage name to turbo-charge his career as a balladeer. The original owner of that purloined name – long cold in his grave – was the German composer of one of the most beloved operas of all time, Hansel…
