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- 1. Doctor Who's new season September 2012 with new companion
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... dud ones every season). Next year is Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary, so perhaps the BBC will film some type of anniversary special featuring previous Doctors too? ...
- Created on 10 May 2012
- 2. BBC America co-production Being Human commissioned for fifth season
- (Fantasy TV)
- BBC AMERICA announced today (New York - Monday, March 26, 2012) that award-winning and critically-acclaimed Supernatural Saturday series, Being Human, written and created by Toby Whithouse (Doctor ...
- Created on 27 March 2012
- 3. A look back at Merlin Season Three
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... the US. Season Four just kicked off in the US a few weeks ago, coinciding with BBC America’s release of Season Three on DVD and Blu-ray, and while it’s been some time since I first watched it, this was ...
- Created on 04 February 2012
- 4. Star Trek 2 will be in 3D with Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch
- (Science fiction films)
- ... be actor Benedict Cumberbatch, best know for his role in the BBC's modern retelling of the Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories, entitled Sherlock. Season 2 of Sherlock is now playing in the ...
- Created on 13 January 2012
- 5. Complete Doctor Who Season Six hits blu-ray
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... 13 Doctor Who Confidentials, Series Six Episode Prequels, Doctor Shorts and lots more... You can buy Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series in blu-ray now at the BBC America online store and watch the ...
- Created on 04 December 2011
- 6. BBC Doctor Who movie soon
- (Science fiction films)
- The BBC and Harry Potter Director David Yates are working on a big screen Doctor Who movie. Yates directed the last four Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and ...
- Created on 29 November 2011
- 7. 15th Anniversary for Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... secret behind the murder of Door's family, and possibly a way for Richard to return to his former life in London Above. This November, the BBC has released the 15th Anniversary Edition of the TV series. ...
- Created on 22 November 2011
- 8. America killed Torchwood
- (Science fiction TV)
- I’ve now watched more than half of the new US Torchwood: Miracle Day, a joint Starz and BBC production, and it’s clear that Torchwood’s fourth season is now officially dead on arrival in the US - which ...
- Created on 22 August 2011
- 9. Ridley Scott directing Blade Runner follow up
- (Science fiction films)
- ... the mini-series of Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle he was creating with the BBC. He has his work cut out for him if all these adaptations and projects come to pass. ...
- Created on 18 August 2011
- 10. Doctor Who Season 6 Part 1 DVD/ Blu-ray released
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... be broadcast 27 August 2011. Check out BBC America's official Doctor Who Season Six site here. You can also buy Doctor Who: Series 6 Part 1 on Amazon here. ...
- Created on 29 July 2011
- 11. BBC Worldwide to offer television episodes to rent for the first time on Facebook
- (Press Releases)
- New York - In a new venture for BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm will tomorrow offer a series of digitally remastered Doctor Who stories to rent via Facebook. By using Facebook credits, ...
- Created on 12 July 2011
- 12. Richard Carpenter's iconic Robin of Sherwood now on Blu-ray
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... the BBC's Robin Hood starring Jonas Armstrong poached that one. Few series from the 80s have stood the test of time so well. The fact that it's a period piece helps of course as the look is ...
- Created on 01 July 2011
- 13. Dirk Gently returns in 2012 with four hour long episodes
- (Fantasy TV)
- If you liked the BBC’s pilot episode for Dirk Gently, the TV show based on Douglas Adams' comic fantasy novels, you’ll be glad to hear that more episodes are on the way. Adams of course is most famous ...
- Created on 01 June 2011
- 14. BBC’s Being Human back for Season 4
- (Fantasy TV)
- Fans of the UK version of the fantasy TV show Being Human (the original and best) will be pleased to hear that Being Human season 4 is definitely happening. According to the BBC’s press site, Being Human ...
- Created on 31 May 2011
- 15. Torchwood: Miracle Day starts 8 July with Bill Pullman
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... Agent Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins), and Vera Juarez (Arlene Tur), a Washington D.C. surgeon. Here's an updated plot description from the official BBC press release: "The plot of Miracle Day is ...
- Created on 09 April 2011
- 16. Merlin Magic Comes to the UK
- (Press Releases)
- Warwick Castle promises more thrills and spills than ever before with the launch of its world first attraction - Merlin’s Dragon Tower, based on the hit BBC show. From April, visitors to the Castle will ...
- Created on 10 February 2011
- 17. Merlin's second season raises the bar for the TV fantasy series
- (Fantasy TV)
- With the third season of Merlin come and gone in the UK and a fourth recently confirmed, it might seem a little late in the day to be looking back at Season Two of the BBC's speculative fantasy about the ...
- Created on 01 February 2011
- 18. BBC's science fiction TV series Outcasts: trailer and plot
- (Science fiction TV)
- The BBC is working on a new eight part science fiction television series called Outcasts, about the trials of a group of Earth pioneers setting up a new world on a recently discovered planet. Ben Richards, ...
- Created on 22 January 2011
- 19. Being Human Series 3 Trailer unleashed
- (Fantasy TV)
- The third series of the BBC's superb horror-comedy, Being Human, is soon to grace screens in the UK and a new trailer has been unleashed to whet our appetite. No release date has been revealed but by some ...
- Created on 05 January 2011
- 20. 2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special: trailers and plot
- (Science fiction TV)
- Christmas is not far off, and as they have done in recent years, this year the BBC will broadcast its Doctor Who Christmas Special. A Christmas Carol is the sixth Doctor Who Christmas Special since Doctor ...
- Created on 21 December 2010
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