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A look back at Merlin Season Three

: 04 February 2012; Gerard Wood

Season Four of Merlin has come and gone in the UK and those of us who have seen it will probably agree that this latest season exceeded what came before. The same could be said of the third and second seasons as Merlin improves with each ...

New Trailer for Game of Thrones Season Two

: 01 February 2012; Gerard Wood

If you’ve not already committed the date to memory, take note now: the second season of HBO’s extraordinary Game of Thrones kicks off on 1 April! Without any shadow of doubt, Season One was the television highlight of 2011. Every aspect of ...

Being Human Series Four: a transmuted, revamped ghost of itself?

: 17 January 2012; Gerard Wood

When we reported back in May 2011 that the superb British series Being Human was returning for a fourth season featuring new characters and an epic new story line, we failed to appreciate that the new characters wouldn’t be supplementing the ...

15th Anniversary for Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

: 22 November 2011; Gerard Wood

I love an urban fantasy, especially one set in that multifaceted gem of a city that is London. This was the city of my childhood so perhaps my perception is skewed, but to my mind no other city is quite so magical and yet mundane, benign and yet ...

Richard Carpenter's iconic Robin of Sherwood now on Blu-ray

: 01 July 2011; Gerard Wood

Over the years we've had cause to mention Richard Carpenter's BAFTA award-winning series Robin of Sherwood on a number of occasions, typically to recall in passing what an outstanding piece of television it is. As it first aired in the UK in the ...

Game of Thrones Season Two starts shooting in July

: 20 June 2011; Gerard Wood

Season One of HBO’s Game of Thrones has come and gone and left a dedicated following of slightly shell-shocked fans in its wake. There’s little romance to this fantasy about warring families, political intrigue and the bloody struggle for power, ...

HBO wins the Game of Thrones and takes on American Gods

: 15 June 2011; Gerard Wood

Nine episodes into HBO’s adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones and the timing could hardly be better for an announcement about HBO’s plans to adapt Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. HBO’s Game of Thrones is a watershed in the ...

Dirk Gently returns in 2012 with four hour long episodes

: 01 June 2011; John Howell

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 for his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the ...

BBC’s Being Human back for Season 4

: 31 May 2011; John Howell

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 season 4 will feature new characters and ...

Merlin's second season raises the bar for the TV fantasy series

: 01 February 2011; Gerard Wood

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 coming-of-age of Merlin and Arthur. Frankly, ...