New sci-fi movie for Alice Lowe
The Encounter close to wrapping
13/04/2018 … Alice Lowe is to star in a new sci-fi movie set in the 1980s.
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Fri 13 April 2018
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures HBO buys Phoebe Waller-Bridge's romcom thriller
Run is the latest show from Fleabag's creator
13/04/2018 … HBO has snapped up the new romantic comedy thriller from Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Broad City to end
US sitcom's next series will be its last
13/04/2018 … Broad City is to end after the next series, its stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson have confirmed.
Jo Brand to host a TV quiz, just for doctors
'Like University Challenge but medical'
13/04/2018 … Jo Brand is to front a new medical quiz show for BBC Two.
Thu 12 April 2018
© BBC W1A actor dies at 35
Alex Beckett played Barney Lumsden
12/04/2018 … W1A star Alex Beckett has died suddenly at the age of 35.
Ian Hislop pens freedom of speech play
Based on a notorious 1817 trial
12/04/2018 … Ian Hislop has written a play about freedom of speech.
Lee Mack to curate The Museum of Curiosity
Joining John Lloyd on Radio 4 show
12/04/2018 … Lee Mack is to be the next curator of The Museum of Curiosity.
Sacha Baron Cohen to play real-life spy
12/04/2018 … Sacha Baron Cohen is to star in a new Netflix drama called The Spy.