Exclusive: Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss has adapted a short story from the detective’s creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, as his annual Christmas ghost story for the BBC. Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) and Freddie Fox (Slow Horses) are attached to star.
Gatiss has penned a version of Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249, having adapted various Sherlock Holmes novels for the Beeb betweenn 2010 and 2017, alongside former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.
The special will air as part of the BBC’s winter schedule and comes after Gatiss adapted The Tractate Middoth in 2013, The Dead Room (2018), Martin’s Close (2019) The Mezzotint (2021) and Count Magnus (2022) – four of which were based on works by M.R James.
Lot No. 249 follows group of Oxford students, one of whom undertakes research into the secrets of Ancient Egypt and becomes the talk of the college. “Can these experiments truly breathe life to the horrifying bag of bones which is the mysterious Lot.
Gatiss has penned a version of Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249, having adapted various Sherlock Holmes novels for the Beeb betweenn 2010 and 2017, alongside former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.
The special will air as part of the BBC’s winter schedule and comes after Gatiss adapted The Tractate Middoth in 2013, The Dead Room (2018), Martin’s Close (2019) The Mezzotint (2021) and Count Magnus (2022) – four of which were based on works by M.R James.
Lot No. 249 follows group of Oxford students, one of whom undertakes research into the secrets of Ancient Egypt and becomes the talk of the college. “Can these experiments truly breathe life to the horrifying bag of bones which is the mysterious Lot.
- 10/19/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Be sure to lock your doors when you get home this Halloween, for a sinister, unearthly presence willing be walking the streets this All Hallow’s Eve.
We don’t mean actual ghosts, obviously, we’re talking about all those precocious costumed youths in shoddily applied face paint having the audacity to knock on your door demanding some of the multipack of snack-size sweets you got from Tesco on the way home from work. Bought them for trick-or-treaters? Pffft. Those Haribo were all for you, and you know it.
So embrace the darkness (and the sugar), draw the curtains, and shut out the world ready to scare yourself silly with these classic British TV ghost stories.
Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968)
A classic in the ghost story genre, this deeply atmospheric and unnerving production is Jonathan Miller’s adaptation of the 1904 M. R. James tale “Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come to You,...
We don’t mean actual ghosts, obviously, we’re talking about all those precocious costumed youths in shoddily applied face paint having the audacity to knock on your door demanding some of the multipack of snack-size sweets you got from Tesco on the way home from work. Bought them for trick-or-treaters? Pffft. Those Haribo were all for you, and you know it.
So embrace the darkness (and the sugar), draw the curtains, and shut out the world ready to scare yourself silly with these classic British TV ghost stories.
Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968)
A classic in the ghost story genre, this deeply atmospheric and unnerving production is Jonathan Miller’s adaptation of the 1904 M. R. James tale “Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come to You,...
- 10/16/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Dec 13, 2017
We’ve taken a highlighter to this year’s Christmas and New Year TV schedules and circled what we’ll be watching this festive season…
Amid the cosy repeats and cranberry-stuffed cookery shows on TV over the next few weeks are a few gems. There’s no Sherlock or Charlie Brooker’s TV Wipe this year, but there are plenty of treats, not least the return of The League Of Gentlemen for a three-part anniversary series and Peter Capaldi’s last hurrah in the Tardis in the Doctor Who Christmas episode.
See related 26 new TV shows to watch in 2017
Over on Netflix, six new episodes of Black Mirror are coming to usher in the New Year, two days into which we welcome the return of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s genius anthology Inside No. 9.
Not to gloss over a spooky M.R. James night on BBC Four,...
We’ve taken a highlighter to this year’s Christmas and New Year TV schedules and circled what we’ll be watching this festive season…
Amid the cosy repeats and cranberry-stuffed cookery shows on TV over the next few weeks are a few gems. There’s no Sherlock or Charlie Brooker’s TV Wipe this year, but there are plenty of treats, not least the return of The League Of Gentlemen for a three-part anniversary series and Peter Capaldi’s last hurrah in the Tardis in the Doctor Who Christmas episode.
See related 26 new TV shows to watch in 2017
Over on Netflix, six new episodes of Black Mirror are coming to usher in the New Year, two days into which we welcome the return of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton’s genius anthology Inside No. 9.
Not to gloss over a spooky M.R. James night on BBC Four,...
- 12/12/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Jan 4, 2017
Did you spot the tease for next week’s episode in the Sherlock series 4 opener? See that and more details from The Six Thatchers…
After taking a fine-toothed comb to new Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers (well, watching it with one finger hovering over the pause button) here are a few items of note discovered, in addition to a handful of discoveries made by some very fine Sherlock detectives elsewhere…
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1. We know that Lady Smallwood’s British Intelligence code name is ‘Love’, leaving the Holmes brothers and Sir Edwin to divvy up ‘Antarctica’, ‘Langdale’ and ‘Porlock’ between them. Porlock (as well as being a village...
Did you spot the tease for next week’s episode in the Sherlock series 4 opener? See that and more details from The Six Thatchers…
After taking a fine-toothed comb to new Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers (well, watching it with one finger hovering over the pause button) here are a few items of note discovered, in addition to a handful of discoveries made by some very fine Sherlock detectives elsewhere…
See related Tom Hiddleston interview: The Avengers, modern myths, playing Loki and more Tom Hiddleston interview: The Avengers, War Horse, Greek mythology and more Marvel Studios movies: UK release date calendar Why Thor: Ragnarok may be a pivotal film in Marvel's phase 3
1. We know that Lady Smallwood’s British Intelligence code name is ‘Love’, leaving the Holmes brothers and Sir Edwin to divvy up ‘Antarctica’, ‘Langdale’ and ‘Porlock’ between them. Porlock (as well as being a village...
- 1/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Gem Wheeler Dec 21, 2016
We celebrate the work of M.R. James, whose eerie ghost stories were made into a festive tradition by the BBC...
A shadow lurking just beyond the edge of the vision. Dusty manuscripts bearing fragments of ancient testimony, conflicting and confounding. The sickening touch of a decayed hand, grasping at us from the darkness. The imagery of the ghost story may differ between cultures, but the sense of creeping dread left by the most effective tales remains universal.
See related Jonathan Creek review: The Clue Of The Savant's Thumb Alan Davies interview: Jonathan Creek, Qi, "Creek Geeks" & more... Rik Mayall interview: Jonathan Creek, Bottom, Hooligan's Island, & more... Sheridan Smith interview: Jonathan Creek & more... David Renwick interview: Jonathan Creek, One Foot In The Grave, & more...
One name stands out in the grim roster of English purveyors of the form: Montague Rhodes James, an eminent medievalist with a sideline in...
We celebrate the work of M.R. James, whose eerie ghost stories were made into a festive tradition by the BBC...
A shadow lurking just beyond the edge of the vision. Dusty manuscripts bearing fragments of ancient testimony, conflicting and confounding. The sickening touch of a decayed hand, grasping at us from the darkness. The imagery of the ghost story may differ between cultures, but the sense of creeping dread left by the most effective tales remains universal.
See related Jonathan Creek review: The Clue Of The Savant's Thumb Alan Davies interview: Jonathan Creek, Qi, "Creek Geeks" & more... Rik Mayall interview: Jonathan Creek, Bottom, Hooligan's Island, & more... Sheridan Smith interview: Jonathan Creek & more... David Renwick interview: Jonathan Creek, One Foot In The Grave, & more...
One name stands out in the grim roster of English purveyors of the form: Montague Rhodes James, an eminent medievalist with a sideline in...
- 12/20/2016
- Den of Geek
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Mark Gatiss hosted a Q&A session after a special showing of An Adventure in Space and Time at the Mareel Theatre in the Shetlands – and further pleased fans by introducing The Tractate Middoth. It was part of the ScreenPlay film festival, curated by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams, which launched at the tail-end of August. The...
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Mark Gatiss hosted a Q&A session after a special showing of An Adventure in Space and Time at the Mareel Theatre in the Shetlands – and further pleased fans by introducing The Tractate Middoth. It was part of the ScreenPlay film festival, curated by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams, which launched at the tail-end of August. The...
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- 9/8/2015
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
The world of Doctor Who has changed greatly in the space of just 10 years. The cast and crew have almost completely been replaced since 2005, including a number of new actors to play the errant Time Lord and his companions.
But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?
Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.
The Cast
After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.
Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the Us series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr.
But what has happened to the class of '05? Where are Rose and Mickey now? What is the writer of 'Dalek' up to? And where can you see more work from the director of 'Rose'?
Here it is then, your guide to the main players of Doctor Who series one.
The Cast
After his three-month on-screen stint as the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston's career continued in much the same vein, taking in theatre, interesting television roles and the odd blockbuster.
Post-2005, the Northern actor went Stateside to take on the role of invisible man Claude in the Us series Heroes. From there, he popped up in a very amusing Doctor Who-esque cameo as Dr.
- 3/24/2015
- Digital Spy
We’ve scanned the UK Christmas TV and radio schedules for the festive fortnight and circled a few programmes you may enjoy…
We’ve taken our glittery pen to the pages of this year’s festive TV Listings guide to circle a selection of shows that might tickle your Christmas fancy.
Supplement your festive box-set viewing with appearances from the Doctor and Clara, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Dame Judi Dench, Professor Danielle George, the work of Roald Dahl, Charlie Brooker, David Attenborough, the much-missed Rik Mayall, and many more...
Drama Doctor Who: Last Christmas
The tenth annual Doctor Who Christmas Special since the show’s 2005 return, and Peter Capaldi’s first real festive Tardis adventure. Nick Frost, Michael Troughton, Dan Starkey and Nathan McMullen all co-star in this Father Christmas North Pole caper, alongside Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. Watch the latest trailer, here.
When’s it on? 6.15pm on Christmas Day,...
We’ve taken our glittery pen to the pages of this year’s festive TV Listings guide to circle a selection of shows that might tickle your Christmas fancy.
Supplement your festive box-set viewing with appearances from the Doctor and Clara, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Dame Judi Dench, Professor Danielle George, the work of Roald Dahl, Charlie Brooker, David Attenborough, the much-missed Rik Mayall, and many more...
Drama Doctor Who: Last Christmas
The tenth annual Doctor Who Christmas Special since the show’s 2005 return, and Peter Capaldi’s first real festive Tardis adventure. Nick Frost, Michael Troughton, Dan Starkey and Nathan McMullen all co-star in this Father Christmas North Pole caper, alongside Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. Watch the latest trailer, here.
When’s it on? 6.15pm on Christmas Day,...
- 12/11/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Who is Sacha Dhawan?
Ever since his star-making role as Doctor Who's first director Waris Hussein in Mark Gatiss' brilliant drama An Adventure in Space and Time, this up-and-comer has seemingly not left our television screens.
From parts in cult series In The Flesh and Utopia to a guest stint on flashy Us drama 24, not to mention his latest gig on BBC One's In The Club, Dhawan has had quite the year.
Digital Spy spoke to Sacha about his career thus far and the range of different characters he's brought to life in some of UK television's best dramatic series.
"I was a child actor - when I was about 12, I was doing children's TV on Citv - but I was still in school," Dhawan recalls of his beginnings as an actor.
"When I left college, I decided to focus on acting full-time. I went to London,...
Ever since his star-making role as Doctor Who's first director Waris Hussein in Mark Gatiss' brilliant drama An Adventure in Space and Time, this up-and-comer has seemingly not left our television screens.
From parts in cult series In The Flesh and Utopia to a guest stint on flashy Us drama 24, not to mention his latest gig on BBC One's In The Club, Dhawan has had quite the year.
Digital Spy spoke to Sacha about his career thus far and the range of different characters he's brought to life in some of UK television's best dramatic series.
"I was a child actor - when I was about 12, I was doing children's TV on Citv - but I was still in school," Dhawan recalls of his beginnings as an actor.
"When I left college, I decided to focus on acting full-time. I went to London,...
- 8/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Mrs Brown's Boys was the most-watched programme on Christmas Day with its highest ratings ever, on a strong day for BBC One.
The Brendan O'Carroll comedy's first seasonal instalment 'Buckin' Mammy' aired to an audience of 9.4m (35.5%) at 9.30pm, according to initial overnight data.
Matt Smith's farewell to Doctor Who - and Peter Capaldi's official debut as The Doctor - was seen by an average audience of 8.29m (30.7%) at 7.30pm. Audience figures peaked at 10.2m as Smith's Doctor regenerated.
Rufus Hound's Strictly Come Dancing victory aired to 7.3m (35.4%) at 5pm, and Call the Midwife's Christmas special picked up an audience of 7.08m (30.1%) at 6.15pm.
What was your Christmas Day TV highlight for 2013? Vote in our poll
Elsewhere on the channel, Janine Butcher's comeuppance on EastEnders was witnessed by 7.78m (29%) at 8.30pm, with a further 599k (3.2%) watching the 10.30pm repeat on BBC Three.
However, Coronation Street...
The Brendan O'Carroll comedy's first seasonal instalment 'Buckin' Mammy' aired to an audience of 9.4m (35.5%) at 9.30pm, according to initial overnight data.
Matt Smith's farewell to Doctor Who - and Peter Capaldi's official debut as The Doctor - was seen by an average audience of 8.29m (30.7%) at 7.30pm. Audience figures peaked at 10.2m as Smith's Doctor regenerated.
Rufus Hound's Strictly Come Dancing victory aired to 7.3m (35.4%) at 5pm, and Call the Midwife's Christmas special picked up an audience of 7.08m (30.1%) at 6.15pm.
What was your Christmas Day TV highlight for 2013? Vote in our poll
Elsewhere on the channel, Janine Butcher's comeuppance on EastEnders was witnessed by 7.78m (29%) at 8.30pm, with a further 599k (3.2%) watching the 10.30pm repeat on BBC Three.
However, Coronation Street...
- 12/26/2013
- Digital Spy
The Tractate Middoth
Once upon a time, ghost stories were an integral part of the BBC’s Christmas line-up. Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) is attempting to revive that tradition and he took his first steps in that direction with tonight’s broadcast of M R James’ The Tractate Middoth.
I love a good ghost story but M R James isn’t really my cup of tea. That being said, Mark Gatiss did well to turn this short story into a fairly entertaining half-hour of TV. It always helps when you have a good cast and for The Tractate Middoth, Gatiss signed up some big-hitters. The cast included Sacha Dhawan (Outsourced), Louise Jameson (Doc Martin), John Castle (I, Claudius), Eleanor Bron (Ab Fab) and David Ryall (The Village). The aforementioned A-listers all put in a good shift but the show was fun rather than scary. It wasn’t exactly Randall and Hopkirk...
Once upon a time, ghost stories were an integral part of the BBC’s Christmas line-up. Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) is attempting to revive that tradition and he took his first steps in that direction with tonight’s broadcast of M R James’ The Tractate Middoth.
I love a good ghost story but M R James isn’t really my cup of tea. That being said, Mark Gatiss did well to turn this short story into a fairly entertaining half-hour of TV. It always helps when you have a good cast and for The Tractate Middoth, Gatiss signed up some big-hitters. The cast included Sacha Dhawan (Outsourced), Louise Jameson (Doc Martin), John Castle (I, Claudius), Eleanor Bron (Ab Fab) and David Ryall (The Village). The aforementioned A-listers all put in a good shift but the show was fun rather than scary. It wasn’t exactly Randall and Hopkirk...
- 12/25/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Hammer
Back in the 1800s there was a Christmas tradition. As the days grew cold and the nights grew dark people would gather round the fire and tell festive stories. Long before the Christmas story became nothing but a pile of sentimental codswallop, people would have enjoyed something that brought a little fear into their Yuletide cheer: the Christmas Chiller. Magazines like All the Year Round devoted their pages to stories of spooks and ghouls and haunted houses and writers usually known for socially conscious realism (Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens) or lovable children’s stories (Edith Nesbit) conspired to bring their readers the Christmas gift of something spookily chilling.
While this may not have remained a core part of everybody’s Christmas, there have been various attempts to revive the tradition onscreen, most notably with the BBC’s annual 1970s series A Ghost Story for Christmas. The series ended after 1978′s silly The Ice House,...
Back in the 1800s there was a Christmas tradition. As the days grew cold and the nights grew dark people would gather round the fire and tell festive stories. Long before the Christmas story became nothing but a pile of sentimental codswallop, people would have enjoyed something that brought a little fear into their Yuletide cheer: the Christmas Chiller. Magazines like All the Year Round devoted their pages to stories of spooks and ghouls and haunted houses and writers usually known for socially conscious realism (Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens) or lovable children’s stories (Edith Nesbit) conspired to bring their readers the Christmas gift of something spookily chilling.
While this may not have remained a core part of everybody’s Christmas, there have been various attempts to revive the tradition onscreen, most notably with the BBC’s annual 1970s series A Ghost Story for Christmas. The series ended after 1978′s silly The Ice House,...
- 12/24/2013
- by Jack Gann
- Obsessed with Film
Nick Kitchen is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Veteran Doctor Who and Sherlock writer, Mark Gatiss, is about to unleash a little horror upon us all on Christmas day! The actor/producer/writer is responsible for two separate horror programs to debut Christmas evening: an adaptation of The Tractate Middoth by Mr James and a documentary exploring the life of Mr James, entitled, Mr James: Ghost
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Veteran Doctor Who and Sherlock writer, Mark Gatiss, is about to unleash a little horror upon us all on Christmas day! The actor/producer/writer is responsible for two separate horror programs to debut Christmas evening: an adaptation of The Tractate Middoth by Mr James and a documentary exploring the life of Mr James, entitled, Mr James: Ghost
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- 12/18/2013
- by Nick Kitchen
- Kasterborous.com
Odd List Louisa Mellor 19 Dec 2013 - 07:00
We’ve scanned the UK TV schedules over the next fortnight and circled a few new Christmas programmes you may enjoy…
Despite this being the time of year when television repeats aren't just tolerated, but welcome (if at no point in the next fortnight does Dermot Morgan get lost in a department store underwear aisle, or a snowman ride a motorbike through a Sussex field, then it just won't feel like Christmas), we've gone for brand new shows in the list below.
There's a selection of new drama, comedy and a few other bits and pieces you may wish to circle in your festive TV listings magazine... Merry Christmas.
Drama Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
What is it? It's Doctor Who. Do you need to know anything else?
What’s this one about? This one-hour special is Matt Smith's farewell episode as the Doctor,...
We’ve scanned the UK TV schedules over the next fortnight and circled a few new Christmas programmes you may enjoy…
Despite this being the time of year when television repeats aren't just tolerated, but welcome (if at no point in the next fortnight does Dermot Morgan get lost in a department store underwear aisle, or a snowman ride a motorbike through a Sussex field, then it just won't feel like Christmas), we've gone for brand new shows in the list below.
There's a selection of new drama, comedy and a few other bits and pieces you may wish to circle in your festive TV listings magazine... Merry Christmas.
Drama Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
What is it? It's Doctor Who. Do you need to know anything else?
What’s this one about? This one-hour special is Matt Smith's farewell episode as the Doctor,...
- 12/17/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
God rest ye merry schedulers - your work is done for another year and now us lucky lot have a plethora of fantastic telly to enjoy over the Christmas and New Year period.
But if you're looking at your TV listings mags and finding it all a bit overwhelming, then don't panic... Digital Spy presents The 12 Picks of Christmas - a duodecuple of December (and early January) shows!
1. The Muppets and Lady Gaga at Christmas - Sunday, December 22 at 5.25pm on Channel 5
The festive telly season kicks off with Channel 5's flagship show for the holidays. Originally aired on ABC in the Us in November, this 75-minute special sees Gaga perform songs from her latest album Artpop and also features Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Bell, RuPaul and - of course - Kermit, Miss Piggy and co. Sounds utterly bonkers - so a perfect vehicle for Gaga then.
2. Call the Midwife - Christmas Day (Wednesday,...
But if you're looking at your TV listings mags and finding it all a bit overwhelming, then don't panic... Digital Spy presents The 12 Picks of Christmas - a duodecuple of December (and early January) shows!
1. The Muppets and Lady Gaga at Christmas - Sunday, December 22 at 5.25pm on Channel 5
The festive telly season kicks off with Channel 5's flagship show for the holidays. Originally aired on ABC in the Us in November, this 75-minute special sees Gaga perform songs from her latest album Artpop and also features Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Bell, RuPaul and - of course - Kermit, Miss Piggy and co. Sounds utterly bonkers - so a perfect vehicle for Gaga then.
2. Call the Midwife - Christmas Day (Wednesday,...
- 12/17/2013
- Digital Spy
BBC Two has unveiled official details of its Christmas and New Year schedule for 2013/14.
Mark Gatiss horror drama The Tractate Middoth and documentary Idris Elba: King of Speed are among the highlights.
The Choir's Christmas final will air on Saturday, December 21 at 9pm, followed by The Sarah Millican Television Programme Christmas Special at 10pm and a festive Hebburn episode at 10.30pm.
The Great British Bake-Off is scheduled for 6.30pm on Sunday, December 22, with Christmas specials of University Challenge and Never Mind the Buzzcocks airing at 8pm and 11.05pm respectively.
Christmas Eve programming includes Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas at 8pm and a Qi Xl special at 9pm.
Doctor Who at the Proms will get a Christmas Day outing on BBC Two at 3.15pm, with a repeat of biopic drama An Adventure in Space and Time airing at 4.30pm.
Following Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty at 6.10pm, The Tractate Middoth starring Sacha Dhawan,...
Mark Gatiss horror drama The Tractate Middoth and documentary Idris Elba: King of Speed are among the highlights.
The Choir's Christmas final will air on Saturday, December 21 at 9pm, followed by The Sarah Millican Television Programme Christmas Special at 10pm and a festive Hebburn episode at 10.30pm.
The Great British Bake-Off is scheduled for 6.30pm on Sunday, December 22, with Christmas specials of University Challenge and Never Mind the Buzzcocks airing at 8pm and 11.05pm respectively.
Christmas Eve programming includes Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas at 8pm and a Qi Xl special at 9pm.
Doctor Who at the Proms will get a Christmas Day outing on BBC Two at 3.15pm, with a repeat of biopic drama An Adventure in Space and Time airing at 4.30pm.
Following Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty at 6.10pm, The Tractate Middoth starring Sacha Dhawan,...
- 12/3/2013
- Digital Spy
BBC Festive Treats 2013
The BBC have revealed some details about an exciting Christmas 2013 line-up that includes plenty of old favorites as well as one or two surprises. Hot on the heels of the record breaking 50th anniversary episode, Doctor Who (Matt Smith) returns in a new adventure titled The Time Of The Doctor in which he’ll pass the Timelord baton onto Peter Capaldi. Call The Midwife, and Last Tango in Halifax return with festive episodes while Danny Dyer debuts as the new landlord of the Queen Vic in Eastenders.
Elsewhere, kids are in for a treat with the debut of David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny while those who are longer in the tooth will welcome the return of David Jason in an Open All Hours special. There will be two new episodes of the new fantasy smash-hit Atlantis while Mark Gatiss returns to the BBC with an adaptation of Mr James’ The Tractate Middoth.
The BBC have revealed some details about an exciting Christmas 2013 line-up that includes plenty of old favorites as well as one or two surprises. Hot on the heels of the record breaking 50th anniversary episode, Doctor Who (Matt Smith) returns in a new adventure titled The Time Of The Doctor in which he’ll pass the Timelord baton onto Peter Capaldi. Call The Midwife, and Last Tango in Halifax return with festive episodes while Danny Dyer debuts as the new landlord of the Queen Vic in Eastenders.
Elsewhere, kids are in for a treat with the debut of David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny while those who are longer in the tooth will welcome the return of David Jason in an Open All Hours special. There will be two new episodes of the new fantasy smash-hit Atlantis while Mark Gatiss returns to the BBC with an adaptation of Mr James’ The Tractate Middoth.
- 11/27/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
BBC Two's Christmas highlights include a special edition of The Great British Bake Off and the return of Rab C Nesbitt.
Danny Cohen, BBC One's director of television, has promised that this year's festive schedules will deliver "something licence-fee payers rightly expect".
The BBC Two schedule will include the finale of The Choir: Sing While You Work, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood's Christmas masterclass in a festive Bake Off and a one-off edition of The Great British Sewing Bee, which will feature the series one semi-finalists making everything from Christmas table linen to unique gifts and exquisite tree decorations.
Sherlock and Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss brings some chilling ghost stories to BBC Two, adapting Mr James's The Tractate Middoth, and is also hosting a documentary about the enigmatic writer.
Meanwhile, Olivia Colman and Vanessa Redgrave star in the drama 13th Tale.
Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson hosts...
Danny Cohen, BBC One's director of television, has promised that this year's festive schedules will deliver "something licence-fee payers rightly expect".
The BBC Two schedule will include the finale of The Choir: Sing While You Work, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood's Christmas masterclass in a festive Bake Off and a one-off edition of The Great British Sewing Bee, which will feature the series one semi-finalists making everything from Christmas table linen to unique gifts and exquisite tree decorations.
Sherlock and Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss brings some chilling ghost stories to BBC Two, adapting Mr James's The Tractate Middoth, and is also hosting a documentary about the enigmatic writer.
Meanwhile, Olivia Colman and Vanessa Redgrave star in the drama 13th Tale.
Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson hosts...
- 11/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Mark Gatiss has written and directed a new version of Mr James's The Tractate Middoth for BBC Two.
The drama will be accompanied by a new documentary on James presented by Gatiss called Ghost Writer.
Controller of BBC Two Janice Hadlow said: "It's a pleasure to bring Mark Gatiss back to BBC Two with a new look at one of Britain's genre-defining writers."
In the documentary, Gatiss will follow James's footsteps, travelling from Suffolk to Eton and King's College, Cambridge.
The BBC promises the programmes, executive produced by Michael Poole, will "reinvigorate the long and popular BBC Two tradition of a festive ghost story for audiences to enjoy over Christmas".
The shows are part of a range of arts programmes for BBC Two announced today (June 12).
The others are three-part series A Very British Renaissance presented by Dr James Fox, four-part BBC America co-production My God, It's Full Of Stars:...
The drama will be accompanied by a new documentary on James presented by Gatiss called Ghost Writer.
Controller of BBC Two Janice Hadlow said: "It's a pleasure to bring Mark Gatiss back to BBC Two with a new look at one of Britain's genre-defining writers."
In the documentary, Gatiss will follow James's footsteps, travelling from Suffolk to Eton and King's College, Cambridge.
The BBC promises the programmes, executive produced by Michael Poole, will "reinvigorate the long and popular BBC Two tradition of a festive ghost story for audiences to enjoy over Christmas".
The shows are part of a range of arts programmes for BBC Two announced today (June 12).
The others are three-part series A Very British Renaissance presented by Dr James Fox, four-part BBC America co-production My God, It's Full Of Stars:...
- 6/12/2013
- Digital Spy
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