Big Brit stars including Tom Hiddleston, Tamara Lawrance and Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln are set to grace the small screen next year. Here, we round up the biggest shows coming out of the UK in 2025, as The Night Manager returns, Steven Knight’s latest drops and, just maybe, the next big hit…

The BBC took its domination of the Christmas Day UK TV ratings into Boxing Day with Call the Midwife and Outnumbered topping the charts. The Christmas specials of the long-running BBC shows both peaked with around 4M viewers, placing them first and second on the Boxing Day list. The ratings…

As the traditional Doctor Who Christmas special comes to an end, audiences have been treated to a teaser for the upcoming series. Season 2 of the regenerated sci-fi show under Russell T Davies and with Disney as co-producer sees the arrival of Andor star Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra. In the…

A tumultuous year for Syria ended on a sour note with protests after images and videos circulated of the burning of a Christmas tree in a Christian-majority city near Damascus. News of the burning Christmas tree generated headlines around the world as the Islamist faction that toppled ex-President…

Indian star Anil Kapoor’s 68th birthday was celebrated earlier today with a sneak peek at his latest movie Subedaar. Fans were treated to an Instagram clip of the upcoming movie, which stars Kapoor as Subedaar Arjun Maurya, a man who once fought for his nation and must now fight enemies within to…

Pioneering Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal died Monday in Mumbai following a chronic kidney disease. He was 90. His daughter Pia Benegal confirmed the news to India Today. He had recently celebrated his 90th birthday with friends, family and the likes of Shashi Kapoor’s son Kunal Kapoor, according to…

The former head of the Berlinale series has joined German network ZDF to oversee acquisitions for the international fiction team. Julia Fidel replaced the retiring Ingrid Gränz in November. She joins a feature film and series acquisitions department that is responsible for licensing for ZDF, ZDFneo…

King Charles III’s Christmas message is to relocate away from a palace or estate for the first time in more than a decade. The monarch will this year deliver the annual speech from a former hospital chapel to mark a year in which he has been undergoing cancer treatment and to pay tribute to the…

The creator of Aardman’s Wallace & Gromit has said this is “certainly not the end” for everyone’s favorite stop-motion duo, as he pays tribute to the late Peter Sallis on the eve of their latest outing. “It’s certainly not the end,” Nick Park told the BBC. “I think there’s plenty of bounce still in…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple has hired an ex-Sky vet to lead its international video team. Catherine Lees joined earlier this month in the International Director – TV – Apple role. She replaces Chiara Cipriani, who we are told has moved into a different role and who Lees will report to. In a post on…

EXCLUSIVE: Fans of Israeli TV were handed an early Chanukah gift on Wednesday when broadcaster Yes and Fremantle revealed they had cooked up a prequel to hit drama series Shtisel. Just as crucial a cog in the Kugel machine is Izzy, an Israeli streaming platform that has taken rights to the prequel…

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here with your very final international newsletter of what has been an at times tumultuous but never dull 2024. We hope you have a mighty fine Christmas and a Happy New Year and all that’s left is to thank you, dear reader, for coming back every week. It is hugely…