Jodie Whittaker News

When Jodie Whittaker returns to Doctor Who next series, the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends won't be the only familiar faces.

AMC announced today that it has greenlit a new, yet-to-be-titled original episodic anthology drama created by Emmy-Award winning writer Will Bridges (“Black Mirror,” “Stranger Things”) and Brett Goldstein (“Superbob,” “Adult Life Skills”). Bridges and Goldstein will executive produce with Jolyon Symonds through Fearless Minds, a Banijay Group company ('Thorne' series for Sky One, “Complicit”). The Untitled Bridges/Goldstein Project, produced by AMC Studios, will consist of six, hour-long episodes, and is slated for a 2020 debut on AMC.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the winners of the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, celebrating and rewarding the very best programmes and performances of 2018. The ceremony was hosted by Graham Norton at the Royal Festival Hall, London, and presenters included Andrew Scott, Billy Monger, Bradley & Barney Walsh, Danny Dyer, David Schwimmer, Julia Stiles, Kelsey Grammer and Sir Lenny Henry.

What would you change if you could travel through time? In this multi-award winning original blend of science, sci-fi, Schwarzenegger and self-determination, Rosy Carrick explores the realities of time travel to find out. Passionate Machine is a playful, intelligent and searingly honest story about obsession, salvation and finding yourself - literally.

Brighton Fringe Best New Play Award & Edinburgh Fringe Infallibles Award for Theatrical Excellence winner takes to the road this spring.

BBC AMERICA will air The EE British Academy Film Awards in primetime on Sunday, February 10 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The ceremony will be hosted by Joanna Lumley and will be held in one of the world's most beautiful concert halls, the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The annual Sheffield Theatres panto is exuberant, well-designed and funny - but could have done more to update the problematic source material.

BAFTA has revealed the intake of new members for 2018.

BBC AMERICA released today the official trailer for the Doctor Who New Year's special, “Resolution,” premiering Tuesday, January 1st at 8/7c, followed by the World Darts Championship Final at 9:30/8:30c on BBC AMERICA.

The first female Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker has confirmed that she will be returning for another season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She is the first female to take on this role in the show's 55-year history!

This December, join BBC AMERICA for a month-long celebration of our favorite shows and movies! Binge for the Holidays kicks off on Monday, December 3 with fan-favorite “Movies That Sleigh” followed by themed binges each week celebrating the best of Sci-Fi, Earth and A Few of Our Favorite Things, including 2018 breakout series Killing Eve. It all leads into a nine-day Doctor Who event starting on Christmas Eve with two days of back-to-back Christmas Specials, and culminates in the franchise's first-ever New Year's Day Special on January 1.

Kick off 2019 in spectacular style with a New Year's Day special episode of Doctor Who on Tuesday, January 1st, moving from its traditional Christmas Day timeslot.  Leading up to the first-ever “Who Year's Day,” BBC AMERICA will present a Doctor Who marathon, starting with all the Christmas specials at 12pm ET/PT on Monday, December 24th, going into the big day itself, Tuesday, December 25th. After that, it's a marathon of all the Doctors, starting with Peter Capaldi, followed by Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt Smith, leading straight into the New Year's special on Tuesday, January 1st.

The Donmar Warehouse's all-female Shakespeare Trilogy has been added to the National Theatre's On Demand In Schools service.

On the heels of hit series Killing Eve and the introduction of the first female Doctor on Doctor Who, BBC AMERICA announced today the greenlight of the new original scripted series, The Watch, based on Sir Terry Pratchett's wildly popular “Discworld” novels, which have sold more than 90 million books worldwide. The (8 x 60) series is produced by BBC Studios for BBC AMERICA. The Watch is distributed by BBC Studios.

Emma Thompson joins Jessica Hynes, Rory Kinnear, Ruth Madeley, T'Nia Miller, Anne Reid and Russell Tovey as production for Years And Years begins in Manchester.

Starting Friday, October 26th, get in the spooky spirit with BBC AMERICA's Halloween Week of programming featuring movie marathons, a takeover of The X-Files, and hours of Hitchcockian horror. 'BBC AAAAAAMERICA' is here!

BBC AMERICA'S new season of Doctor Who, featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth and first female Doctor, drew 1.4 million viewers and 658,000 Adults 25-54 in its 1:45pm global premiere.  Doctor Who now ranks as the fastest growing drama on TV this year with a +48% increase over the previous season premiere in Nielsen live/same day ratings. The season opener ranked as the #1 program in its timeslot across all of cable in the target demos and was the #1 most searched program and #1 most talked about program on social media with 93% positive sentiment. The new season is now Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. 

DOCTOR WHO Season 11 is off to a shaky start. Despite Jodie Whittaker (the 13th and first female Doctor) and her merry band of ethnically-diverse traveling companions, the first episode was trite and sloppy. Let's hope she isn't struck off the register as George Lazenby was for his one-and-done portrayal of James Bond. #DoctorWho #SpoilerAlert

he Doctor played by Jodie Whittaker talks about playing the Doctor inthe new season premiering in a global simulcast on Sunday, October 7th on BBC!