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From January 3 at 7pm, Eden (+HD): Eden ventures out beyond the boundaries of civilisation with three programmes featuring modern-day adventurer Ben Fogle. The Sand Marathon (January 3 at 7pm) follows Fogle as he attempts “the toughest foot race on Earth,” the Marathon Des Sables. It’s a six-day, 150-mile race across the Sahara desert, with competitors carry […]

January 1 and 2 at 10:30pm, GOLD: Peter Capaldi returns as the caustic spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in these two extended special episodes of the political comedy series. Made during the period when Chris Langham’s character Hugh Abbot couldn’t – for very obvious reasons – front a BBC comedy, the specials mark the transition from being a show about an MP’s rel […]

December 31 at 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere (+HD, 3D): Tim Burton takes Alice back to Wonderland in this candy-coloured Disney confection. It’s thirteen years since Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) chased the white rabbit down a hole to Wonderland – and as far as she’s concerned, her strange adventures with the likes of the Blue Caterpillar and the Mad Hatter a […]

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon star in new comedy The Trip, available now on DVD - and we have five copies to give away! Check out our competitions page for details of how to win. […]

David Morrissey stars in new detective drama Thorne, available from January 10 on DVD and Blu-ray - and we have three copies of the Blu-ray to give away! Check out our competitions page for details of how to win. […]

Chris Forrester’s Launch Pad A snag with a key rocket component has caused ‘tens of millions of Euros’ of extra costs and lost profits for Arianespace. Technical problems with quality control over the crucial helium pressurisation device has led to three cancelled launches this year on the giant Ariane 5 ECA rocket. The knock-on consequences of delays to sat […]

Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the UK brought new meaning to the words ‘mass media’ and kept professional uplinkers and feedhunters busy. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s first visit to England and Scotland as Pope would have been major news even without the current controversies surrounding the Roman Catholic Church, and provided a rich four days for feedhunters. […]

Sky2, from December 25 at 10am: Sky’s offering fantasy fans another chance to see its trio of Terry Pratchett adaptations, kicking off with the seasonally-appropriate Hogfather, starring David Jason and the late Ian Richardson. It’s the festive season on the Discworld – but the local dispenser of gifts to children, the Hogfather, has gone missing, so Death ( […]

Barry Fox’s Inside View The news that Toshiba is due to launch ‘no-glasses’ 3D television sets in Japan in time for Christmas looks sure to trigger a rash of me-too announcements from other major manufacturers. As the Toshiba press release was garbled and technically incorrect, it might be useful to get a few facts straight. There is nothing new in ‘autoster […]