John Duttine on 1981's The Day of the Triffids: ‘I do bump into people who say it scared the pants off them!’

The BBC’s 1981 adaptation of the John Wyndham novel The Day of the Triffids is turning 45 next month, enabling Radio Times to reappraise this acclaimed TV drama. The six-parter generates unease from the first moment…

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New Power Rangers live-action TV series gets major update - and it's not good news

The series was written and executive produced by Percy Jackson and the Olympians creatives Jonathan E Steinberg and Dan Shotz - however, it will not be moving past the development stage. Deadline reports that it's down…

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I'm a Celebrity 2026 set to launch later than planned amid ITV's big football scheduling

The next season of the show, which is said to have been scheduled to launch on , has been postponed by ITV after the broadcaster purchased the rights to the UEFA Nations League, according to The Sun . The international…

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EMF announce death of keyboardist Derry Brownson: “Fly high brother Derry”

The English alt-rock band announced the news of Brownson’s passing in a new social media post. Shared this morning (Friday August 14), they wrote in the caption that they found out about the loss yesterday night. “Late…

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European Gymnastics Championships 2026 free TV schedule: Channels, live stream and how to watch

The men's team includes three-time European champion Joe Fraser and eight-time European medallist Harry Hepworth, who are part of the team hoping to defend the Men's Team title they won last year. It promises to be a…

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Grow a Chicken Fighter codes (August 2026): Full list and how to redeem

These codes will get you the Eggs and Cash that you need to upgrade your chicken army to best every other player. We have all sorts of codes pages for you for games like FIFA Super Soccer , Gakuran , +1 Speed Monkey…

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Alien: Isolation 2 – another strong female protagonist stalked in a terrifying new world

Cowering under desks and inside lockers wasn't a new thing; being hunted by an intelligent and lethal xenomorph that could spring down from a duct at any moment was. "I was thinking about what we could do for a sequel…

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‘Murakami saw his book come alive!’: the Japanese company bringing the author’s science fiction masterpiece to the stage

It was here nearly 30 years ago that one of Japan's biggest film stars, now 44, made his stage debut. He was just 15, plucked out of an audition of more than 5,000 hopeful youngsters by the revered theatre director Yukio…

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I’m a neuroscientist. Here’s why our brains need pop concerts | Bala Subramaniam

The appeal of the Jonas Brothers, and in this case only one of them, was unfamiliar territory. The concert happened to land on a particularly inconvenient day. As I sprinted out of the hospital, my mind was filled with…

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‘We get 200 tourists a day’: when your house becomes a TV star

Or the New Jersey mansion where Tony Soprano ate, slept and obsessed over the ducks in his swimming pool. In the 1990s, if you asked a good chunk of the global population where Will Smith lived, they would instantly…

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