Television Time: BBC Shows – January 2021

It’s not just a new month; it’s a new year, as the BBC presents a slew of new television shows to kickstart your January with. Begin the month with BBC’s latest nature documentary series – A Perfect Planet. Narrated by renowned presenter Sir David Attenborough, this five-part series will feature how Earth’s forces of nature shape its great diversity of life and what we can do to … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – January 2021

Television Time: An Interview with the producers of BBC’s A Perfect Planet

Even as the pandemic continues to ravage across the world, if there’s one surefire way to lift the mood, it’s with a nature documentary. And with BBC at the helm and Sir David Attenborough narrating, new series A Perfect Planet is set to bring the beauty and wonder of planet Earth back to our screens once again. As the only known planet known to have the … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with the producers of BBC’s A Perfect Planet

Television Time: BBC Shows – December 2020

We’ve finally arrived at the end of a long year, and this holiday season, sometimes the best gift you can give yourself is a day spent on the couch, binge-watching your favourite shows. And luckily for you, the BBC has some great shows to help you out with that this December.Starting with The Great British Bake Off: Christmas Special, merry bakers from previous editions join … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – December 2020

Television Time: ‘Small Axe’ star John Boyega discusses black representation on film and television

Headed by British film director Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave, Widows), this November, the BBC is releasing a brand new miniseries of five films centering on London’s West Indian community between the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, and characters showcasing immense force of will to make it on their own despite the rampant racism and discrimination faced. Among these films, mainstream audiences are most … Continue reading Television Time: ‘Small Axe’ star John Boyega discusses black representation on film and television

Television Time: An Interview with Paul Hollywood on visiting Japan for the first time

It’s hard to believe that Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood has visited places as far flung as Iceland and gone on cross-content trips across America, but has never before stepped foot in Asia. At least, until he became the host and star of BBC Lifestyle’s latest series Paul Hollywood Eats Japan, where the television personality gets up close and personal with the land of the rising … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Paul Hollywood on visiting Japan for the first time

Television Time: BBC Shows – November 2020

Welcome to November, where it’s going to be a month filled with learning and discovery as BBC premieres a slew of programmes that will help expand your knowledge about current events happening around the world. Return to the 1970s and 80s with BBC’s latest drama, Small Axe. Directed by Academy and BAFTA award winning director Steve McQueen, Small Axe is a collection of 5 stories – each … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – November 2020

Television Time: BBC Shows – October 2020

October on the BBC means a new slew of shows to suit audience members of all backgrounds, and a perfect end to a long day at work. For starters, satisfy the inner sleuth in you as crime drama – Grantchester returns for a brand new season this month. With new mysteries and secrets surfacing in their little town of Cambridgeshire, Reverend Will Davenport (Tom Brittney) and … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – October 2020

Television Time: An Interview with Tom Hollander, star of David Nicholls’ ‘Us’ on BBC

A screenwriter by profession, it makes sense that author David Nicholls would be the one to adapt his own novel for the screen, something he’d previously done with the film One Day in 2011. Now, he’s back again with an adaptation of his Man Booker longlisted novel Us as a television miniseries for the BBC. But where One Day was about the beginning ‘will they, won’t they’ of a budding … Continue reading Television Time: An Interview with Tom Hollander, star of David Nicholls’ ‘Us’ on BBC

Television Time: StarHub and Bundesliga International bring German football to Singapore with multi-year broadcast deal

Homegrown communications company StarHub and Bundesliga International, a subsidiary of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, have agreed to a new multi-year deal to air Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 matches in Singapore. Football fans can now look forward to the full Bundesliga experience, with the German Supercup and crucial end-of-season promotion/relegation play-off matches, also being broadcast in addition to the league matches, only on StarHub. StarHub is … Continue reading Television Time: StarHub and Bundesliga International bring German football to Singapore with multi-year broadcast deal

Television Time: David Rocco’s Dolce Southeast Asia on National Geographic

Canadian executive producer, best-selling author and celebrity chef David Rocco is back with a brand new edition of his beloved Dolce Vita TV series, where he goes around from country to country, meeting locals, finding out about their unique culture, and listening to their stories, all while sampling the best cuisine from the region. This time around, he’s taking Southeast Asia by storm, as he … Continue reading Television Time: David Rocco’s Dolce Southeast Asia on National Geographic