Now playing Next Culture news A cunning plan! Blackadder turns 40 with Royal Mail anniversary stamps Royal Mail have announced the launch of 12 special stamps marking the 40th anniversary of British sitcom favourite Blackadder. 12/05/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: The fictional birthday of TV's most well known dad 12 May 1956: Happy Birthday Homer Simpson 12/05/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: A look back on the formation of Monty Python 11 May 1969: He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy! 11/05/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Lost script discovered from creator of ‘The Singing Detective’ A new script has been uncovered from one of the greatest TV writers, nearly 30 years after his death. 10/05/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history 3 May 1469: Happy birthday to our problematic prince 03/05/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history It's been 37 years since the No.4 reactor in Chernobyl went into meltdown, spreading radioactive devastation, as well as influencing nearly forty years of culture. 26/04/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Netflix doubles investment in South Korean film and TV After a meeting between Netflix's CEO and South Korea's President, more investment will see bigger and better South Korean shows coming to the platform. 25/04/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Streaming giant Netflix sees boost in subscribers after new plan The US streaming giant says its number of subscribers and its nascent ad-supported tier are faring well. Its shares, however, slipped more than three percent in after market trades. 19/04/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Pens down: What are the WGA Hollywood writers strikes about? The WGA hasn't gone on strike since the 2007-2008 writers strike that brought Hollywood to a standstill. The fight for fair pay from streaming platforms has brought them to the brink once again. 18/04/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Are Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson long lost brothers? The actors think they might share the same father, after McConaughey's mother made a shocking revelation. 15/04/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Here's what you need to know about "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies" Get ready to travel back in time to the roots of one of the most beloved musicals of all time! The iconic world of "Grease" is back with a fresh, new 10-episode series: "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies." 07/04/2023
Now playing Next Destinations What is set-jetting and how is it influencing where we travel? Around the world, set-jetting is bringing record visitor numbers to everywhere from the jungles of Peru to the countryside of Northern Ireland. 03/04/2023
Now playing Next Culture news An ode to 'Succession' as the final season airs 'Succession' has been hailed as one of the greatest TV shows of all time. As the final season approaches, we reflect on how a show about terrible people has captivated so many. 25/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Is Netflix about to ruin 'One Piece' with a live-action series? After 'Death Note' and 'Cowboy Bebop', we thought we'd been hurt enough. Now Netflix is adapting 'One Piece' into a live-action series. 06/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history For decades, gay people were only represented as a threat in TV shows. In the 70s, US television began to change its tune, all starting on a show debuted today in 1971. 09/02/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies aged 64 Loring played the princess of all things morbid from 1964 to 1966 in The Addams Family, the first adaptation of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons. 30/01/2023
Now playing Next Culture news In defence of the leading man: Timothée Chalamet's Apple ad proves it Everyone's talking about the new Apple TV advert with Timothée Chalamet. But the one thing they're missing is it proves he truly is the last of the great Hollywood leading men. 25/01/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Reed Hastings steps down: The Rise and Fall of Netflix’s CEO We track the meteoric rise of Netflix, and as Hastings steps down, the ways the streaming service has stopped delivering. 20/01/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Can 'The Last of Us' break the console-to-screen curse? There are too many awful video game adaptations to mention, and they’ve all paved the way to creating something of a curse: video games and cinema are not happy bedfellows. Can 'The Last of Us' break the console-to-screen curse? 13/01/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history It was founding day for two companies which would go on to become synonymous with their entire mediums a century later. 12/01/2023