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Neil Gaiman, the Good Omens and American Gods writer, has apologized after breaking Scottish lockdown rules by traveling from New Zealand to his home in Skye, Scotland, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. In a blog on his website last week, Gaiman revealed he made the 11,000-mile trip more than two weeks ago so…

You’re not the only one getting a tad stir-crazy from the pandemic lockdown. Apparently, even the damned and divine have their issues. The demon Crowley (David Tennant) and angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) from Amazon’s Good Omens have reunited for a quick telephone conversation that they shared with us on YouTube…

Good Omens has finally been handed a premiere date by the BBC. Nine months after the drama was released on Amazon, BBC Two will broadcast the six-part season on January 15, 2020. Based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's eponymous book, the original plan was for Good Omens to land on the BBC this year, but it has…

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios has secured its first commission from Irish public broadcaster RTÉ — a noir thriller from The Spanish Princess and Mr Selfridge writer Kate O’Riordan. BBC Studios is partnering with Irish producer Treasure Entertainment to make Smother, a six-part series set on the rugged coast of County Clare…

Good Omens star David Tennant is to play infamous Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen in an ITV drama from the makers of Sky and HBO’s Catherine The Great. New Pictures’ three-part miniseries, Des, is based on the Brian Masters book Killing For Company, in which the author cooperated with Nilsen to get inside the…

Bodyguard and Line of Duty producer Priscilla Parish is to become the head of drama at the BBC’s commercial production arm BBC Studios. Parish will take up the newly created role in November, joining from World Productions where she was an executive producer and head of development. Parish will report to Ralph Lee…

A dark, playful, time-traveling series of massive scope, Good Omens was a "universe-sized show" in need of a universe-sized score, composer David Arnold explains. A miniseries created by Neil Gaiman—based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett—the series centered on an angel and a…

Good Omens, the Amazon comedy that spotlights the efforts of an angel and demon to thwart the Antichrist, is being demonized in a petition drive started by a Christian group, which claims the show promotes and normalizes Satanism and mocks the Creator. The only problem is they have the wrong streamer targeted on the…

The BBC expects to co-produce "much less" with global SVOD services such as Netflix and Amazon in the future and is increasingly looking to partner with international free-to-air broadcasters. BBC Director General Tony Hall, speaking in the House of Lords Communications Committee, added that multi-million-dollar deals…

The NBA Finals kick off tonight with reigning champs the Golden State Warriors up against the Toronto Raptors. But they aren’t the only big game on the small screen this week. Tomorrow sees Neil Gaiman's Good Omens limited series launch on Amazon and Ava DuVernay's When They See Us four-parter debut on Netflix. On…

Amazon Studios showcased its first major entry into British television by making Good Omens one of the first TV series to receive a glitzy world premiere in Leicester Square – a feat usually reserved for big-budget superhero movies (or The Crown). The A-list cast and crew of the supernatural drama, which is based on Ne…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's American Gods Season 2 finale. "In American Gods, as you know, one of the things that's always been important to me is the idea that it’s set in the real world," professes Neil Gaiman of both his acclaimed 2001 novel and the Starz series upon which it is based…