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My Mate Bought a Toaster is the latest podcast to join the Audio Always Originals network, as the well-loved show announces a new partnership deal with the Media City-based production company.

This marks the sixth podcast acquisition for Audio Always this year, among other shows such as Drunk Women Solving Crime, Trusty Hogs and the UK True Crime Podcast.

My Mate Bought A Toaster, hosted by Magic drivetime radio host Tom Price, has become a fan favourite with its unique concept where special guests reveal their Amazon purchase list. The stories alongside the items will have you laughing, crying and adding to your wishlist.

The podcast will now benefit from Audio Always’ industry-leading marketing and commercial expertise and extensive distribution network.

Host Tom, tells us “I’m so excited to be bringing My Mate Bought a Toaster to Audio Always. After making it my life’s mission to go through...

The sci-fi genre has always been one of the most beloved among cinephiles as it gives us a new look at a particular technology or our world. There was a time when Max (formerly known as HBO Max) was the place for peak sci-fi shows but after taking off Westworld and Raised by Wolves from the service, and since then it has been lacking a bit regarding sci-fi shows. But still, we picked the seven best sci-fi shows that we could find on Max.

Avenue 5

Avenue 5 is a sci-fi dark comedy series created by Armando Iannucci. The Max series is set in the future and mostly in space and it follows the story of the crew and passengers on board the interplanetary cruise ship named Avenue 5. A little mistake and the death of its chief engineer causes Avenue 5 to veer 0.21 degrees off course which results in the...

We are delighted to announce the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival, the first ever comedy podcast festival, will return to London this Autumn with some of the UK’s biggest and most beloved comedy pods performing live.

From Tuesday 31st October until Sunday 5th November audiences will have the chance to watch headliners The Joe Marler Show and Socially Distanced Sports Bar, plus top pods such as Shame Is Delicious, Nobody Panic and Cuddle Club (Lou Sanders).

Staged across beautiful venues run by the award-winning Three Cheers Pub Co., including festival hub The Bedford in Balham, this year will also see the return of many fan-favourites, including Trusty Hogs, Loremen, Birthday Girls House Party and Pappy's.

The Full Line-up Is Detailed Below.

Festival founder Giles Gear said: “Cheerful Earful is a joyous celebration of the podcasts that keep us entertained and laughing week-in, week-out. As well as showcasing some of the country’s most popular pods,...

In the middle of a crisis, it can be difficult to comprehend the full scope of the failures that brought the nation to its knees. To reframe the coronavirus pandemic, and the Trump administration’s catastrophic response, Rolling Stone presents here a timeline.

It shows that the pandemic was not a “black swan” event — some unforeseeable tragedy. Rather, a global pandemic of this sort has been predicted for decades, and indeed previous administrations, both Republican and Democrat, had sought to prepare the country for just such an outbreak. Yet upon taking office,...

After years producing investigative documentaries that hold the likes of Isis and East African death squads to account, Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff now finds himself in the media glare, pursued by fellow documentarians and acutely aware of optics.

In this “golden age” of nonfiction, where a film on 30-year-old Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sold to Netflix for a reported $10 million at last year’s Sundance, Ossoff, the 33-year-old challenger for a Senate seat in Georgia, in a meta twist, is being courted by an accomplished documentary producer (the campaign declines to name names) who’s eager to follow promising young candidates in this year’s elections.

Ossoff gets it. It’s not often U.S. documentary filmmakers run for office. “It may be that folks who dedicate their careers to digging into the flaws and failures of our political system perhaps view those flaws and failures so starkly that they hesitate to dive in themselves,...

Scott Lloyd, director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, had virtually no experience working with displaced populations before the Trump administration put him in charge of the agency responsible for helping tens of thousands of refugees settle in the U.S. every year, not to mention the care of the more than 10,000 children who arrive in the country alone.

And that lack of experience has shown in his job performance. Under Lloyd, the number of children in custody has reached an all time high and the number of days those...

Anti-gun activist Lucy McBath will represent Georgia’s sixth district in Congress next year. Karen Handel, the Republican who has represented the district since defeating Democrat Jon Ossoff in an expensive and closely-watched special election last year, conceded the race Thursday morning.

“After carefully reviewing all of the election results data, it is clear that I came up a bit short on Tuesday,” Handel wrote on Facebook. “Congratulations to Representative-Elect Lucy McBath and I send her only good thoughts and much prayer for the journey that lies ahead for her.

Updated with Pruitt’s letter of resignation: Epa chief Scott Pruitt’s list of scandals finally got long enough that President Donald Trump has accepted his “resignation.”

“t is hard for me to advise you I am stepping down as Administrator of the Epa effective as of July 6,” Pruitt emoted in an impressively glutinous letter of resignation, adding that it’s also “extremely difficult for me to cease serving you in this role first because I count it a blessing to be serving you in any capacity, but also, because of the transformative work that is occurring.”

“However, the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us.”

“I believe you are serving as President today because of God’s providence,’ Pruitt continued in his resignation letter. “I believe that same providence brought me into your service. I pray as...

Washington — Scott Pruitt has resigned as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, following a series of ethics scandals in how he used the perks of his position for personal gain and managed employees at the agency.

In a tweet, President Donald Trump said that Andrew Wheeler, the deputy administrator, will serve as its acting chief.

“I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at Epa, Andrew Wheeler, will on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the Epa. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting Epa agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the Epa is very bright,” Trump wrote.

…on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the Epa.

Georgia state Representative Betty Price was caught on video admitting she voted against her state’s proposed Distracted Driving Bill — which would make it illegal to hold phones or other electronic devices while driving — because she wanted to exact revenge on her colleagues for voting against her, according to a report from Wsbtv 9.

On Friday, the station released covert video taken of Price — who previously created controversy for her remarks about quarantining people with HIV — telling a widow whose husband had been killed by a distracted driver that she voted against the bill as “a protest because they ignored my bill last year.

Network: ABC. Episodes: 10 (hour). Seasons: One. TV show dates: July 24, 2017 — September 19, 2017. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Paula Patton, Aria Birch, Devon Sawa, Catherine Barroll, Jr Bourne, Samantha Ferris, Noel Johansen, Imogen Tear, Carmel Amit, Daniel Bacon, Rebecca Staab, Greyston Holt, and Matt Visser. TV show description: A thriller drama, the Somewhere Between TV show is an adaption of the Korean mystery series, God's Gift: 14 Days. The story centers on Laura Price (Patton). In her role as a San Francisco local news producer, she is helping the police track a serial killer. Laura is married to District Attorney Tom Price (Bourne). Together, they're raising their young daughter, Serena (Birch). When...

Fox News’ “The Five” co-host Greg Gutfeld accused Hollywood of “interference” and obstruction” in Georgia’s special congressional election on Tuesday night, comparing Hollywood celebrities to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republican Handel beat Democrat Ossoff to win a high-stakes, high-cost Georgia race to fill Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, which Tom Price vacated to become Trump’s Health Secretary. Gutfeld pointed out that 7,000 people from California donated to Ossoff, while he received cash from only 800 residents of his own district. Also Read: Trump to Democrats Over Georgia Loss: 'Obstruction Doesn't Work!' “That tells you who is behind him, people...

Torchwood is makin' a comeback. Recently, Big Finish Productions announced they are producing a fifth season of the BBC TV series as an audio drama.A Doctor Who spinoff, Torchwood follows Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and his team of alien hunters as they investigate incidents involving extraterrestrials. The cast also includes Kai Owen, Tom Price, Paul Clayton, Alexandria Riley, Sam Béart, Jonny Green, and Eve Myles. The TV show ran on the BBC for four seasons before ending in 2011.Read More…...

Rob Leane Jun 5, 2017

John Barrowman and Eve Myles return to Cardiff, in the first trailer for Big Finish's Torchwood: Aliens Among Us...

Torchwood: Miracle Day is getting a follow-up, but not in the way you would've originally expected. Instead of heading back to the small screen, Captain Jack Harkness' next adventure will take place in the audio drama medium, thanks to the fine folks at Big Finish.

Russell T Davies is overseeing this new audio endeavour, which has been given the title Torchwood - Series 5: Aliens Among Us. Here's the first trailer...

"In this series, Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper have restarted Torchwood in Cardiff, home of the original Torchwood Three", the official synopsis tells us (via CultBox).

"But it’s in a very different Cardiff. Something terrible’s happened to the city. With every day getting darker, will Torchwood need to adopt a whole new approach?"

John Barrowman,...

Starring Carol Cleveland (Monty Python), Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who), Tom Price (Torchwood) and Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space 9), The Search for Simon follows 39 year David’s search for his younger brother Simon, who, at the age of 7 (ish) in 1979, disappeared, due to a perceived alien abduction. After all, his Dad did tell him that he had been…

Completely devastated by the loss of his younger brother, and best friend, David vowed to find his brother – or at the very least find out about the Aliens that took him. This quest has taken over and completely filled David’s life. It’s more than a passion, it’s an obsession. David has been meeting people – filming interviews and generally obsessing over alien abductions ever since.

David’s best (and only) friend Robert, saddened by his friend’s obsession and unwillingness to let go of the past, tries his best to...

Us comedian Rob Riggle has joined BBC Three's new dating show World Series Of Dating. The eight-part series, which mixes reality television and scripted comedy and borrows conventions from the world of sport, focuses on women meeting men for first dates. Once the women have met the men they can choose to buzz them out of the game, before discussing with a referee whether the man should get a warning or be replaced by another contestant. Riggle has signed up to play American commentator and "legendary dater" Doyle MacManus, while his British counterpart James Chetwynd-Talbot - who is described as nervous and unlucky in love - will be played by Torchwood's Tom Price. Bentley Kalu will star in the show as the referee, while Balls of Steel's Thaila Zucchi will appear as a touchline reporter (more)...

It's an exciting day for all the Whovians out there. Tonight at 10 p.m. (Et/Pt), the fourth season of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood premieres on the Starz network. Dubbed Torchwood: Miracle Day, the new season of this cult favorite is set in America. And to add insult to injury, it won't air on U.K. telly until July 14 — just one more reason for the Brits to hate us Yanks.

For those Philistines not acquainted with this series, Torchwood concerns itself with a group of extraterrestrial hunters from the Torchwood Institute, a covert organization whose purpose is to protect the Earth from alien threats. Returning for this new series is Torchwood leader Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), his partner Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and her husband Rhys Williams (Kai Owen). Other returning characters include PC Andy Davidson, now a sergeant (Tom Price), and Gwen’s parents (William Thomas and...

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Death takes a holiday.

Imagine that no one dies. Plants and animals continue with their normal life-cycles, but humans don’t. They sustain massive injuries, get blown up, stabbed, burned, what have you, but yet they live and live and live without the great surcease of pain. For some this would be a blessing; time granted to them while surgeons repair damaged bodies. To others it would be a living hell no one should ever endure.

This is the situation the world finds itself in at the start of “The New World,” the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day. It’s the fourth series to of the Doctor Who spinoff be produced and the first to be co-produced with the American television network Starz.

As the story opens, we find a man, Oswald Dane (Bill Pullman), about to be executed for the rape and murder of a twelve-year-old girl.

Here is a cool behind the scenes video for Starz upcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day. The series features the return of John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Kai Owen with new roles for Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Arlene Tur, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Tom Price, William Thomas, Sharon Morgan, Dillon Casey, Dicehn Lachman, Lena Kaur, Wayne Knight, Ernie Hudson, C. Thomas Howell and John de Lancie.

Here is what Barrowman had to say about the show:

“We’ve got helicopters. We’ve got explosions. We’ve got car crashes. We’ve got poisonings. You name it, we got it on Torchwood.”

Check out the video below:

Show Description:

One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep aging -- they get hurt and sick -- but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight.

With all the extra people,...

Here is the official trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day, which premieres July 8th at 10pm e/p on Starz. It is a spinoff of Doctor Who, and began airing in Britain in 2006. The series ran for two 13-episode seasons and then aired a single five-episode story, "Children of Earth" over a single week. The new show was shot mainly in the Us and will run for 10 episodes involving a single, ongoing storyline called "Miracle Day" in which an unknown force prevents anyone on Earth from dying.

The series features the return of John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Kai Owen with new roles for Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins, Arlene Tur, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Tom Price, William Thomas, Sharon Morgan, Dillon Casey, Dicehn Lachman, Lena Kaur, Wayne Knight, Ernie Hudson, C. Thomas Howell and John de Lancie.

Check out the trailer in the player below!

Torchwood star Tom Price has hinted that he will reprise his role as Andy Davidson in the upcoming fourth series. Price has played the bumbling police officer in nine episodes of the Doctor Who spinoff since 2006. The actor wrote on his Twitter feed: "Sorting out a Us visa. Now...why would I be doing that?" Series creator Russell T. Davies previously confirmed that the show's fourth run, subtitled 'The New World', will be partly filmed in (more)...

Hold your tongues if you live in the UK and have already seen this season, but the Us is just now getting the second season of the drama, “Survivors”. This show follows survivors of a deadly flu-like plague as they try to establish a society. The premiere of season two begins tonight on BBC America.

The first season of the show was about gathering the survivors together and exploring what’s left of their world. This season opens with the survivors in conflict with remains of the old government and those trying to establish a new regime.

Check out what the show is about:

Set in the present day, Survivors focuses on the world in the aftermath of a virulent disease that scoured the planet, wiping out 99% of the human race. Only a lonely few are left to start over in a devastated world where everything that was once safe...

What if the end of the world came and you survived it? The new BBC America series Survivors explores just that idea. While it’s being presented as pure sci-fi, near future drama, the elements of horror are inescapable. The series is well acted by players who are relative unknowns outside of the UK (see full series one cast list below). A nod must be given to those who have deftly casted the core group which seems to have just the right amount of tense expectancy about the world as it now is.

The first four hours of the series have only begun to explore the range of emotions any survivor would experience. Imagine the slow realization of the growing deaths around you. In this instance, a rouge virus whose mortality rate is something close to 99% has come for humanity. At least it wasn’t a terror attack or asteroid from space.

Who's this now?

Well, this is an interesting twist.

Yesterday, we mentioned that Neil Patrick Harris had taken to his Twitter with a low-key appeal for votes in Man of the Decade, and had mounted what seemed to be a huge lead. Even once John Barrowman engaged via his own Twitter, we though maybe the 42x multiple Nph had in followers might make the race over.

Enter Jonathan Ross, riding on a white stallion, to aid his friend John Barrowman. Jonathan is, for lack of a better comparison for our U.S. readers, a sort of Jay Leno in the UK, except people don't seem to hate him. In fact they love him so much, he's got about 500,000 followers on Twitter. So when he put the story out there that Barrowman was going down to Nph, things took on a life of their own.

Twitter can no longer count the...

Asylum is one of the three recent Torchwood radio plays which are now available to purchase on CD from BBC Audiobooks. Running to 1 hour on 1 CD, and priced at £9.78, Asylum stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones and Tom Price as PC Andy Davidson. The Torchwood Team are expecting a routine case, until they discover the suspect carrying an unknown weapon. When PC Andy Davidson arrests a young girl for shoplifting, he...

Even though its already started in the UK, the third season of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood is still something we have to wait for and look forward to here in the States. Sadly, even with the wait, we won’t get very many episodes this time around because of the BBC’s decision to only produce a five episode mini-series instead of a full season.

We’re not sure of the logic behind that decision, but at least we’ll still get a new adventure featuring some of our favorite Torchwood characters like Ianto, Gwen and the man himself, Captain jack Harkness. We’ve covered the show before and brought you the first trailer. And now, thanks to the BBC, we’ve got another longer clip to show you — which is about two minute and near the end, pretty creepy and cool.

In case you’re not familiar with...

When we last saw the Torchwood team, they were still reeling from the death of two of their own even as they teamed up with the Doctor (David Tennant) in order to save the universe. Torchwood returns next month with a five-episode event season entitled Torchwood: Children of Earth, which will air across five nights at 9 pm Et/Pt on BBC America, following their transmission on BBC One in the United Kingdom. Written by Russell T. Davies, John Fay, and James Moran and directed by Euros Lyn, Torchwood: Children of Earth stars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, and Kai Owen, along with a slew of notable guest stars including Peter Capaldi, Lucy Cohu, Paul Copley, Nick Briggs, Susan Brown, and Tom Price. There's still a lot of mystery surrounding Torchwood: Children of Earth, so let's turn to series creator Russell T. Davies and series stars John Barrowman,...

If you’re wondering where Freema Agyeman went after leaving Doctor Who behind, you will be pleased to know she became a Survivor. She was cast in the remake of the Terry Nation Survivors series from the 1970s. The new incarnation will be debuting on the BBC this fall in a six-episode inaugural season. She is joined in the cast by Nikki Amuka–Bird (No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency) as Samantha Willis; Max Beesley (Hotel Babylon) as Tom Price; Shaun Dingwall (Doctor Who) as David; Julie Graham (Bonekickers) as Abby Grant; Paterson Joseph (Jekyll) as Greg; Phillip Rhys (24) as Al; Zoë Tapper (The Last Van Helsing) as Anya and newcomer Chahak Patel as 11-year-old Najid.

Agyeman was written out of the third season of Torchwood in a feud between rival production channels.

BBC Drama Productions pursued the remake rights for some time before finally obtaining them in 2007 and handing production over...