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Writer-director Cat Davies is working on her next short film, Rubbers, and there’s a crowdfunding campaign to support it.

Cat Davies and James Moran, after collaborating on Connie, are teaming up for another short film. The pair are busy working on Rubbers, about a neurodivergent woman, played by Rosie Holt, who loves stationery – in particular the erasers of the story’s title. In fact, Davies and Moran already shot the piece, but there’s still plenty to do and they could use a bit of help.

We’d love to be able to say that making short films in the UK is a piece of cake, but unfortunately, it’s still quite a challenge, especially on the financial side of things. Davies and Moran have therefore set up a crowdfunding campaign to help with the expenses of post-production and distribution.

Rubbers has been filmed in regular 2D but also...

The team behind Guestimators, the breakthrough podcast quiz presented by Absolute Radio’s Andy Bush, have today launched Lock It In, a full-service production studio specialising in talent-led, comedy and entertainment podcasts.

Focusing on podcasts that are inspired by the nuances of British culture, Lock It In will be working with platforms, talent and brands on everything from concepts and content strategy through to production, monetisation and promotion.

Bush, the voice of Hometime for 2.2m listeners, is an equal partner in the business alongside Will Nichols and Matt Cutler, the sports journalist behind ground-breaking documentary The Pirates vs The Premier League.

The trio launched quiz platform Guestimators in November 2023. Its twice-weekly podcast, distributed by Keep It Light Media, has featured celebrities including Mel Giedroyc, Bob Harris, Rosie Holt and Lloyd Griffith, while its loyal community of thousands plays the quiz every week.

Lock It In already have a number of...

The Moon Under Water is back with new host Robbie Knox, who takes over as landlord of the pub-based podcast. Robbie has been producing content for his own channels and more, as a writer, director, YouTuber and co-host of JaackMaate’s Happy Hour and now he intends to breathe a new lease of life into the pub of the mind. Rosie Holt, Lloyd Griffiths, Robin Ince and Tim Lovejoy are among the first names to join Robbie on the show, with more from the world of comedy, music, food and television to follow.

This fresh take on the satirical comedy slot will feature new programmes from the likes of Rachel Parris, who will kick off the series with a range of comic characters including digital stars Rosie Holt and Michael Spicer; Dom Joly, who will take a mischievous approach to investigating the week’s biggest stories; Ria Lina, bringing a global perspective to the news with comedians from around the world sharing news from their countries; Catherine Bohart, who will take a deep dive into the roots of a news story; Rhys James, bringing his trademark quick wit to interrogate the news; and Andrew Hunter Murray hosts the latest creation from The Skewer’s Jon Holmes, which takes aim at the way the news is packaged and presented.

The specials will be broadcast in Radio 4’s popular Friday Night Comedy slot this summer, between series of Dead Ringers and The News Quiz. Friday...

Russell T Davies’ It’s a Sin has been nominated six times for the UK’s prestigious Broadcasting Press Guild (Bpg) Awards next month, with Jeremy Clarkson, Olivia Colman and Stephen Graham also picking up nods.

Leads Olly Alexander, Callum Scott Howells and Lydia West are nominated in Best Actor and Best Actress respectively for the Channel 4/HBO Max drama, with Davies recognized in Best Writer, the show itself picking up a Best Drama Series (+4 episodes) nod and the quartet of young residents of the show’s ‘Pink Palace’ competing for the Bpg Breakthrough Award alongside Starstruck’s Rose Matefeo and We Are Lady Parts’ Nida Manzoor.

It’s a Sin, which follows LGBTQ+ characters during the UK’s 1980s Aids epidemic and is produced by Red Production Company, has already been recognized at a raft of awards ceremonies.

The five-parter will compete in the Best Drama Series (+4 episodes) category...

If you want to suck the blood of the youth, YouTube is a great place to start: Enter “Mina Murray’s Journal,” a 21st century update of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” drawing final blood just in time for Halloween.

Told as a series of vlogs — or video journals, as Mina insists on calling them — the new web series puts Mina Murray center stage, giving her the unfortunate task of visiting Dracula’s mansion in Bucharest, rather than her fiancée (updated to boyfriend) Jonathan. Writer-director James Moran wisely makes use of the novel’s epistolary structure in his adaptation, and the episodes flow naturally between Mina’s vlogs and those made by the three secondary characters: Lucy, Jonathan and Jack. Moran takes liberties with the novel’s plot by centering female characters and playing up Lucy’s romantic interest in Mina, but it’s a welcome revision that honors the spirit of its source material.