The BBC today released pictures showing what the Nekross in the forthcoming CBBC action adventure drama Wizards Vs Aliens look like.

In the 12-part show, the Nekross are an alien race bent on devouring all the magic on Earth, with 16-year-old wizard Tom Clarke (Scott Haran), helped by his friend Benny Sherwood (Percelle Ascott), standing in their way.

A start date for the series, created by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford, is yet to be announced, although a preview screening of the first two episodes takes place at the BFI in London next Friday.


Guest stars will include Annette Badland, Brian Blessed, Michael Higgs, Jefferson Hall, Gwendoline Christie, and Ruthie Henshall, with Don Gilet and Nina Sosanya making guest appearances as Benny's parents. The series' writers include Clayton Hickman, Joseph Lidster, and Gareth Roberts.

The fifth series of Merlin will start on BBC One on Saturday 6th October at 7.45pm, it was confirmed today.

Comprising 13 episodes, it once again stars Colin Morgan as Merlin, Bradley James as King Arthur, Angel Coulby as Gwen, Katie McGrath as Morgana, Richard Wilson as Gaius, and John Hurt as the voice of the Great Dragon.

Tom Hopper, Rupert Young, Eoin Macken, and Adetomiwa Edun return as The Knights of the Round Table, and special guest stars will include Liam Cunningham as Ruadan, Lindsay Duncan as Queen Annis, and Sophie Rundle as Sefa. In addition, Anthony Head will return for one episode as Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon.


UPDATE (4pm): BBC One has been running trailers for Merlin this afternoon with the voiceover announcing that the series is beginning on "Saturday 8th October" and the caption card also stating "8th October". A phone call to BBC TV Centre to point out that 8th October is, in fact, a Monday and to seek clarification over the start date resulted in the admission that a mistake had been made by the production team and that they were seeking to remedy the matter as soon as possible. The spokeswoman confirmed that the series would be starting on Saturday 6th October.

Canadian broadcaster SPACE has announced that it will be showing the first episode of Primeval spin-off Primeval: New World on Monday 29th October at 10pm ET.

The show stars Niall Matter as enterprising inventor and visionary hero Evan Cross (seen right) and Sara Canning as predator-attack expert and animal-behaviour specialist Dylan Weir. Also appearing in the series, which comprises 13 one-hour episodes, will be Danny Rahim as security specialist Mac Rendell, Miranda Frigon as Ange Finch - Cross's oldest friend and business partner, Crystal Lowe as physics prodigy Toby Nance, and Geoff Gustafson as Lieutenant Ken Leeds, head of the government's decommissioned department for investigating alien life and other mysteries. Andrew-Lee Potts will be guest-starring in the opening episode as Connor Temple from the parent series.

The North American spin-off follows a specialised team of animal experts and scientists who discover dinosaurs and other dangerous predators emerging onto the streets of modern-day Vancouver through anomalies in time. It will feature more than 70 visual effects shots in each episode and will also include 16 land, sea, sky, and sand creatures created by Atmosphere Visual Effects, supervised by Mark Savela.

An official website is to be launched soon that will feature an episode guide, cast biographies, and behind-the-scenes content. Users will also be able to download high-quality visual effects from the series and put themselves into the dino-action via green screen.

Primeval: New World is based on the original series produced by Impossible Pictures. It is produced by Omnifilm Entertainment Ltd and developed in association with Bell Media, German broadcaster ProSieben, and UKTV channel Watch. The executive producers are Martin Wood and Gillian Horvath, the creators Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, the writers Gillian Horvath, Peter Hume, Jon Cooksey, Sarah Dodd, Katherine Collins, Dennis Heaton, and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, and it is directed by Amanda Tapping, Andy Mikita , Martin Wood, and Mike Rohl.

The programme will be airing in the UK on Watch at some point later this year.

Story details for episodes 11 and 12 of the CBBC series Wolfblood have been released by the BBC.


Episode 11 of the 13-part fantasy action drama will air on Monday 15th October and episode 12 on Tuesday 16th October, with both instalments going out at 5.15pm.

The latest in a series of teaser clips from the forthcoming tenth series of Red Dwarf has been released by TV channel Dave.

In the excerpt, which can be seen below, Rimmer (Chris Barrie) finds himself afflicted by an auditory problem but gets little sympathy from Lister (Craig Charles).

Next weekend will see the final teaser clip released by Dave before the new, six-part series of the cult sci-fi comedy starts on the digital channel on Thursday 4th October at 9pm.

In addition, as part of the publicity drive, posters - as seen beneath the clip - promoting the return of the show have started appearing on hoardings across the UK.

A third series of the award-winning comedy Episodes has been commissioned by BBC Two.

The show - starring Tamsin Greig as Beverly Lincoln, Stephen Mangan as Sean Lincoln, and Matt LeBlanc as a stylised version of himself - will enter production in London and Los Angeles next year and will again be written by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik. As with the second series, it will comprise nine episodes.

BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow said:
Gregor Sharp, executive editor for comedy, said: Series 2, which aired in the UK between 11th May and 6th July 2012, averaged a consolidated audience of 1.1 million (5.17 per cent share).

In January this year, LeBlanc won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Comedy or Musical for the seven-part first series of Episodes, which was shown in the UK from 9th January to 20th February 2011. The programme was nominated for Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical but lost out to Modern Family.

The show, which is a Hat Trick/Crane Klarik production for the BBC and Showtime Networks, will be executive-produced by Jimmy Mulville, Crane, Klarik, and Sharp.