August 4th 2010. Sherlock: The Great Game previews: [Blogtor Who]

August 1st 2010. Sherlock: The Blind Banker premieres on BBC1 at 8:30pm, and then available on the iplayer.

July 25th 2010. Sherlock: A Study In Pink premieres on BBC1 at 9:00pm, and then available on the iplayer.

July 22nd 2010. The Doctor Who Prom, presented in two parts and featuring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan is this Saturday, live at the Royal Albert Hall and on BBC Radio 3, and afterwards available on the iplayer.  [Part 1] [Part 2]

July 17th 2010. Short teaser trail and interview with  Moff and Mark Gatiss on the Sherlock website [BBC], plus Benedict Cumberbatch interviewed. [Guardian]

July 15th 2010. Da Boss is now on Twitter! There's also a proper programme page up on the BBC website. [Sherlock]

July 14th 2010. Episode 1 of Sherlock (A Study in Pink) transmits on BBC1 on July 25th at 9:00pm. [BBC Press Pack]

July 10th 2010. Sherlock news at last!!  The Scotsman has an interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, and Digital Spy has a couple of new publicity pictures.

July 5th 2010. Series Fnarg Volume 2 is released on DVD and Bluray today, featuring The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice. [Amazon]

June 30th 2010. Steven Moffat will be a guest speaker at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, on Sunday August 29. For more information and to register visit www.mgeitf.co.uk

June 27th 2010. A selection of The Big Bang reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [From the North...] [Telegraph] [Behind the Sofa] [SFX] [Telegraph 1] [Telegraph 2]

June 26th 2010. Brace yourself for The Big Bang on BBC1 at 6:05pm, and then available on the iplayer.

June 20th 2010. A selection of The Pandorica Opens reviews from the internet: [Guardian]  [Radio Times] [SFX] [From the North...] [Telegraph] [Behind the Sofa]

June 19th 2010. The Pandorica Opens premieres on BBC1 at 6:40pm, and then available on the iplayer.

June 17th 2010.  Da Boss squares up to Stephen Fry on the “infantalism” issue. [Telegraph]

June 13th 2010. A selection of The Lodger reviews from the internet: [Guardian]  [Radio Times] [SFX] [From the North...] [Telegraph] [Behind the Sofa]

June 12th 2010. The Lodger premieres on BBC1 at 6:45pm, and then available on the iplayer.

July 10th 2010. Sherlock news at last!!  The BBC Press Office is listing the series as an unplaced transmission on BBC1 in Week 30 (July 24-30) [BBC Programme Information]. To get you get you in the mood, The Scotsman has an interview with Benedict Cumberbatch, and Digital Spy has a couple of new publicity pictures.

June 7th 2010. Series Fnarg Volume 1 is released on DVD and Bluray today, featuring The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks. [Amazon]

June 6th 2010. A selection of Vincent & The Doctor reviews from the internet: [Guardian]  [Radio Times] [SFX] [From the North...] [Telegraph] [Behind the Sofa]

June 5th 2010. Vincent & The Doctor premieres on BBC1 at 6:40pm, and then available on the iplayer.

May 30th 2010. A selection of Cold Blood reviews from the internet: [Guardian]  [Radio Times] [SFX] [From the North...] [Telegraph] [Behind the Sofa]

May 29th 2010. Cold Blood premieres on BBC1 at 7:00pm, and then available on the iplayer.

May 23rd 2010. A selection of The Hungry Earth reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [Radio Times] [SFX] [From the North...] [Telegraph] [Behind the Sofa]

May 22nd 2010. The Hungry Earth premieres on BBC1 at 6:15pm, and then available on the iplayer.

May 19th 2010. io9 has a new and exclusive interview with the man himself...

May 17th 2010. Doctor Who Live will tour the UK in the autumn. [BBC] [Guardian] [Radio Times] [Doctor Who Live]

May 16th 2010. A selection of Amy's Choice reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [Radio Times] [Telegraph] [SFX] [Behind the Sofa]

May 15th 2010. Amy's Choice premieres on BBC1 at 6:25pm, and then available on the iplayer.

May 9th 2010. A selection of The Vampires of Venice reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [Radio Times] [Behind the Sofa] [SFX] [Telegraph]

May 8th 2010. The Vampires of Venice premieres on BBC1 at 6:00pm, and then available on the iplayer.

May 5th 2010. Is Fnarg too sexy? Pond gets another bashing for her scandalous behaviour... [Mail Online]

May 4th 2010. Is Fnarg too scary? [Mail Online] [Wales Online] Or simply fangtastic? [The Sun]

May 2nd 2010. A selection of Flesh and Stone reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [Radio Times] [Telegraph] [Den of Geek] [Behind the Sofa] [SFX]

May 1st 2010. Flesh and Stone premieres on BBC1 at 6:25pm, and then available on the iplayer.

May 2nd 2010. A selection of Flesh and Stone reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [Radio Times] [Telegraph] [Den of Geek] [Behind the Sofa] [SFX]

April 25th 2010. Lovely Lee Ross (that nice Kenny Philips) reprises his role as DCI Litton in episode 5 of Ashes to Ashes Series 3. [BBC]

April 24th 2010. The Time of  Angels premieres on BBC1 at 6:20pm, and then available on the iplayer.

April  23rd 2010. The Doctor Who Prom, presented in two parts and featuring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, will be the highlight of the 2010 BBC Proms season.  [BBC] [Prom 10] [Prom 11] [Wales Online]

April  22nd 2010. Steven Moffat blogs on Time Of The Angels - beware spoilers! [BBC]

April  18th 2010. A selection of Victory of the Daleks reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [SFX] [Radio Times] [Den of Geek] [Anglotopia]

April 17th 2010. Victory of the Daleks premieres on BBC1 at 6:30pm, and then available on the iplayer.

April  12th 2010. A selection of The Beast Below reviews from the internet: [Guardian] [Metro] [Radio Times] [SFX] [Behind the Sofa]

April 10th 2010. The Beast Below premieres on BBC1 at 6:15pm, and then available on the iplayer.  And there's another great review of The Eleventh Hour at Behind The Sofa, written by John Williams.

April 7th 2010. Awesome blog on The Eleventh Hour at Behind The Sofa, written by Neil Perryman. Plus Karen defends her short skirts on This Morning. [Mail Online]

April 6th 2010. View a trailer for The Beast Below [YouTube]; The Eleventh Hour was an overnight ratings winner. [Digital Spy]

April 5th 2010. Was  The Eleventh Hour too sexy?! [Telegraph] [Digital Spy] [Mail Online]

April  4th 2010. A selection of The Eleventh Hour reviews from the internet: [Independent on Sunday] [Telegraph] [The Observer] [Mail Online] [BBC] [Radio Times] [Behind The Sofa]

April 3rd 2010. Tonight's the night!  The Eleventh Hour premieres on BBC1 at 6:20pm, and then available on the iplayer.

April  22nd 2010. Steven Moffat blogs on The Time of Angels - beware spoilers! [BBC]

March 31st 2010. Someone at The Guardian  likes The Moff almost as much as we do!

March 29th 2010. The UK DVD & Bluray release of Sherlock has been pencilled in for mid August, suggesting that BBC transmission will begin late July. More news as we get it!

March 27th 2010. The first moments of The Eleventh Hour can now be viewed online at official BBC Doctor Who website.  [Doctor Who]

March 24th 2010. The official Doctor Who website relaunched today with lots of new content and exclusive interviews with Steven Moffat and Matt Smith.  [Doctor Who]

March 23rd 2010. The Moff is reportedly “unworried by squeeze”...!!  [BBC]

March 22nd 2010. New Moff interview at The Scotsman, The Guardian, and a new video interview at Digital Spy.

March 21st 2010. Amid all the Doctor Who hype, The Observer features a piece about Sherlock, as filming for the series continues. [guardian.co.uk] 

*** NEW BBC AMERICA trailer can be viewed HERE ***

March 20th 2010. You can now watch Steven Moffat's appearance on BBC Breakfast News yesterday on YouTube, view the Press Association report from the press launch at Clip Syndicate, and read a new interview in The Times.

March 19th 2010. The BBC Press Office now have a press pack up here, which includes a long interview with The Moff [BBC], but remains coy about the scheduling of The Eleventh Hour, despite the earlier listing on the BBC1 programme schedule elsewhere on the website (now removed). *** NEW TRAILER HERE  or HERE ***

March 18th 2010. The Eleventh Hour has officially premiered in Cardiff, where the Christmas 2010 Special and Series Fnarg² commission was also confirmed. Mail Online and The Guardian have photos of Matt and Karen at the launch party. Read Lizo Mzimba's review [BBC], watch the interview with Matt (also at Blogtor Who], and see the BBC Wales news report [BBC].  Also Digital Spy has posted a new Karen Gillan interview. [Whozapalooza!]

March 16th 2010. The new issue of the Radio Times (March 20-26th) includes an exclusive interview with Steven Moffat. [Radio Times]

March 14th 2010. The Eleventh Hour hits the BBC online schedules, confirming the transmission time of 18:25 [BBC]

March 11th 2010. Neil Midgely has followed filming of Series Fnarg over a six month period. [Daily Telegraph] Elsewhere, Sherlock re-commences filming for the 3x90' series due to screen this summer. [BBC]

March 10th 2010. Digital Spy launch Whozapalooza! with a preview of a new interview with Steven Moffat ahead of the new series. [Digital Spy - Moff on Matt's debut scene]

March 8th 2010. Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will be travelling around the UK at the end of March as part of a BBC Outreach programme, with special premiere screenings of The Eleventh Hour. The tour kicks off in Belfast on March 29th, and finishes in Salford on March 31st. [BBC]

March 6th 2010. The Guardian has published a brand new interview with Matt Smith.

February 22nd 2010. Congratulations to Carey Mulligan (Sally Sparrow) on her Best Actress BAFTA win for An Education. [BBC]

February 20th 2010. BBC1 has screened an all-new trailer for Series Fnarg, featuring the Doctor and Amy tumbling through the vortex. View it here: [BBC] [BBC America], and find Vortex wallpaper here: [BBC] [BBC America]. Series Fnarg premieres in the UK on BBC1 on April 3, on BBC America and Space (Canada) on April 17, and on ABC Australia  on April 18.

February 18th 2010.Blue Peter have announced the winner of their TARDIS console competition. View the winning designs here.

February 8th 2010. Doctor Who Magazine #418 features an in-depth interview with Steven Moffat, revealing the titles of the first three episodes of Series Fnarg. During the SFX Weekender, Neil Gaiman ended months of speculation when he revealed he will be writing for Series Fnarg² in 2011. [GallifreyBase] [SFX]

February 2nd 2010.  SM.net wishes to  congratulate Carey Mulligan (Sally Sparrow) on her Best Actress Oscar nomination for An Education. [BBC]

January 16th 2010. Press Gang is 21 years old today!

January 1st 2010. SM.net delighted to officially welcome Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.

December 31st 2009. Check out the official Doctor Who website for exclusive previews of the Eleventh Doctor immediately after the End of Time Part 2, on New Years Day at 6:40pm on BBC1.

December 25th 2009. SM.net says "A Happy Christmas to all of you at home!"

December 13th 2009. Steven Moffat interviewed on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves on December 15th. [reported @ GallifreyBase]

December 11th 2009. Doctor Who Magazine has revealed its new look, to be  launched on January 7 2010. Sporting the new logo and insignia, issue #417 of DWM marks an important milestone in the countdown to the new series...

November 15th 2009.  Press Gang alumni Lucy Benjamin (Julie Craig) is a contestant in the new series of  I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!  We imagine Colin would be delighted, but Lynda might not be so impressed....

November 2nd 2009.  Steven Moffat headlined at the Screenwriters Festival in Cheltenham, reported by Digital Spy.

October 6th 2009.  The BBC reveals the new logo for the 2010 series. [BBC]

September 19th 2009.  A poll in Issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine places all four stories penned by Steven Moffat in the Top 25 of TV stories, with Blink placed at number #2, beating long-time fan-favourite Genesis of the Daleks, and bested only by The Caves of Androzani. Time Crash topped the ‘extras’ chart, with The Curse of Fatal Death placed at #4.

September 9th 2009.  The BBC has confirmed that Richard Curtis will script a forthcoming episode of Doctor Who. [BBC]

July 20th 2009.  The first pictures of the Eleventh Doctor and his new companion Amy Pond have been posted on the BBC's Doctor Who website, as filming for Series 5 (11.1) begins in Cardiff. [BBC, BBC, The Mail, The Sun]

July 17th 2009.  Tabloid gossip suggests that the Eleventh Doctor's companion will be called Amy... [mirror.co.uk]

July 16th 2009.   The BBC have confirmed the commission of a 3x90 minute series of Sherlock, to be made by Hartswood Films for BBC1, and due to transmit in Summer 2010.  A pilot episode, entitled A Study in Pink, was filmed earlier this year, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes, Martin Freeman as Dr Watson, and Rupert Graves as Lestrade. The series is created and co-written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. [Broadcast] [BBC Press Office]

May 30th 2009.  Karen Gillan has been confirmed as the Doctor’s new assistant, joining Matt Smith in the TARDIS in 2010. The name of her character has yet to be announced.  Moff describes Karen as “funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it.” [BBC, BBC, Broadcast]

May 23rd 2009.  Last night marked the end of filming for the last of the 2009 Specials featuring David Tennant as the Doctor, with a wrap party for the outgoing production team in Cardiff. Coyly downplaying the occasion, The Moff was giving nothing away when asked how he felt as the show entered a new era: “I've been doing the job for ages now!” [view RTD’s farewell to the TARDIS]

May 14th 2009.  Issue 115 of Doctor Who Adventures is a Weeping Angels Special, celebrating their recent Scariest Monster poll win. Creatures from stories written by Steven Moffat dominate the Top Ten, with The Empty Child at #10, the Vashta Nerada at #6, and the Clockwork Robots from The Girl in the Fireplace placed at #4. The magazine features fact files, posters, a mask and Weeping Angel inflatable toy.

April  6th 2009.  The Weeping Angels have been named Scariest Monster in a new Doctor Who Adventures poll, securing 41% of the reader vote, and soundly beating the Daleks into 2nd place.

March  20th 2009.  Here we go again! The Moff has earned his fourth consecutive Hugo Award nomination, this time for The Silence in the Library. Russell T Davies and Joss Whedon are also nominated in the Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form category.

March 12th 2009.  It's a completely unbelievable 10 years today since the  first transmission of The Curse of Fatal Death.  And we are delighted to report that COFD will soon be available to download from iTunes, with all proceeds going to Comic Relief.  We'll keep you posted on that, but in the meantime, please support Red Nose Day 2009 and make a donation.

March 2nd 2009.  Red Nose Day 2009 is less than two weeks away.  If you have ever laughed at anything that Steven Moffat has written (and you know you have...) then please consider rewarding the Giggle Loop and make a donation. Otherwise we'll be sending the clown round to sort you out...  [MoffJongg for Comic Relief]

February 2nd 2009.  You can see the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, in Moses Jones, currently transmitting on BBC2. Episode 1 also features Lee Ross, who is definitely not playing Nice Kenny.

January 16th 2009. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESS GANG!  SM.net is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the transmission of the first episode of Press Gang on CITV. Keep checking back for exclusive new content and features (only slightly delayed due to a certain Mr Mathews absconding with our passwords and petty cash and muttering something unintelligible about crunchy credits...)

January 3rd 2009. The BBC have officially confirmed the casting of the Eleventh Doctor. The man who will be at the heart of Steven Moffat's vision for Doctor Who is Matt Smith [IMDB, BBC, BBC], whose credits The Sally Lockhart Mysteries, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Party Animals, The Street, and the forthcoming BBC drama Moses Jones. SM.net congratulates  Matt on his new role, and eagerly anticipates The Moff putting words in his mouth in 2010. [BBC]

December 21st 2008. The BBC have released more details of Sherlock: A Study in Pink, the 60 minute pilot to be made by Hartswood Films for BBC1,  written by Steven Moffat and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Rupert Graves. You can find more information on the Press Office website.

December 8th 2008. It is with great sadness that we report the death of Bob Spiers.  With a career spanning more than three decades, Bob Spiers directed some of the finest comedy performances from the last 30 years, and he had a key role in the realisation of much of Steven Moffat's early TV work, including 23 episodes of Press Gang, Murder Most Horrid: Overkill, and the entire run of Joking Apart. [BBC]

November 18th 2008, this site is celebrating its second birthday with a complete overhaul. Look out for more content going live in the coming weeks, prior to our 20th birthday celebrations for Press Gang, beginning in January 2009.

 We'd also like to take this opportunity to wish a certain person a Happy Birthday...

November 17th 2008, and we are delighted to be able to finally announce the release on Chalk Series 1 on DVD by our friends at Replay. This long-overlooked and under-rated school farce stars David Bamber and Nicola Walker, and, thanks to the dogged persistence of Craig Robins,  is due for release in the UK on December 15th. Pre-order your copy from the Replay website now!

October 20th 2008. River Song and space-suited Vashta Nerada figures will be available from Character Options from mid November.

May 20th 2008.  Just in case anyone missed the memo... Steven Moffat will be Lead Writer and Executive Producer of the Fifth Series of Doctor Who, coming to BBC1 in Spring 2010.