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Peaky Blinders star’s ‘nail-biting’ thriller Nightsleeper to return with ‘non-stop thrills’

Peaky Blinders star’s ‘nail-biting’ thriller Nightsleeper to return with ‘non-stop thrills’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Great news for fans of heart-pounding thrillers! The BBC’s high-octane series Nightsleeper has been recommissioned for a second season, two years after its 2024 debut.  The original run followed a Glasgow-to-London sleeper train hijacked in a cyber attack, which forced two strangers – played by Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole and Lazarus star Alexandra Roach – to team up and save its passengers.  © Euston Films/Mark Mainz/BBCJoe Cole as Joe Roag in Nightsleeper Hailed by viewers as a “nail-biting” and “edge-of-your-seat” thriller, the show became a breakout hit thanks to its high-stakes, real-time narrative and ticking-clock premise. Keep reading to find out all we know about series two.  WATCH: The trailer for Nightsleeper What to expect from season two Trading the tracks for the open ocean, the second season shifts the setting from a sleeper train to a ship crossing the Irish Sea.  The synopsis promises another high-stakes mystery, teasing: “Behind every cabin door is another story, another surprise.” © Euston Films/Mark Mainz/BBCAlexandra Roach played Abby in Nightsleeper season one BAFTA-winning writer Nick Leather teased “non-stop thrills and …

The three cheap gadgets ZDNET readers are buying nonstop (no. 1 is weird)

The three cheap gadgets ZDNET readers are buying nonstop (no. 1 is weird)

Published by skeptic

Presidents’ Day is here, and it’s a great time to grab cheap, functional, and yes, even weird buys.  Also: The best Presidents’ Day deals so far  We gathered data on all the products our readers bought the most in the last few days via links in ZDNET reviews, buying guides, deal posts, and other content on our site. The following are the most popular items purchased by thousands of people, listed by the number purchased (note that your privacy is protected; we only have access to aggregate data from our user base, and there is no way for us to identify individual people’s purchases).  Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. These are the three oddest gadgets that readers have been purchasing the most leading up to Presidents’ Day, and some of them are even on sale.  Three gadgets ZDNET readers are buying the most for Presidents’ Day  I’ve said it once, and I’ll repeat it: It’s unclear to me why this tool remains one of our readers’ favorite products, but it’s recently dropped in price …

This pipe organ is playing a single, nonstop song until 2640

This pipe organ is playing a single, nonstop song until 2640

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. On September 5, 2001, a concert started inside a medieval church–and it continues to this day. If all goes as planned, the performance won’t finish for another 616 years. One may expect a composition like John Cage’s ORGAN²/ASLSP to encompass thousands, if not millions of pages of musical notation—but as its name implies, it’s the exact opposite. “ASLSP” is Cage’s shortening of “As Slow As Possible,” and so far, the custom-built, electric pipe organ has only issued nine chords. The current one started in February 2024, while the next chord won’t play until August 5, 2026. At that point, an A4 chord will ring out for 911 more days. John Cage died in 1992 at the age of 79, but both fans and detractors have continued discussing and performing his work. After discovering the I Ching in 1951, Cage incorporated the Chinese divination system’s philosophy into his art for the rest of his life, particularly on topics like sound, …