Picking Cherries Cancelled - The Future Of Podcasts

We will no longer be producing Picking Cherries as of January 2019, we will air two more episodes in November and December. 

Picking Cherries Logo

Picking Cherries has been going since November 2014 and is one of our longest running shows.

The reason for cancelling is mainly to do with a lack of views. We have released 29 Episodes of the show, we will finish on our 31st.

Our First Podcast

Everything changing at MB & Homeland in 2019

We are at the moment getting all our plans together for next year, here is a list of everything that will be changing to the channel as of January 2019.

New Logo:

Work on a new logo has already begun and will replace the current on January 1st. The new logo will hopefully reflect the channel more and relate to the content we make. The logo is currently being edited by several different members to make sure it looks the best that it can be.

Current MB & Homeland Logo

Updated Blogger Layout:

This change has already begun, our blogger has now a new colour scheme and layout, to match the channel and theme of the content.

New Series? Maybe

We are currently thinking of bringing out a new comedy series called 'Society' which will take the mick out of weird things people do in society which is considered normal and acceptable. This series is could be quite controversial, that's why we are quite hesitant to bring it out. This series would not release until late 2019 into 2020.

Carpool Podcast? Maybe

We've recently been trying to come up with a new way to present our podcasts, we are currently in discussion about possibly turning it into a carpool series, where we drive around with a special guest in the back scene. The series would be presented by Jordan, Sam and Mark with a special guest each month. This could start as early as October 2018.

Picking Cherries Logo

News Update / Gameplay / Political Rage Season 3 Cancelled!!!

As of 2018 we will no longer be making the News Update & Gameplay monthly. Instead we will be extending our podcasts to come out monthly instead of every two months. The podcast will feature gameplay as well as updating so it is basically a merge of the two.

Brandon & Jordan hosting
the News Update

The reason for cancelling these two videos is because they are becoming hard to make, and a lot of the members at MB & Homeland haven't got the time to make them, but the podcast will become monthly so we will have a video every month discussing what's been happening at MB & Homeland.

Sam, Tom and Mark in the
first ever Podcast

There will not be a Political Rage Season 3, instead we will bring out either a full length movie or short film to wrap up the plot of it. This will most likely come out late 2018.

Sam & Mark acting
in Political Rage

The sudden cancelling of shows is not something to be worried about. This time last year we cancelled Race To The White House and Behind The Lens. We are all slowly getting older and older, meaning we are having less time to have fun and make videos, so the more we focus on the bigger stuff like Star Wars & Doctor Who, then the better the content will be.

Filming on Star Wars
'Lost With The Force'

Doctor Who Fan Film Series 4 Confirmed!!!!

On the 15th April 2017 MB & Homeland uploaded a new podcast in which they announced a brand new series of Doctor Who will air next year on their YouTube channel. Filming on this series would begin after work on the movie wraps later this year. At the moment a Doctor Who Movie is scheduled to come out on the 23rd November 2017 made by MB & Homeland and starring Samuel Moore, Harri Thompson, Tom Skinner & Mark Bray.

The Doctor Who Logo
Used in Series 3 [2016]

So what do we know about this new series?

• The series will be shorter than the previous ones. Series 4 will have 5 to 6 episodes and a Christmas Special as well.
• Samuel Moore will most likely continue for another series. [He's been The Doctor since October 2014]
• A brand NEW companion will be stepping in for the majority of the series.
• A Tardis interior is being built already!!!!!
• Mark Bray is stepping down as 'Head Writer' and handing the role to someone else. This means he will write less than usual but will still be in charge of the series, meaning he has the final say on all decisions. 
• The series will open with a two parter story written by Tom Skinner.
• Tom Ford, Samuel Moore & Graham Bray will be returning to write more stories.
• Jordan Crowther-Russell & Colin Bray will help write their first stories for Doctor Who.
• It will most likely be the last Doctor Who Series that MB & Homeland produce.

Samuel Moore & Mark Bray
Behind The Scenes  of Series 3 [2016]

So that's all that we know so far. The Series will mostly like come out Summer 2018 and will end in December with the Christmas Special.

We hope you have enjoyed this blog. We will keep everyone updated with any new information in our next blog post. 

The Future of MB & Homeland

In our most recent podcast we announced that we were thinking of closing the channel with in the next two years. This is because people like CEO Mark Bray will be going to University September 2017 and won't have time to manage the channel unless someone else became the CEO. It is possible that Mark will take a gap year from September 2017 to 2018 but this is uncertain at the moment. Either way the channel will close by September 2018.


We are going to keep the channel LIVE with all our videos on, we aren't deleting any of the films we've made but we just won't be creating content any more.

Things to look forward to:

• We are currently filming our brand new Doctor Who FanFilm Series. This will come out 16th July 2016 and will air up until Christmas day 2016. There will be a total of 9 episodes plus a 10th Anniversary movie. We are planning on making a Doctor Who movie next year because we don't have any plans to make another series but we are discussing it at the moment.
• We are currently finishing filming on a brand new season we are making called 'Political Rage' this series will have a total of 3 episodes and filming on a second season has already begun. Season one is scheduled to come out on the 22nd October 2016. Season two will probably come out Autumn 2017.
• We are currently in production of a new Star Wars FanFilm which will air 4th May 2017. This film is called 'Darkness Of The Republic' and it will star Mark Bray, Tom Ford, Jordan Crowther-Russell & Franki Lang. There are no plans to make any more Star Wars films after this but we are discussing it at the moment.
• We are still going to make comedy sketches every so often, the last one we made was in September 2015, hopefully a new one will be coming soon. We are also hoping to bring out a short film every year up until our closure.
• We are still making gameplays on the 25th of every month and we are still hosting 'Race To The White House' on the 10th of every month. Race To The White House probably won't be continuing next year because the election will have finished but we will still be making gameplays.
• Hopefully in 2017 we will be bring out a new monthly series to replace Race To The White House, this is currently being discussed and we will have information soon.
• News Update is still being produced and airing on the 15th of every month, this will continue every month until we close.
• Behind The Lens is still being made and coming out on the 20th of every month but it might not continue next year, that is being discussed at the moment.
• If Mark Bray did take a gap year from 2017 to 2018, we would probably produce a stand alone movie. This isn't definite yet but we'll know by May 2017.

A few members of MB & Homeland are planning on leave in September to go to university. Hopefully a few new people will be joining in a few months, at the moment no one really knows what they'll be doing next year, but we will try our hardest to keep the channel alive until September 2018. After that we will no longer be making content but all the videos will remain LIVE. 

(From Left) Mark Bray, Aaron Hooper, Tom Skinner
Samuel Moore, Graham Bray & Jordan Crowther-Russell
Saturday 2nd April 2016

Q&A/Podcast LIVE Information

On the 29th August, MB & Homeland LIVE STREAMED their Q&A/Podcast on YouTube. Everything didn't go according to plan but in the end worked out.

People in the Podcast:
Ben Durrant
Graham Bray
Mark Bray
Samuel Moore
& Tom Ford

Here is the Live Stream


Here is a shorter version

Final Days Of Filming

Its fast approaching. The last few days of filming on the Series are taking place. Less than a month until the series goes online, And over 2 hours of footage all together.

Samuel Moore, Tom Ford, Aaron Hooper
Ben Durrant, Nicole Angeles, Mark & Graham Bray
12th June 2015 After/ Filming Podcast

So far we have been filming non-stop for the past week and will continue filming until everything is done. The Doctor Who series we are currently making is scheduled to come out in the 11th July at 19:00pm G.M.T.

We are making 5 episodes and we are aiming for them to be 25-30 minutes long each. This gives you about 2 hours and a half of footage overall.

A recently trailer for the series:

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Written by: Mark Bray

Filming 25/04/2015 'Welcome New Members' Podcast

Today we gathered together to film a 'Welcome new members' podcast, Hopefully this will be on our YouTube channel tomorrow night.

Mark & Graham Bray Asking Questions
To The New Member

Editing on the Podcast will take place from the 25th - 26th April and will be on YouTube by 9pm Sunday night


(From Left) Graham Bray, Samuel Moore,
Mark Bray & Tom Ford After Filming

Two new people are joining the channel, Tom Ford. Tom turned up to film the podcast and gave us great Feedback.