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'

Political Rage Season 2 Delayed!!!!

A brand new trailer for Season 2 just landed on the YouTube channel revealing the release date to be the 5th August, but it appears that MB & Homeland have had to change the date to the 7th October.
But why?
Well it appears to be because of filming issues. From what we've been told they are booking a place to film in but it isn't available until the end of August meaning the season can't be out before then.

Samuel Moore & Graham Bray
Filming Season 2

So what is the new release date then?
Episode 1 will be released the 7th October
Episode 2 the following week 14th October
Episode 3 the week after that 21st October

Hopefully this clears things up with people who might get confused in the near future.

The Timeline Of MB & Homeland Studios

MB & Homeland has been around for nearly 10 years now, so we thought we'd dedicate a blog post to the history of MB & Homeland and its members.

Birthdays of Members:
10th March 1961 - Colin Bray was born
30th December 1963 - Graham Bray was born
15th October 1965 - Sarah Bray was born
17th August 1993 - Co-Founder Tom Skinner was born
26th October 1994 - Will Britton was born
1st November 1994 - Jessica Bray was born
13th October 1995 - Aaron Hooper was born
2nd March 1998 - Jordan Crowther-Russell was born
20th March 1998 - Samuel Moore was born
10th April 1998 - Tom Ford was born
3rd May 1998 - Co-Founder Mark Bray was born
4th November 1998 - Isaac Cuozzo was born
19th June 1999 - Franki Lang was born
3rd May 2000 - Brandon Messer was born
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It begins:
August 2006 - MB & Homeland was founded and filming began on Series 1
April 2007 - We finished filming Episode 1 -5
November 2007 - We finished filming Episode 6
March 2009 - We finished filming Episode 7
July 2009 - We finished filming Episode 8-9

We took a break between July 2009 to January 2012

The return:
15th January 2012 - Writing finished on Star Wars The Padawan I
19th January 2012 - Writing finished on Star Wars The Padawan II
February 2012 - Filming began on Star Wars The Padawan I
July 2012 - Filming finished on Star Wars The Padawan I, Work on The Padawan II began
24th June 2013 - Filming began on Star Wars The Padawan II
2nd September 2013 - Doctor Who 'Onwards & Upwards' Script was written
13th January 2014 - Filming finished on Star Wars The Padawan II
8th April 2014 - Filming began on Doctor Who 'Onwards & Upwards'
13th April 2014 - The YouTube channel was created
21st September 2014 - Filming began on Doctor Who Series 2
20th October 2014 - Filming finished on Doctor Who 'Onwards & Upwards'
5th August 2015 - Filming began on Political Rage Season 1
22nd July July 2015 - Filming finished on Doctor Who Series 2 Episode 1-5
19th September 2015 - Filming began on Doctor Who Series 3
15th October 2015 - Filming finished on Doctor Who Series 2 Episode 6-7
21st December 2015 - Filming finished on Doctor Who Series 2 Episode 8-9
14th May 2016 - Filming finished on Political Rage Episode 2

That's all of MB & Homeland so far, hopefully in July 2016 Doctor Who FanFilm Series 3 will go online along with our 10th Anniversary special, who knows where we'll be in 10 years time.

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

Current Plans & Future Projects

At the moment at MB & Homeland we are currently putting together a short series of 7 Episodes of Doctor Who. We are releasing 5 of those 7 episodes from 11th July - 8th August this year. The other 2 will come out Christmas Day 2015 and New Years Day 2016.

3D Model Dalek
Edited By Mark Bray

We hope this year to start filming a new series called 'Political Rage' which we hope will come out Autumn 2016. This series will start Graham Bray, Samuel Moore & Mark Bray. Filming is scheduled to begin on 'Political Rage' Sunday 31st May 2015.

Screenshot From A Short Teaser Trailer
Going On YouTube In June 2015

We are also hoping to start remastering our second Star Wars movie. We recently remastered our 2012 Star Wars fan film 'The Padawan' by adding new sound effects, filters, soundtrack, lightsaber special effects and many more. We are also planning on remastered our second Star Wars fan film 2013 'The Padawan II The Return' by adding the same stuff. Remastering will hopefully begin in August and 'Star Wars The Padawan II The Return Remastered' should hopefully be going on YouTube in May 2016. A trailer will be going online in January 2016

Screenshot From 'Star Wars The Padawan II The Return 2013'
(From Left) Samuel Moore, Tom Skinner & Mark Bray

Still talking about Star Wars, we are planning on filming a third Star Wars fan film; starting early next year, and it is called 'Darkness Of The Republic', It will go online in May 2017.

Screenshot From The First Test Credits
For Star Wars 'Darkness Of The Republic'

We are hoping to start filming our own original movie late June. This movie is yet to be named. We originally began filming it in February 2013 before it was cancelled. The original name was 'Doors The Movie'. We are thinking of changing the name from 'Doors' to something else. We did plan on bringing out this movie in December 2015 before it was cancelled for a second time. Now we are bringing it back again for a third time. This time it won't come out until February/March 2016 and is yet to be named.

Screenshot from old footage, filming of 'Doors'
back on the 27th February 2013
(The same day it was cancelled)

Nothing has been confirmed about this yet but we are hoping at some point in the near future to bring out our own James Bond fan film. From Thursday 10th January - Thursday 7th March 2013. Mark Bray wrote a James Bond script called 'Daybringer'. A cast list for this film has yet to be released but it is believed that either Tom Skinner will be playing James Bond or new member Aaron Hooper. These are just rumours. This film will probably come out late 2016, early 2017.

Screenshot From Doctor Who 'Onwards & Upwards' 2014 Fan Film
Tom Skinner who is most likely to play James Bond next year

We are slowly getting episodes together for the next series of Doctor Who. We are currently filming our second series and are slowly putting plans together for our third series which will come out Summer 2016. We don't know yet if Samuel Moore will stay on for a second series or get replaced by someone else. The most likely people to replace Samuel Moore are Tom Skinner, Aaron Hooper or Graham Bray. Filming on Series 3 will take place later this year.

Possible intro logo for series 3 created
by Mark Bray back in February 2015

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If you'd like to learn more, remember to comment and we will hopefully get back to you.

Thank you

Written by: Mark Bray

Anaylsing Footage

Today at MB & Homeland we are analysing some footage from our Doctor Who series and from new products that will be coming to YouTube soon. Looking at some Star Wars animation we've begun editing and the intro of Political Rage.

Picture from when we analysed our old
Star Wars Film (2013)

The people analysing today is Ben Durrant, Graham Bray, Mark Bray & Samuel Moore. They will all sit down at 16:00 GMT to watch the footage and give their thoughts.

Coming Soon

Hello and Welcome to MB & Homelands personal blogger. Here we will post pictures and articles about what has been happening on the YouTube channel and on our Facebook/Twitter pages.

Mark Bray, Nicole Angeles, Tom Skinner & Samuel Moore
inside Bath Community Academy School hall after filming

This month we reached 30 subscribers which might not sound like much. But to us we are very grateful. The idea of 30 people liking our channel is pretty cool. We also reached over 2,600 views which is also really cool. We have people all around the world watching our videos, from Canada to Australia, From Ireland to America. We are really pleased with what we have achieved and would like to thank all our fans for supporting us, liking, commenting and sharing all are videos, and for subscribing.


News: We are planning on making a new series of 5 episodes (45 minutes each) which will come out next year and is called 'Political Rage', The series is an adaptation of the Short Film 'The Secret' written by Mark Bray. The series will follow the lives of 3 politicians

Graham Bray, Samuel Moore & Mark Bray will star
as the three main protagonist

Possible Logo for the series
Created By Mark Bray

The Series will have three main characters; one Labour party member, one Conservative party member and one Liberal democrat. It will also feature several other characters such as a UKIP leader and a Green party leader. Filming is set to start August this year. Other people who will star in the series are  Tom Skinner, Nicole Angeles & Ben Durrant. The series will me written by Mark Bray with the help from Tom Skinner, Graham Bray & Samuel Moore. It will be produced by Colin, Mark & Graham Bray and directed by Tom Skinner, Samuel Moore & Mark Bray


Thank you for reading our first blog post.
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We hope you have enjoyed this new Blogger page. If you'd like to learn more, remember to comment and we will hopefully get back to you.

Thank you

Written by: Mark Bray