Did you hear? It's the weekend tomorrow.
Doctor Who
- A special Comic Relief comic BeanoMax will feature the Daleks and David Tennant, as well as Jonathan Ross and Jamie Oliver.
Film
- Capricorn One is up for a remake
- So is Spies Like Us
- Sony is turning Metal Gear Solid into a movie.
- Borat 2 is on the way
British TV
- There's a German version of Life on Mars on the way. If you look carefully, there's a spoiler in one of the article's quotes that gives away the entire reason why Sam is in 1973. I don't think he meant to say what he did...
- Sky is planning a new, free digital terrestrial TV service. Only problem: it doesn't work with Freeview boxes. Sounds attractive, no?
- A preview of new ITV drama Instinct
- Steve Coogan is going to host a Classic Coogan weekend on UKTV G2
- There's more Secret Millionaire on the way [subscription required]
US TV
- Lost's new time slot hasn't helped it in the ratings
- Paul McCrane talks about being Jack Bauer's brother (spoilers)
- A panel chat about Heroes by the show's execs reveals attitudes to Lost plus future plans (spoilers)
- Someone else joins my quest to get Liev Schreiber a permanent job on CSI with William Petersen. (spoilers)
- Richard Schiff talks about the final season of The West Wing and where it went wrong
- Sarah Silverman's new show got the highest ranking premiere of the last three years on Comedy Central
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February 11, 2007 | Reply
I heard RS talking about The WW on radio the other day; he wasn't quite as explicit there as in this article but I understand his frustration. That character shift was one of the key things I still hated about the last couple of seasons. As the series progressed the people involved on writing and production increasingly lost the sense of who these characters were, their inner consistency or inconsistencies and imposed stories on them almost regardless of past histories. Saddening.
February 11, 2007 | Reply
I can understand a remake of Capricorn One, but Spies Like Us? (As long as they don't drag Paul McCartney into it again.)
As for Heroes, who wants to bet it gets a cover story in the Guide with Saturday's Guardian?
February 12, 2007 | Reply
Interesting. Possible even. But it took them ages to put Minoriteam on the cover and Heroes is going to air on SciFi, so I suspect their digital credentials may not be good enough for an instant Heroes preview.
February 13, 2007 | Reply
True, but the lovely Hayden et al are on the cover of TV & Satellite Week this week (they don't usually do Sci-Fi) and it's already been mentioned elsewhere in the Grauniad. If not now, when BBC2 starts it. (I really hope they aren't going to be showing every episode five nights a week...)