News

Friday’s last news of the week

David Tennant in Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Film

British TV

  • Martin Freeman from The Office gets his own Channel 4 show, written by Toby Whithouse, about a washed-up magician
  • Mark Gatiss’s The Vesuvius Club will be adapted by the Beeb, with potential adaptations of The Devil in Amber and its forthcoming sequel as well [free registration required]
  • The A-Team reunite to contact George Peppard on Most Haunted?

US TV

Thursday’s “I have a cold” news

Doctor Who

  • 101 things you didn’t know (or care?) about Doctor Who

Film

Radio/British TV

  • Normally it goes the other way: Radio 4 is making a show based on BBC2’s QI [free registration required]

US TV

Third-episode verdict: Drive

Drive is proving somewhat erratic. After a not terribly great start, it perked right up with a cracking second episode that completely flipped Nathan Fillion’s character. It’s third episode, though, was pretty rubbish, despite a couple of interesting moments. The poor old Carusometer doesn’t know which way to look (does it ever?), so we’re going to hold out for a fifth-episode verdict this time.

The theme tune, incidentally, is growing on me. I’m not sure it’s a great choice for the show itself – I’m petitioning Fox to acquire the rights to ‘Drive!‘, the theme tune to 80s tatt Hardcastle and McCormick – but it’s quite nice in itself.

Wednesday’s news

Film/Books

  • Julia Stiles to star in a Sylvia Plath adaptation. And I really mean adaptation. Says an exec, “We don’t want to do a depressing descent into the world of suicide”. Hmm…

US TV