April 2008 – Page 4 – The Medium is Not Enough

DS9‘s Nana Visitor to play Jason Vorhees’ mum in Friday the 13th remake?
Guillermo del Toro to direct Saturn and the End of Days
Sex and the City world premiere to be in London

Comics

Ender’s Game comic coming
Frank Miller to direct Hard Boiled adaptation?
Stan Lee to work as writer and editor for Virgin Comics

British TV

Harry Hill to make spoof soap for ITV
Steve Coogan to play gambling addict in BBC1 comedy drama
Work under way on a third series of The Street
Gavin & Stacey moving – to BBC1 or maybe BBC2?
Andrew Marr to front new history show [free registration required]
Another series for Two Pints
Absolutely reunion stage show planned?

US TV

Fontana and Levinson leave NBC’s The Philanthropist before it starts
Caprica to be as gritty as BSG
Family Guy writers sue Fox
Sarah Chalke returning to HIMYM
Terminator second season confirmed
Second season of Moonlight being worked on

Tuesday’s fabulous Absolutely news

22 April 2008 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Doctor Who

David Morrissey to appear in Christmas special [spoilers]

Film

DS9‘s Nana Visitor to play Jason Vorhees’ mum in Friday the 13th remake?
Guillermo del Toro to direct Saturn and the End of Days
Sex and the City world premiere to be in London

Comics

Ender’s Game comic coming
Frank Miller to direct Hard Boiled adaptation?
Stan Lee to work as writer and editor for Virgin Comics

British TV

Harry Hill to make spoof soap for ITV
Steve Coogan to play gambling addict in BBC1 comedy drama
Work under way on a third series of The Street
Gavin & Stacey moving – to BBC1 or maybe BBC2?
Andrew Marr to front new history show [free registration required]
Another series for Two Pints
Absolutely reunion stage show planned?

US TV

Fontana and Levinson leave NBC’s The Philanthropist before it starts
Caprica to be as gritty as BSG
Family Guy writers sue Fox
Sarah Chalke returning to HIMYM
Terminator second season confirmed
Second season of Moonlight being worked on

June at the BFI

21 April 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

It’s monthly round-up time for tele at the BFI. Here are the highlights of June’s schedule. Members’ postal booking starts 28 April; members’ online and phone booking opens 5 May; public booking opens 9 May.

Tony Hancock season: The Rebel (1st/4th), The Punch and Judy Man (23rd/30th), The Tony Hancock Show (2nd/28th), three episodes of Hancock’s Half Hour (13th), The Government Inspector + Face to Face (14th/26th), three episodes of Hancock, including The Blood Donor and The Radio Ham (18th)

13th: David Simon in conversation. Includes the first episode of The Wire, season five.

17th: Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais in conversation. Preceded by episodes of Porridge, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

25th: Michael Palin and Terry Jones introduce three recently recovered episodes of The Complete and Utter History of Britain

Review: Doctor Who – 4×3 – Planet of the Ood

21 April 2008 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Oh goody! It’s a returning monster!

Oh wait. It’s the Ood. We’re going to have to wait until next week for the Sontarans.

Ho hum.

All the same, for something of a filler episode in which everyone just ran up and down corridors a lot to cover up the fact the budget had all been spent on a snow machine, it wasn’t half bad.

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Month: April 2008

Wednesday’s Gavin & Stacey news

Tuesday’s fabulous Absolutely news

Tuesday’s fabulous Absolutely news

June at the BFI

Review: Doctor Who – 4×3 – Planet of the Ood

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent