Competition for US and Canadian readers?

You know how I’m always doing competitions for my UK readers that US and Canadian readers can’t take part in? Well, I’m in the process of sorting out a competition for you guys. The question is: do you want the chance to win the special edition, three-disc box set of the remastered version of Fawlty Towers? If there’s enough interest, I’ll set the wheels in motion. Email me, leave a comment below or Tweet me.

US TV

Review: Heroes 4×7 – Strange Attractors

In the US: Monday 26th October 2009, 8pm, NBC
In the UK: Start of March 2010, probably

After all the forward progress in terms of pacing that the show has made in the last couple of weeks, it’s a shame to have such a filler episode thrown in our faces this week. Still, there were a few good moments, most of them towards the end, to avoid it being a letdown. And Tracy was in it.

Spoilers and more after the jump.

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Today’s Joanna Page: Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

I’m sure you all tuned in to watch Joanna Page on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross last week. If you didn’t, you missed a clip from the third series of Gavin & Stacey as well the information that it’s going to be broadcast next month (no news about when it’ll be making its way over to BBC America, I’m afraid). Bad luck.

Anyway, just for your delectation, here she is again, courtesy of YouTube (unfortunately, sans Gavin & Stacey clip. You’ll have to go to the iPlayer for that: the interview starts at about 24 minutes in). It’s worth watching, even if you’re not a big Joanna Page fan, because

  1. You get to see Jonathan Ross out-talked by a woman
  2. You get to see the kind of speed the women of Swansea talk at if you’ve never seen it before (yes, lovely wife does talk that quickly)
  3. If you stick around until the end, you get a really cracking joke from Jo that leaves Jonathan speechless. Nice

Next time, it’ll be Adrenaline Junkie, where our Jo beats a bunch of blokes at powerboat racing and more. Cracking.

Castle gets Nathan Fillion to dress up like Captain Mal from Firefly

In case you missed it, Nathan Fillion’s new(ish) show Castle just did a massive Firefly shout-out by getting him to dress up like Captain Mal for Halloween. “Didn’t you wear that five years ago?”

It’s probably the best thing the show’s done, which tells you something about it. Still, at least it’s on the air, which is more than you can say about most things Nathan Fillion’s been in…