Here’s a little vid of the BBC’s showing the highlights of their current and forthcoming drama output. Full details after the jump, but there’s Idris Elba in Luther, Billie Piper in A Passionate Woman, Christopher Eccleston in Lennon Naked, Douglas Henshall in The Silence, Alan Bleasdale’s The Sinking of the Laconia, as well as bits from Ashes to Ashes, Doctor Who (nothing new), Being Human, Survivors and The Deep.
Month: January 2010
Wednesday’s Mannequin on the move news
Film
- Stephen Norrington to write and direct WW2 film The Lost Patrol
- Peter Sarsgaard to play the villain in Green Lantern?
- Vera Farmiga and Michelle Monaghan sign up for Duncan Jones’ Source Code
- Paul Rudd and Zach Galifinakis to star in Angel comedy Will
- Chris Rock to remake La Premiere Etoile
- Mannequin remake being planned
- Trailer for remake of Chloe with Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore
- Peter Serafinowicz to play Paul McCartney in remake of Yellow Submarine
British TV
- Hugh Dennis to replace James May on Oz and James’ Big Wine Adventure? [registration required]
- Law & Order watched by 5.6m viewers
- Glee does well, too
- iPlayer now available
Canadian TV
- Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald to make half-hour 80s nostalgia comedy for Canwest
US TV
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw to star in JJ Abrams’ Undercovers
- ABC Family renews Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make It Or Break It
- Matthew Perry’s Mr Sunshine pilot greenlit by ABC
- Modern Family, Cougar Town and The Middle renewed by ABC
- Dana Delany to guest on Castle
- David Strathairn to guest on House
- Take a tour of the new CTU from 24
- Chuck does well, Heroes does badly on Monday
- A teaser trailer for HBO’s Treme
- Writers for Being Human announced
US TV
Preview: Archer 1×1
In the US: Thursdays, 10pm, FX. Starts January 14th, 2010
Who doesn’t want to be a spy? Imagine the glamour, the excitement, the women/men you’d meet.
Of course, reality is going to be a whole lot different. It’s all going to be screwed-up people stuck in relatively normal workplaces, quibbling about expense accounts – at gunpoint.
That, at least, is the premise of FX’s new half-hour animated comedy Archer, which features the daring exploits of Sterling Archer, ace superspy for top secret organisation ISIS.
What kind of man is Sterling Archer? Well, imagine James Bond. Imagine his lifestyle, all the glamour, the excitement, the women – then imagine that instead of James Bond, you have an American, trust fund-holding, egotistical, self-centred, empty-headed, misogynistic jock douchebag with mummy issues.
It’s brilliant.
The Better Off Ted swearathon
Gentle ABC workplace comedy Better Off Ted recently had an episode in which an office memo inadvertently told everyone to insult one another. Being a primetime network show, the fruity language was relatively tame.
Fortunately, during recording, the cast were allowed to go wild and here are the out-takes to prove that yes, swearing is big, fun and clever. There’s some good ‘uns in there. Enjoy (although probably not with the sound up if you’re at work)!
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Tuesday’s Chuck me news
Film
- Arrested Development movie to start shooting this year
- Antoine Fuqua to direct Consent to Kill
- Spiderman 4 dead
- Stuart Townsend quits Thor
British TV
- Being Human returns with 1.41m viewers
US TV
- Glee gets a second season
- Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White to star in TV Land comedy pilot Hot in Cleveland
- Rita Rocks cancelled
- Jack and Dan becomes Code 58, to air in Summer
- Chuck‘s return gets best ratings since 3D special
- Watch the first 9 minutes of the CW’s Life Unexpected
- FlashForward to reveal secrets when it returns
- Dollhouse gets 2.4m viewers