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About Rob Buckley
I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.
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Six clips from Heroes: Redemption episodes 4×01-4×02

14 September 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Can’t get enough Heroes: Redemption clips? Here, in non-trailer form, are six clips from the first two episodes, featuring Hiro, HRG, Peter, Matt, Angela and two of the new villains. Have to say: the episodes are starting to looking pretty damn good.

Oh, and Louise Fletcher from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has just been confirmed as a guest star for episode three.

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UPDATE: Now with additional Tracy promo!

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Monday’s UK CBS news

14 September 2009 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Film

  • So much Disney news
  • James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn to star in Robert Redford’s Lincoln assassination movie The Conspirator
  • East is East to get a sequel: West is West
  • Gabriel Macht, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt join Ed Zwick romcom Love and Other Drugs
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan joins Red Dawn remake
  • Arnie, Bruce Willis and Sly Stallone shoot a scene together for The Expendables

British TV

  • STV defends dropping ITV1 dramas
  • CBS to launch six channels in the UK
  • Product placement to be allowed in British TV shows

US TV

  • Trailer for Hanks/Spielberg’s HBO mini-series The Pacific
  • Julian Sands to play middle-aged Jor-El on Smallville
  • Vampire Diaries gets largest ever ratings for a CW premiere
  • ABC orders pilots of 18 Years, a sitcom from Samantha Who?‘s Don Todd and a remake of Gavin & Stacey
  • TBS renews My Boys
  • ABC Family orders 10 more episodes of 10 Things I Hate About You, cancels Ruby and the Rockits
  • Eric McCormack gets a sitcom pilot

New idea – what do you think: the TV blog spotlight

11 September 2009 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

So it occurred to me that it might be a nice idea to start profiling some other blogs that readers might find interesting. You know the form, do a little email interview about the blog, the owner, why they set it up, what it covers, what they do – that sort of thing. That way y’all might get to know about some good reading and some good programmes you can watch (or bad programmes you can avoid).

I’m not sure how regular it would be and I’d like to get a few together before I start it, but do I hear any volunteers or suggestions for blogs that should be featured? I have a few ideas for whom to feature, but I’d like to gauge levels of support first.