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Articles by Rob Buckley

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.

Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen are joined by Leonard Nimoy this time

23 September 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Is that more or less awesome than Elmo?

Monday’s “Richard Coyle: undercover assassin, King and Maxwell cancelled and Nan returns” news

23 September 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film casting

Cynthia Nixon joins Life Itself

Trailers

Full trailer for Under The Skin with Scarlett Johansson

UK TV

Lifetime acquires: Witches of East End

New UK TV shows

Catherine Tate to return as Nan

New UK TV show casting

Four join Channel 4’s Roisin Conaty

US TV

TNT cancels: King and Maxwell
Trailer for season 4 of Raising Hope
Thursday ratings
Friday ratings

US TV show casting

DB Sweeney to recur on Two and a Half Men
Joelle Carter to guest on Castle
John Noble to recur on Sleepy Hollow

New US TV shows

Ken Jeong to star in and produce NBC’s Dr Ken
HBO green lights: pilot for The Brink
ABC developing Paul Scheer comedy
NBC green lights: pilot for A To Z
CBS green lights: pilot for Good Session
Syfy developing: Creature At Bay

New US TV show casting

Shiri Appleby to star in Lifetime’s Unreal
Richard Coyle to star in NBC’s Crossbones

Your first look at Henry Cavill as Napoleon Solo in The Man From UNCLE movie

20 September 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Yes, it’s finally happening – The Man From UNCLE movie is being filmed at last. And here’s Henry Cavill as Napoleon Solo. Looks the part, doesn’t he?

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The final Hannibal floral crown wearer arrives

20 September 2013 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

There was one last person on the Hannibal set who hadn’t worn the floral crown (don’t ask) but now, finally, he’s decided to wear it, too. Yes, Hugh Dancy – aka Will Graham himself – has joined in with the celebrations. How apt.

Friday’s “Copper cancelled, Susan Sarandon on Mike & Molly and VH1 has Hindsight” news

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Canadian TV

Kacey Rohl to star in Global’s Working The Engels

International TV

China and Japan adapting The Art of War

US TV

BBC America cancels: Copper
Wednesday ratings

US TV show casting

Susan Sarandon to guest on Mike & Molly
Stephen Macht to guest on USA’s Suits

New US TV shows

HBO red lights: The Missionary
Fox developing: hip-hop drama from Brian Grazer, Lee Daniels and Danny Strong
VH1 green lights: Hindsight pilot
TNT green lights: Steve Bochco’s Murder In The First

New US TV show casting

Stacy Keach, Dean Stockwell and Barry Bostwick to guest on Fox’s Enlisted
Janina Gavankar and Khary Payton to co-star on USA’s Love Is Dead, Tom Austen joins E!’s The Royals
Thomas Arana to guest on CBS’s Intelligence
Chris Geere and Aya Cash to star in FX’s You’re The Worst
Cynthia Nixon, Amy Sedaris join Alpha House
Ruth Negga to recur on ABC’s Agents of SHIELD
Beth Riesgraf to gust on ABC’s Killer Women

About TMINE

The Medium is Not Enough is dedicated to finding the best and worst TV and movies from around the world, with daily news, views and exclusive reviews. There’s a bit of a bias towards the latest and greatest US TV, but we also cover Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, European, Scandinavian, Israeli, and modern and classic UK TV, ranging from new Doctor Who to old Z Cars, and BBC Four to S4C. We also cover TV events run by the BFI, BAFTA and Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Add in competitions and an archive of reviews stretching back 16 years and you’ve one of the best sites on the web for media lovers.

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Articles by Rob Buckley

Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen are joined by Leonard Nimoy this time

Monday’s “Richard Coyle: undercover assassin, King and Maxwell cancelled and Nan returns” news

Your first look at Henry Cavill as Napoleon Solo in The Man From UNCLE movie

The final Hannibal floral crown wearer arrives

Friday’s “Copper cancelled, Susan Sarandon on Mike & Molly and VH1 has Hindsight” news

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