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What TV’s on at the BFI in May 2013 + The Wednesday Play (on Thursday): The Spongers (1978)
It’s time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of May 2013. This month, as well as the continuing celebration of Doctor Who, which reaches the Peter Davison years with The Caves of Androzani…
…there’s a Missing Believed Wiped special and the first half of a season of Tony Garnett’s work, that’s partly a Ken Loach season and which also includes Roland Joffé’s directorial debut, The Spongers, which I will arbitrarily declare this week’s Wednesday Play (on Thursday). Set during the 1977 Jubilee celebrations, Jim Allen’s script focuses on the plight of Pauline as she struggles to make ends meet. With a searing contemporary relevance, the film shows the human cost of decisions made by bureaucratic committees as council budgets are put under increasing pressure. Christine Hargreaves’ performance is devastating as we see the full impact of these decision on her children. One of the most important plays of the 70s, it still speaks loudly to our conscience today. Don’t forget to watch it at the BFI if you like it!
Thursday’s “HBO’s Borgen, CBS renews 9 shows, and Pixie Lott joins George Gently” news
The Daily News will be back on Tuesday – have a nice Easter weekend!
Doctor Who
- Three new Doctor Who clips
- Sophia Myles returning to Who?
Film
- No sequel to Dredd
- Bad Ass getting a sequel
Film casting
- Kate Mara joins Transcendence
- Peter Fonda to star in Milton’s Secret
- Anne Hathaway, Chloe Moretz and Sam Rockwell to star in Laggies
- Nicola Peltz to star in Transformers 4
Trailers
- Trailer for Kick Ass 2
- US and International trailers for The Wolverine
UK TV
- Pixie Lott to guest on Inspector George Gently
- More casting on Atlantis
US TV
- CBS renews (deep breath): Elementary, The Good Wife, 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, NCIS: LA, Person of Interest, The Mentalist, Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods
- ReelzChannel acquires Cracked
- Tuesday ratings: NCIS: LA hits low, Go On and New Normal surge
US TV show casting
- Adrian Pasdar to recur on Burn Notice
- Karissa Lee Staples to be a regular on Necessary Roughness
- Luke Grimes joins True Blood
New US TV shows
- Bravo red lights The Joneses, puts Witch Hunt into development
- NBC working on Chicago Fire spin-off
- Netflix orders 10 episodes of Sense8
- HBO developing adaptation of Borgen [subscription required]
- Trailer for How To Live With Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)
New US TV show casting
- Paul Adelstein to star in CBS’s show formerly known as (SFKA – new jargon, guys) Mother’s Day
- Regina King to co-star in ABC’s Divorce: A Love Story
- Rob Huebel joins CBS’s Jacked Up, Griffin Newman to star in untitled NBC comedy pilot
French TV
Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 4×9-4×12 (France: Canal+; UK: BBC Four)
In France: Canal+. Aired last autumn
In the UK: Saturday 9/16 March, 9pm, BBC4
Blimey. We’re already done. In fact, we were done a week ago, but because I’ve been a tad busy, finding the time to watch and review four whole episodes of Spiral after a week away proved a lot harder than I thought (note to BBC4: next time, show one episode a week if you want me to review them on time. There, I’m sure that will affect their scheduling policy). Plus there’s only four of you reading these things anymore, now the BBC has stopped linking back to blogs that link to them. Ho hum.
Anyway, let’s go in and discuss suicide, terrorists, death, counselling (and lack thereof) and abusive lovers. Who says the French are culturally pre-disposed to misery, when they have rolicking good fun like this?
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What if Blossom and Six were in Girls?
Featuring Jenna Von Oy, who played Six LeMeure in Blossom. You probably have to have watched Girls as well to get it. Anyone want to draw that particular demographic Venn diagram?
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