European TV

Doctor Who

• Two minutes from Christmas episode to feature on Children in Need
• Andy Serkis up for Doctor Who role
• Big Finish licence renewed
• Long interview with RTD and John Barrowman from the Cheltenham Literary Festival

Film

• Harry Potter trailer
• Amy Adams to star in Daughter of the Queen of Sheba
• Natalie Portman to star in Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
• William The Conqueror on the way
• Jean Reno joins Couples Retreat
• Warner Bros picks up rights to turn Ninja Scroll into live action feature
• Adrien Brody to star in The Courier

Radio

• Complaints over Russell Brand phone prank reach 1,500

Theatre

• James McAvoy and Nigel Harman to star in Three Days of Rain

French TV

• French government buys out shares in France 24

British TV

• Spin-off of Five Days planned
• Poor ratings for Britannia High
• FX commissions first original series
• Robert Carlyle to star in Zig Zag Love
• Bagpuss to return
• Channel 4 picks up 90210
• BBC2 to make finance drama
• Brooker and Morris working on Nathan Barley sequel

US TV

• The Ex List cancelled
• Starz to make Spartacus
• Original Dollhouse pilot will not air
• Life swaps with Lipstick Jungle in the schedules
• ABC and Fox working on My Mom Is Hot and Broke Friends
• Mad Men finale gets 1.75 million viewers
• A&E renews The Cleaner
• Megan Dodds gets talent-holding deal at Fox
• CBS working on witches, hotels and doctors
• Nathan Lane to play gay brother on ‘Til Death