BFI events

June 2011 at the BFI

Leonard Rossiter in Dr Knock

Sean Connery in the recently recovered Colombe

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in June. As well as a preview of David Hare’s first film as writer and director for 20 years and a showing of the Helen Baxendale drama The Investigator, there’s a season of British TV recovered from the Library of Congress, including Nigel Kneale’s updating of his original BBC adaptation of 1984, and two dramas featuring the music of Kinks frontman Ray Davies.

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Monday’s better Lantern news

Doctor Who

  • Teaser for Torchwood: Miracle Day
  • Extended Doctor Who trailer for BBC America

Film

Theatre

British TV

Ukrainian TV

  • Another Shameless remake [subscription required]

US TV

  • PTC not happy with The Playboy Club‘s nudity clause
  • Gale Anne Hurd to produce pirate drama Port Royal
  • NBC readying Passport as a back-door pilot
  • Christopher Lloyd joins a pilot
  • Eddie Izzard developing political drama for FX
  • HBO developing crime drama The Sector
  • Ed Helms to guest on Wilfred [registration/subscription required]
  • Malcolm McDowell to guest star on Psych
BFI events

April 2011 at the BFI

Press Gang - season two cast

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in April. As well as previews of an Arena documentary about George Martin and ITV’s The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (with Paddy Considine and Peter Capaldi), there’s a children’s TV drama of the 80s season called ‘Dramarama and Beyond’, which should be worth watching if only for the Dramarama episode Mr Stabs and the first episode of Steven Moffat’s Press Gang. Yes, I know that’s a season two picture, but would you rather have Lucy Benjamin or Gabrielle Anwar in-shot?

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