Events

Previews of forthcoming events and reviews of past events.

Monday’s better Lantern news

4 April 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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

3 March 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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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Events

Inappropriate red carpet attire – number 1: the Black Swan look

7 February 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

So in an effort to get us all interested in the fact Rachel Stevens is hosting the Orange Wednesdays red carpet show for this year’s BAFTAs, they’ve got her all dolled up. Since she’s more famous these days for being really good on Strictly Come Dancing a year or two ago than for S Club 7 and her solo singing career (“Some Girls” wasn’t bad. Any others? Anyone?), the BAFTA organisers have got her dressed up as a dancer.

However, I’m not sure getting her to mimic Natalie Portman’s Black Swan look was the way forward…

Rachel Stevens as Black Swan

Rachel Stevens as the Black Swan