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Probably a bit cleaner and more polished than a genuine 60s movie’s, but these are a fun alternative set of titles for Mad Men.

Thursday’s “Eccles clash” news

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Doctor Who

Why Christopher Eccleston left Doctor Who?

Film

Ben Stiller to direct The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Teaser for The Amazing Spider-Man

British TV

Peep Show‘s Matt King writing Starlings for Sky 1
S4C welcomes government’s new funding plans
BBC Scotland’s Bournistoun to be repeated on BBC2 [subscription required]
The Hour gets 2.9m viewers

US TV

Jorja Fox back as a regular on CSI
Happily Divorced gets a second season
Amazon Prime to stream CBS library
New Secret Circle trailer

Thursday’s “Eccles clash” news

21 July 2011 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Why Christopher Eccleston left Doctor Who?

Film

Ben Stiller to direct The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Teaser for The Amazing Spider-Man

British TV

Peep Show‘s Matt King writing Starlings for Sky 1
S4C welcomes government’s new funding plans
BBC Scotland’s Bournistoun to be repeated on BBC2 [subscription required]
The Hour gets 2.9m viewers

US TV

Jorja Fox back as a regular on CSI
Happily Divorced gets a second season
Amazon Prime to stream CBS library
New Secret Circle trailer

Wednesday’s “sexless Touchwood” news

20 July 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Teeny tiny clips from part two of season six
Explicit sex scene to be cut from UK Torchwood broadcast
Miranda Hart stopped from taking Who role?

Film

Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf to star in The Company You Keep
300 writer takes on Spartacus

British TV

Sky Go app now available for iPad and iPhone

US TV

Jere Burns to recur on Burn Notice [spoilers]
Love Bites cancelled
Chuck‘s Mercedes Masöhn joins The Finder
Camelot‘s Liam Cunningham joins Game of Thrones
Jaime Murray joins Ringer
Teaser for Fringe season four

Tuesday’s “low quality Avengers” news

19 July 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises
Howard Gordon and James Wong developing 2084
Kevin Costner joins Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
Emma Watson for Beauty & the Beast?
A new Conan teaser trailer
Rhys Ifans and Javier Bardem confirmed for new Bond movie
Trailer/end scene for The Avengers – catch it quick!

British TV

Channel 4 and E4 acquire Homeland, Apartment 23 and New Girl

US TV

Love Bites‘ Constance Zimmer joins Royal Pains
Lost‘s Titus Welliver joins Powers
Breaking Bad gets best ever ratings
The Dark Tower movies and TV show cancelled
FX picks up Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story
Breaking Bad‘s Giancarlo Esposito to recur on Once Upon A Time
Single Ladies gets a second season
Acorn TV to stream British shows online
Ricky Gervais teams with Clyde Phillips for Afterlife
Dexter‘s David Ramsey to recur on Blue Bloods
Friday Night Lights finishes with 3.5m viewers

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Thursday’s “Eccles clash” news

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Tuesday’s “low quality Avengers” news

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