Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world
Wednesday’s soap stars on the farm news
Doctor Who
- A chance to win a trip behind the scenes, plus the title of the Christmas special
- RTD turned down George Lucas
Film
- Billy Crystal joins The Tooth Fairy
- Bruce Willis to make his directorial debut
- Unbreakable 2?
- Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine to join Scarlet Johansson’s Brilliant?
Art
- Edvard Munch’s ‘The Vampire’ to be auctioned
Music
- A Kinks reunion?
- One-off show for the Killers to launch new album
Theatre
- American Psycho: The musical!
- Sunday openings for all London theatres?
British TV
- Matt Lucas and David Walliams back UK version of Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die comedy web site
- Lipstick Jungle premiere gets 198,000 viewers on Living
- Second series of Shaun the Sheep commissioned
- Final episode of The Wire gets just 36,000 viewers
- Amanda Donohoe and Maxwell Caulfield join Emmerdale
- Channel 4 to fire staff, cut budgets
- What’s this? An original ITV drama? No it’s Britannia High
US TV
- Promo for Little Britain USA
- Heroes‘ ratings down 25% on last year
- TNT commissions a crime micro-series to air during Law & Order
- Lisa Kudrow to star in web series for Lexus
- Karate kid Ralph Macchio to appear on Ugly Betty