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Doctor Who

Torchwood – for kids
More Torchwood/Doctor Who crossovers possible

Film

Sam Worthington to star in Terminator Salvation
Paul Bettany to play an archangel
Film version of The Mighty Boosh now definite
Mel Gibson sued over Passion of the Christ screenplay
Piranha being remade?
Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Hayes and Isaac Hayes join cast of Soul Men

Radio

BBC7 looking for original content

British TV

CBBC looking for Grange Hill replacements

US TV

The strike is over!
Jay Leno behind the scenes of Knight Rider, complete with Kilmer voice
What’s the revised plan for season four of Lost?
A&E orders first scripted series in over six years: Benjamin Bratt’s The Cleaner
Joel Surnow quits 24

Tuesday’s local news

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Doctor Who

Steve Pemberton to appear in the new series
Christopher Eccleston to play Destro in GI Joe
Lots of pictures of Martha in Torchwood

Film

Luke Goss to star in Tekken?
Michelle Pfeiffer to reunite with Stephen Frears for Cheri?
Tolkien Trust sues New Line for cheating it out of $150m
Coen brothers to direct The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Renee Zellwegger to star in comedy based on George Hamilton’s childhood
20th Century Fox suing Warner Bros over Watchmen
V sequel movie coming?

Comics

Alex Cox discusses the sequel to Repo Man

British TV

Julia McKenzie is the new Miss Marple
Jamie Oliver told off for plugging his own tool
Echo Beach ratings quite bad indeed [free registration required]

US TV

ABC picks up nine series for next season, including Dirty Sexy Money and Samantha Who?
More Kitchen Nightmares coming
Lance Reddick almost played Bubbles in The Wire
The market for British shows in the US
Next season of 24 postponed for a year
PBS picks Rita Rudner for its first comedy special
The Riches’ new season starts March 18th

Tuesday’s local news

12 February 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Steve Pemberton to appear in the new series
Christopher Eccleston to play Destro in GI Joe
Lots of pictures of Martha in Torchwood

Film

Luke Goss to star in Tekken?
Michelle Pfeiffer to reunite with Stephen Frears for Cheri?
Tolkien Trust sues New Line for cheating it out of $150m
Coen brothers to direct The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Renee Zellwegger to star in comedy based on George Hamilton’s childhood
20th Century Fox suing Warner Bros over Watchmen
V sequel movie coming?

Comics

Alex Cox discusses the sequel to Repo Man

British TV

Julia McKenzie is the new Miss Marple
Jamie Oliver told off for plugging his own tool
Echo Beach ratings quite bad indeed [free registration required]

US TV

ABC picks up nine series for next season, including Dirty Sexy Money and Samantha Who?
More Kitchen Nightmares coming
Lance Reddick almost played Bubbles in The Wire
The market for British shows in the US
Next season of 24 postponed for a year
PBS picks Rita Rudner for its first comedy special
The Riches’ new season starts March 18th

Monday’s strike-ending news

11 February 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Doctor Who and Torchwood helping US networks
Cath Tregenna shares Torchwood writing secrets

Film

Kristen Bell to star in fantasy rom-com When in Rome
New Tron game planned
Ellen Page to star in Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell
Guillermo del Toro considering Doctor Strange

British TV

Virgin 1’s Sarah Connor viral
BBC buys Chuggington [free registration required]
Ashes to Ashes gets seven million viewers for first episode
Rob Brydon to make a programme about being Welsh
Caroline Aherne writing comedy film for ITV
Lenny Henry says British TV is racist

US TV

The strike is almost over
Battlestar Galactica returns in April, preceded by two half-hour specials
Chat with the new Lost Brit [minor spoilers]
When’s your favourite show coming back, now the strike’s nearly over?

Friday’s creeky news

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Doctor Who

Burn Gorman hints at Doctor Who monsters (or people) visiting Torchwood

Commercials

No more Hoff for Pipex

British TV

Proper Mac iPlayer due by end of the year
Virgin 1 picks up Peter Jones’ American Inventor
ITV4 and CITV to get more hours and money [free registration required]

US TV

Now Lee Majors socks it to the Bionic Woman
Dawson Creek’s Joshua Jackson to be male lead on JJ Abrams’ Fringe
Jerry Seinfeld says he’s too old for TV
BBC Worldwide planning US version of the iPlayer [free registration required]
Mike Judge producing a new cartoon for ABC
Production stopped on Dirt and The Riches

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