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Every week day, I let you know what’s happening in the world of television from around the world

Thursday’s lovely, lovely news

10 May 2007 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Bit luvvie, that.

Film

  • Two made-for-TV Star Wars movies to come?
  • May the biggest wuss win: Tim Roth will face off against Edward Norton in The Incredible Hulk
  • Looks like there are more Terminator things on the way
  • The Rock as Captain Marvel?

Music

British TV

US TV

Wednesday’s fun-filled news extravaganza

9 May 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Was that overselling it a bit, I wonder?

Film

Audio Plays

  • A 36-part audio Blake’s 7 series is now up on the SciFi Channel web site. Features none of the original cast, but does include Colin Salmon, Daniela Nardini, Michael Praed and Rula Lenska

Theatre

  • Orlando Bloom will make his West End debut in David Storey’s In Celebration

British TV

US TV

Tuesday’s post-bank holiday news

8 May 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Film

British TV

  • Film24 is taking over the Bonanza channel [free registration required]
  • ‘Unprecedented’ coverage of the Hay Festival due
  • The Beeb has indeed dropped out the Neighbours bidding war



US TV

Friday’s pre-Bank Holiday weekend news

4 May 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Doctor Who

  • There’s going to be a treat at the end of The Lazarus Experiment. Something that appears to involve John Simm

Film

  • Pierce Brosnan is likely to start soon on a sequel to The Thomas Crowne Affair called The Topkapi Affair
  • Maybe Jessical Biel was too buff. Liv Tyler is Betty Ross in The Incredible Hulk

Music

Australian TV

British TV

  • Bummed you can’t watch CSB’s pirate reality TV show Pirate Master? Don’t worry, Sky One’s just bought the rights [subscription required]

US TV

Thursday’s slightly greyer news

3 May 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Audio plays

  • Lots of Big Finish stuff is happening, including a third season of Sapphire and Steel

Film

  • Commit mental suicide: watch the trailer for Rush Hour 3
  • A picture of the final Iron Man suit
  • Michael Mann’s going to direct a film noir starring Leonardo DiCaprio

(Media) journalism

  • The Daily Mail wants to change its brand association from ‘Middle England’ to ‘Modern Mid Britain’. Good luck on that one, you frothing at the mouth loons [free registration required]
  • John Pilger is giving a talk about Freedom Next Time on 31st May. Includes a screening of Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror

Theatre

  • The cast of The Importance of Being Earnest are going walkabout tomorrow, starting in Trafalgar Square at 4.30pm

British TV

  • Sky has 340,000 new subscribers and 25% of its subscribers use Sky+ [free registration required]
  • Timewatch is 25
  • A new Abigail’s Party is being planned by the Beeb [subscription required]

US TV

  • Ruin the ending of this season of CSI for yourself (at least I didn’t put it in the headline, unlike a certain site and newspaper. Grrr…) [spoilers!]
  • HBO does Sex and the City again, except in Africa this time
  • Killing off all your cast limits you, apparently, says 24 co-exec producer David Fury
  • Thomas Dekker didn’t have a problem being gay on Heroes, he says
  • Masters of Science Fiction finally emerges into the schedules
  • Because television really is weird, how about a pirate reality TV show. No, really. Sixteen people are going to compete on CBS to become the Pirate Master