Monday’s “Fifth series for Being Human, more Stewart Lee and Maria Bello Touched” news

Doctor Who

Radio

  • Seven-part Ulysses to air in one day on Radio 4

UK TV

US TV

  • FX to adapt Fargo? [registration required]
  • Dexter creator to remake Canal+’s Pigalle, La Nuit for US TV
  • Everybody Loves Raymond‘s Doris Roberts to guest on Desperate Housewives
  • A new doctor for Royal Pains [spoilers]
  • Maria Bello joins Touch [minor spoilers]
  • FNL‘s Gaius Charles to recur on Necessary Roughness
  • Tricia Helfer to guest on Criminal Minds [minor spoilers]
  • Thursday ratings: Touch starts okay, Community, 30 Rock and others down

US TV pilots

Jason Isaacs says ‘Hello’ to Wittertainment

As you may know, Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo say ‘Hello’ to Jason Isaacs every Friday on their Radio 5 Live movie review show(as does Google UK and Jay Leno). The challenge to Jason Isaacs was to say ‘Hello’ back on his new NBC TV show Awake. A code word was to be included in an episode to let them know he’s listening, and that word was ‘Ukelele’.

That word has now been said.

And while we’re about it, here’s Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode sorting out the burning issue of whether Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was about spies or not – with swords.

Tuesday’s “Orlando Bloom to star in Zulu, Lucy Lawless in Top of the Lake and HBO’s Girls” news

Film

  • Jim Caviezel to star with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Tomb
  • Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou to star in Zulu

Radio

British TV

  • Martin Csokas to star in Sky Atlantic’s Falcón: The Blind Man of Seville
  • Call The Midwife most successful new BBC1 drama series for over 10 years
  • Francesca Annis and Alfred Molina to star in Victoria Wood’s Loving Miss Hatto
  • Lucy Lawless joins Top of the Lake

US TV

Monday’s “John Leguizamo is US Del Boy, Matthew Perry joins Good Wife, and Steve Coogan is Paul Raymond” news

Film

Radio

British TV

  • Last Hustle watched by 5.3m
  • Jennifer Saunders to star in Sharon Horgan’s Dead Boss
  • Vision TV adds foreign channels to Internet-connected Freeview HD boxes [subscription required]

US TV

Friday’s “E4 enters Suburgatory, futuristic Zorro, Fry goes to the Globe, and Malin Akerman” news

Film

  • Community‘s Gillian Jacobs joins Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey in Burt Wonderstone
  • Trailer for Wanderlust with Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Alda and Marlin Akerman
  • Gael Garcia Bernal to play futuristic Zorro

Radio

Theatre

British TV

  • E4 acquires Suburgatory
  • SyFy acquires Todd & The Book of Pure Evil
  • Dirk Gently details
  • Brian Cox (no, not that one) to star in Bob Servant Independent for BBC Four
  • UK Gold to invest millions in original content [subscription required]

French TV

  • TF1’s revenue static, profits drop 20%

US TV