UK TV

An archive of blog entries about UK TV programmes and production.

Joe Pasquale as Frank Spencer
News

Nurse Ratched Cuckoo’s Nest prequel; Veep, Blood Drive cancelled; + more

7 September 2017 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Theatre

  • Joe Pasquale to play Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em stage show

Internet TV

  • Roku to add free The Roku Channel movie service
  • Netflix green lights: two seasons of Ryan Murphy One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest prequel Ratched, with Sarah Paulson

International TV

  • Julia Davis joins Channel 4 (UK)/Amazon’s Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

  • Tim Reid and Alkoya Brunson to recur on CBS’s Me, Myself & I
Killjoys
News

Killjoys renewed; Dark Matter cancelled; The CW’s female-centric horror; + more

4 September 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

International TV

New UK TV shows

US TV

New US TV shows

 

TV Cream's anniversary cassette
Events

TV Cream is 20 years old tomorrow

30 August 2017 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

For those of you who don’t know, TV Cream is one of those annoying things in life (eg, Mark Kermode) that makes me wonder if I should continue doing something (eg, reviewing movies) since they do it so much better than I do. Celebrating its 20th birthday tomorrow, it’s pretty much the most comprehensive guide to Classic (rather than necessarily classic) TV, movies, books, music et al from back when we were all youngsters.

While I used to contribute to sister site Off The Telly back in the day, my sole real contribution to TV Cream was to ensure its guide to The Aphrodite Inheritance was accurate (my guide is still the toppest on the internet, mind). Perhaps because my input was so small, my few brushes with wider fame on Radio 5 and the like have led to nothing, while some of TV Cream’s more important contributors have actually been successful in life. Or maybe there’s some other reason.

Seen a TV clips show? Then you’ll almost certainly have seen TV Cream’s Steve Berry making some cogent comments on it. Enjoyed Adventures with the Wife in Space? That’ll be TV Cream’s Neil and Sue Perryman*. However, that’s far from the site’s full staff roster, so don’t go thinking that’s all there is to it.

Anyway, to celebrate their birthday, tomorrow the site will be unveiling an hour-long ‘anniversary cassette’ that shows what a talented bunch of people they all are, as well as just how many contributions Steve Berry has made to TV clips shows. There’s a couple of trailers below and if you come back here tomorrow, you’ll be able to see the full mix tape in action. I’ve seen it – I wish I was that talented.

* TV Cream tells me that Neil and Sue are best regarded as ‘friends of TV Cream’ rather than contributors

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Child In Time
BAFTA events

What TV’s on at BAFTA in September 2017? Including The Child in Time

25 August 2017 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Every month (more or less), TMINE flags up what TV events BAFTA is holding around the UK

Quite a nifty one this time, given Benedict Cumberbatch is going to be there, but booking opened today (seriously, BAFTA? Emailing me at midday about this?) so hurry!

TV Preview: The Child in Time + Q&A

Monday, 18 September 2017 – 6:45pm
Princess Anne Theatre, BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London

A BBC adaptation of Ian McEwan’s award-winning novel, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kelly Macdonald. Followed by a Q+A with Exec Producer and actor Cumberbatch.

Written by BAFTA-nominee Stephen Butchard (Five Daughters) and directed by BAFTA-winner Julian Farino (Marvellous), this single drama follows children’s author Stephen Lewis (Cumberbatch), as he struggles to find purpose in his life after his daughter goes missing.

Stephen’s wife Julie (Macdonald) has left him and his best friends Charles (Stephen Campbell Moore) and Thelma (Saskia Reeves) have retired to the countryside, battling demons of their own. With tenderness and insight, the film explores the dark territory of a marriage devastated, the loss of childhood, the fluidity of time, grief, hope and acceptance.

Produced by Pinewood Television and SunnyMarch TV for BBC One and co-produced by MASTERPIECE. Executive Producers are Helen Gregory for Pinewood Television, Benedict Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland and David Boulter for SunnyMarch TV, Lucy Richer for the BBC, Rebecca Eaton for MASTERPIECE and Stephen Butchard.