UK TV

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

Wednesday’s “Ben Stiller’s Arrested Development, Kathy Bates joins American Horror Story and dancing with Starz” news

27 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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  • Michael Stahl-David and Patrick Heusinger to star in Fox’s Boomerang
  • Brittany Snow to star in Fox’s To My Future Assistant, Troy Gentle joins ABC’s How The Hell Am I Normal
  • Stephen Root to star in Fox’s To My Future Assistant, Delory Lindo joins NBC’s Believe
  • Patrick Flueger to star in NBC’s Hatfields & McCoys, Pablo Schreiber to co-star in NBC’s Ironside
  • Stephen Louis Grush joins ABC’s The Syndicate remake Lucky 7, Johnny Simmons joins The CW’s Blink
  • Toby Regbo to star in The CW’s Reign + other pilot casting
  • Patrick Fugit to star in ABC’s Reckless + other pilot casting
  • Jay Hernandez joins Fox’s Gang Related, Ana De La Reguera joins ABC’s Big Thunder
  • Casting on NBC’s Rand Ravich pilot
  • Lee Pace to star in AMC’s Halt & Catch Fire
  • Cam Giganet to star in CBS’s Reckless. Yes, there are two Recklesses
  • Lindsay Sloane to co-star in NBC’s Sean Hayes comedy, Colin Salmon and Robbie Kay to star in Bravo’s Rita
  • Tom Mison to star as Ichabod Crane in Fox’s Sleepy Hollow

Tuesday’s “Sky Living acquires Hannibal, Peter Capaldi to star in BBC1’s The Three Musketeers and Lindsay Lohan’s Anger Management” news

26 February 2013 Rob Buckley 9 Comments

Happy Birthday, Lovely Wife!

UK TV

  • Peter Capaldi to star in BBC1’s The Three Musketeers. No sign of Grégory Fitoussi, malheureusement
  • Sky Living acquires Hannibal
  • Trailer for BBC3’s zombie show In The Flesh

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Bob Godfrey is dead – here’s Newsnight’s tribute

25 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Bob Godfrey was one of the UK’s most famous and influential animators. Among his credits are Roobarb and Henry’s Cat, which anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s in the UK will almost certainly remember. He died last week, as did Richard Briars, the star of Ever Decreasing Circles, The Good Life et al, and also the narrator of Roobarb. Here’s how BBC2’s Newsnight paid tribute.

Monday’s “Gavin & Stacey US remake finds its Smithy, Mark Pellegrino is Jedikiah and Hill Harper quits CSI: NY for Covert Affairs” news

25 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

There’s a possibility the Daily News won’t be around tomorrow, since it might be celebrating its wife’s birthday (if she’s awake). Check in tomorrow to find out.

Film

UK TV

  • ITV to premiere 666 Park Avenue episode on ITV Player [subscription required]
  • TCM acquires Longmire
  • Sky to green light Give Out Girls
  • Robert Emms to star in BBC1’s Atlantis
  • Someone might be leaving Mr Selfridge [spoilers]

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New US TV show casting

  • Tom Green to star in NBC’s Camp, Anjelah N Johnson joins NBC’s About A Boy adaptation
  • Jorge Garcia to star in CBS’s The Ordained, Joe Lo Truglio to be a regular in Fox’s Andy Samberg comedy
  • Ken Jeong to star in ABC’s Spy remake
  • Connor Buckley (no, no relation) to star in Fox comedy, Inbar Levi to be a regular in Fox’s Gang Related
  • Andrea Anders to star in ABC’s Divorce, thus guaranteeing it almost instant death; Dustin Ybarra to play Smithy in Fox’s Gavin & Stacey remake Friends & Family, James Martinez joins CBS’s Intelligence
  • John Stamos to star in NBC’s I Am Victor
  • Yael Grobglas to star in The CW’s The Selection
  • Odette Annable and Bruce Greenwood to star in ABC’s Venice
  • Mark Pellegrino to play Jedikiah in The CW’s The Tomorrow People remake
  • James Van Der Beek to star in CBS’s Friends With Better Lives
  • Henry Ian Cusick to co-star in The CW’s The Hundred, Rhys Coiro joins CBS’s Hostages remake
  • Bridget Regan to star in ABC’s Murder in Manhattan, Angelique Cabral to star in Fox’s Enlisted
  • Peter Riegert to star in Fox’s Dads, Michael Weston to co-star in The CW’s Blink
  • Margo Martindale joins CBS’s Greg Garcia comedy
  • Melanie Lynskey joins HBO’s Togetherness

Top Gear tries out the new Kia Ceed with the help of Matt LeBlanc, Eric Clapton and Bruce Willis

22 February 2013 Rob Buckley Post a comment

The new model of the ‘reasonably priced car’ has been out for a few months now, so Top Gear has had to upgrade. That meant testing it first. And to do that, they got a few celebrities to help out, including Matt LeBlanc, Eric Clapton and Bruce Willis. Watch the whole thing though, particularly the bit aimed at salesmen having to carry around sodium and eels, since it’s the funniest thing you’ll see this week.

This, actually, is amazing though. It’s like Knight Rider.