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The Faceless Ones
BFI events

What TV’s on at the BFI in February 2020? Including The Faceless Ones and Flesh and Blood

6 January 2020 Rob Buckley Post a comment

2020’s here, TMINE has just returned but the BFI is already thinking about February. Maybe it wants Valentine’s Day to come round quickly?

There’s not a huge amount on, mind, but there are some good talks at least:

  • A talk about Fellow Traveller
  • A talk about Of Mud & Flame: The Penda’s Fen Source Book
  • A talk about Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV
  • A preview of ITV’s Flesh and Blood + Q&A
  • Two discussions of Ready Steady Go!
  • A showing of the animated version of Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones + Q&A with Anneke Wills

All the deets after the jump.

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Miracle Workers
News

Killing Eve, Virgin River, Raising Dion renewed; Miracle Workers acquired; + more

6 January 2020 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Happy New Year everyone!

Theatre

Internet TV

French TV

UK TV

US TV

News

Departure, David Makes Man, Tropiques criminels, The Family Business renewed; Finding Joy acquired; + more

20 December 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Every weekday, TMINE brings you the latest TV news from around the world

The Daily News will return on 6 January 2020. Have a great holiday season and new year!

Internet TV

  • Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Clark Peters, Royce Pierreson et al to star in Netflix’s The Irregulars

Canadian TV

French TV

UK TV

  • Trailer for Sky Atlantic’s ZeroZeroZero
  • W acquires: Acorn (US)/RTE (Ireland)’s Finding Joy
  • ITV green lights: adaptation of Peter James’ Roy Grace crime novels, Grace, with John Simm

US TV

US TV show casting

New US TV shows

New US TV show casting

The Ash Tree
The Weekly Play

The TMINE Ghost Story for Christmas – The Ash Tree (1975)

19 December 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

As is TMINE’s want at this time of year, let’s celebrate the birth of Christ with a scary story by MR James.

Part of BBC Two’s legendary annual A Ghost Story For Christmas strand, The Ash Tree documents the tale of Sir Richard Fell, who has just inherited Castringham, a country seat with an unfortunate history. The house has been cursed since the day his ancestor, Sir Matthew Fell, condemned a woman to death for witchcraft. It is soon discovered that the ancient ash tree outside his bedroom window is the root of the problem…

Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, it stars Edward Petherbridge as Sir Richard and features that Lalla Ward off of Doctor Who as well. It was also written not by Gordon Clark for a change, but by David Rudkin of Artemis 81 and Penda’s Fen fame.

Enjoy!

Sex Education 2
BAFTA events

What (more) TV’s on at BAFTA in January? Including Sex Education 2

17 December 2019 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Every Tuesday, TMINE flags up what new TV events BAFTA is holding around the UK

BAFTA is going big on Sex Education this January, it seems, since as well as the Welsh event, there’s now going to be one in London, too.

Preview Screening: Sex Education 2 + Q&A

Friday, 10 January 2020 – 7:30pm
The May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LT

A preview of season 2 of the Netflix comedy-drama series, followed by a Q&A with key cast and crew.

Sex Education is about Otis Milburn, a socially awkward high school student who lives with his sex therapist mother, Jean. In season 1, Otis and his friend Maeve Wiley set up a sex clinic at school to capitalise on his intuitive talent for sex advice.

In season 2, as a late bloomer Otis must master his newly discovered sexual urges in order to progress with his girlfriend Ola whilst also dealing with his now strained relationship with Maeve.

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