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September/October 2011 at the BFI

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Two months at once, so twice as many goodies this time round, including a Ken Loach season and a look back at the very beginnings of TV itself, as well as a preview of the next series of Misfits and a night of programmes featuring the ‘Seventh Python’ Neil Innes.

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A Doctor Who picture and trailer for the autumn

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Are you looking forward to it now? Apparently it’s going to be darker. Yes, darker.

Monday’s Chuck vs Luke news

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Film

Stargate‘s Christopher Judge joins The Dark Knight Rises
Rhys Ifans denies Bond appearance
Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire
Guy Pearce and Amy Ryan to star in Drake Doremus movie

Theatre

Thandie Newton to star in Death and the Maiden

British TV

Merlin gets a fifth series
Two Pints of Lager cancelled
National Theatre and Channel 4 to work together on joint projects
STV to finally air Downtown Abbey [subscription required]
BSkyB growth slowing
Anna Higgs to head Film4.0

US TV

Heroes‘ Jack Coleman joins Vampire Diaries
Another Hart of Dixie preview
Lily Tomlin to guest on NCIS
Pierce Brosnan to star in Stephen King’s Bag of Bones
The Wire‘s Michael Kenneth Williams joins Community
New trailer for The Walking Dead [spoilers]
Lost‘s John Terry joins Charlie’s Angels
USA’s Eden doesn’t get the go-ahead
Sanctuary to have a musical episode
Mark Hamill joins Chuck
Castle to have Ghostbusters and superhero-themed episodes

Friday’s inadmissible news

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Doctor Who

Karen Gillan to make theatre debut in Inadmissible Evidence
Caroline Skinner joins Doctor Who as producer

Film

Annette Bening to play Kristen Wiig’s mother in Imogene
Oscar Isaac joins The Bourne Legacy
Trailer for Drive
Trailer for Paranormal Activity 3
Escape from New York remake dumped

British TV

S4C announces details of its co-production fund
Barbara Machin adapting Susan Hill’s ghost story The Small Hand for BBC2 and Simon Serrailler’s crime books for ITV
Robert Bathurst joins Wild at Heart
Rick Edwards in Channel 4 Comedy Labs satire
The BBC’s new drama trailer
No firm plans for a second series of The Trip
Public service broadcasters’ spending on original programmes falls 6%

Canadian TV

Ratings for week of July 15

US TV

Heroes‘ Santiago Cabrera to guest star on Covert Affairs
Hot in Cleveland gets season high with 2.4m viewers
Robert Wagner exits Charlie’s Angels
Burn Notice gets digital comic spin-off
Trailer for Dexter – season 6 [spoilers]
New promo for The Ringer
Kenny Johnson joins Prime Suspect
More appalling leaked Wonder Woman clips
Clip from season 6 of Psych
Sundance Channel picks up ITV’s Appropriate Adult with Dominic West

Thursday’s “Eccles clash” news

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Doctor Who

Why Christopher Eccleston left Doctor Who?

Film

Ben Stiller to direct The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Teaser for The Amazing Spider-Man

British TV

Peep Show‘s Matt King writing Starlings for Sky 1
S4C welcomes government’s new funding plans
BBC Scotland’s Bournistoun to be repeated on BBC2 [subscription required]
The Hour gets 2.9m viewers

US TV

Jorja Fox back as a regular on CSI
Happily Divorced gets a second season
Amazon Prime to stream CBS library
New Secret Circle trailer

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September/October 2011 at the BFI

A Doctor Who picture and trailer for the autumn

Monday’s Chuck vs Luke news

Friday’s inadmissible news

Thursday’s “Eccles clash” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

Please watch I Walk Through Moscow – and I’m quoted!

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