UK TV

News

Doctor Who

Premiere sets BBC America ratings record…
…while 6.5m watch on BBC1

Film

The Killing‘s Mireille Enos joins World War Z
Ian Holm joins The Hobbit, Rob Kazinsky leaves
Trailer for Our Idiot Brother with Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer
Vera Farmiga joins Safe House
Jeremy Renner to star in The Bourne Legacy
Kate Beckinsale to take the Sharon Stone role in Total Recall remake?
Alan Partridge film starts shooting next year
Johnny Depp to cameo in 21 Jump Street

British TV

A Psychoville press pack

US TV

The Borgias gets a second season
The Paul Reiser Show cancelled after two episodes
Blue Bloods creators leave the show after a season
Elisabeth Harnois joins CSI as a regular
Cliff Curtis joins Missing
Parenthood finale gets 25% ratings increase
Smallville, Fringe ratings slip
No Vampire Diaries-Secret Circle crossovers

Question of the week: what’s your favourite Lis Sladen/Sarah Jane memory?

20 April 2011 Rob Buckley 9 Comments

Because of today’s sad news, it’s a very simple question this week:

What’s your fondest memory of Elisabeth Sladen?

It can be of her personally, of Sarah Jane Smith or one of the other characters she played. My favourites, oddly enough, are from the BBC’s adaption of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver in Lilliput, where she played a Lilliputian, from School Reunion when she meets with David Tennant’s Doctor outside the TARDIS for the first time, and from her first Doctor Who spin-off, K9 and Company, when she actually gets to kick in one of the baddies in a fight for the first time.

But how about you?

Answers below or a link to your response on your own blog, please

Wednesday’s sad news

20 April 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

The Daily News will return on Tuesday 26th April

Doctor Who

RIP Lis Sladen aka Sarah Jane Smith

Film

Leven Rambin joins The Hunger Games
Patrick Warburton joins Ted
Ben Affleck won’t be in The Great Gatsby

British TV

Game of Thrones scores a Sky Atlantic ratings record
The Reckoning gets 5.3m viewers

US TV

Game of Thrones gets a second season
Joe Pantoliano and Eriq La Salle to recur on How To Make It In America
Mary Steenburgen to play Elijah Wood’s mum on Wilfred
NBC’s Monday line-up hits season low

Wednesday’s sad news

20 April 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

The Daily News will return on Tuesday 26th April

Doctor Who

RIP Lis Sladen aka Sarah Jane Smith

Film

Leven Rambin joins The Hunger Games
Patrick Warburton joins Ted
Ben Affleck won’t be in The Great Gatsby

British TV

Game of Thrones scores a Sky Atlantic ratings record
The Reckoning gets 5.3m viewers

US TV

Game of Thrones gets a second season
Joe Pantoliano and Eriq La Salle to recur on How To Make It In America
Mary Steenburgen to play Elijah Wood’s mum on Wilfred
NBC’s Monday line-up hits season low

Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 3×5-3×6

19 April 2011 Natalia Romanova 7 Comments

In France: Some time last Summer
In the UK: Saturday 16th April, 9pm, BBC4. iPlayer: Episode 5, Episode 6

Well, we’re at the point where the less said about this on the front page, the better, so join me after the jump to discuss episodes 5 and 6 of season 3 of BBC4/Canal+’s Engrenages (Spiral), which is rapidly turning out to be France’s version of The Wire – season 5, or possibly the very first Prime Suspect.

Continue reading “Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 3×5-3×6”

About TMINE

The Medium is Not Enough is dedicated to finding the best and worst TV and movies from around the world, with daily news, views and exclusive reviews. There’s a bit of a bias towards the latest and greatest US TV, but we also cover Canadian, Australia, New Zealand, European, Scandinavian, Israeli, and modern and classic UK TV, ranging from new Doctor Who to old Z Cars, and BBC Four to S4C. We also cover TV events run by the BFI, BAFTA and Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Add in competitions and an archive of reviews stretching back 16 years and you’ve one of the best sites on the web for media lovers.

Mark Carroll My goodness, I'm so sorry to learn of your loss, from what you share above it's clear that you were very lucky to have found each other. I liked learning over the years a little of what...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
TMINE Thank you It’s been a devastating time for all of us but it’s been amazing how much love and support have been sent our way by people who knew Sarah as well as those who didn’t. I’m very...
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
JustStark Oh no. I’m so so sorry. What a wonderful person and you were so lucky to find each other. How cruel this world can be. Please accept condolences beyond my mere words.
RIP Lovely wife · 2 years ago
Pinky's Mom I watched this show first run back in the 80s. Surprisingly arch and intelligent, it held me with its graphic-novel style storytelling. Little on TV appealed to me back then, and that fact hasn't...
Lost Gems: Max Headroom (1985-1988) · 2 years ago
TMINE Agreed re: Three Body Problem. Reading ahead in the Wikipedia rundown for the novels, it does feel there are more exciting things ahead in the next season than there were in this season. Let's...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
Mark Carroll Goodness, I didn't even recognize Keiko. We watched and enjoyed it but for me it very much had the sense that it's promising more than we've yet seen, where I'd be a lot more...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Managed to watch some more TV! Apple TV+: Lessons in Chemistry. Adaptation of the bestseller about a discriminated against, possibly autistic chemist in the US in the 50s who ends up being a TV chef...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Watching Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen TV series on Netflix. It's actually not bad. Nothing extraordinary and not as good as his movie of the same name, but a pretty decent cast and some actual nuance...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE The Richard Chamberlain version loomed large in my teenage years. Almost life-changing. Although the difference between that version and this version is a bit like the difference between the...
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago
TMINE Yep, Andor is great. A little slow at first but after about episode 3, it's absolutely blinding
What have you been watching? Including The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List · 2 years ago

The Medium is Not Enough

Reviewing the best and worst media from around the world for 17 years

Tuesday’s post-Easter catch-up news

Question of the week: what’s your favourite Lis Sladen/Sarah Jane memory?

Wednesday’s sad news

Wednesday’s sad news

Review: Engrenages (Spiral) 3×5-3×6

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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

Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

Life and Beth and Night Sky

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent