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A trailer for Peep Show series 7

18 November 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Peep Show‘s back everyone. It starts next Friday (26th November) on Channel 4, but is actually going to be available online from tomorrow on the Channel 4 website.

But just to whet your appetite, here’s a trailer.

Wednesday’s “Dead Blue” news

17 November 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Karen Gillan to star with Misfits‘ Robert Sheehan in Romeo and Brittney
A Doctor Who/Torchwood crossover will happen

Film

Steven Soderbergh to direct The Man from UNCLE
Trailer for period werewolf love triangle Red Riding Hood
Trailer for The Mechanic with Jason Statham
Jane Wright quits BBC Films
Trailer for medieval buddy movie Your Highness with James Franco, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride and Natalie Portman
A remake of The Swarm?
Trailer for The Green Lantern

British TV

ITV revenue up 11%
Dirk Gently to be a pilot
Living TV boss to quit

US TV

TNT cancels Dark Blue
Monday night ratings see most shows hit record lows
Claire Danes to star in Homeland?
Dylan Walsh to star in CBS FBI drama
Rachael Leigh Cook to star in Perception
Lindsay Price to guest on CSI: NY
Batman TV series being considered
Mad Men‘s Carla Buono joins Brothers and Sisters
Two returning characters on Smallville
CBS developing Samuel L Jackson’s Raising Men

Big Train sketch of the week: a mother-son reunion

16 November 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Ah, ain’t that sweet? An adopted son finally traces his birth mother. What could possibly go wrong?

You can, incidentally, get the whole of Big Train on DVD.

Tuesday’s “Spanish Hulk” news

16 November 2010 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Christmas episode to be called A Christmas Carol [minor spoilers]

Film

Cameos in Muppets movie to include Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis and Jean-Claude Van Damme
Carey Mulligan to play Daisy in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
Katherine Heigl off Adaline
Pic of John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven
New film studio opens in Bristol

British TV

Spooks gets the BBC into trouble in China
Jim Broadbent and John Simm to star in Exile by Paul Abbott
ITV3 and ITV4 go HD on Sky

Canadian TV

Lost Girl gets a second season

US TV

NBC unveils massive schedule change, 30 Rock renewal
Medium cancelled
Walking Dead ratings up
CSI: Miami falls to all-time low in ratings
BBC sells 50% stake back to Discovery channel
Guillermo Del Toro and David Eick to create the new Hulk TV series
Amanda Walsh cast in Danni Lowinski pilot for The CW
Jeff Gaspin leaving NBC
Nia Long joins Chase

Monday’s “Mommy, she wrote” news

15 November 2010 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Fox 2000 to adapt revisionist Romeo & Juliet, Rosaline
Paul Giamatti and Bill Clinton to appear in The Hangover 2
Angela Lansbury to play Katherine Heigl’s daughter in Adaline
Community‘s Donald Glover and Danny Trejo join the new Muppets movie
Colin Farrell to star in Total Recall?

British TV

Red button should be axed for comedy and drama, says BBC Trust [subscription required]
David Tennant to star in drama about Manchester United plane crash

Spanish TV

Telecinco and Cuatro to merge

US TV

ESPN radio host sells life-story to CBS for sitcom
Teri Hatcher helps Smallville rise in the ratings
The Daily Show‘s Larry Wilmore sells sitcom to NBC
Lizzy Caplan to guest on Mr Sunshine
The Mentalist hits season low
Connie Britton to recur on The Event?
Fox working on Weekly World News sitcom
The Event to relaunch in January

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A trailer for Peep Show series 7

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Tuesday’s “Spanish Hulk” news

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