An archive of blog entries about UK TV programmes and production.
It’s the Gavin and Stacey Christmas trailers
Enjoy (subject, probably, to the usual provisos about not being able to enjoy in the US).
UK TV
Friday’s Obsessed with Ali Larter news
Doctor Who
- Rusty 4 Catherine Zeta
- David Walliams
- Cameos in Christmas special [spoilers]
- DT wants a musical version of the show
Film
- Trailer for Obsessed, starring Ali Larter, Idris Elba, Beyonce and Ali Larter. Did I mention Ali Larter’s in it?
- Jack Ryan franchise reboots
- Stephen Chow no longer directing The Green Hornet
- Baz Luhrmann acquires rights to The Great Gatsby
- Frank Miller to make Buck Rogers
- Mmm. Ali Larter
Theater
- Jeremy Piven leaves Speed the Plow over ‘high mercury count’
British TV
- ITV axes Passage to India remake
- ITV to screen Jean Charles de Menezes drama
- Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss writing a pilot for a modern-day Sherlock Holmes starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman
- Desktop download version of iPlayer for Mac and Linux in beta
US TV
- Kristin Chenoweth joins Legally Mad
- Office workers moonlighting to create new shows
- Casts for pilots
- Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay to exec Cocaine Cowboys for HBO
- HBO picks up two new comedies as well
- Michael Chiklis working on series for FX about financial fraud
- Comedy Central picks up Secret Girlfriend
- Oh Ali. When will you be mine? Oh. Did I say that out loud?
Thursday’s “slightly sarcastic” news
Doctor Who
- No. Not Matthew Horne. A woman. Or even an ‘ethnic doctor’ (instead of an ‘ethnic actor’ presumably). Oh the shock. I think I’m going to have a touch of the vapours
- Although Dervla Kirwan (who’d know of course) reckons there’s a shortlist of six actors for the part including Martin Clunes
Film
- Barry Sonnenfeld to direct The How-To Guide For Saving The World
- Tr2n to be shot entirely in 3D
- Anna Friel to star in The Wedding
- Which goodies (and baddies) are going to be in Iron Man 2 (allegedly)
- Bourne 4 filming to begin in summer
- UA to adapt Conjure Wife
Theatre
- Lucy Davies is the new producer of the National Theatre of Wales
British TV
- Sky makes advances in 3D television
- James Corden’s new show censored?
- Gavin and Stacey Christmas photos
US TV
- Trailer for future Smallville episodes
- Watch The Flight of the Conchords season two premiere [US only, because only the US counts of course. Screw New Zealand who’d have no interest]
- 24‘s James Badge Dale to star in AMC’s new political thriller
- ABC greenlights An American Family
- HBO greenlights Hung. What a surprise
- Life on Mars, 24 and Dollhouse production budgets being cut
Wednesday’s philanthropic news
Doctor Who
- Interview with the next Doctor’s companion
- Rusty praises Beeb’s wisdom at recommissioning his show
- Interview with Torchwood‘s producer [spoilers]
Film
- Harrison Ford to team with JJ Abrams for Morning Glory
- Third Tony Blair film to focus on relationship with Bill Clinton
- 30 Rock‘s Tracy Morgan to produce and star in Freshman Roommates
- Gore Verbinski acquires Wall Street Journal article about online role-playing
- Trailer for Ryan Reynolds’ and Sandra Bullock’s The Proposal
British TV
- Channel 4/Five merger a possibility again
- Pics of Mackenzie Crook as a vampire from ITV1’s Demons
- No Heroics moving to ITV1
- Hugh Bonneville and Janet McTeer to star as detectives in Hunter
US TV
- Dexter finale ratings best ever for Showtime
- David Eick leaves The Philanthropist for Caprica, is replaced by the guy he replaced
- Casting on True Blood
- Jessica Alba to guest on The Office
Tuesday’s Tr2n 13 news
Doctor Who
- Next Doctor promo [UK only]
Film
- House‘s Olivia Wilde to star in Tr2n
- Sequel to Phantom planned
- Wolverine trailer
- Yes, Kenneth Branagh is directing Thor
- James L Brooks to star with Reese Witherspoon in untitled comedy
- J Lo goes with Plan B
- Clips and a featurette from Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie
British TV
- Second series of Merlin ordered
- Channel 4 closes comedy web site
- Primeval series three trailer [via]
US TV
- Season five Lost trailer
- Brittany Robertson to star in CW pilot Light Years; Russell Hornsby to be a regular in In Treatment
- Fox orders 13 episodes of Glee
- BBC America acquires Ashes to Ashes
- Jack Black to guest star on The Office