An archive of blog entries about UK TV programmes and production.
Phil and Grant Kung Fu fighting
It’s odd, I warn you. It’s Phil and Grant Mitchell from EastEnders dancing (and stripping) to "Kung Fu fighting". At least they can have a laugh, hey?
UK TV
Wednesday’s “Awright, Little Dorrit?” news
Doctor Who
- Little Dorrit to feature Freema Agyeman as well as Gavin & Stacey‘s Ruth Jones
- Daleks get their own street sign
Film
- Common joins Terminator 4
- Ellen Page to play Jane Eyre
British TV
- ITV HD to launch soon
- BBC commissions Chris Langham-inspired drama
- Stewart Lee finally gets his own BBC2 show
- Meera Syal‘s new sitcom
US TV
- Men in Trees cancelled
- Casting for Caprica and Warehouse 13
- Katee Sackhoff turned down as Jorja Fox’s CSI replacement
- David Kelley may be leaving Life on Mars as it nears pick-up
- Ugly Betty hires Lindsay Lohan and may move to New York
UK TV
Review: Doctor Who – 4×5 – The Poison Sky
Ah. Now that’s better. Finally, a decent two-parter and – miraculous though it might seem – one written by Helen Raynor at that.
After last week’s poorly paced but still reasonably good first part, I was expecting a lump of old rubbish for the second part, since that’s how it usually pans out. But hurroo, hurray, bar the occasional bit of dodgy dialogue, direction and acting, it was good.
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The Colbert Report on FX in the UK tonight
Now there’s lush. FX, the UK TV channel that no one watches yet keeps picking good stuff to show, has bought the rights to The Daily Show spin-off The Colbert Report and is showing it at 11pm, starting tonight. It’s good and it’s funny (although you’ll probably have had to watch Bill O’Reilly on Fox News to really get the point of it) so catch it if you can – unfortunately, you’re probably not going to be able to watch it since it’s on Sky rather than Freeview. Ho hum.