UK TV

News

Doctor Who

Steve Pemberton to appear in the new series
Christopher Eccleston to play Destro in GI Joe
Lots of pictures of Martha in Torchwood

Film

Luke Goss to star in Tekken?
Michelle Pfeiffer to reunite with Stephen Frears for Cheri?
Tolkien Trust sues New Line for cheating it out of $150m
Coen brothers to direct The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
Renee Zellwegger to star in comedy based on George Hamilton’s childhood
20th Century Fox suing Warner Bros over Watchmen
V sequel movie coming?

Comics

Alex Cox discusses the sequel to Repo Man

British TV

Julia McKenzie is the new Miss Marple
Jamie Oliver told off for plugging his own tool
Echo Beach ratings quite bad indeed [free registration required]

US TV

ABC picks up nine series for next season, including Dirty Sexy Money and Samantha Who?
More Kitchen Nightmares coming
Lance Reddick almost played Bubbles in The Wire
The market for British shows in the US
Next season of 24 postponed for a year
PBS picks Rita Rudner for its first comedy special
The Riches’ new season starts March 18th

Moonlight on Living TV

11 February 2008 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Oopsy. Although I said that Moonlight was going to air on Virgin 1 in the UK, it’s actually going to air on Living TV. Sorry – who knew Wikipedia isn’t always accurate?

Anyway, Living are currently airing a semi-cool advert for the show – it’s possibly a little cooler than the show itself – so you can give a try when it’s on. Remember, it’s not until about episode five or six that it starts to pick up (episode four if you can tolerate pop-video style direction). Here’s the trailer below.

Review: Primeval 2×5

11 February 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

That’s a bit more like it. After treading water, sometimes literally, for the last couple of weeks, we’re heading towards the end of the series and so the plot developments are getting piled on.

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Monday’s strike-ending news

11 February 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Doctor Who and Torchwood helping US networks
Cath Tregenna shares Torchwood writing secrets

Film

Kristen Bell to star in fantasy rom-com When in Rome
New Tron game planned
Ellen Page to star in Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell
Guillermo del Toro considering Doctor Strange

British TV

Virgin 1’s Sarah Connor viral
BBC buys Chuggington [free registration required]
Ashes to Ashes gets seven million viewers for first episode
Rob Brydon to make a programme about being Welsh
Caroline Aherne writing comedy film for ITV
Lenny Henry says British TV is racist

US TV

The strike is almost over
Battlestar Galactica returns in April, preceded by two half-hour specials
Chat with the new Lost Brit [minor spoilers]
When’s your favourite show coming back, now the strike’s nearly over?

Review: Ashes to Ashes 1×1

8 February 2008 Rob Buckley 16 Comments

In the UK: Thursdays, 9pm, BBC1
In the US: Not yet acquired

1981! Brilliant! Much better than 1973.

I loved 1981. I may only have been eight at the time but it seems to have left a lasting impression on my musical tastes among other things. So what could be better than Life on Mars in 1973?

How about a sequel, Ashes to Ashes, set in 1981? That’s got to be great hasn’t it?

Or has it?

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Moonlight on Living TV

Review: Primeval 2×5

Monday’s strike-ending news

Review: Ashes to Ashes 1×1

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