Screenwipe‘s Charlie Brooker is bringing his inimitable style and humour to a new comedy show for Channel 4 in which Charlie, along with his special guests, will cast their eyes over the week’s TV, both home grown and from around the world. Expect Charlie to be his unique and knowing self – and a night of hilarity that really will make you question what you watch!
The show will be recorded at BBC TV Centre this Friday, 30th January 2009.
Booking is now open for the show which will be recorded at BBC TV Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ at 7.00pm on Friday 30th January 2009. If you’d to join us, then apply now!
You may apply now online at www.sroaudiences.com
Crazy German adverts
Those Germans sure love their karate, don’t they? They’ll even use it to advertise VWs. Utterly incomprehensible but fun to watch. The music, BTW, is MJ Lan’s remix of Jeans Team’s ‘Keine Melodien’
The Wrath of Khan done as opera with action figures
By Robot Chicken. Thanks to Stu.
PS The Italian checks out as far as I can tell. Curse those rubbish Italian lessons I took. Why did they never deal with useful things like this?
Tuesday’s Duff criminals news
Doctor Who
- John Barrowman to host a talent show
- Sweet FA to return for a special?
Film
- No Mickey Rourke for Iron Man 2?
- WB to do futuristic retelling of Samson and Delilah
- Neil LaBute signs two-picture deal with Screen Gems, including remake of Death at a Funeral
- Hilary Duff to play Bonnie in The Story of Bonnie and Clyde
- Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig join the cast of Tintin
- Minnie Driver joins Hilary Swank in Betty Anne Waters
- Jennifer Beals to return to film in The Book of Eli
Theater
- Thriller: the musical
British TV
- Lost premiere gets 1m viewers, Being Human comes second at 898,000
US TV
- V and Lost in the ’80s pilots get green light
- Michael Shanks to do Stargate: Universe cameo, next Stargate movie to be RDA heavy?
- CTB returning to House?
- Clips from the next episode of Heroes
UK TV
The weirdness of Facebook: Cathy Gale has a profile
Yes, Cathy Gale, predecessor to Mrs Peel on The Avengers and one of the 25 best TV characters ever has a Facebook profile. Right now, she “has taken off her kinky boots and plans to relax for the rest of the evening”. Which is nice.
All stunts were done live by Honor Blackman and may have ended up with some actors getting broken: