Sir Ian McKellen teaches the puppets of Sesame Street (or one of them, at least) the value of the word ‘please’. There’ll be more of that on today’s show, apparently.
Guy Pearce to romance Sean Hayes, Timothy West joins EastEnders and BBC4’s latest foreign acquisitions
Film casting
- Simon Pegg joins Monty Python in Absolutely Anything
Trailers
- Trailer for Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise
UK TV
- BBC4 acquires: Sweden’s Crimes of Passion, Israel’s Hostages and Denmark’s 1864
- Ripper Street could return on LoveFilm
UK TV casting
- Timothy West joins EastEnders
US TV
US TV casting
- Emily Rios and Matthew Lillard promoted to regulars in The Bridge (US)
- Robert Knepper to play the Clock King on Arrow
- Guy Pearce to guest on Sean Saves The World
New US TV shows
- FX green lights: Howard Gordon’s Tyrant
Guy Pearce to romance Sean Hayes, Timothy West joins EastEnders and BBC4’s latest foreign acquisitions
Film casting
- Simon Pegg joins Monty Python in Absolutely Anything
Trailers
- Trailer for Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise
UK TV
- BBC4 acquires: Sweden’s Crimes of Passion, Israel’s Hostages and Denmark’s 1864
- Ripper Street could return on LoveFilm
UK TV casting
- Timothy West joins EastEnders
US TV
US TV casting
- Emily Rios and Matthew Lillard promoted to regulars in The Bridge (US)
- Robert Knepper to play the Clock King on Arrow
- Guy Pearce to guest on Sean Saves The World
New US TV shows
- FX green lights: Howard Gordon’s Tyrant
It’s the Time of the Doctor
And apparently pretty much every villain he’s faced in the past 10 years or so.
US TV
When Carrie Bradshaw met Carrie Bradshaw
That’s Sarah Jessica Parker from Sex and the City and Annasophia Robb from The Carrie Diaries at a Cosmo lunch – that’s the two Carrie Bradshaws together at last. My, doesn’t SJP look happy?

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