Tuesday’s travelling news

Film

British TV

  • BBC to dramatise Anne Frank’s Diary
  • Stephen Fry to make a travelogue visiting every US state (maybe not Hawaii and Alaska though)

US TV

Tuesday’s “girls are soppy” news

Film

Audio plays

  • Andy Serkis and David Warner to appear in adaptation of The Brightonomicon

Web TV

British TV

US TV

Monday’s rumour-tastic news

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

British TV

US TV

News

Thursday’s “one man can make a difference” news

Knight Rider

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre



British TV

  • GMTV fined £2m over phone line scandal
  • Decided not to watch ITV1? Now you can decide not to watch it again an hour later: Michael Grade is considering ITV1+1
  • Channel 4 ratings at 15-year low

US TV

US TV

Review: Heroes 2×1

Heroes

In the US: Mondays, 9/8c, NBC

In the UK: BBC2, very soon

Characters re-cast: 0

Major characters gotten rid of: Some are MIA, some are KIA

Major new characters: Three so far

Format change percentage: 20%

Number of odd faces in mirrors: 1

If humans were to live the dream while evolving through the eye of a needle into the rainbow blue sunset of Thomas Hardy’s pleasure dome… Sorry, I’ve been listening to the Heroes voiceover again.

Yes, it’s back. The breakout series of last year, a tale of everyday folk becoming superheroic and not being sure, necessarily, that they like it, is back again to frustrate, tease, annoy and excite, four months on. Or should that be 400 years off?

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