Being Human

News

Film

RED sequel gets the go-ahead
The Expendables 2 to happen this year, with Jean Claude Van Damme

British TV

Dominic West to play Fred West in ITV1 drama
Downtown Abbey Christmas special commissioned
New trailer for Being Human

Canadian TV

BBC Kids Canada acquired by Knowledge Network
Fewer foreign shows for CBC [subscription required]

US TV

Liam McIntyre to replace Andy Whitfield on Spartacus
Lee Majors to guest on $#*! My Dad Says
Lauren Cohan, Robin Givens to guest on Chuck
Tricia Helfer to guest on No Ordinary Family
Anne Hathaway to guest on Glee

Review: Doctor Who – The Pandorica Opens and Being Human: Unofficial and Unauthorised

17 January 2011 Rob Buckley 10 Comments

Book: Being Human: Unofficial and Unauthorised
Author: Joanne Black
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 978-0956100030
Pages: 300
Publisher: Classic TV Press
Published: Way back in December. Sorry. Postal problems.

Book: Doctor Who: The Pandorica Open – Exploring the worlds of the Eleventh Doctor
Author: Frank Collins
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 978-0956100030
Pages: 251
Publisher: Classic TV Press
Published: Way back in December again. Sorry. Postal problems.

Let’s go a little bit different today and review a couple of books from Cambridge publishing company Classic TV Press (hopefully no relation to Cambridge’s Classic TV magazine, which folded before its first issue) that have been written by a couple of bloggers. As a bit of a contrast, one is on Doctor Who, the other is on Being Human, and one is really very good and one is really very bad. Take your bets on which is which before the jump.

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Thursday’s hateful teenage daughter news

13 January 2011 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Film

Another trailer for Battle: Los Angeles

British TV

Ratings for the 11th January
Being Human returning on 23rd January

US TV

Fox picks up I Hate My Teenage Daughter
Lights Out starts with poor ratings
Big Bang Theory gets three more seasons
No Ordinary Family and V get record lows
How L&O:LA will be fixed
Rockford Files remake abandoned
The Deep End‘s Ben Lawson to star in Wild Card
Kiefer Sutherland to play hitman in Internet series
JJ Abrams says Undercovers‘ failure was his fault
Cougar Town to get a villain [minor spoilers]
America Ferrera to recur on The Good Wife
John Goodman joins Damages

Monday’s Doctor and companion reunion news

10 January 2011 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who/Theatre

David Tennant and Catherine Tate to star in Much Ado About Nothing
Rusty reveals Torchwood: Miracle Day‘s plot [minor spoilers]

Film

Elijah Wood to return as Frodo in The Hobbit
Vera Farmiga and Omaii Hardwick join Pure Life

British TV

David Hare spy drama to star Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon and Ralph Fiennes
Being Human press pack
Primeval does poorly
Hustle returns with 5.7m viewers
Not Going Out returns with 4.7m viewers

US TV

ABC orders pilots of Man Up and Smothered
Salma Hayek and ABC working on Wicked mini-series
Mad Men gets a fifth season
No one picks up Wonder Woman
HBO picks up neo-Sex and the City, Girls
History cancels The Kennedys before it even airs
Dollhouse‘s Enver Gjokaj to guest on Community
New trailer for Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
AMC orders up a fourth season of Breaking Bad
Sebastian Roche signs up for Criminal Minds spin-off
Mark Pellegrino to recur on Breakout Kings

Tuesday’s New Year news

4 January 2011 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Happy New Year everyone!

Film

Olivia Wilde joins Welcome To People
Trailer for The Mechanic with Jason Statham and Ben Foster
Jodie Foster joins Elysium

US TV

Fox developing JB Smoove sitcom
Sneak peak at Being Human

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