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Tuesday’s resurrected pilots news

29 June 2010 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

Film

  • Alice Eve to play Emma Frost on X-Men: First Class
  • Spike Lee to direct Nagasaki Deadline?
  • Trailer for David Fincher/Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook movie
  • Carey Mulligan to star in movie written by Prison Break star Wentworth Miller?
  • Trailer for part one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Monday’s “revisionist Moffat” news

21 June 2010 Rob Buckley Post a comment

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Theatre

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US TV

  • ABC pulls Happy Town again
  • Matthew Lillard and Gillian Vigman to star in CMT’s The Hard Life

Friday’s “American Bond” news

28 May 2010 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

The Daily News will be back on Monday 7th June

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  • Graham Linehan and Jeremy Dyson adapting Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show for BBC2 [subscription required]

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Review: Doctor Who – 5×6 – The Vampires of Venice

10 May 2010 Rob Buckley 22 Comments

Vampires of Venice

In the UK: Saturday 8th May 2010, 6.25pm, BBC1
In the US: Saturday 22nd May 2010, 9/8c, BBC America

So you want a Doctor Who story that’s funny, about relationships and involves vampires? Well, the obvious choice is that bloke who wrote School Reunion way back when, isn’t it? I mean that had flying thingies and monsters and a bit of banter between the Doctor, companions, blokes, women et al, didn’t it?

Not seeing it yet?

Then let me put it to you another way: so you want a Doctor Who story that’s funny, about relationships and involves vampires? Well, the obvious choice is Toby Whithouse, creator of 20something vampire/werewolf/ghost flatshare comedy-drama Being Human, isn’t it?

You’re seeing it now, aren’t you?

Spoiler and more after the jump.

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