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Happy Birthday, Mr Espedair!

Doctor Who

DW and Torchwood have a MySpace video channel
An interview with that Eve Myles woman
John Barrowman committed to Torchwood
Alex Kingston and Colin Salmon to appear in series four

Film

UFC fighter Randy Couture to appear in Mandrake
Jason Statham auditioned for part of Namor (the sub mariner)
New Bond is Quantum of Solace
Milo Ventimiglia, Jean Reno and Laurence Fishburne to star in Armored

Music

UB40 split up

British TV

Andrew Davies’ Little Dorrit gets commissioned by the Beeb
BBC2 to make 10 short dramas about Iraq
Armstrong and Miller and The Omid Djalili Show get second series
Chris Tarrant’s The Great Pretender axed after one series
Five to refresh its brand
It’s that Mitchell and Webb book deal

US TV

Heather Locklear’s comeback stimied
Steve Bochco’s Raising the Bar has been given the green light
Dead Like Me could be resurrected

Review: Torchwood 2×2 – Sleeper

24 January 2008 Rob Buckley 20 Comments

Torchwood - Season 2, Episode 2 - Sleeper

My wife: Torchwood’s a bit rubbish, isn’t it?

Me: Yes

My wife: Can we keep watching it?

From a conversation with my wife this morning

Oh dear. And it was going so well. Pretty well, anyway. Okay, it was a little nonsensical at first and the acting could have been outshone by any of Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion creations from Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. But it was fun, well-directed, reasonably intelligent and raised some interesting ideas.

For half an hour.

Then it turned into an old episode of UFO.

Continue reading “Review: Torchwood 2×2 – Sleeper”

Thursday’s controversial usage of mercury news

24 January 2008 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

Burn Gorman glad US ‘gets’ Torchwood

Film

Get Smart international trailer
Christopher Plummer on Heath Ledger and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Wilkinson to star with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity

Theatre

New London Theatre for sale

Events

Paley Television Festival to reunite Buffy cast

British TV

MTV Flux to close
Miss Marple retires
Five US beating Sky One in the ratings
Fearne Cotton lands US presenting gig
Gavin and Stacey star in Hey Hey We’re The Monks pilot (tickets available)

US TV

Marvel to insert images and references to Lost in comics
Eli Stone likely to get into hot water over autism and science
Psych goes Spanish

The new-look Monday news

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How does it look?

Doctor Who

Big Finish to sell plays as MP3s from February 1st

Film

A dodgy-quality version of the teaser trailer for Star Trek XI
Ryan Gosling to be the next Jack Ryan?
British industry falters because of US writers’ strike
Julie Benz talks about Rambo
Photos from Prince Caspian
Michelle Monaghan up for Wolverine role
Site for 10,000BC launches

Radio

Ken Branagh to play Cyrano de Bergerac on Radio 3

British TV

A clip from Ashes to Ashes
BBC should share the licence fee with other broadcasters
Neighbours coming to Five from February 11th?
Hugh F-W says good chickens aren’t just for the rich
Working Title wants to develop British programmes with the appeal of Lost and Heroes [free registration required]

US TV

Lena Headey criticised for being too weedy to be Sarah Connor
Gordon Ramsay gets chased by chef with knife in Kitchen Nightmares
Sophia Myles explains the British invasion
David Milch deals with 1970s police corruption
Jericho has two endings
Eidos developing Highlander game. Maybe that’s why the bosses have quit

Friday’s truce-making news

18 January 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Enterprise in Star Trek XI

It’s the shiny new Enterprise for Star Trek XI. Ooh

Doctor Who

Torchwood gets its highest BBC2 ratings so far with first new episode
Torchwood filming was chaotic

Film and TV

Directors negotiate deal with film and TV studios
Armando Ianucci developing big screen The Thick of It

British TV

Joe Ahearne’s Apparitions already recommissioned, even though it hasn’t aired
BBC iPlayer coming to the Apple TV and other platforms?
Mighty Boosh star lands ITV mobile phone sitcom gig, The Gym

US TV

Duo tipped for JJ Abrams’ Fringe

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