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Hot on the heels of College Humor’s last rather good 16-bit mock-up of a sci-fi TV programme – Battlestar Galactica, if you recall – comes this rather lovely version of the 11th Doctor’s adventures. I liked the wedding best. And remember…

…TIME TRAVEL.

May 2012 at the BFI

2 April 2012 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Time for our regular look at the TV that the BFI is showing, this time in the month of May 2012. As well as a season of plays by Peter Terson, there’s a preview of Faster, Higher, Stronger, a documentary on the 1500m; a complete showing of The Roads To Freedom; and a preview of Tales of Television Centre, which features all manner of former BBC stars, including a bunch of people from Doctor Who.

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Doctor Who

White Heat‘s David Gyasi to guest on Doctor Who
David Yates says the movie is still happening

Film

Colin Farrell out of Arthur and Lancelot
Chris Columbus to adapt Home Front
Mia Wasikowska to play Madame Bovary
Amanda Peet joins Identity Thief

Trailers

Trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s Ted with Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis

International TV

Swedish TV to adapt The Last Sami
Freemantle working on modern Fire of London drama

UK TV

Friday ratings: 2012 gets nearly 1m viewers
No new Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle until 2014
Imogen Thomas to guest on Shameless as herself [NSFW]
Universal acquires Breakout Kings [subscription required]

US TV

A Community feud
Martin Sheen to play Charlie Sheen’s dad on Anger Management
Trailer for season 3 of The Big C
Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown joins Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse
Ben Cross joins Banshee
Private Practice‘s Erin Way joins Alphas
Dermot Mulroney joins Enlightened
Drop Dead Diva‘s Ben Feldman joins Mad Men
Thursday ratings: Community steady
Friday’s ratings: Fringe picks up

US TV pilots

Charity Wakefield to play Marilyn Munster on Mockingbird Lane
Sara Rue joins Jimmy Fallon comedy pilot
FX developing Inside, produced by Philip Seymour Hoffman

Wednesday’s “Jane Fonda is Nancy Reagan, Alcatraz ends on a low and Chloe Moretz is Carrie” news

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Doctor Who

Jenna-Louise Coleman auditioned for Men On Waves – an anagram of “Woman Seven”

Film

Kenneth Branagh to direct next Jack Ryan movie
Trailer for American Pie sequel American Reunion
Chloe Moretz to play Carrie in remake
Zooey Deschanel to star in About Time
Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels’ The Butler
New trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator
Peter Dinklage and Catherine O’Hara to star in Rememory

French TV

Six new channels to launch on digital terrestrial

US TV

Revenge‘s Roger Bart to guest on Grimm
The Playboy Club‘s Eddie Cibrian to guest on Rizzoli & Isles
BBC America acquires White Heat and Inside Men
Ovation acquires Bouquet of Barbed Wire [subscription required]
Monday ratings: Alcatraz hits series low for finale

US TV pilots

Ringer‘s Nestor Carbonell joins Smart One
Laura Haddock joins Da Vinci’s Demons, Graham Greene joins Defiance
More casting

Wednesday’s “Jane Fonda is Nancy Reagan, Alcatraz ends on a low and Chloe Moretz is Carrie” news

28 March 2012 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Jenna-Louise Coleman auditioned for Men On Waves – an anagram of “Woman Seven”

Film

Kenneth Branagh to direct next Jack Ryan movie
Trailer for American Pie sequel American Reunion
Chloe Moretz to play Carrie in remake
Zooey Deschanel to star in About Time
Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels’ The Butler
New trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator
Peter Dinklage and Catherine O’Hara to star in Rememory

French TV

Six new channels to launch on digital terrestrial

US TV

Revenge‘s Roger Bart to guest on Grimm
The Playboy Club‘s Eddie Cibrian to guest on Rizzoli & Isles
BBC America acquires White Heat and Inside Men
Ovation acquires Bouquet of Barbed Wire [subscription required]
Monday ratings: Alcatraz hits series low for finale

US TV pilots

Ringer‘s Nestor Carbonell joins Smart One
Laura Haddock joins Da Vinci’s Demons, Graham Greene joins Defiance
More casting

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May 2012 at the BFI

Mondays’ “Marilyn Munster found, Martin Sheen to play Charlie Sheen’s dad and a Community feud” news

Wednesday’s “Jane Fonda is Nancy Reagan, Alcatraz ends on a low and Chloe Moretz is Carrie” news

Wednesday’s “Jane Fonda is Nancy Reagan, Alcatraz ends on a low and Chloe Moretz is Carrie” news

The Umbrella Academy and The Terminal List

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Ms Marvel, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Time Traveler's Wife and The Old Man

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Essex Serpent