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Thursday’s birthday news

6 December 2007 Rob Buckley 4 Comments

No news tomorrow since it’s my birthday and I’m not working for any amount of money then. But the news will be back on Monday. Incidentally, happy birthday to Kev for today!

Doctor Who

James Marsters not happy with Torchwood-style kissing

Film

Mathieu Amalric confirmed as Bond villain
Producer Frank Marshall on Indy 4 and Bourne 4
Wasn’t The Source bad enough? More Highlander telefilms planned
Another Brit for GI Joe: Darth Maul himself Ray Park

British TV

ITV acquires Weakest Link/Eggheads production company 12 Yard

US TV

Tim Kring explains the second season Heroes finale and talks about the third season
Soul-searching needed before killing people, say Lost producers
Pilot season scuppered if strike continues

Tuesday’s “2008 is when everything changes” news

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Doctor Who

Series two of Torchwood to have edited version for kids – and Americans? (thanks Rosby!)
Plus a change of tone for Torchwood [spoilers]
Saturday is Dalek day in Leicester

Film

Crash producers sue production company
Ben Kingsley joins Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island period piece

British TV

Five director Jay Hunt to become BBC1 controller
Todd Carty to play Tucker Jenkins again in Grange Hill anniversary show
Elderly confused over digital switchover

US TV

Fan plans to save Journeyman
CBS shows off its mid-season line-up

Wednesday’s remake-tastic news

21 November 2007 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Torchwood second series to air on Jan 26 on BBC America, ‘close’ to its BBC2 showing

British TV

ITV shares hit all-time low
‘Marginalised working class’ focus of BBC2 season
Broadcasters announce Freeview HD plans
Time-shifted FX to launch
Rab C Nesbitt to star in modern Steptoe

US TV

The Hoff is in talks to appear in the Knight RIder remake, Deanna Russo already cast
Dexter breaks Showtime ratings records
How David Simon convinced the Baltimore Sun to be the focus of The Wire‘s fifth season

Friday’s “thank God it’s the weekend soon” news

2 November 2007 Rob Buckley 2 Comments

Doctor Who

David Tennant and Sweet FA praise Peter Fincham and Jane Fletcher
David Tennant to interview Kylie Minogue for Radio 2
Andrew Cartmel to write for Torchwood?
Christmas plot spoilers revealed in song?

Film

David Fincher to direct graphic novel adaptation The Killer
Alan Cumming and Rebecca Romijn team up for fashion-version of the Mad Hatter’s tea party
No fifth episode for EastEnders
The people have spoken: The Rock to Black Adam in Shazam! Maybe
Adrian Paul to play SinbadSir Francis Drake

British TV

Ted Childs steps down as exec producer of Lewis
Graham Linehan sets up his own production company

US TV

Justin Bruening to play Michael Knight Jr
Edgar Wright says he has nothing to do with McSpaced
Three more scripts for Women’s Murder Club
Helen Slater on her Smallville role [spoilers]
CBS and Darren Star making comedy based on YouTube’s We Need Girlfriends

Calling all Sapphire and Steel fans

19 October 2007 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Anna wants to know if Sapphire and Steel is worth watching. I’ve tried to help her out, but feel free to go over and offer your own advice. A little searching on YouTube reveals you can find some of the episodes on there now (mostly unembeddable unfortunately). But this one from the fourth “Assignment” is embeddable and is a fairly good sampler, particularly since PJ Hammond says he’s going to use elements from it in his next Torchwood episode.

Buy the complete series on DVD, my friends: you know it makes sense.

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