Torchwood

Share the thrill on Monday

12 February 2007 Rob Buckley 14 Comments

God, it’s good to be up and working, isn’t it?

Doctor Who

  • The Sun reckoned John Simm was in negotiations to appear in Doctor Who. The Sunday Times said yesterday that he’s filming a kids’ show (allegedly. Can’t find it on the website though). Scottish Big Issue had him saying “’I’ve got one more thing in 2007, which was kind of unturndownable, and then I’ll stay away from telly for a bit’.” And The Independent says he’s definitely been cast. Yes, John Simm is… Maybe? [via TV Today]
  • Sheridan Smith talks about life as a companion. Discussions are underway for another load of BBC7 stories, apparently.
  • Looking forward to Recovery, Tennant fans? Apparently, highlights are seeing “Tennant in the nude, having sex and pooing into a bucket”.
  • John Barrowman expects series two of Torchwood will run in early 2008

Art

Film

British TV

US TV

News

Thursday’s chilly news

8 February 2007 Rob Buckley 8 Comments

Keppler and Grissom

Snow problem.

Doctor Who

Film

Theatre

  • Coming soon to a theatre near you: Legally Blonde, the musical

British TV

US TV

  • A preview of Grissom’s return to CSI
  • A Q&A with Ben from Lost. Spoilers for last night’s episode.
  • Pilot pick-up and casting news
  • Stan Lee is to cameo in Heroes
News

Friday’s glorious news

2 February 2007 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

Hot Fuzz


Doctor Who

Commercials

  • Orange has decided to continue with its Film Board cinema ads. First up: Michael Madsen.

Film

British TV

  • Apparently, we needed another The Bill. Details of the long-promised HolbyBlue are emerging. It’s got Zoe Lucker and Tim Piggott-Smith, for one thing. Oh Tim. You were so good in The Chief. Why ruin the memory?

US TV

Wednesday news

17 January 2007 Rob Buckley 13 Comments

Doesn’t jury service ever end? Fingers crossed, very soon…

Doctor Who/Theatre

Film

British TV

  • Life on Mars is back next month. Spoilers aplenty. I’m sure you’ll all be delighted to know that Torchwood‘s exec producer Chris “Cyberwoman” Chibnall is one of the writers again.
  • For some reason, UKTV History has chosen Alan Titchmarsh to host a show in which the public can nominate their favourite historical sites.
  • Lizzy “Most evil woman in Britain” Bardsley from Wife Swap is up in court on child cruelty charges.
  • Ricky Gervais denies calling British viewers idiots.
  • Complaints about racism in Celebrity Big Brother have almost reached the 10,000 mark [registration required]. Keith Vaz is to raise the matter in Parliament. Further coverage at Organ Grinder, including clarification of just how insulting Jade’s mum was to Shilpa. It also includes this class quote from Shilpa’s publicist: “Shilpa is God’s child. Jack is God’s child. All human beings are ultimately connected by a single abounding energy. So, how does it matter who belongs to what race, religion, country, colour or creed?” You just don’t get that from British PRs.

US TV

TMINE

Schedule for the week

2 January 2007 Rob Buckley 6 Comments

John BarrowmanHappy New Year everyone. Did you all have nice holidays? Feeling rested and geared up for another 365 days? Thought so.

Christmas is a funny time. It’s a time for eating and watching loads of television, apparently. I know this because Radio 1 told me so – while simultaneously berating the quality of Christmas TV – as I was driving over the Severn bridge. The funny thing is, despite being MediumRob, I hardly watched any tele.

In part, that’s because of Bastard. ‘Bastard’ is the new name for my PVR. Why am I anthropomorphising my PVR? Because just like the rest of us, it took a break for Christmas. Everything fine until December 23rd but then it took a little rest until I got back on the 28th. Ah diddums.

I managed to catch up a bit thanks to the beauties of digital TV and its constant repeats, but I still have a bit of a backlog of viewing because of my Christmas presents. As a little glimpse into my life (and what people think I’d like for Christmas), here’s a list of all the presents I got that didn’t include ‘voucher’ or ‘chocolate’ in their name.

Not quite as much sci-fi as you might have suspected, huh? I do in fact have more than one layer. Two maybe. I wouldn’t say more than three, though. Anyway, given a choice between watching Stanley Tucci and Daniel Benzali at the height of their acting powers or watching insipid Christmas TV, I plumped for Murder One. And everyone assembled agreed it was the right choice and could they have copies, too? (I said no, because that would be completely illegal).

So I’ve still to make my way through a few shows, and will be bunging up reviews later in the week than might have been expected. It’ll give you all some time to settle in. After the jump are some blipvert-style reviews of a few of the shows I’ve already managed to watch, since they probably don’t merit their own entries.

There was one extra present, though: Doctor Who Top Trumps (“Doctor Who Top Trumps…?!” “Oh you love it really.” Sigh). Anyway, there I was, Christmas Day, playing Doctor Who Top Trumps in the Celtic Manor. I mention this not to show off, but because at roughly the same time, John Barrowman and his family were in Wales’ other five-star hotel. I’m hoping that through some form of symmetry, they were playing “Snooty TV Reviewers Top Trumps”:

John: Rob Buckley? Never heard of him. Oh well, cheap sarcasm – nine.

John’s Dad: Damn. There you go.

John: Next card… Worth to society – one.

John’s Dad: You got the Clive James high card?!

Wouldn’t that have been fun?

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