Sadly, the second part of that headline was a lie, but rejoice! The first part was true! Big Brother has been lumbering to it’s death like a drunken elephant staggering towards a cliff face for several years now and, thanks to the plummeting ratings and complete disinterest from the tabloids, next year’s Big Brother will [...]
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Start stocking up on tinned goods. The apocalypse can’t be far away. I’d imagine most readers from the UK will be aware of Mitchell and Webb, if not for Peep Show (great) or their sketch show (hit and miss) then for their TV panel quiz show appearances and charitable transvestite jigging respectively. Over on The Guardian there have are some extracts from their upcoming This Mitchell and Webb Book [...] The adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels, currently being worked on by writer-director Andrew Stanton, is receiving an influx of good old British thespianism in the form of Dominic West, Polly Walker and Samantha Morton. West, best known for playing troubled cop McNulty on the phenomenal series The Wire, is lined up to Sab Than, [...] Here’s three reasons why you should scoot on over to Amazon and place your orders. 1. The book is “a collection of insightful essays that examine television shows that amass engaged, active fan bases by employing an imaginative approach to programming. Once defined by limited viewership, cult TV has developed its own identity, with some shows [...] Rumours are starting to fly that ABC are working with Friends creator Marta Kauffman to adapt the 2003 Audrey Niffenegger novel into a TV show. It doesn’t appear that this would be connected to the Eric Bana movie version that has just been released, but would instead spread the story of the novel across several [...] The five surviving members of the Monty Python group will be honoured with a special Bafta award for their outstanding contribution to film and television at an event in New York on 15th October, marking the 40th anniversary of the surreal sketch show. Bafta chairman David Parfitt said “We’re absolutely delighted to co-host this event…it promises [...] Generally I have a slightly lower opinion of reality TV than I do, say, genocide. The Guardian TV blog, however, has just drawn my attention to an absolutely mesmerising performance from the Ukrainian version of Britain’s Got Talent. The star is Kseniya Simonova, who creates animations with sand. An incredibly simple concept performed absolutely spectacularly. Susan [...] |
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