The Stage (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Hurt and former EastEnders actress Michelle Ryan are to join the cast of BBC1's forthcoming drama Merlin.
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's been a tremor underneath the Pump Room in Bath, which for some reason has led to the release of toxic gas. All this is revealed in a broadcast news bulletin, but just in case you missed it, Dolly rushes in declaring "Some people have been gassed!" Yeah thanks mate. We just heard it on the news. Like, seconds ago. And so the third instalment of Archaeology for People with Very Short Attention...
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A host of stars including John Hurt, Michelle Ryan and Richard Wilson will appear in new BBC One drama Merlin in September.
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
While I've read some distinctly dubious reviews of this week's big drama Burn Up , it has to be said that it boasts one kick-ass cast: Rupert Penry-Jones, Marc Warren, Bradley Whitford, Claire Skinner and Neve Campbell all feature. I only mention this apparently irrelevant fact because I've just received a press release for another show with a kick-ass cast, which once again features Marc Warren....
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
John Barrrowman makes me weary. He's always switched on. Where us mere mortals have our days where we just want to ignore the world and drink gallons of tea, followed by biscuit after biscuit, you get the...
And Another Thing (Free subscription) | yesterday
I haven't seen "Bonekickers" and I don't think I'll be finding the time. However I'm glad it was done because otherwise Nancy Banks-Smith would never have got to write this : Bonekickers (BBC1) is, it has been noticed, only a syllable short of bonkers. Hugh Bonneville, a decent actor tragically seduced by the temptation of a Harrison Ford hat, plays Professor "Dolly" Parton. Based, he says, on the...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
TV News: Trio join cast for BBC1 fantasy drama -- John Hurt, Santiago Cabrera and Michelle Ryan have joined the cast of BBC1 fantasy drama "Merlin," which will air on NBC.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A NEW series on BBC 1, Bonekickers, is the latest crossover of entertainment and archaeology. Hi-tech and fast-paced, it is true fantasy – Time Team meets the Da Vinci Code –
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Hurt, Michelle Ryan and Santiago Cabrera join the cast of BBC One's fantasy drama Merlin.
The Leaky Cauldron (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
There is a very brief clip from a new interview with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling online today from an upcoming documentary on Multiple Sclerosis set to air tomorrow on BBC One in Scotland. The program, part of the...
The Engine Room (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Caught a brief mention of the word 'gastrosexual' on BBC One this morning, and had to find out more. I guessed that it was a neologism along the lines of metrosexual , and had something to do with food (or stomachs). Perhaps gastrosexuals were people who loved their stomachs? Googling it led me to a Mail Online article explaining that gastrosexuals are in fact men who: consider cooking more a hobby...
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
A lot of people have been messaging me to ask if I was on BBC 1 on Friday night on a programme called 'Would I Lie to You?' I didn't see it myself, but I've just watched it back on BBCi player and yes, there I am, about nine minutes in. It's a report I did for BBC on David Beckham's face being carved on a melon by a Leicester man in the run up to Euro 2006. It would have been polite if Angus Deayton...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Loyd Grossman – TV cookery overlord, pasta sauce magnate and occasional punk hero – talks to Michael Deacon about his new BBC1 show and the horrors of mixing salmon with strawberries
The Sun (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
COMEDY hit Gavin and Stacey is heading to BBC1 for a Christmas special, TV Biz reveals
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
