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Jonathan Ross to take a “gap year”

After a show featuring Ross’ guests which included David Beckham, Jackie Chan, Bryan Ferry, and Mickey Rourke it will be a long time before anyone will get a chance to watch Ross interview again.  Although Ross has signed up for an ITV chat show of his own, he still plans to take a break before [...]

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Christopher Eccleston to be BBC drug lord

Christopher Eccleston, the Doctor Who star, will be showing up in a new BBC thriller, The Shadow Line, playing a drug lord. The actor who most recently was seen in the BBC’s Lennon Naked, as John Lennon, will be starring alongside fellow cast members Sir Antony Sher, Chiwetel Ejiofer, and Stephen Rea. The dark thriller [...]

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Stephen Fry slams MacDonalds takeaway TV

Usually the BBC followers consider the channel BBC 4 the place to turn for stimulating your mind, but following this train of thought, would the rest of the television channels be created for those that do not want to spend their viewing time actually thinking? At the moment, this seems a little true as Stephen [...]

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Homer Simpson is best TV character of a generation

Homer Simpson has been awarded the titles of the best film and TV character of the past twenty years in a new survey by Entertainment Weekly. Homer is best known for eating and drinking beer, which surprisingly enough was all it took for him to beat out Harry Potter for the top slot. Matt Groening, [...]

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Campaign to bring out Best of Brookside DVD launched

FORMER stars of Channel 4 soap Brookside are backing an internet Campaign to bring out a “Best of” DVD. An online petition already has more than 4,600 fan signitures and now previous cast members are calling for episodes to be re-released including, Dean Sullivan, Louis Emerik, Suzanne Collins, Bryan Murray, Steven Fletcher, Stephanie Chambers, Kris [...]

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See The Doctor Live on stage

Doctor Who will soon step out of the television and land on the theatre stage as the Doctor along with his friends and foes such as Oods, Cybermen, and Daleks will be out around the UK this coming autumn with the Doctor Who Live series. The tour follows a long string of other television shows [...]

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Enders’ sweeps the board at soap awards

EastEnders stole the show at the British Soap Awards walking away with ten awards, clearly outshining Coronation Street, which only took three. Included in its large haul for Enders’ was best actor (won by Scott Maslen), best soap, and best actress (won by Lacey Turner). Betty Driver, age 89, who plays Betty Williams on Coronation [...]

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Hulu gives up on UK TV service

According to reports online video aggregator Hulu has given up its efforts to launch a UK service following protracted negotiations over content with the big broadcast companies. Apparently negotiators for the content have reached a dead-end and they can see no way that the service will be available to the British public at any point [...]

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High Definition version of The World at War to be released

In the years since its initial broadcast, this BAFTA and Emmy award-winning series has had many imitators but ‘The World at War’ remains one of the most revered documentaries ever made. Now with the emergence of new technology, FremantleMedia are undertaking a comprehensive restoration project and will launch the series as it’s never beenseen or [...]

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Moffat upbeat about the new Doctor

Steven Moffat teamed up with Matt Smith this week at a Cardiff event celebrating Smith’s takeover of the role of Doctor from previous Doctor Who cast member David Tennant. Moffat preached that the new series launch will further explore the dynamic between the Doctor and his friend but at times may scare its fans at [...]

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