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For Pete's sake

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

PETE Doherty may still look like a sad scarecrow in need of dialysis, but his icon status is cemented for me after Thursday's fantastic show.

Got Leverage?

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:06:04 +0000

Christmas is over. We're well into January. What this actually means, finally, is some decent telly. But forget the return of 24 and Lost, the most unmissable US show of the next few weeks is Leverage.

Geek Chic on the Beeb

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:30:00 +0000

How can it be that we're gearing up for the end of Being Human season one already? And what kind of a world is it in which we live where American series do 22 episodes in a run and we get six? Pah.

The morning after the night before

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:30:00 +0000

The concern with me blogging so much about Being Human and being so fulsome in my praise about it is that it may have looked to the outside world as if somehow I had developed a soft spot for the show so vast that I overlooked all the problems with it. Well episode one has aired. So now you know I wasn't just being a squeeing geek. Well no more than usual.

It's almost time...

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

The wait is almost over. Being Human starts on BBC Three on Sunday night at 9pm. Yay. In the same timeslot as both Lost and new Supernatural. Boo. Talk about making things difficult for yourself.

Russell Tovey 'was in the frame' for eleventh Doctor

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0000

He may be playing the lead in the BBC's hotly anticipated new genre show Being Human, but Russell Tovey has spoken for the first time at exactly how close he came to being given the keys to the Tardis and the biggest job in scifi.

It's that time of the year...

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Yep, 2008 is almost over, what better time to look back at what has lit up the cinematic world - and died like a damp squib - over the last twelve months. The big question is, will you agree with me?

And the third time's a charm

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Well finally we've seen Annie. But only seen her. The Beeb (or possibly writer Toby Whithouse) is an utter utter tease. She doesn't even speak!

The first look at the new Mitchell...

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000

When Aidan Turner got the role of Mitchell in Being Human there were a lot of people convinced he wouldn't be able to do what Guy Flanagan did in the pilot. I say a lot. Not a lot maybe, but certainly a vocal minority of the people who fell in love with the show when it was first shown.

Being Human goodies ahoy

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000

The Americanisation of British things is often a bad thing. People in shops telling you to 'have a nice day', the use of 'z' rather than 's' in way too many words, the fact that if you order a large coffee nowadays it's actually a bucket that you could swim in and priced accordingly.

Have you TRIED turning it off an on again?

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Interview with the Vampire

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:30:00 +0000

One of the things I love about my job is that no two days are ever the same. There's always something unusual going on and it means there's never a dull moment.<

Interview with the Vampire

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

One of the things I love about my job is that no two days are ever the same. There's always something unusual going on and it means there's never a dull moment.

Live long and prosper...

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Newly human: Meet our new Annie and Mitchell

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:05:00 +0000

Doctor who?

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Suffice to say if you were a BBC Press Officer yesterday was probably the kind of day that left you huddled under your desk weeping.

Watching the Watchmen

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:30:00 +0100

For a film that's been in development hell for eons, Watchmen suddenly seems to be everywhere.

Watching the Watchmen

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:30:00 +0100

The Force Unleashed...

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:30:00 +0100

Being Human commissioned for full series. Finally!

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:30:00 +0100

The nature of my job is such that I get a lot of press releases through every day. Depressingly most of them are dross. There are a shocking number that are misspelled, misaddressed (no, I'm not a man, or the Editor), or downright misguided (why would I care that it's national Alfalfa Sprout week?). Of course there are useful press releases that come through - well written ones that make your job easier but, alas, they are the minority.

If this is what Being Human means then I'm happy with that!

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:30:00 +0000

We live in the digital TV age. But it's not as shiny and wonderous as it sounds. Think less Jetson's futuristic wonder, more Lily Allen being given a chance to make a show about her Myspace mates despite the fact she has all the TV presenting charisma of Gordon the Gopher. And Lenny Henry spinning entire series out of all those viral You Tube videos you've been sent about a year ago and weren't actually that funny to start with. And -- ok, I'm starting to rant.