Psycho 2

Psychoville is to return, according to a press release from the BBC. Read more

The Beatles: on Record

Prefab Sprout have just released an album written and recorded 17 years ago.
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Doctor Toon

The BBC has released the first image from the upcoming Doctor Who cartoon. Read more

Theroux returns

BBC2 has announced details of Louis Theroux’s next, controversial, film. Read more

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle

Not long ago, Stewart Lee was trading on the fact he hadn’t been on TV in a long time.

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The Wire uncoiled

BBC2 has confirmed it’s to air US series, The Wire. Read more

Margaret

“Prime Minister, how are you?” “Fighting on, John. And your mouth?” Read more

Heroes without hope?

With Heroes now on a break, it’s time to ask if the show is finally beyond all hope. Read more

BBC1 and BBC2 go live online

Today’s news confirms the BBC is the most switched on broadcaster when it comes to the web. Read more

Soul survivors

Of course, I was disappointed The Gallery didn’t win. Read more

Geoffrey Perkins tribute

The Comedy Connections team will be paying tribute to the late, great Geoffrey Perkins. Read more

Blue Peter at 50

The forward march of Blue Peter feels like it has, for the time being, halted. Read more

New BBC2 Controller announced

…And, following Roly Keating’s footsteps, it’s another BBC4 graduate. Read more

Sir Walter Riley

So, let’s talk about The Restaurant… Read more

The Third Coming

The morning after Heroes series three debuted in the US, the BBC screened the opener for journalists at the Curzon cinema, Soho.

Roly Keating, Controller of BBC2, introduced the preview: “Huge apologies for the short notice, as you may have gathered we didn’t know till the last minute if we were going to have the materials to do this screening, as what you’re about to see only broadcast in America in the small hours of last night. This is as close to an American premiere as you’re ever going to get. Read more

More Serafinowicz

“Goodbye dirt!” The Peter Serafinowicz Show is to return. Read more

Stopping the clock

I can’t in all honesty file this as news, seeing as it pertains to BBC2′s Treasure Hunt revival. Read more

MasterChef: The Professionals

“They’ve got to really kick it up a gear!” Read more

Apparatus, method and conclusion

When Chris Addison and Armando Iannucci were enjoying huge critical acclaim with The Thick Of It, you may not have thought their next move would be to remake The Goodies – but that’s what they’re doing with Lab Rats, which Addison is starring in and writing (with Carl Cooper) and Iannucci is overseeing as Executive Producer. Read more

Dragons’ Edge

Think you recognised pop-eyed Barry plugging his “Air Oasis” on last night’s Dragons’ Den (and, by the way, I was disappointed Peter Jones didn’t chip in with “water disaster” or “it’s a big H2-no from me”)? In 1997, he was one of the three featured on The Cutting Edge documentary, “The Complainers”. Remember that one? It begat the subsequent doco, “Rogue Males”, of fake-fight-on-the-front-lawn infamy.

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