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BBC Audiobooks release Tennant’s Final Doctor Who story

March 11, 2010 · 1 Comment

As fans of Doctor Who prepare for Matt Smith’s first full-length appearance in the hit series, BBC Audiobooks are serving up an exclusive final adventure for David Tennant’s 10th Doctor. Read by Tennant, Dead Air, has been written exclusively for audiobook by James Goss and is available to order now from the seenit.co.uk store. Synopsis: “Hello, I’m the Doctor. And, if you can hear this, then one of us is going to die.” At the bottom of the sea, in the wreck of a floating radio station, a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it is played for... [Read the full story]

Features

Best Asylum Set Movies

March 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Right from the dawn of Cinema one of Hollywood’s favourite subjects has been the nature of insanity and the way it is treated in society. With his latest film Shutter Island being set on an island for the criminally insane, Martin Scorsese is certainly no stranger to this long tradition. With Leonardo DiCaprio in the driving seat, and an outstanding cast that includes Sir Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams and Mark Ruffalo, Shutter Island is guaranteed to make you question the nature of your sanity, and have you running from the next person you offers you some asprin. Come with us as we look back... [Read the full story]

Reviews

Street Hawk

March 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Classic 80’s series Street Hawk comes to DVD this month boasting some all-new features including ‘making of’ documentary featuring series stars Rex Smith, Joe Regalbuto and Jeannie Wilson and an unaired version of the pilot episode. As is to be expected with archive TV, picture quality is variable but overall the episodes look good and sound quality is more than acceptable. Despite the high-octane nature of the eponymous motorcycle, the pace of the episodes is slightly slow compared with many modern shows but across the 12 episodes there’s a good selection of plots and,... [Read the full story]

Martin Hoscik

Dimbleby’s Seven Ages of Britain explores Empire

March 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Over the past few weeks BBC One has served up an absolute gem in the shape of David Dimbleby’s Seven Ages of Britain. Following on from Dimbleby’s A Picture of Britain and How We Built Britain, Seven Ages explores the history and shaping of our nation through the arts and treasures left behind by generations of our ancestors. In this week’s episode (BBC One Sunday, 14th March) Dimbleby explores the Age of Empire, a period we too often allow ourselves to feel only shame over. The episode moves from the stunning architecture of the Foreign Office through Cook’s journeys of... [Read the full story]

Martin P

Do you want originality with your COD?

November 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2… ‘pah its alright. Not nearly the hit that the first title was. A lot of reviewers have likened the single player to a James Bond movie, I don’t think it has even that credibility! The original was no Apocalypse Now but it did have a good coherent narrative and knew when to hold back MW2 on the other hand plays like every bad modern action war film you have ever seen all rolled in to one. In the first game the writers killed off a key character to great effect, in MW2 they drop like flies and the effect is spread thinly. I probably shouldn’t... [Read the full story]

Mark C

BBC iPlayer comes to freesat

December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

From December 7th a beta version of BBCiPlayer will launch on the freesat platform. This test version is believed to be available to journalists and industry insiders with the full version made available to all before Christmas. This will be the first time that BBCiPlayer will be made available via a free to air broadcaster All existing freesat equipment will be compatible with the service, which can be accessed by connecting your box/integrated TV to your Broadband router via the onboard ethernet connector. itvplayer is set to be added in 2010. Read More →

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Film4 HD to launch exclusively on Virgin Media

Virgin Media customers will soon be able to enjoy HD films from Film4 after the cable broadcaster announced an exclusive deal to launch Film4 HD “this summer”. A joint statement issued by the two companies says the channel “will offer a daily line-up of fantastic movies. The channel will showcase the very best of British film-making,... [Read the full story]

Two more series confirmed for Sarah Jane Adventures

Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures has been renewed for two further series, the BBC announced today. The series, which stars Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, one of Doctor Who’s most famous and loved companions, has been a ratings hit for CBBC. A fourth series, set to air this autumn, sees Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra... [Read the full story]

Doctor Who’s new Exec Producers talk to DWM

Doctor Who’s new production team talk to this month’s Doctor Who Magazine (out Thursday 4 March 2010) about the challenges in store for Matt Smith’s Doctor and changes to the look and feel of the show when it returns at Easter. In an exclusive interview, which features brand new pics from the Eleventh Doctor’s first episode, Wenger and fellow... [Read the full story]

Ashes to Ashes returns this month for final series

Ashes to Ashes, the follow up to Life on Mars, returns later this month for its final series with producers promising to finally reveal the truth about Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister). The second series ended with time-travelling copper Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) apparently making it home to the present day but all’s not what it seems and Alex has... [Read the full story]

Atlantis legend explored in new BBC drama and documentary

A new BBC One drama is to explore the story of the eruption of a gigantic volcano in the Aegean Sea around 1620 BC which destroyed the island of Thera, flooded the nearby island of Crete, and possibly gave birth to the legend of Atlantis. Based on the work of leading scientists, archaeologists and historians, Atlantis stars Starring Reece Ritchie (The... [Read the full story]

The Pacific – trailer

Last week we brought you details and clips from World War II drama THE PACIFIC which is set to be aired from Easter on Sky Movies and now we have a great trailer for you to enjoy. The drama stars James Badge Dale, Jon Seda and Joseph Mazzello as three real-life U.S. Marines and follows their entwined journies over the vast landscape of the Pacific... [Read the full story]

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