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  • Terra Nova is turning into a yawnfest

    Terra Nova is turning into a yawnfest

    Am I the only one tiring of Sky Atlantic’s Steven Spielberg produced dinosaur adventure Terra Nova? It’s admittedly still early days but the show is scarily short on ambition and has a growing list of issues I’m struggling to get past: Other than consistent series branding, why is the camp called Terra Nova? It’s a…

  • ITV confirms An Audience With Barry Manilow airdate

    ITV confirms An Audience With Barry Manilow airdate

    ITV has confirmed that it’s on-off special An Audience With Barry Manilow will air on Friday, 28 October 2011 on ITV1 and ITV1 HD. With 80 million records sold worldwide, including Mandy and Copacabana, the singer is one of most successful singer songwriters of our time and earlier this year released his latest album, 15…

  • Guardian comes to iPad

    iPad users can now download the Guardian’s new app for Apple’s bestselling tablet. Available free for a limited time, the app will support Apple’s subscription service with a monthly cost of £9.99. Features include offline reading for all articles and pictures, the ability to share stories via Facebook, Twitter and email and access to related…

  • The Somnambulists

    The Somnambulists

    Richard Jobson’s The Somnambulists is for the most part powerful and moving insight into the experiences of British military personnel serving in Iraq. The film uses a succession of testimonies told against a black backdrop to tell the stark realities of life on the front line of a war many back home don’t support. The writing…

  • Sky’s Mount Pleasant to return for second series

    Sky’s Mount Pleasant to return for second series

    Sky has announced the recommission of its comedy drama Mount Pleasant. Set in Manchester, the series follows the work and personal lives of Lisa (Sally Lindsay) and Dan (Daniel Ryan), their friends and families. The first run attracted audiences of around 1.3m and was Sky One’s first comedy drama commission. Head of comedy Lucy Lumsden…

  • Filming underway for Shameless series 9

    Filming underway for Shameless series 9

    Filming is underway on the ninth series of Shameless, Channel 4’s comedic look at the lives of the UK’s underclass. The new 22-part series, which airs in the New Year on Channel 4, starts with a multi agency swoop on the Chatsworth Estate, when ruthless project consultant Carmen Kenaway (Morwenna Banks) and her toxic side…