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  • War Horse – shaping the tale to the medium

    War Horse – shaping the tale to the medium

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    With the big screen adaptation of War Horse set for a DVD and Blu-ray release next month, we take a look at the differences between the acclaimed tale’s book, cinema and stage incarnations. As with most adaptations from books and plays, there are some significant differences between the Spielberg movie version of War Horse and…

  • US sues Apple and publishers over Agency pricing

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    The US Government’s Department of Justice is to sue Apple and some book publishers over the decision to adopt the agency pricing model for eBooks. Agency pricing sees publishers set the final retail price and pay the retailer a commission. Many publishers adopted it in order to sell through Apple’s iBooks app and subsequently extended…

  • Countdown reunites The Apprentice’s Nick & Margaret

    Countdown reunites The Apprentice’s Nick & Margaret

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    Apprentice star Margaret Mountford is reunited with former co-star Nick Hewer next week when she guest appears on Channel 4’s Countdown. Viewers are advised to expect plenty of banter, witty anecdotes and a few raised eyebrows shared between the pair when Mountford joins resident wordsmith Susie Dent in dictionary corner. Speaking about her upcoming appearance,…

  • Sky to screen all 24 James Bond films in HD

    Sky to screen all 24 James Bond films in HD

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    James Bond fans will be able to enjoy the super-sleuth’s 24 big screen outings in HD and without adverts for the first time on British television thanks to a new deal between Sky and MGM. The broadcaster will screen all 22 official EON Bond films as well as the 1967 Casino Royale and Never Say…

  • Hartswood to produce new BBC One sitcom

    Hartswood to produce new BBC One sitcom

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    Neil Morrissey, Sarah Alexander, Nathaniel Parker and Robert Sheehan are to star in a new BBC One sitcom from Hartswood Films, producers of Coupling, Jekyll and Men Behaving Badly and Sherlock. Created and written by Oriane Messina and Fay Rusling (Green Wing, Campus), Me & Mrs. Jones follows the increasingly complex life of Mrs Jones…

  • AudioGo announces new Doctor Who and Torchwood adventures

    AudioGo announces new Doctor Who and Torchwood adventures

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    A dimly-lit underground bunker is the scene for the Eleventh Doctor’s latest thrilling adventure The Day of the Cockroach – an original audio release from AudioGO. Written by Steve Lyons, the story is read by Arthur Darvill, who plays Rory in the hit BBC One TV series. The TARDIS materialises in a pitch-dark tunnel, where…