Television

British digital TV specialists TVonics has unveiled a new Freeview receiver which the company says can convert even the oldest of analogue sets to digital. The MDR-250 digital TV receiver was launched today at the IFA show in Berlin and can be connected either through the standard SCART socket or via the television’s aerial.

Set-top box developer Pace has set itself the aim of being the world-leader in low environmental impact products. The ambition was set out by Neil Gaydon, Chief Executive Officer at Pace plc, who said the firm is “taking action to reduce our environmental impact across all aspects of our business – from products to our…

The Sci Fi channel is to screen legal fantasy Eli Stone starring Jonny Lee Miller and featuring the acting debut of popstar George Michael. The series, in which Michael has a recurring role, follows ambitious lawyer Stone whose life is completely transformed by a series of strange hallucinations.

John Hurt is to reprise his acclaimed role as Quentin Crisp for a new ITV1 drama dealing with Crisp’s life in the US. An Englishman in New York will also star Sex in the City star Cynthia Nixon and picks up where the 1970’s classic The Naked Civil Servant left off.

Spooks star Rupert Penry-Jones is to star in a new BBC One adaptation of John Buchan’s ‘The 39 Steps’. The one-off drama, set in 1914, has been adapted by Lizzie Mickery who has been asked to “to re-imagine it for a modern audience more familiar with James Bond and Jason Bourne“ by producer Lynn Horsford.

BBC Three is promising to take viewers into a parallel universe governed not by the laws of nature, but by the laws of comedy and where the special effects of Hollywood are a part of everyday life. Produced by BBC Vision, The Wrong Door includes a feast of celebrity cameos including appearances by Brian Blessed,…