Television

  • Joe Ahearne – Apparitions interview

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    As the creator of Channel 4’s acclaimed vampire drama Ultraviolet, Joe Ahearne is no stranger to mixing the occult and modern day. Here he discusses his new BBC One drama Apparitions which stars Martin Shaw as a Roman Catholic priest drawn against his will into the world of exorcism.

  • BBC One set for classic Sci-Fi revival

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    Late November sees the “re-imagining” of classic Sci-Fi drama Survivors, based on the book by Doctor Who scriptwriter and Dalek creator Terry Nation. Fittingly the cast includes former Doctor Who actress Freema Agyeman as Jenny, one of a group of bewildered but resilient group of survivors coping with the aftermath of a devastating virus which…

  • Tennant on BBC Two’s Einstein And Eddington

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    David Tennant and Andy Serkis star in Einstein And Eddington later this month, a one-off drama for BBC Two based on the intertwined lives of two of the most significant men in 20th-century science. Here Tennant discusses Eddington’s fascination with numbers, his Quaker beliefs and his view of Einstein’s Theory.

  • Filming starts on Poliakoff WWII thriller

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    Doctor Who star David Tennant, shortly to star as Arthur Eddington in BBC Two’s Einstein And Eddington, joins an all-star cast in Stephen Poliakoff’s Second World War thriller 1939.

  • Palin revisits Eighty Days

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    Acclaimed travelogue presenter Michael Palin is to return to the scene of one of the best-remembered sequences of all his travel adventures: the dhow journey from Dubai to Bombay which feature in Around The World In Eighty Days.

  • November launch for Freesat+

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    Freesat viewers will soon be able to upgrade to a set top box with recording and live pause features after the service confirmed a “mid November” launch for their long awaited Freesat+ service.