The Next Doctor at Breakfast

David Morrissey materialised on Breakfast  this morning. Read more

Spooks recommissioned

The BBC has announced Spooks will return for an eighth series next year. Read more

Front Row with ‘The Next Doctor’

David Morrissey is on Front Row tonight. Read more

Paterson Who?

Will it be Paterson Joseph? One Doctor Who fan site seems utterly convinced. Read more

Survivors

With Doctor Who actors past and (seemingly) future all over the first episode Read more

BBC1 and BBC2 go live online

Today’s news confirms the BBC is the most switched on broadcaster when it comes to the web. Read more

Totally viral

The BBC’s new take on Terry Nation’s Survivors starts this Sunday and it’s actually really good. As per Little Dorrit we’re getting a bit of scheduling madness in that it then continues on Tuesday, where it’ll stay for the rest of its run.

OTT was fortunate enough to talk to Adrian Hodges, the Primeval supremo who’s penned this revival. 

“I can very, very clearly recall watching the first episode [of the original series].” he says. “And I can remember the impact it had, and the shock that was felt by everybody who saw it. Subsequently, when I became a writer, that was the kind of thing I was always looking to create. Sometimes you do and sometimes you don’t. That’s the way it goes.”

Read the full interview here >>

Chalk dusted off

Craig Robins’ admirable one-man-band DVD company, Replay, is releasing a third Steven Moffat production. Read more

Gently does it (again)

The BBC has confirmed a second series of Martin Shaw’s 1960s cop drama George Gently. Read more

Apparitions

A drama that starts from the standpoint God and Satan exist is almost high concept for television. Read more

US Election Night

“It belongs to you,” proclaimed President-Elect Obama, live in Chicago.
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Tennant transcribed

Doctor Who‘s publicists have released a transcript of David Tennant’s exit interview. Read more

Timey-wimey’s up for David

David Tennant is quitting his role in Doctor Who.

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Getting the Sachs

The Ross/Brand affair has led the BBC, yet again, into hysterical over-reaction. Read more

The end of the world – coming soon

“Please God, don’t let me be the only one“. 

Surely not the sentiment of the BBC press office last night at the Apollo West End in Piccadilly as they launched Adrian Hodges’ remake of Terry Nation’s, er, novel based on the 1970s post apocalyptic TV series.

In fact there was a pretty good turnout – this is a show that from the announcement of its commission has really captured the imagination of the TV industry. Read more

Stephen Fry in America

Stephen Fry goes hunting for deer in New York State, but finds only their “nuggets” (or “poo”). Read more

Is the BP theme broken?

As the BBC’s – ahem – flagship children’s programme readies for its 50th birthday celebrations, Michael Hoskin, from cult TV website TV Cream, is asking a pertinent question. Has the theme tune been ‘broken’?

The show returned to our screens last month after its traditional summer break, and sporting an updated version of the famous signature tune – ‘Barnacle Bill’. Nothing odd in that… except is that tune actually still ‘Barnacle Bill’? Or is it now the equally nautical ‘The Sailor’s Hornpipe’? Read more

The Sarah Jane Adventures

“The Bane, Slitheen, the Gorgon, the Trickster. Read more

Merlin

The BBC’s new Doctor Who methadone, Merlin was a very entertaining 45 minutes. Read more

Merlin

Britain doesn’t have a particularly deep well of folk myths to draw from, so it’s not surprising TV screens have for so long been empty of even low-key attempts at tales of myths and legends.
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