Month: October 2011

Syfy is reportedly developing a television series based on the movie The Adjustment Bureau. Deadline reports that the broadcaster is developing the television series based on the movie realised earlier this year starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The script for the pilot is being developed by Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin who have previously worked together on The CW’s […]

{jcomments off} 90210 is to feature a gay wedding as Teddy (Trevor Donovan) marries boyfriend Shaun (Ryan Rottman). TVGuide reports that The CW teen-drama 90210 will feature a gay wedding in early November as Teddy (Trevor Donovan) marries boyfriend Shaun (Ryan Rottman). TV Guide also has a photo of the wedding which will take place in a cheesy Las Vegas […]

Final ratings for the Closing Time, the penultimate episode of the sixth season of Doctor Who, reveal nearly 7 million viewers tuned in. Another week and another hefty rise in consolidated ratings for Doctor Who which prove tabloid stories about declining ratings to be utter rubbish – you know which tabloids we’re talking about. Once again Doctor Who managed to […]

{jcomments off}Sunday Night Football dented the ratings for Pan Am and Desperate Housewives last night as well as a skew of other shows. A night of sports coverage dented ratings for a skew of programmes with ABC dramas Desperate Housewives and Pan Am taking hits. Soapy drama Desperate Housewives at 9pm was seen by 9 million viewers with a 2.9 […]

Klein, who has been Controller of BBC Four since December 2008, joins the board of Creative England. The BBC describe BBC Four as “the channel of distinction for people who love to think, appealing to those parts of the brain that other television channels don’t reach.” Richard’s time with the corporations forth television channel has seen it air some of […]

Creative England, the national agency, which replaces regional organisations such as Screen West Midlands, to provide a dedicated support to the content industries of Film, Television, Games, and Digital and Creative Services in the English regions outside London launched today. Overseen by the British Film Institute, Creative England will issue BFI funds to support the development of film in the […]

{jcomments off}An app for Android smartphone has come under fire for claims it can tell ‘anxious mothers’ whether there sons are gay or not through 20 questions. The French smartphone app costs 1.99 euros and asks 20 very stereotypical questions such as how long a son spends doing his hair, whether he likes sports and whether he likes musicals. The […]

The House of Eliott, created by Upstairs Downstairs duo Jean Marsh & Eileen Atkins, follows the attempts of two sisters (Stella Gonet and Louise Lombard) as they attempted to create a fashion house in 1920s London. The drama ran for three seasons between 1991 and 1994 and was the last major drama production to filmed at BBC Television Centre. The […]

Sky 1 is to air Matthew Morrison Live at the Hammersmith Apollo. Sky has secured the broadcast rights in the UK to Glee actor Matthew Morrison’s live tour film recorded at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo in June this year. Louisa Forsyth, Acquisitions Manager for entertainment programming at SKY says: “The one-hour special will bring Glee’s and Matthew’s fans a real […]